Friday's Feast One Hundred Sixty

Friday's Feast One Hundred Sixty

Appetizer
What is your favorite kind of pie?
I am not a huge pie fan, but I like all the usuals: apple, pecan, peach


Soup
Name something that made you smile this week.

Okay, a long response here. I teach a K-6 Special Education class every three school days. First of all, there are about 15-18 kids in the class, which is a big class. There are several aides who attend and help throughout the class (including a retired former music teacher-he has a great voice too!). Five of the children are in wheelchairs with minimal verbal and motor skills. The rest are mobile, some higher-functioning and with a dose of energy. One aide told me that one of the girls loves music. She is in a wheelchair, looking at the ceiling much of the time, no eye contact or change of expression. It was really hard for me to tell how to know if she was even hearing you or not. Anyway, this aide raved about how much she loves the music we sing. At the end of class, I walked around and let each child strum my guitar once. At her turn, the aide manipulated her arms and fingers so she could make a sound. And I watched her little face and somehow she brightened without changing much at all. It looked like she was trying to smile and it brought me such a happy reward. These children love music. I know they'll never learn the concepts like a regular class, but they have brightened my day each time I see them, including today.

Salad
What do you do to cool off when the weather is hot and humid?

I hate humidity-blah! It is actually very hot and humid here in AZ. It is 107 plus with 30-35% humidity. Ick. We stay in the A/C. We become nocturnal. Run in the sprinkler with the boys. Wash the car and spray each other. Tonight, we did "indoor park" instead of the real park, which is removing all the couch cushions and jumping, rolling, somersaulting, etc to get the energy out.

Main Course
You receive $1,000 in the mail with a letter that says you can only use the money to redecorate one room in your home. Which room do you pick, and what do you buy to spruce it up?

Okay-while every room in my house could use a spruce, I would pick the kitchen. And I would buy a nice, new kitchen table with matching chairs that are clean and not falling apart. I would also refacing the cabinets to look nicer. If any money was left, I would replace the countertop with granite or something really nice. $1000 doesn't go very far anymore!

Dessert
Fill in the blank: My ________ says __________, but I __________.

My floors say "Clean Me" but I say "Surf now, clean later!"