School was good this week, far more normal than last week. The kids are getting a little antsy for Fall Break, heck, so are the teachers. But, in the meantime, I started new units for each class. My British Lit kids have begun Canterbury Tales this week- we made it through the Prologue, phew! I even recited some of what I had to memorize for my high school days in Middle English. They were quite scared I was going to make them memorize and recite it as well, haha! My Theology kids have begun the Gospel according to Matthew and that's been good I think. They're definitely finding out new facts from it, so that's got to be good, right? I'm going to go with that.
I've had a fun, though pretty busy, weekend. When I got home from school/grocery store on Friday, I began cooking for my Book Club meeting the next day and for the Oktoberfest Potluck I was attending the next night. I made apfelmus (applesauce) for Oktoberfest. I made it from scratch and without any electric appliance. Just needed that to be noted. I also made pumpkin pie fudge and a light pasta salad for my Book Club. I was pretty busy that night with all the cooking. I was also very grateful to one of my neighbors who let me borrow some spices, his peeler, and his masher. By the time I was done cooking/baking that night, I was more than ready for bed.
Saturday, I got right up and cleaned my apartment, finally arranged some of my Fall/Halloween decorations, and all that good stuff. I ended up helping (really just supervising) my neighbor make his Oktoberfest dish- kartoffelpuffer (potato pancakes) for a little bit. Then, it was time for Book Club to start. While we were a little low on numbers this meeting, we still had a really good time discussing the book and our lives, and eating the goodies I made :) I'm really enjoying having this book club- it makes me read books I may not have read otherwise, and it means that for sure once a month, I get to see all these women I just love. Afterwards, I had about an hour to rest before heading over to Oktoberfest. It was such a fun potluck/get-together. All the food was simply scrumptious- and very filling! And everyone who comes to these are so much fun to see and talk to- can't wait for the next potluck!
Today, I went to mass with my friend, and then we went to the New Member Breakfast. I've been getting ready for the week ahead- not too hard since we only have two and a half days for school this week :) And the half day is a testing day. It felt weird to get done with planning/prepping so quickly. I liked it. I like it a lot. I still have plenty to grade, but I am instead working on finishing up a few projects around my apartment this afternoon first.
Goodies and decorations for Book CLub
Homemade Apfelmus
Tip of the Week: Step out of your comfort zone and try something new. Variety is the spice of life :)
Recipe of the Week: Apfelmus (2pts): http://www.kitchenproject.com/german/recipes/Sauces/Apfelmus/index.htm
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