Weekly Preview and Review

Quite a busy time for Karate - testing was last Friday. Monday was the break-a-thon. All the students raised money and then got to break boards. I didn't think to bring the camera. :-( David and James both did  a three station break (3 breaks in quick succession). The girls and I did our breaks all separately. I was soooo nervous. It's possible to break a bone in your hand (or foot if you are kicking) if you do it wrong. I just cannot have a broken hand! LOL It's NaNoWriMo, not to mention the five hours of work I do every day on the computer. So, I didn't do any breaks with my hand (1 kick and 2 with my arm).



Friday night was belt promotion. (pix on facebook) Now we are orange-stripers! We test and hopefully promote every 3 months. We are being told that orange stripe is a hard level to pass. Next is green belt! That should be in February.



Our karate school and its sister school raised $8000 in one night with the break-a-thon! On Monday we will help pack boxes of food for the needy - the schools will deliver 200+ boxes and then have some money leftover to help people with Christmas.

I finished teaching Oliver Twist this week at co-op. I am co-teaching with my friend Darlene; we work very well together! We have 23 students in our class. Next up? The Count of Monte Cristo!

Went to see The Immortals at the theater with friends Friday night. I realized that I don't really enjoy the level of violence in most R-rated movies. And I am also not a big fan of RealD 3D (or any 3D, for that matter) nor of paying extra to see the movie in a format I dislike. The theater was PACKED FULL with Twilight fans! No parking spaces, long lines in the lobby....



Recently I found out that David can earn a varsity letter for participation in the First Robotics League. 


I have just over 30,000 words for NaNoWriMo - pretty much on track. I'm enjoying writing the Rollicking Readers' Guide to Jane Austen. (Rollicking Readers is the name of our book club.) However, I miss writing fiction - who knew!?

11/20 Sunday - Church, Improv Group (D)
Monday - Work 5, Lessons, Karate Turkey Brigade
Tuesday - Work 5, Lessons, Brit Lit Movie night 
Wednesday - Work 5, Lessons
Thursday - Work?, Thanksgiving
Friday - WORK?
Saturday - NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING!!!!
Sunday - Church 

I need to get my hair cut sometime this week. Also must get groceries for Thanksgiving. 


I can work on Thanksgiving and on Black Friday if I want to, but I could also take those days off. I will probably work though. Bills still need to be paid even when there is a big holiday. (actually MORE so, lol)



About 20 teens are coming to our Brit Lit movie night on Tuesday. We are getting pizza and it should be a great time!