Happy Valentine's Day!
(The kids are home from school, help!)
In junior high we had to take 8 week courses of odd ball classes like drafting, accounting, wood shop, metal shop, cooking, and home ec. The fact that I've only had 8 weeks of home ec ever in my life and now I'm a home maker for all intensive purposes is rather amusing in itself but that's a story for another day.
(Zach left his coat and Ally her gloves at school, this is making it difficult to get them ready to
Today we are talking about my 8 weeks of metal shop. And for some strange reason I was the best welder of the class. Scary, huh? I actually won the "Metal Shop" award that year. Did your school do that? At the end of the year, who ever had the highest grade in a certain class won an award for it. I also won the "Chinese Language" one too. I guess I've had a weird academic life.
(I don't have any mini marshmallows for hot chocolate, the kids are threatening mutiny.)
On Saturday Greg came home from Radio Shack with a bag full of stuff. He was installing a CB in the Jeep and was concerned about the fact that he had to solder together a few wires and he had never done that before. Soldering is basically welding on a very small scale so I mentioned the above award.
(The girls are crying because school is out on Valentine's Day and they've been working on their Valentine's Day cards for over a week. The drama of 2nd grade life.)
So he hands me the bag and says, "Here's your Valentine's Day gift!"* Which I used on Sunday (pictures although there aren't any of my fantastic welds). I also used my scrapbook heat gun to shrink the plastic wrap covers.
(Why does Mother Nature and the school board hate me?)
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to brush up on my Mandarin. Ni hao! Qing he pijiu!**
(I swear I'm moving to someplace that doesn't even have a word for snow in their language.)
* He better have been joking...
** Translation: Hi! Let's drink beer!
Edit: I almost forgot to add how this all ties into my embarrassing old pictures post. I was looking for the above mentioned "Metal Shop" award in a box. I still haven't found it (good chance it's still at my parent's house) but I did find the "Chinese" one. And I added a band competition medal for good measure. Click for picture.
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