It’s Gonna Be a Great Day

Last night I worked a little more on my new medieval. I always layer when I write. I think I probably go over each chapter about 5 times, filling in all sorts of details. I have the characters’ basic goals set up but their personalities still need tweaking. My heroine is coming off sounding a little whiny. Must fix that. :loser:

In other news, I have started back to school and am in the midst of the required professional development hours. They had some stimulating topics, let me tell you. Everything from differentiated instruction to “How to set your Thermostat.” I’m not kidding. I re-read that course description about six times, thinking–you’re kidding, right? Because our classroom thermostats consist of a single dial that you can twist 45 degrees to the right and 45 degrees to the left. I believe the temperature choices are 68 degrees or 72 degrees. How in the world do they come up with an hour and a half on a thermostat?? I was tempted to go…:dance:

The other topic that I thought sounded fascinating was, “When is Winter Break? How the School Calendar is Determined.” See, I would have been that annoying teacher in the front whose hand kept popping up while asking such intellectual questions like, “When’s Christmas?” or “But how do we really KNOW when it’s Thanksgiving?” or “Why do we get Martin Luther King’s birthday off but not Veterans Day?” I know, it’s the rebel in me. All I can think is that they didn’t have enough speakers and they scrambled at the last minute.

We did have a guest speaker who was quite good. One aspect of his talk stuck with me–of how much television blends in with life without our knowing it. So, for fun, I’m digging up some old commercial jingles. See if you can finish the line:

1. ” The best part of waking up…”
2. “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony…”
3. “Nyquil. The sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuff head, so…”
4. “Rice-a-roni, the…”
5. “Plop, plop…”
6. “You can do it…”

and what about these? Can you guess the advertised product?
7. “Choosey mothers choose—-”
8. “Oh, what a feeling.”
9. “With a name like —-, it has to be good.”
10. “Taste the high life.”
11. “— is the place with the helpful hardware man.”