http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:08:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our public pool opened its door this evening to its 4-legged friends. Olivia and her friend, Chester had a blast! Oh and while I'm here... We had a FANTASTIC first day of school. My students are so, so sweet and enthusiastic. So looking forward to this year! http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog/?p=3327 So I did a little more work in my classroom on Friday. I'm not finished yet but am getting closer. 3 of my days this week are consumed with all day meetings, but hopefully the other two days I can get into my classroom and wrap up the loose ends ... http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog/?p=3320 My cooking endeavor was neither a total failure or a total success. The chicken was delicious, the artichokes weren't quite right and the cake was downright disgusting. I read each recipe several times before I even made my shopping list and read the recipes through again before I started cooking. ... http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog/?p=3305 Tonight we will (hopefully) have supremes de volaille a l'escossaise, artichauts braised a la provencale and reine de Saba for dessert.... Chicken breasts with diced aromatic vegetables and cream, artichokes braised with wine, garlic and herbs and chocolate and almond cake or dessert http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog/?p=3298 Yesterday I undertook a little project. I painted our kitchen. Richard did the taping and I painted. I really like the new color. Today Richard asked me if I might spent a little more time in the kitchen now that I have fresh paint on the walls! Ha. He also ... http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog/?p=3279 Hello! I'm still here. I've just not been a very good blogger. So the last time you heard from me, I was at the beach with my mom in Florida. Our trip was fantastic. I'm having some technical difficulties right now accessing those pictures, but my in-house technology coordinator person is ... http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog/?p=3252 http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog/?p=3251 Last summer I got the bright idea to make a new bed for Olivia. The bed I made last summer was to go in her crate. At first, she didn't like it and actually the first few nights after I made it, we had to take her new bed out ... http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog/?p=3242 Recently I have taken a few day trips. Two day trips to have been to Assateague Island. The first I took with a girlfriend and the second I took all by myself! The third was to Williamsburg. Assateague is an absolutely beautiful beach. I love going to the beach and not ... http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog/?p=3204 I am not sure what made me do this, but a few weeks ago I started looking online for a Westie to adopt. I suppose I thought Olivia might like a 4-legged friend. There was a dog named Bentley on one of the local rescue's website. He was 6 years old ... http://laura-j-hughes.com/Blog/?p=3202