Friday Fragments: Episode #336

You know how nice it feels to tie up loose ends, right? Well, Friday Fragments allow you to just that; tie up the random bits of your week that didn't make it into posts and share them here. Then kick back and relax; it's the weekend! (well, close enough)

***My Christmas tree is still up; it's taking water every couple of days and looks great,
so I figure it can't hurt to let it run its course.

***I started drinking loose tea a couple of months ago, so imagine the thrill I had to receive this Teavana gift set a couple of days ago, a belated Christmas gift from a student's very generous and appreciative mom:

I am also head-over-heels in love with a homemade tea concoction created by my sister-in-law, who is a gourmet cook. She calls it Honeybush Chai. Simple pleasures...

***Kendall is heading back to college on Saturday. This week, she' been enjoying her last relaxing days by making a braided rug from her old high school t-shirts. It's a little less than three feet in diameter and gorgeous!

***I miss Kyle, who recently put this photo up as his profile pic on Facebook.

Love that kid...I'm looking forward to seeing him (and Alayna) 

for Sunday's annual City Chicken Feast!

***I found out this week that the school district in which I work is going to referendum in April to request funding for technology. If it goes through, our students will each have ipads,

and teachers will therefore need Macs. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but I have heard that "Once you go Mac, you never go back!" Hm.

***A friendly fragmenter for a long time, Laurie Matherne (Honduras Gumbo), has moved on to new digs and won't be fragging this week but would love to host visitors, I'm sure. You can check out her new blog and say hi here.

***The Green Bay Packers play the Seattle Seahawks in the NFL Playoffs on Sunday. I'm seriously considering buying some of these chedlocks:

GO PACK GO!

Okay, that's enough of my blabbing on...How about you? Got fragments? Link them up *here:

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