Spellbinding…
2nd June 2006
After a week off, today was my swim class. It was heavenly. It probably was my last class, since we’ve got stuff going on Monday, and I’m hoping our little Toone-to-Be arrives on his own next week. It sure is nice to be in the water, though, and it helped my swollen ankles and aching back.
Last night was some SPELLBINDING television, as we enjoyed the last hour of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Fun stuff! I’m not kidding! We loved the documentary movie “SpellBound”, and of course, Brian and I are both geeks who love a challenge. I got a couple of words right before they came on the screen, “heiligenschein”, “hukilau”, and “austausch”. The winning word, “ursprache”, was not one I could sound out:) A couple fun little tidbits of knowledge about me… I didn’t miss a spelling word until the middle of third grade – “motor” (it happened to be the last spelling test I took in Louisiana, just before we moved to Wisconsin). And I represented Shell Lake Jr. High at the area spelling bee twice. In school qualifying rounds both years, I had to spell “gesundheit”. Do you feel like you know me better now?
June 3rd, 2006 at 2:18 pm
Wow, Kristine, I had no idea! How could you keep something like that hidden? 🙂
I think the only spelling bee I can remember being in was one in second grade with just our class. I don’t remember if I won or not. That probably means that I didn’t.