Groovy Green

Today was a good day. My students worked really hard and 6 of them passed maths assessments. I need to get cracking on developing my extension maths course on geometry and algebra, otherwise those students who are moving fast won't have any meaningful work to carry on with next semester. Apparently last year they were just allowed to go home, but I see that as a total waste of an opportunity to do extended learning towards future study. I have to wait to get my course proposal through the Academic Board before I can officially assess the units I plan to develop - but if they don't approve it, I am just going to teach them anyway. At least they get a heads up and a chance to build their skills.

And, bonus, my immediate boss told me that my overall boss has finally pulled his finger out and put through my salary adjustment for approval. I started on the wrong payscale and nearly 2 months ago I spoke to my overall boss about it (my immediate boss doesn't have the authority to do salaries) and after several emails enquiring as to the status, something has happened. The approval part isn't all that flash though - as far as I'm concerned approval isn't required because I should have been on this salary scale the entire time, but red-tape obviously demands due process. Fingers crossed (not that it's that much money - but I might be able to afford an extra block of cheese - haha).

On to green things. I have discovered that there isn't a huge amount of green that I have in my life, bar the garden. So this post isn't going to be very pretty.

The first is my green coloured trainers. They are very comfy and made by Adidas.

This is the plastic greenhouse that I erected over the summer. As yet I have nothing it in, but hopefully this coming summer, I will get around to using it.....maybe for growing some tomato seedlings or similar.

My new emerald ring. I got it for only $25 on Trade Me last week. Apparently it is worth $249US, with an "authentic" price tag to match. Whether or not it really is authentic and worth that much money, I'm not sure......but the trader has lots of lovely things of a similar nature and has one thing a week that she sells at $1 reserve.

I am quite confused about this tree. I don't really know whether it is a lime or a lemon tree. How ignorant is that. I am pretty sure it's a lemon, but the fruit doesn't go fully yellow in the summer and has a significant greenish tinge to it.

Just after I bought myself a small quilting mat from Spotlight, I realised that this mat which had been sitting outside the backdoor since I moved in, was a quilting mat. Duh. It is quite a large one and costs a fair bit new. It is quite dirty on the back and I've had to dry the dirt off so I can clean it up properly. I'm not sure if it will be in adequate work order or whether it is too warped to be of use. Watch this space.

The one thing I wanted to get when I went to Mexico a few years ago was a traditional Mexican rug. Very touristy I know, but I love the colourfulness of it (I would LOVE to go to Guatemala and pick up some of their products). It is more like a throw than a rug though and I don't really have anywhere that I can use it regularly. Hmmm, something to think on again.

Great TV tonight. Yay!

Hmm, now that I've published this post, I can see that none of the pictures can be clicked on to open them in bigger window. I don't know why this happens when I choose the centre option when I upload the image. Very strange.