Our warm autumn weather is fleeting, soon to give way to gray, rainy days. It’s time to enjoy the sunshine while we can. Our options were to rake the leaves in the yard or leave those leaves for later…
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2014
Today is Teacher Appreciation Day a.k.a. Teacher’s Day czyli Dzień Nauczyciela a.k.a.Dzień Edukacji Narodowej. Whatever you call it, it is a day to bring something nice to school for your teacher(s). I remember my first Teacher’s Day in Poland.…
40-year-old smart, sexy, witty mother/wife/human being extraordinaire, czyli ja: Lizzie! You have a kartkówka tomorrow. Lizzie, 3rd grader extraordinaire: What!? Karkówka for dinner tomorrow? Ja: No, not karkówka (pork neck), karT-kówka. I’m checking your Librus (e-grade book) and it…
Okay, so not really. Unless walking your kids to school, going to work, picking up your kids from school, going back to work, cooking, cleaning, and laundry is the new definition of celebrity. Like orange is the new black…
As we do each autumn, we took a trip to the Polish pottery mecca, the town of Bolesławiec in southwestern Poland. It was a bright, crisp day with blue skies and changing leaves. After packing our pottery purchases safely…
Halloween is coming in one month! Yippeee! Have I mentioned that I love Halloween? Well, yes, actually I have. Yep, I’m one of those idiots. Count me in! It’s true, if you don’t warn people (or even if you…
Placek dyniowy! Jak sprawdzałam przepisy po polsku na dynie większość była na dania mięsne albo pikantne ale nie słodkie. Jak już przejdę przez ten cały czasochłonny proces od dyni do ugotowanego puree, chcę potem ugotować/upiec coś lepszego niż pikantny…
When I tell people that the school doesn’t get it, this is what I mean. Jak boga nie kocham, Chris is not impressed. Here’s one very creative and colorful bulletin board which welcomes students and teachers alike. It looks…
Oh the humanity of using the public transport system on a daily basis. Over the summer, I had a chance to forget. Oh the sweet memory loss. Nothing particularly bad happened today – it wasn’t as bad as one…
Poland is often called a Catholic country. I am not even sure what that means exactly. In my experience it means that some people are devout believers in god and church, others believe in god but maybe not the…
