Lemback Blog

The Potpourri of Ramblings blog of Marlene and Leif Lemback

She Will Be Missed

Marlene | March 12, 2010

The week has been sorrowful for everyone at my job because one of our colleagues passed away after being rushed to the hospital on Monday.  We were having our usual meeting with our respective rectors that day when the incident occurred.  Since my job has a large group of language teachers in the entire region, the meetings are conducted in five groups, with each [...]

Job Almost Done For Peanuts

Marlene | March 2, 2010

Tell me about it!  Do you like to shell peanuts?  I do like to shell boiled peanuts but only to throw them straight into my mouth.  It’s shell and eat, shell and eat way of enjoying peanuts boiled or roasted unshelled.  The peanuts I have now are raw, unshelled but not no longer fresh because I brought them [...]

Mother Language Week

Marlene | February 25, 2010

It’s definitely not a good week to celebrate Mother Language Week.  And definitely not a pleasing idea to bring the students to a museum to see an exhibit when it’s snowing non-stop.  But the plan was agreed beforehand so we proceeded.  Children don’t complain about the weather, anyway.  It’s adults like me who are capable of making a big [...]

I Should Have Bought Bronte

Marlene | February 22, 2010

Hubby was out this afternoon to check on the taxi car in the parking lot.  He called his brother and asked for help just in case the car was snowed in.  It was indeed, because they needed to tow it.  It didn’t concern me much cos I didn’t know how it looked like out there.  [...]

A Perfect Winter Break

Marlene | February 18, 2010

I am in the middle of my winter break enjoying sleep in mornings and taking easy with the usual chores.  I don’t mind if it would snow the whole week because this break is saving me from going out to freeze.  Except yesterday when I had my driving lesson in the city centre and then [...]