Specifically Korean and Spanish. We were discussing at PTA last, translating things to other languages commonly spoken at our school. Spanish and Korean are our 2 biggies and we have someone that can translate to Spanish but there is an issue with the ESL teacher translating, off the clock, for us (I don't know precisely what it is but it had to do with contract and teacher unions and things). We were discussing using the Google translator or Bablefish to translate letters for non-English speaking parents. The issue is, we don't know how correct these translators are. So if I post some text, would someone who speaks the language, tell me what they say?
Bablefish Spanish
Estimados padres, Tendremos nuestra celebración de días festivos después del programa del día de fiesta el viernes 19 de diciembre. El comienzo del programa en 9 y el partido correcto después. Firme por favor para arriba abajo para los artículos para nuestro partido. Gracias
Google Spanish
Queridos padres,
Vamos a tener nuestra fiesta después de que el programa feriado el viernes 19 de diciembre. El programa comienza a las 9 am y el partido será justo después.
Por favor, firme a continuación para los temas de nuestro partido.
Gracias
Apparently, I don't have a Korean language pack installed on my computer so I can't really translate to it. All I get are little boxes. :(
Anyway, help would be appreciated :)
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Hm
Feeling too crummy to come up with an interesting title.
We had people over for dinner last night. This is seriously something we NEVER do but I did it. I spent ALL DAY cleaning the house. RF scrubbed the kitchen for me while the kids helped with the living room and dining room and I cleaned the bathroom. Seriously, every time I thought I was actually done, I found one more thing that had to be cleaned. At one point, I scrubbed the lid of the trash can because I thought it looked bad. I know the people that we had over are my friends and they wouldn't have ridiculed me too badly but I suffer from house jealousy. They have nice, newer construction homes. I live in a crummy basement of a house that was built in the 50s and remodelled to include a the basement by someone who knew nothing about house planning. It was some kind whose MIL got sick so he threw up some walls in the basement so she could have a place to stay in their house. So I over-compensated for the age of my house by cleaning like a mad woman. Then I cook all afternoon.
I was supposed to go to BN with S and J and their kids but I'm super glad I passed. I was under the mistaken impression that I could get everything done I needed done in a couple of hours. What a joke that was :)I'm sad we didn't get to go to the museum, but I'm glad dinner worked out.
I got a call today from the PTA president about bringing the PTA into the 21st century. I'm always pushing for more techy stuff and always getting rebuffed. If something isn't easy, people aren't going to do it. She decided that I was right and we are meeting today to discuss how to modernize our communication. Good stuff.
I have a cold. My head is all stopped up and I feel like crud. Blah.
I watched about an hour of Sweeny Todd last night and I was bored to tears. I like musicals, but I don't like where nearly every line is sung. I prefer normal movies that randomly break out in song. I saw Les Mis a few years ago and hated it. Sweeny Todd is pretty similar. :( I had hoped it would be good but I was disappointed.
We had people over for dinner last night. This is seriously something we NEVER do but I did it. I spent ALL DAY cleaning the house. RF scrubbed the kitchen for me while the kids helped with the living room and dining room and I cleaned the bathroom. Seriously, every time I thought I was actually done, I found one more thing that had to be cleaned. At one point, I scrubbed the lid of the trash can because I thought it looked bad. I know the people that we had over are my friends and they wouldn't have ridiculed me too badly but I suffer from house jealousy. They have nice, newer construction homes. I live in a crummy basement of a house that was built in the 50s and remodelled to include a the basement by someone who knew nothing about house planning. It was some kind whose MIL got sick so he threw up some walls in the basement so she could have a place to stay in their house. So I over-compensated for the age of my house by cleaning like a mad woman. Then I cook all afternoon.
I was supposed to go to BN with S and J and their kids but I'm super glad I passed. I was under the mistaken impression that I could get everything done I needed done in a couple of hours. What a joke that was :)I'm sad we didn't get to go to the museum, but I'm glad dinner worked out.
I got a call today from the PTA president about bringing the PTA into the 21st century. I'm always pushing for more techy stuff and always getting rebuffed. If something isn't easy, people aren't going to do it. She decided that I was right and we are meeting today to discuss how to modernize our communication. Good stuff.
I have a cold. My head is all stopped up and I feel like crud. Blah.
I watched about an hour of Sweeny Todd last night and I was bored to tears. I like musicals, but I don't like where nearly every line is sung. I prefer normal movies that randomly break out in song. I saw Les Mis a few years ago and hated it. Sweeny Todd is pretty similar. :( I had hoped it would be good but I was disappointed.
Monday, August 25, 2008
It's all about me
I was filling out our family calendar for the rest of the school year and I noticed that in January, the only things that are on the calendar are either days out of school (Xmas break) or my stuff. I know it will fill up with other play dates and things but right now it looks like it is all about me :)
Also, am I a bad PTA mom if I blow off the Feb district meeting for book club? It is the first one that has been a book I actually wanted to read on my own. I think I'll ask someone else to go to the district meeting for me that one night.
Also, am I a bad PTA mom if I blow off the Feb district meeting for book club? It is the first one that has been a book I actually wanted to read on my own. I think I'll ask someone else to go to the district meeting for me that one night.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Fun Fest
I'm so glad it is over! It actually turned out fairly well and not the flaming disaster I was imagining. We ended up with enough volunteers, the games got set up, mostly without a hitch (I was in the middle of setting up a game this afternoon when Lizzie melted down and I just had to leave. They were finishing up setting it up when I came back to eat), the food was good (well as good as hot dogs and chips can be LOL) and it seemed like the Wii raffle was huge hit.
We went around upstairs and did the games that Lizzie could do then head downstairs to do the sand candles (As a side note, Noodles and Company was supposed to come and do a craft for us but called this afternoon and cancelled, leaving us hanging for a second craft) When we got in there, my friend MJ was alone trying to take tickets, monitor the sand, clean up messes, label the jars with names and pour the wax to actually make them candles. I ended up staying and helping her because there was no way she could do it all herself. She was already several candles behind and had only been doing it for my 15-20 minutes. Fortunately, my mom was there and took the kids and let them do their thing while I helped out. (I told my mom that is sort of the thing they expect the chairperson to do but because it was MJ, I would have helped anyway, since I wouldn't ditch a friend like that) Honestly, we could have used one more volunteer but we took what we could get. Her friend R showed up later to help and she ended up monitoring the tables while I took tickets and labelled jars. Eventually the kids and my mom showed up and the kids were ready to go. There happened to be another game committee member in the room at the time and I begged her to label while I went and rustled up some help. I ran into the volunteer coordinator in the hall and asked who I could have. She directed me to the boyscouts so I grabbed one and drug him back make candles. :)
Poor boyscouts, I was busting their chops all night. They were doing the fishing game and they, despite having 2 poles, were doing it one kid at a time, which was taking forever. I suggested that, maybe, since there were 4 of them in the room, they put 2 kids behind the screen and two handling tickets and get it going 2 at a time, to move things along. Then I suggested that they move the line so that most of the kids were in the room waiting, instead of halfway down the hall. It wasn't that they were that busy but a lot of people walked on by because the line LOOKED really long in the hall. Then I took the kid from the nice sedate "ring a pop" game and threw him into chaos. I was even a little overwhelmed by how many people were in the room and I'm used to kids and things. I went back after we rounded up all of our stuff to pick up the kid's candles and he looked more than a little stressed out. I wouldn't be surprised if her never volunteers for anything else in his life after tonight LOL
I'm anxious to hear feedback compared to last years but I'll have to wait, probably until the next PTA meeting for that.
We went around upstairs and did the games that Lizzie could do then head downstairs to do the sand candles (As a side note, Noodles and Company was supposed to come and do a craft for us but called this afternoon and cancelled, leaving us hanging for a second craft) When we got in there, my friend MJ was alone trying to take tickets, monitor the sand, clean up messes, label the jars with names and pour the wax to actually make them candles. I ended up staying and helping her because there was no way she could do it all herself. She was already several candles behind and had only been doing it for my 15-20 minutes. Fortunately, my mom was there and took the kids and let them do their thing while I helped out. (I told my mom that is sort of the thing they expect the chairperson to do but because it was MJ, I would have helped anyway, since I wouldn't ditch a friend like that) Honestly, we could have used one more volunteer but we took what we could get. Her friend R showed up later to help and she ended up monitoring the tables while I took tickets and labelled jars. Eventually the kids and my mom showed up and the kids were ready to go. There happened to be another game committee member in the room at the time and I begged her to label while I went and rustled up some help. I ran into the volunteer coordinator in the hall and asked who I could have. She directed me to the boyscouts so I grabbed one and drug him back make candles. :)
Poor boyscouts, I was busting their chops all night. They were doing the fishing game and they, despite having 2 poles, were doing it one kid at a time, which was taking forever. I suggested that, maybe, since there were 4 of them in the room, they put 2 kids behind the screen and two handling tickets and get it going 2 at a time, to move things along. Then I suggested that they move the line so that most of the kids were in the room waiting, instead of halfway down the hall. It wasn't that they were that busy but a lot of people walked on by because the line LOOKED really long in the hall. Then I took the kid from the nice sedate "ring a pop" game and threw him into chaos. I was even a little overwhelmed by how many people were in the room and I'm used to kids and things. I went back after we rounded up all of our stuff to pick up the kid's candles and he looked more than a little stressed out. I wouldn't be surprised if her never volunteers for anything else in his life after tonight LOL
I'm anxious to hear feedback compared to last years but I'll have to wait, probably until the next PTA meeting for that.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Birthday weekend recaplet, haircuts and friends
First, I need a haircut. I've been teasing Lizzie and calling her "shaggy dog" because her bangs are starting to get long and in her eyes again. I shouldn't talk because if I didn't part it the way I do, it would totally be in my eyes. It is too short to do anything with but too long just to let be. If I get it cut, it loses all the blond but I might get highlights or something like that. It will probably be awhile before I do anything with it though. If it could get longer, I could get it cut to this length and it would be tolerable.
We spent the weekend in Indy for my b-day. We were supposed to go over Friday and stay Saturday and Sunday. Because of the storm, we decided to drive over Thursday night so we would already be there if the weather turned yucky. Friday, we went to the Children's Museum, which was fun. Saturday (my b-day), we went to a "rainforest garden", then to Chuck E Cheese (they didn't give me a balloon or a crown, even though I told them it was my birthday :( ), then to a crappy hotel. We promptly checked out of it and went back to the original hotel where we had started out the weekend. Then to Outback for dinner (I wanted to try somewhere we had never been but my mom wanted to stick with something we knew would be good). Then back to the hotel to play in the pool. This morning, we got up and had breakfast and then played in the pool for awhile. Then we headed home. More in depth later, when I'm not trying to get involved in a new show (Dexter, edited for CBS)
And about my friends, April is the only person that wished me happy birthday besides my mom and my kids (prompted by my mom but C told me "Happy birthday" about every 20 minutes after he was reminded and Lizzie sang me happy birthday several time LOL). MJ got me a card and a gift certificate (which she totally shouldn't have done but i really appreciate it all the same) but gave it to me aahead of time since I was going to be out of town. I also got a couple of emails from people, so I was pretty happy about that :)
A final note, I'm so glad that Funfest is nearly over with. I will NEVER AGAIN, NO MATTER WHAT, chair a PTA committee (or probably any other committee for that matter). I will volunteer and do what I'm told within the committee, but never again will I be in charge!!
We spent the weekend in Indy for my b-day. We were supposed to go over Friday and stay Saturday and Sunday. Because of the storm, we decided to drive over Thursday night so we would already be there if the weather turned yucky. Friday, we went to the Children's Museum, which was fun. Saturday (my b-day), we went to a "rainforest garden", then to Chuck E Cheese (they didn't give me a balloon or a crown, even though I told them it was my birthday :( ), then to a crappy hotel. We promptly checked out of it and went back to the original hotel where we had started out the weekend. Then to Outback for dinner (I wanted to try somewhere we had never been but my mom wanted to stick with something we knew would be good). Then back to the hotel to play in the pool. This morning, we got up and had breakfast and then played in the pool for awhile. Then we headed home. More in depth later, when I'm not trying to get involved in a new show (Dexter, edited for CBS)
And about my friends, April is the only person that wished me happy birthday besides my mom and my kids (prompted by my mom but C told me "Happy birthday" about every 20 minutes after he was reminded and Lizzie sang me happy birthday several time LOL). MJ got me a card and a gift certificate (which she totally shouldn't have done but i really appreciate it all the same) but gave it to me aahead of time since I was going to be out of town. I also got a couple of emails from people, so I was pretty happy about that :)
A final note, I'm so glad that Funfest is nearly over with. I will NEVER AGAIN, NO MATTER WHAT, chair a PTA committee (or probably any other committee for that matter). I will volunteer and do what I'm told within the committee, but never again will I be in charge!!
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