Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!

Hi Lynn - Happy New Year from your classroom!

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

5-4-3-2-1- HAPPY NEW YEARS!

Dear Ms.Barnicel (aka Lynn, aka My teacher, aka my friend)
how are you?
i guess i always start out with that cliche' line but... oh well!
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i had a great Christmas and i spent it with my HUGE family, as always! (you just can't catch a break can you? joking! it's always fun to have them over! :) )
i hope your Christmas was better then perfect- meaning you also got to spend it with your family and the people you love!
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New Years came so quickly i forgot about it until a day ago when my cousin Myles said "what are you going to yell after the count-down?" i had no idea what he was talking about and was ready to inlist him in an "asylum" when he said - catching my unaware face - "you know? New Years!"
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my sister was going to say BarfQuwa (barf-KWA) - it's a story for another day but long story short... scrabble gonewrong -
I was going to say "HOLA 'o9!"
and after some thought my cousin asked my uncle Joseph what cats said in French.
My uncle said "Minu!" (Meen-U)
i started cracking up at this point because my uncle is very big and has a beard and looks well not girlie....at all...and when he had said Minu, he had said it in the perfect voice of a little girl!
so now my cousin will shout "Minu!"
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what will you shout Ms.B?
that is if you will be staying up that late, it's funny because it seems that all the kids I KNOW will be staying up and not their parents.

love, hugs, and the new years spirit!
Callan, August, Paul, and Patty!

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Hey Ms.B!

Hi Ms.Barnicle,
Its Danielle! I really miss you, my soccer team won 2nd in the city! School is going really well, my break is heavenly! I looove sleeping in, its aweosme. I got a new digital nikcon coolpix camera for christmas, and wont put it down... haha.. I spent christmas with Darienne, remember her? well shes my bestest friend... I hope you had a great christmas! and i hope you got to spend it with your family. I hope i will get to see you soon, maybe i will just ironicly and randomly see you somewhere... okay, well i have to go, feel better.
Best Wishes,
Danielle

From Lynn 12/28/08

Dear Ones, It is Saturday afternoon, December 27 and the 'big brown bag' was just unhung, the last and toughest part of this round of chemo.  I wait and rest patiently for the effects to subside, blood counts to dip some more before they can rise again, and the welcome words that I can be released for a few days.   I hope to return home to recover by Tuesday.  Time with Colin and Danny and Jon and my own bed. Everyone here on the 12th floor continues to be wonderful, and I feel the effects of their great care every day.  They are patient and wise and helpful round the clock, and the fortitude of everyone through our trying Seattle weather was remarkable and an added blessing. To all of you, my deepest thanks and gratitude.  I have this image that I ride along on the wings of your wishes and love, humor, gifts and continued blessings, and I'm convinced they are the source of my good spirits and relative good health. Happy New Year to All! WIth Love and Hugs, Lynn