First Entry for the Day

Italian Phrase of the Day: {These come from An Italian Phrase a Day desk calendar}  Email una copia del suo curriculum al mio zio. Email a copy of your resumè to my uncle.

My comment on this:Sembravano strano a mio sentire un "curriculum" chiavano un "resumè" che arrivano agli Stati Uniti dal Inghilterra sul millenovecentisessantatrè. It seemed strange to me to hear a "curriculum" called a "resumè" when I came to the United States from England in 1963.

Today the only Italian I have to do is to review for the test on the raccontino tomorrw. This means knowing the verb forms and the vocabulary la Prof gave us during the construction of the raccontino. This is about five or six verbs and about fifteen words.

So, for today:

• study for test–write out the words five times
• make yogurt. {The milk has already been boiled and I am waiting for it to go down to room temperature. Then I will add the good little bacteria, pour the mixture into the pots and put them in the machine to gently warm for 8 hours. Next, the pots will go into the refrigerator overnight and be ready to tuck into tomorrow. Last night Fred told me he had eaten the last one with maple syrup! }
• study for test –ask Fred to call out the words and see if I can remember what they are by saying them and writing them down.
• I am also thinking quite seriously about making scones. So far, I have got out the recipe and checked to be sure we have all the ingredients. We do.
• go for a walk
• study for test–rewrite five times whichever words I didn’t know.

The quotation below will be changed tomorrow. The ones I have chosen for February are to motivate me to take a risk….

QUOTATION FOR THIS MONTH: If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. — Marcus Aurelius

Until later….