Ashland, OR

Well - this was a small but pleasant distraction from whatever ails me.  We stopped in Redding and picked up Kenny and Treda.  She is always so welcoming to her in-laws.  I'm very lucky to have her as a daughter.  The ride to Ashland gave us a chance to chat and catch up on everything.  Our rooms were very comfortable, but alas, our ultimate goal was to view live entertainment.  So, we saw Henry IV, Part 1 the first evening.  It was a little hard to hear a couple of the speakers, but we got the gist and only nodded off a couple of times.  The next day we saw Throne of Blood.  Again, it was a head nodder.  There were parts though that were interesting and unique.  They had a long narrow screen above the stage which they used for translation from Japanese to English, and projected scenery.  Basically, the story line was MacBeth set in Japan.  Next time we'll try to include something a little lighter like a comedy possibly.  The best part was the weather.  It was absolutely beautiful.  My skin was happy and my eyes caught the passing clouds in many pleasing forms.  What more could a person ask for.

Las Vegas

Geeze - It took me awhile to just get to this spot.  But, alas, I'm here.  Had a relaxing time in Las Vegas.  Now for most that probably sounds like an oxymoron.  However,  I stayed off the strip at a beautiful place with a perfect pool.  I even could put my lounge chair in the pool.  I think I only gambled for 30 minutes and won Snark $10.  I didn't know what to do after that?!  The room had a TV in the mirror in the bathroom, and the separate tub looked out on the skyline which had a view of the lights of the strip and the pool below.  I didn't take the camera, so no pics this time.  I saw Lion King and it was great!  The costumes, dance, and music was wonderful.  I'm recommending it to one and all.  I'm ready to take off again, but I'll have to wait because I have to work 1/2 day on Friday.  In the meantime, I'll catch up on errands and chores. 

musings 2

well - my throat hurts from talking so much and sometimes so loudly.  I'm resting it today.  It takes a lot of energy to get the messages across for behavior to be a certain way in the classroom to have some learning taking place.  Not much learning happened on Friday.  It didn't help that the a/c went out on Thursday.  I felt really crummy by the time I got home, but felt much better after having dinner and getting some liquids in me.  Enjoyed a nice visit with Mom on Saturday.  Went to see Scott Pilgrim later, but it wasn't for me even though it got good reviews.  Resting today and working on genealogy and a couple of school items.  I'm in love with 3-day weekends!

Back to school

Well - a new school year has started.  I've got 20 hot little bodies all eager to learn.  I hope I'm not wasting their time.  I've lost some of my self-confidence, so need to work on that.  I put in 9 plus hours a day and yet that is not near enough time, and according to my principal's philosophy, a teacher should do whatever it takes without complaining or pay.  I love teaching - I just don't like the crappy stuff that gets attached to the job. 

pictures of progress

Hi all - I am adding a couple of pictures so you can see that I actually did what I said I did.  I realized today that it is exactly 10 days until August.  Why is that a big deal?  Well, once August hits, I can see that I will be back to work soon.  No more lazying around the house with quiet music and my own musings.  I'll have to think in the past, present, and future all at the same time - a little scarey. 

I just finished babysitting the wee one.  She is so good.  She played, slept in my arms, ate, and played some more.  She is working on her turning-over skills.  Now I need to sleep.  But instead, I'll work on the genealogy.  I received in the mail the ship's passenger list for my mother's mother's father.  I'm pretty sure he came over more than once so I will try and track that down. 

Birds and Hair

Terri cut my hair last night.  Woa - she got scissor crazy.  I think she didn't want to do it again anytime soon.  Well, it turned out fine.  But you should have seen her back lawn - there were little hair tumbleweeds blowing all over - enough to make a couple of bird nests.  Speaking of which - the young baby nesting outside our kitchen took it's first flight today.  It got scared when Ken went out and flew to the other side of the deck.  I don't think the other egg is going to hatch. I've forgotten what Julia told me about putting a picture in here. Hey, I figured it out!!!  oh yeah, tomorrow I'm going to babysit Bailee...and I spent the entire weekend working on genealogy.  By the way Julia if you read this - send me Ryan full birthday please and his mom's full name.  That will do for a start.  How do you like my sentence structure?  Good-bye.  I'm going to cook dinner.

musings

Well, I'm stuck on m-words and you know it will take me awhile to get over it.  I've been practicing on how to use the various parts of this blog, adding and changing a few things.  Just a short comment on the book I'm reading for the maybe book club...I'm having a hard time getting into the book(Wolf Hall) and keep falling asleep after a couple of pages.  It's definitely not the subject, but the style of writing.  Maybe as I get going more, it will get smoother for me.  OK - so really, I'm must be stalling.  I need to get to my genealogical research and get organized with it.  One last thought - Ringo just turned 70 - hard for my head to get around that fact.  Also, Paul will be performing in SF tomorrow night -ummm.  Now, I guess I need to let some people know I have this blog-thing going...how to do that?

where am I on the learning curve

Well,  I'm working on how to use this new e-thingy.  It took me 5 minutes just to get here.  It's calm here and too quiet now that my beautiful children have returned to their own homes.  I will share my day as a start and try to add a picture or two.  I'm listening to the Harry Potter theme to the first movie. uumm- it sends me to a pleasant place while I work on this.  My day started early sending Juda off into the wild blue yonder and back to Snark who surely has missed her.  Home by 8am, phone calls, errands to run, more phone calls, and more errands.  You will be happy to know I made a chiropractic appt for tomorrow - kids.  Also, got an appointment to have the chip in the windshield repaired on Saturday.  Geeze - it's always something.  Somehow my co-op order did not come.  Either it didn't get ordered or the company did not send it.  I'll have to wait another month which is not the end of the world, but I will need to go to Raleys and buy Nugo bars.  I just want to say ThANK YOU children for all the help and mostly for spending time with me.  I love having you around.  OK - now for the pics-