Big #7

Can't believe we have been putting up with this guy for 7 YEARS now! Just kidding! Cash is the best! Look out 'Beautiful Mind' because this mathmatical wizard is going to take your spot. This kid knows square roots and he is only in the FIRST grade.

He walked right up to me when he saw me.....he knows that when it is birthday time and I am there that means birthday picture! Here he is showing me how old he is

Not sure why is making it look so hard here! Happy Birthday to You!! We love you to pieces!!

Next with the camera was this young beauty: {cake and all!}

She posed for this one and then afterwards she took my camera around taking pictures of everyone and everything. Just for her I will show you the one she took of me. My kids get after me because I am always the one with the camera and no pictures of me....so here goes:

Lovely. Just lovely. LOL

A Good Thinker

Love this:

The dialogue with God which begins with the confession

of one's own failures is not depressing; it is liberating.

At last, perhaps even for the first time, we have

been honest with ourselves about what we are;

and we have been honest with the one Person

before whom there is no deception.

Emilie Griffin

Semester Two Starts...Ready Or Not

Today was just what we were expecting...CRAZY!! With the start of the second semester, the crazies come out. All the kids get the opportunity to set a schedule prior to the real one taking place. The day of the real one...everyone has changed their minds. It is something that just makes the counselors fit to be tied. KIDS! I think they should all have to start whatever they finish. It seems that I am the only one on earth that feels this way. With the first day out of the way the rest of the week should go smoothly. Should that is. Tomorrow there is a survey that has to be completed for some of the students. We are going to have it during the STAT class so we will see how that interuption plays with plans of the teachers. I really don't particularly like days where the schedule gets some sort of a tweak. People tend to freak out because they don't handle change very well. This sometimes carries over to my day. How about a little cheese with this 'whine'??

On to something better. This weekend I went to town on Saturday with Nick to run a couple of errands. They were short and sweet and I ended up at a couple of my favorite antique stores. A month or so ago I needed forks so I bought some forks at one of the antique stores. They were so pretty. Well, this Saturday I found some spoons that I had to get because they were cute also. It is fun to have a variety of utensils. My next mission is to get some dinnerware. I have been looking for something I like but haven't had any luck. I am not interested in getting a bunch of matching place settings either. A few of one, a few of another, and a few of another would be great! Mix and Match. That's my new theme. Here's what my spoon and fork patterns look like:

Awesome huh!

The Jets and Bears lost yesterday. Looks like the Super Bowl is going to be the
Steelers vs Packers. Not too interested in either team winning. Do you think that both teams could tie at 0-0?? And there really wouldn't BE a winner???

Purge, Clean, Empty

You would think it was spring around this house! I opened my cupboard today and decided I was tired of stuff barely on the shelf or falling down when the door opens. I went through my cupboards in the kitchen, pantry and in the hutch and threw a bunch of 'stuff' out! I am not a pack-rat by any means. I polished silver, wiped down shelves, brought out some plates to use and now can open my cupboard doors without fearing anything falling down.

I also did laundry, ran a vacuum, did some stuff for school, colored my hair, and traded dad a chair for my back room. It was a pretty productive day if I do say so.

A Little Insight....

a month.....April

a day.......Saturday

an adjective....run

a color.....red

a flower.....daisy

a musical instrument.....piano

a fruit.....grape

a shoe.....flip flop

a plant.....ivy

a taste.....sweet

an emotion.....joy

a song.....Hello World

a store....Pottery Barn

a book.....The Notebook

a scent.....Channel

a tool.....hammer

a tree.....Crooked Willow

a verb.....love

Train Ride

Mom called first thing this morning telling me to go look at the train going by. It was stunning! Full of 44 wind machine blades (probably not the technical term).

By being on a train it saves a lot of semi-truck work. Imagine passing a line of these on the freeway one after the other!

Kyle and Eric went to work at Commercial Tire. Kaylee came by for a quick "hi". She has amazing blue eyes! What a treat.

It's Friday

This was the view outside my front door this afternoon when I got home from work. There was fog along the irrigation ditch, sun, clouds and blue sky depending on which way you were looking.

These clouds were to the north of my house....they were spectacular!

This view is looking south....the pump house is going to get painted this summer if it kills me! Maybe I shouldn't say 'kills' me, but I really want to get that done!

This week was a quick one at work....probably having Monday and Tuesday off had something to do with its speed. The semester is over as of today. Finals were yesterday and today, early dismissal today; the schedule was a disaster every day this week. Oh well, we made it through.

Watching the Australian Open tonight. One of the doubles match got into a tangle with the opposing players. Come on guys! Venus had to withdraw due to an injury. Isner is playing against Cilic; losing right now and Roddick is still in the hunt. 2 Americans left....good luck guys! I would love to see Roddick take the trophy. Don't think Nadal and Federer agree with me.

Looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning. Last night was not a good sleep night. I woke up several times. Not sure why. Ready to make up for it tonight.