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Absolute Worst Blogger EVER

Well, I think we've established that I suck at blogging! I cannot believe I haven't posted here since July.  I suppose this could be the longest catch up post in the history of the internet but I think maybe instead I'll break it up and catch up over a few days instead. 

We are presently in Colorado Springs, CO, on a sort-of vacation.  Sort-of because Toby's actually here working and Chandler is at his dad's house in Denver and that leave Savannah and Me to vacation.  We've had an interesting trip so far.  I drove the 13.5 hours out here on Friday, alone, with both children, who don't get along all that well.  It was f.u.n.!!! 

Sunday, Toby drove us up to Pike's Peak.  It was 47 at the base of the mountain and 15 at the peak.  The wind was blowing a bagillion miles an hour and the windchill was below zero.  We were all bundled up for the most part, but froze half to death anyway.  We did get a few good pictures:

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Today, Savannah and I went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.  I have to say that as impressed as I was with the Kansas City Zoo, this zoo was just as awesome if not more so.  I've never been to a zoo where you were as physically close to the animals.  I was amazed at how many hands-on experiences they offered.  The grounds were spectacular!  Savannah was blown away with the giraffe feeding.  It nearly cost me an arm and a leg at 3 crackers for a buck!  She was breaking crackers into fourths to make it last longer! We had to go back again before we left.  Here are a few of the pics from the zoo:

More zoo pictures here.

And even some video:

7 Random Things

I got tagged by Lisa for this meme.  It's been a few days but I've had a lot going on and needed to process this one since I'd done one similar to it on the old blog.  So here goes:

1.  I am a hopeless soap opera fanatic.  I only watch The Young & The Restless, As The World Turns, and Guiding Light.  I began watching these shows when I was a very small child with my grandmother.  I love these shows so much that I tivo them everyday and either watch them at night or on the weekends.  I also think that somehow I feel closer to my grandmother and my great-grandmother (who also watched daily) even though my grandmother rarely ever watches them anymore.  She somehow evolved and I didn't and don't really want to any time soon.  Oh, and yeah, WHY OH WHY won't they bring my beloved Nick back on Y&R??????  It's so unfair! 

2.  I only complete about 1 in 30 knitting projects that I start.  I get started on a project and get busy and then lose interest and rip it out.  I go through random period where I will rip out all of my wip's and rewind the yarn.  I wish I could be more of a completer.  I think also part of the reason is that I like to start things, learn a new skill, and then move on.  I don't feel the need to knit miles and miles of the same thing over and over sometimes, and then other times....all stockinette for me baby!

3.  I am a relatively smart person, BUT I can do and say some of the stupidest things man has ever known.  For example, this week a couple of my friends were complimenting me on my new hair.  One told me that the color made me look "Brighter" to which I said "Like smarter-brighter?  Cause if it makes me look smarter-brighter then I'm going to go bleach the whole thing tonight!" My other friend was also in the conversation and she too was complimenting me on my new hair and also complaining again about her dye job.  I told her "Why won't you just go find someone else?  You complain every single time you go to this woman and she NEVER does what you ask for?"  She said that the woman was the mother of a friend of her daughters.  I replied "SO?" and she tells me that because she associates with her at basketball games that she felt obligated.  And then it happened.  I opened my mouth and the stupid just rolled right on out like a runaway freight train.  I said to her: "Well, if I were to associate with a dentist, that doesn't mean I'd let him look in my mouth."  They just looked at me with the dumbest looks on there faces and then every single one of them just burst out laughing.  Why on earth is it so easy for me to sound so stupid?  I knew exactly what I mean to say and that just was NOT it!  I do this stuff all the time!   

4.  I'm also a NASCAR fan.  I think Jeff Gordon sucks, and I love Carl Edwards.  I think the Busch brother's are cry babies and Dale Jr. made the right decision to leave DEI.  I love Michael Waltrip and his brother Darrell, but I think that Michael should not have gone with Toyota.  I like Tony Stewart and I wish someone would just whip Todd Bodine's ass just for being a punk.  I think NASCAR showed their butts at Daytona this year.  I like to watch races with my husband, but I don't like to watch them when he's not here.  It's something I like to do together and to watch on my own just isn't the same.  I know I'll probably take some heat for my opinions on this, but whatever, it's my blog!

5.  I'm on a diet.  I've lost 16 pounds so far and I'm excited about it.  I've never stuck to a diet this long without going psycho and then giving up.  I'm taking an appetite suppressant, eating between 1200-1300 calories per day and exercising for 30 minutes a day.  I'm proud of myself and I'm finding that this is much easier than any diet I've ever done before.

6.  I have a stack of papers about a foot high on my desk waiting.  I haven't been able to bring papers home to grade all week because of things going on at home and I am really feeling super guilty about it.  I hate making my students wait for their papers.  I'll have to get as much done as possible tomorrow and Friday because I do not want to bring home papers over the weekend because my husband is coming home!

7.  I've decided to be more random or spontaneous and leave the list at SIX random things. :0) 

A Brand New Me

I got my hair cut this week, and was thinking that I should maybe also get a new hair color, and maybe also a tan, and maybe also a new job, and some new contacts.  So, I did! 

First the hair color.  There is an incredibly nice and talented girl named Erika who works at Supercuts.  She has done some amazing work and I really like her so I was very happy when I found out she wasn't in fact moving away!  Yay me!  I can have consistently pretty hair for once in my life! 

So she cut my hair a cople of days ago, and planted a little seed.  She says to me "You know what would look really hot with that hair style?"  I said, "No, but I don't care, I'll take three please!"

Chandler pointed out ever so kindly that I looked like the flying nun for a while in the middle.  But I think the end results were pretty great!  See below.  You can click for big on any of the pictures.

Now the job.  I have decided to take the position at the new fine arts charter school.  It's going to be a huge change for me and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't scared half to death about it.  But I do believe it will be a good thing for me and for my family.  I am really going to miss my friends and my students at my current school. 

Spring Break Is Finally Here!

I am sooo glad that Spring Break is here.  I know the students are happy, but they have no clue how much the teachers look forward to it too!  Toby's off working, so the kids and I are on our own.  We may go do a little hiking or caving this week for some time out of the house depending on the weather.  I want to go here, here, here, and here during Spring Break.

Last week, Chandler and I went to Cosmic Cavern in Berryville, AR.  It was a wonderful trip and we had a great time!  The cave was wonderful.  Click here to see some of my favorite photos from the trip.

P.S. Knitting Content Coming Soon!

Welcome!

Welcome to my new blog.  I'm going to try to figure out how to move my old posts at blogger over to typepad, so if anyone has suggestions, please share!  It may take me a while to figure out how this works but hopefully the blog will be up and running soon!