I have not been abducted by aliens.....

Hello all !

So sorry for my absence. I have thought of many many things to blog about, but I cannot find time to blog while I am coherent enough to think of those things. Heres a quickie rundown on whats been happening with me.

1. Andie's health issues: I am currently in a motel room in Boise, where we are spending the night awaiting her colonoscopy in the morning. She has finished her bowel prep, which she DID NOT enjoy. She pooped and pooped and pooped and so on until she finally fell asleep. We check in to the hospital at 6:30 am for her colonoscopy at 8. Since my last blog on the subject, I have spent much quality time on the phone with receptionists at three different doctor's offices trying to coordinate test results, insurance coverage, and scheduling. I am on a first name basis with my three new friends.... :) We should have definitive results within the next week and then we will know what to do from here. I also got a name for a great nutritionist over here who has helped a friend of mine with similar issues.

2. Applying for Graduate programs, jobs and graduation: I have been buried in paperwork again, compiling my applications for my special ed program, and for jobs. I have also been trying to get ready for graduation. Sam will have to help me with the dang robe and hood. There was no class on how to work the stinking hood!! BTW: Found out today that I did get a job. I am now gainfully employed again!! I am happy to know what I will be doing next school year. The great part is that I get to spend half a day at the high school every day, and it's Andie's freshman year. I am much more excited about this portion than she is. I wonder if she thinks I will embarrass her in front of her friends..? (not me...)

3. We got a new roof put on our house and I planted a couple of trees and a yucca. The insurance crap associated with that was mostly taken on by my darling husband, but it was disruptive nonetheless. D and I did the cleanup ourselves, to save the many $ per hour that the contractor would have charged us.

4.The last time D went out horn hunting, the STUPID dog got skunked. He had never seen a skunk, so he didn't know any better. He had it all down his front, and we have been working on him frequently to try to improve his fragrance. I bought some stuff at D&B on my way to #5 and we have sprayed it on him a couple of times. I think he's getting better, but I am not sure. Maybe I am just getting used to the smell....

5. Tristan's birthday party was on Saturday. Andie and I went over and celebratedwith him. It was a ball, and he is so cute.

6. Andie has been on band trips, and track meets about every time i turn around. I don't know how you guys with multiple kids function.

Anyway, this is my life for the past couple of weeks. I will try to be better about not bottling up my blogthoughts and just blurting them out all at once. I will try to express my blogthoughts when I am feeling them and return to my healthy blogger mentality.

Saturday's Pics, A Day Late.....

Saturday's weather was ugly. It snowed and the wind howled for the majority of the time we were hiking. We found 13 horns, and D did a great slide move down a big snow drift. He said he slid about 30 feet and didn't stop until he ran out of snow. I was on the other side of the ridge, so I didn't get to see. I was bummed to miss it. :) Anyhoo, not a bad day overall, but my butt stayed cold for a long time until I soaked in a hot tub to warm it up..... (And to think I do this for fun...?)

While I was WORKING!!!

This is what my darling husband was doing while I worked today. He had a GREAT day horn hunting, found a ton, and the weather was fabulous. Tomorrow I have the day off and I get to go, but the forecast calls for snow! I am not happy, but he made me smile for pictures when he got home. His pack weighed about 70 lbs, and I am glad it was him who had to walk to the truck carrying it. :) Anyway, not a bad day's work!

Top Ten Tuesday.....Stuff I Love

1. My IPod, referred to by D as "The OldPod."
2. Glad Press and Seal: much better than oldschool Saran Wrap.
3. Online BillPay: Faster, easier, no postage.
4. Clorox Bleach Pen: need I say more?
5. Mr. Clean Magic Eraser: LOVE LOVE LOVE these.
6. Laundry Sorter, given to me by Sam: Saves tons of sorting. Bet she wishes she had it back.
7. Dickies for Women black workpants: Come out of the dryer ready to wear, creased legs and all. (I HATE to IRON.) I am going to buy about 4 more pair.
8. My bed, wish I got to spend more time in it. (Copying Jen, now.)
9. Ice Cream.....again, thanks for reminding me Jen.
10. Orange Spice Tea: It's still good if you forget about it and let it get cold. In teaching, it has become important to bring a drink to work that I will still like when I acutally get time to enjoy it.

Ok, there's my list. Great topic, Aim!

P.S. For those of you just joining us, before editing #8 on my list was CRACK.... I was out of ideas, and so tired you wouldn't believe it, so it was VERY funny to me at the time.... :):)

Here's another one for the giver..... :)

I need you to soothe my head,
To turn my blue-ue out to red.....

Me Likee Theese One....

They're picking up the prisoners and putting them in a pen,
And ______________________________________
Rebels been rebels since I don't know when,
And ______________________________________

Molitoff cocktail, the local drink
And_______________________________________
They mix em up right in the kitchen sink,
And_______________________________________



LOVE IT~~~~
Who sang it?

Sunday Music

Young teacher, the subject
Of school girl fantasies
She wants him so badly
Knows what she wants to be.

For Becky....

Sorry I didn't explain myself. We do this in the spring and sell most of them to support D's archery habit. :) It is good exercise, sometimes too good, and we have fun doing it. We put in a couple of 12 mile days last year, but we haven't done more than probably 6 miles so far this year. Here's a pic of me on a very good day last year, and D rearranging them so they could fit in the living room. Your comment cracked us up. I wanted to find a whole bunch of trumpets and trombones to take pics of and tell you we found them..... hee hee

High Altitude Photo Op

We walked to the top of the world for this picture under a ginormous snowdrift.
The only brown horn we found was this one. I found nothing but tracks. We walked many many miles, and my feet are sore!!!

N0 bears or cougars today! :)

Close Encounters of the Scary Kind

Darin was horn hunting when he walked within 20 feet of these guys. Mom was not at all happy to see him, but she calmed down when her and baby were safe in the tree. D said it was a bit closer than he liked, and our STUPID dog didn't even know there was a bear in the area. A lot of help he is, huh?

This one will get stuck in your head forever.... :)

I know you think I'm like the others before,
Who saw your name and number on the wall.....

How 'bout now?

Lying in my bed I hear the clock tick and think of you.
Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new.

Thursday Afternoon

She's so fine, there's no telling where the money went.
She's so fine, there's no other way to go.

How do you like me now?

On the day I was born, the nurses all gathered 'round.
They gazed in wild wonder at the joy they had found.

LOVE THIS SONG

Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I wanna get lost in your rock and roll....

Top Ten Tuesday.... MOVIES

1. Emperor's New Groove: 'scary beyond all reason'
2. Remember the Titans: Denzel was fabulous in this one. I laughed, I cried, etc.
3. Finding Nemo: 'do you speak whale?'
4. Jungle Book: 'forget about your worries and your stripes'...(Andie when she was little)
5. Pirates of the Carribean: 'You will always remember this as the day you almost captured Captain Jack Sparrow...'
6. Narnia: great story, almost as good as the book
7. Raising Arizona: 'turn to the right' / 'Ed, dont forget your bouquet' / 'I'll be taking these here Huggies and any cash you got.' / 'Hang on Nathan Junior, we gonna go pick up Daddy.'
8. Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Major time investment, but a great story about Frodo's journey.
9. Legends of the Fall: too sad, but worth it.
10. The Sound of Music: 'adieu adieu, to you and you and you'

Here's a fun one!!

When you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits......

Tuesday Already.....

I never, I never seen you look so good
You never act the way you should
And I like it....

Monday Night Music...

Look at me once, look at me twice,
look at me again and there's gonna be a fight.

Sunday daytime........

I remember when rock was young
Me and Suzie had so much fun....

At a loss for words.....

Please provide your own caption.....

Thank you.

Friday Funny

Officer, this is how the fight started...I rear-ended the car in front of me. I admit that. It was my fault.So, we both pull over to the side of the road, and slowly the driver of the car I hit gets out of his car. . . and you know how you just-get-sooo-stressed... and life... sometimes life seems like... suddenly funny? Well, the driver of the car I hit is a DWARF! He gets out of his car and I get out of my car.He is frowning and scowling and he storms over to me. Right up close at me he looks up in my face and says, "I AM NOT HAPPY!"And I don't know what possessed me, officer, but I look down at him and I said, "Well, if you're not Happy -- which one are you?".. . . and that's when the fight started.

(got this in my email this morning....made me lol)

Friday Morning

Everyone's watching to see what you will do
Everyone's looking at you.

Thursday for real this time......

Out on a cypress limb above the wishing well
Where the sea ain't got no bottom, it'll take you down to hell.
Out in the bushes and off to the right
Two men talking in the pale moonlight.

a)song title
b)band

Wednesday Afternoon....oops

If I stay there will be trouble
If I go it will be double....

Wednesday wake up....

Top coat, top hat
I dont' worry 'cause my wallet's fat.

Here ya go....... Tuesday Night

Coffee black, cigarettes.
Start this day like all the rest.


Sorry its late, had to watch Biggest Loser first. :)

BEEP BEEP Explained

We used to go around the coffee table at mom and dad's to the rhythm of that song. It starts out slow, so we would go slowly around until the song got faster and faster, and eventually we were running like maniacs around the coffee table until the song got over and we all fell on the ground laughing. I don't know how our parents stood it, or how we all escaped head injuries from falling on the coffee table. You must have been pretty little, or you would remember it. We did it ALOT, and it was obnoxious!


PS: I am skipping out on top ten Tuesday this week, because I would skin my husband alive if he did the male equivalent. :)

Music Trivia for the April Fools

He had emeralds and rubies just dripping off of him
and a ring on every finger of his hand.

Who was this?

BEEP BEEP

Here we are teaching the kids how to do the BEEP BEEP ritual. They were hesitant at first, but they warmed up to the idea. I am sure they thought we were crazy, but we are quite accustomed to that. :)