So I Was Just Thinking

It used to be I couldn't go a day without needing to go to a certain SuperMegaMart. In fact, back when I had a regular checkbook, you would see SuperMegaMart, SuperMegaMart, SuperMegaMart. For some unknown reason, I can now go a month or more without entering that establishment. Unfortunately, I had to go to that store the other day for craft supplies for my #1. They, of course, were out of what she needed. I decided not to make it a wasted trip and picked up the snacks she need for a lock-in she was going to at the church. Since I was down the snack aisle, I got some snacks for the house, too. The first thing I picked up were my favorite Flat Earth Chips which just happened to have a coupon directly below them for $1 off. How could I be so lucky? I got two bags and two coupons. Next I went to the drink aisle to get #1 a drink for her evening out. She spied her favorite SoBe Pomegranate Cherry Life Water. I felt a little uneasy paying so much for water, but then she noticed that t...

One more experiment. How long does it take to send a blog in by cell? Way 2 long without a QWERTY Keyboard. I would have 2 be desperate 2 do this more than once- After all it is just a blog. BTW the picture is of #2. Now I need some Advil. This message was sent using PIX-FLIX Messaging service from Verizon Wireless! To learn how you can snap pictures with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/getitnow/getpix . To learn how you can record videos with your wireless phone visit www.verizonwireless.com/getitnow/getflix . To play video messages sent to email, QuickTime� 6.5 or higher is required. Visit www.apple.com/quicktime/download to download the free player or upgrade your existing QuickTime� Player. Note: During the download process when asked to choose an installation type (Minimum, Recommended or Custom), select Minimum for faster download.

I was exploring the capabilities of blogger when I encountered this neat little device. I am checking to see how it works. If it works, great, then I can send blogs from my phone. That will be so cool. If it doesn’t work, I will have to do some more exploration. I always tell people, just like my Spanish, I know just enough about technology to get in trouble. Me-

It's the simple things that make life worthwhile sometimes. Example 1: Today I was looking for supplies in my cupboard at school when I realized that I had an unopened box of Girls Scout Thin Mints. There they were just calling my name. I was good and resisted tearing open the box and having a handful right in front of my students. Instead, I waited until I finished my healthy lunch of Progresso Chicken Soup, carefully pulled out three and enjoyed them one by one. I did have to resist the urge to leave the open box at the table and eat them freely from the box. (A habit I broke many years ago.) Example 2: Another simple thing is the ability to hit the snooze bar. I love it. It feels like I am getting over on someone. Sure, I have to wake up early to enjoy this, but somehow it is worth it to be able to slap that button a couple of times. Otherwise, I would have to jump up right when the alarm went off. Where's the fun in that? Example 3: Living where I do, it gets hot. Not just ...

I ran into something called moleskine notebooks. Take a look at a couple I found on YouTube then read on. (If you work in a place that blocks YouTube like my district does, you will have to wait until you are home to view it, but believe me it is good.) Who thinks of these? I used think I was pretty creative, but I certainly couldn't fill an entire book with artwork all based on a central theme like these artists have. Somehow I ended up clicking link after link that led to more moleskine books. I then began to feel a little jealous not because these people could draw or paint better than I (although most could) but because they were focused enough to fill an entire book with their artwork. I am so NOT that person. I start things that I never finish. I am sure my garage (closet, attic, office) is full of projects that I began but never found the time to complete. Case in point: My #1 turned 11 years old this week. Somewhere in a drawer is a quilt that I started when I was pregnant...

Tomorrow the alarm clock will go off at 5:30 a.m. I will hit the snooze button a couple of times, dreading the inevitable-- the first day back from Spring Break. Don't get me wrong. I love teaching. It's not going to work that I would like to avoid. It is the routine that I have to begin again. Each tap of the snooze button will conincide with an internal conversation with myself. 5:30 - "It's Monday. Get up." 5:39 - "Who picked this radio station?" 5:48 - "If you don't get up now, you will have to go to work without washing your hair." 5:57 - "It's now or never. Don't forget you still have to pull #1 out of bed, too." That last one is usually the one that will force me out of bed. Nothing is worse than trying to coax my 11 year old daughter out of bed. Forget it if she didn't bother to lay out her clothes the night before. We will definitely be late to school. Once she is vertical, I will have to run back to my bathro...

The mission should you choose to take it is a simple one: Accompany your mother to a doctor's appointment and drive her to an IKEA in a major metropolitan area. Things to consider before accepting this job are as follows: Every route you will take will be under construction. Your mother will not want to walk through the parking lot at the hospital because she is late. She does not want to pay for valet parking. You will be required to sit in a waiting room for an hour watching a myriad of sick people wander by. Your only entertainment will be an oversized aquarium and your eleven old daughter who is listening to her new iPod. After her appointment, your mother will want to eat lunch, delaying the trip to IKEA. Your mother will ask you where you want to eat, knowing that there are only two places in town that she is willing to eat. You will get to listen to your mother describe the many difficulties she has eating, including, but not limited to her inability to open her mouth more t...

Eleven years ago today: It's 5:00 in the morning. I am not feeling well. I had better have my husband call in to work for me. I don't think I am going to make it. What is that strange feeling? If I could stay out of the bathroom long enough I would call in myself. Well at least I don't have to find an outfit that fits. It's 8:00 . WOW! That really hurt. "Uh, Gary. I think that was a contraction." In a state of disbelief, he starts timing them. Five minutes. Oh, my God. Now he's wondering how he's going to get me to the hospital 20 minutes or more away from here. There's no time for the suitcase. Just get the keys and let's go. Speeding through the streets of Colorado Springs, winding our way to Fort Carson. There is no major amount of time between contractions. I am banging on the window screaming, "I have to push." Gary, "Don't Push!!!" After the worlds fastest trip in a Festiva, we pull up in front of the emergency ro...

Watch the Trailer on Yahoo! Movies I have known my friend Renee since we were in 3rd or 4 th grade. That is not to say we were friends back then, but we have known each other that long. When I reached 5 th or 6 th grade, we started hanging out together, and the rest, as they say, is history. The one thing I remember most about growing up with Renee is her love for (might I be so bold as to say obsession with) Harrison Ford. Not being inside that complex head of hers, I don't know exactly when it began, but this much is certain, today it still continues. I probably wouldn't have seen as many Star Wars or Raider's movies as I have if it weren't for Renee. Lest we forget his later works like Witness, Frantic, Working Girl (my personal favorite - just kidding,) The Fugitive, Clear & Present Danger, and Six Days-Seven Nights (now that was a waste of $7.) There are so many more , but then if you know anything about the man, you already know that. On Sundays after ...

Thanks Jen for posting this. You Can Only Type One Word. Not as easy as you might think. Now copy and repost. Change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It's hard to use only one word answers. 1. Where is your cell phone? Desk 2. Your significant other? Gary 3. Your hair? Curly 4. Your mother? Smart 5. Your father? Active 6. Your favorite thing? Eating 7. Your dream last night? Unmentionable 8. Your favorite drink? Bush's 9. Your dream/goal? Travel 10. The room you're in? Living 11. Your fear? bankruptcy 12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Technologist 13. Where were you last night? home 14. What you're not? independent 15. Muffins? blueberry 16. One of your wish list items. iPod 17. Where you grew up? Texas 18. The last thing you did? Sleep 19. What are you wearing? nightgown 20. Your TV? Noggin 21. Your pets? Zoey 22. Your computer? Dell 23. Your life? Exhausting 24. Your mood? Tense 25. Missing someone? Yes 26. Your car? Messy 27. Something you're not wea...

Found this over at Ima's Blog If you're reading this, you're tagged. If you're my brother, you're especially tagged. What kind of soap do you have in your bathtub/shower right now? Something from Bath & Body, Red Tea and Fig Scrub from Mary Kay, Irish Spring and L'Oreal's kids wash What color or design is on your shower curtain? Glass doors--impossible to keep clean. What would you change about your living room? I am so ready to remove the carpet and finally get my hard surface flooring. How many plants are in your home? One dead bonsai. Are the dishes in the dishwasher clean or dirty? For once they are clean. Do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home? Glass. I finally weaned my husband off of disposable cups. Do you have iced tea, made in a pitcher, right now? We always have a gallon of Bush's iced tea in the fridge. Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator? I am not allowed to touch it even though I grew up loving it. ...

When I was little, my mother put me in ballet classes. I think she thought I was too chubby. I couldn't have been more than 4. I remember going to those classes in my black leotard, pink tights and pink leather slippers thinking, "Don't I look cute?" Our teacher would make us practice our splits, but I don't think I was able to do them. Even back then, I would get lost in thought and forget to switch legs when she told us to. After that year, my mom never enrolled me again. I never forgot that. Fifteen years later, my roommate and I tried out for cheerleader in college. I had never done it before - I was known as a dyed in the wool "band geek/flag twirler." Tryouts were fun, but I didn't make it. I called my mother to let her know, and her only comment was, "Well, you were never very coordinated." It was like a stab to the heart. Weren't moms supposed to console you no matter how bad you were at something? A few years later I became an ...

So I was just thinking about how many blogs there are out there and how I don't have one. For the longest time I wasn't even sure what they were or how they worked. Being a school teacher who values the use of technology to express ideas, I felt a little inadequate in this area. Maybe I was really just worried about not having anything of importance to say. Then I realized, as much as I like to talk, I must have something to say to people outside my small circle of friends and acquaintances, so here it goes. Basically, I have been living in the same town since 1974. My father was in the military, which is why we moved to this little place. Now don't get me wrong. I have left this town several times, but there is some force that keeps pulling me back. Is it familiarity, insecurity, or fear of the unknown? I still don't know. When I graduated high school, I purposely went away to a college three hours away so I couldn't run home every weekend like I had seen so many o...