We spent the weekend at Ocean Shores with some of my aunts, uncles, and cousins. My brother and sister-in-law got there Friday night shortly before we did and the rest of the fam showed up yesterday morning. It was incredibly sunny, but overly windy, and we had a blast. My brother has "jumbo golf" that we played in the sand with these HUGE ( Read more... )

Day three and we are pot free. Yay.

I think I may need to play a Sims revival game. Put some people in wedding dresses, have them walk around, doing dishes and things... build a Moffatts home and my own little mini-world of has-been celebrities.

Appaloosa. Starring Viggo Mortenson, Renee Zellweiger, Jeremy Irons, and Ed Harris. NOT the best Western around. When a female role is introduced part way into the film and is to be a love interest for one of the cowboys... bad western follows. I was not amused ( Read more... )

Arranging a field trip for 76 first graders to the Oregon Zoo by myself is quickly becoming tiring. My little teaching team have totally slacked off in the area of "team." I took today off as a sick day to nurse my budding allergies and to just rest before the real on-slaught of end of the year work ( Read more... )

I remembered! I placed a hold on a book from the library and I wanted to check to see if it was available yet and what my hold number was.

It cheers me to know that my mind is not yet so far gone....

Kevin and I took my 1 free ice cream coupon to cold stone tonight to get some ice cream. It was not very satisfying. In fact, I think I would've enjoyed a $1.99 lucerne cookies and cream from Safeway much more. Even though we sat outside in the fading sunlight, laughing at the weirdos that drove by in the parking lot, the ice cream didn't quite hit ( Read more... )

To celebrate my birthday before the work week begins again, Kevin and I went to Red Robin. Coming out of the restaurant, I look across the parking lot to see the biggest Borders store I've ever seen. Kevin and I decided to go in. Floor to ceiling shelves lined the outskirts of the store with a colossal children's book section in the back. Happiness ( Read more... )

My dad called last night to let me know that Grandpa had a mild stroke. Even though you acknowledge that your grandparents are old, it never really seems real until something like that happens. He's okay, still at the hospital for tests and observations. Still, I've always thought of my grandpa as being invincible; he's fallen off many a roof in ( Read more... )

Marshmallow Matey's, a friend in every bite! I decided recently that I should write jingles for children's cereal. You should hear the vocals--it has an edgy rock sound to it. I'm currently working on the lyrics to an oatmeal jingle that involves informing people of its great power of regulating the digestive system ( Read more... )

I have to say, I'm not all the impressed with the new season of Top Model. Some of those girls are, in a nutshell, just plain ugly. I have fun though, putting them down and making fun of them with Kevin and Willie. We have a pretty good laugh once a week at their expense. And that makes me feel good ( Read more... )