February 28, 2014

Just got home from seeing the movie, Gravity in 3D. Great movie but not nearly enough Clooney! I need to Google tomorrow to see how they filmed it. Also tomorrow I will start working out so I can have a Sandra Bullock body and defy gravity!

February 27, 2014

I'm pretty jazzy....I mean I love to listen to jazz. I've never been one to remember bands and names of songs but I enjoy most of what they play on KUVO 89.3 FM. I always enjoyed going to Paige's jazz concerts in high school where she played a pretty cool baritone sax. The other morning when I was driving through snowy streets to work, listening to a song with marimbas, my mind immediately took me on  vacation somewhere warm and tropical! Other times jazz takes me to an imaginary nightclub sipping wine in my feathery mules....maybe I should lay off listening to jazz at work so I can get something done!

February 26, 2014

"Don't judge people. You never know what kind of battles they are fighting." I think this is a wonderful quote that I need to remember. I was raised with guilt...I tend to feel the blame for everything so when a co-worker looks at me funny or a friend hasn't talked to me in awhile, I feel guilt and wonder what I did because obviously I made them grouchy. Most of the time this is just in my head and it is something else going on that is causing their mood or absence. A few years ago I was having trouble with a co-worker because she was always grumpy and never wanted to talk much. Later I found out that she had a condition that caused her chronic pain..so it wasn't me at all. Another reminder that I am not the center of the universe....but don't tell my family! 

February 25, 2014

Costco is the best. You don't realize all the things you can't live without until you go there. You can try new things...why not buy 20 boxes of something to see you like it? Well, you do have the snack ladies to give you a taste of all the latest cuisine. I have fed many a kid lunch by visiting those angels in plastic gloves! Tonight I went late in the evening and by the time I left the snow was sticking to the roads. It was getting kind of slick but I wasn't scared, I was loaded down with Costco! That 20 gallon bottle of teriyaki sauce and 40 pounds of Honey Nut Cherrios prevented me from sliding. Besides if I would happen to slide into a ditch, I had my gigantic rotisserie chicken. I could eat my way through the back seat and survive at least a week! I love Costco! 

February 24, 2014

I want to be an astrophysicist. Not because I am remotely interested in whatever it is that they do but because it makes you sound really smart. I can guarantee you if I told you I was an astrophysicist you would not think, "lights on, nobody's home!" No, you would think, "she must be highly intelligent!" You might also think I probably can't communicate with others very well because of my impressive grey matter. Well, I had an astrophysicist, Dr. Jeffrey Bennett, visit my two schools today as a guest author and the kids loved him! Not only did he relate well with students, he taught them some great things about space. Currently, his five children's books are traveling 17,000 miles per hour on the Space Station. The astronauts are recording themselves reading the books and these videos will be available  to watch in a few months. Dr. Bennett is from Boulder, Colorado and got my attention because every time he writes a new children's book, he sends a free copy to school libraries. Yeah, he's an all around great astrophysicist! 

  

February 23, 2014

The 2014 Winter Olympics are officially over. The Closing Ceremony was tonight (if you are living under a rock and don't have a satellite dish.) Now I can get more sleep and maybe interact a little more with friends and family and visa versa. For example: I'm talking to my mom on the phone tonight when I realize that NBC is about to show the special report about the Tanya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan saga. My mom practically hung up on me when I gave her the heads up. An hour later she called me back and we rehashed it all again...of course until the Closing Ceremony started! I did like the huge teddy bear blowing out the flames. Two more years until the Summer Olympics in Brazil! 

February 22, 2014

Don and I are officially old....we bought a travel trailer today! We started with a tent when Alex was a baby, nine years later we progressed to a pop up trailer, fifteen years later we hit the big time with a travel trailer! Our kids think we are crazy because we won't really be "camping" anymore. Don and I disagree. We look forward to "camping in comfort." So friends and relatives, clear out your driveways...we may be visiting soon!

P.S. If you're in the market for an experienced pop up trailer, filled with great memories, with a slight scent of s'mores- let us know!