award winner!

One of the two students at her school to get this outstanding award Hh was pretty pleased with herself. It is a certificate signed by George W Bush! she has been in the 90% range from 4th grade through the end here- that is what qualified her to receive this award. There were only 26 kids in her school in the 6th grade- a great kido in the making!!! I am a very proud mom tonight. There was a congrats letter as well. way to GO GIRL.

steamboat springs adventure

we made a little side trip for S's work- paid hotel fee's at the Rabbit ears motel- right across the street from the Heart hot springs.

the Horse and sign are from FM light and son's ( we worked there) this was a very nice established business -5th generation-103 years in business clothes and things for the ordinary guy, with boots and shoes and stetsons galore.

we soaked in the hot springs and had a blast overall, this is one place I would go again for sure.

a few fishy facts

AS you can see below, a fish tank is mine ( I asked for it) I am now successfully keeping 5 alive! for the last few days anyway. The really cool fish are gone, but the rosy minnows and the little neons (2 ) are still hanging in there.

I would like to add more, but am unsure of what the contributing factor of death is... so steady as she goes for the moment. This is a fresh water tank with comunity fish. I like the black light and the way the plants and rocks look by the UV light. So I will keep at it a while longer.

the Tank

with the day flash and the night black light views. I am not doing so good with the fish keeping them alive is harder than I thought.

I have had a busy two weeks, but will be posting a few things tonight.

karate tournament- a success

Hh with a third place trophy ! for forms, sparing was more difficult and she didn't go beyond the first round, but she did a great job, go girl! SSD1- didn't score well but he did participate and that was a good thing! yeah boys are great!

Sorry no photos as of yet!

am burning candles on both ends! need sleep and rest and to be done with open enrollment.

promising more thatn one-liners soon.

Happy Mother's day

I had one happy day and I hope you all did too, if you are a mom or my mom or just a mom I send things to.

I got a cool piece of jewlery a ring I wanted, and a very cool aquarium set up. ( this may take some time) I will post some photos soon.

Kids did a tournament will post up photos of that too.

night night now.

news worthy?

I haven't talked about J in a while...

It has been 6 months since J moved in with his dad J-ex, things have quieted down here, it has been a welcome relief in some ways that he is away from us. It is hard to talk about still. It still makes me tear up a bit to think of him fighting me so hard and long and what a relief to not fight and not stress about where he is what he's doing what non-sense i have to face.

I don't think things are ultimately better- he is still tardy and absent without cause too many times... but no one at the school holds him acountable for this either, 21 tardies in his first period class would make me insane if I were the teacher( what disrepect this shows) not to mention that you just plain miss out on the things that need to be done. I wish that things would be different for J, I wish he liked where he was at more. I feel badly that I made a tough love choice - but ultimately it was for the best for all of us. we certainly could not continue on the path we were on.

I am happy to see him and he is always willing to give me hugs so that is a good thing. his hair is back long- he is going to be 17 at then end of this month- it doesn't seem possible. someday I hope he will understand what it was like to do what I did.

Tattoos and piercings and other things

we went to the body art expo- at the Denver merchandize mart do you see my " ink" antelope and other assorted tats that were happening, the guy was just bearly getting done, when I took his photo.

the girl in the last photo looked like it was pretty painful. there were lots of real artists there, the amazing artwork all over, and on bodies too :)

my Blog- card

blyberg card generator- from Katie the scrapbook lady's favorite sites.

a saga with Ice cream

I have a thing - a problem if you will- with a particular need, I like a certain sundae at Dairy Queen.... I have been ordering it for years with varying degrees of success. I started out innocently enough when I was in high school.... my Junior year, I dated a young man ( my first Love) he would treat me to dairy queen on dates. I would order my treat and we would enjoy time together out side and summer evenings were the best. This particular item ( special order) would stay with me, the ultimate for me in indulgences and/or just a feel better treat-- to take me back to a time of remember when. I continued to order it on occasion if I treated myself to ice cream during my first marriage. it was more of a comfort food then..... and a joy full treat it has been on occasion when it is made to my satisfaction during my marriage to S.

But the Dark side to this saga is just how wrong it is on most occasions, and sadly it has really nothing to do with me ordering it incorrectly.... it really has to do with the sloppy nature of the service industry today and in the last few years. It sometimes gets corrected if I fuss or refuse to take it the way it is made. I some times ( like tonight) gets hidden inside a bag to be discovered later at home..... it sometimes can be done over with much fuss, it can be done correctly if I don't go through the drive thru but instead hover over the counter help who will make my treat.
When it is done wrong though - that really pisses me off!!!! It really makes me angry when a customer devoted industry doesn't listen or repeat back and order from a customer. So this evening I was PISSED OFF due to this lack of attention to the customer, lack of detail in repeating orders back, lack luster service provided by young people behind a counter at my most local dairy queen store.

So you may ask, just what do you get and how bad can they screw it up??? Well I will tell you my special request..... a Cherry sundae made with Chocolate SoftServe and nut topping, and whip cream. Really not too hard, but the help can-not manage an unusual combination. so very rarely these days do I get this correct unless I stand over the counter help and shake my head and make noise.... this requires NO drive thru.... so I don't have time to always breathe down the necks of those making my sundae. Well tonight they missed again and messed it up, the drive thru distorted my request and somehow I didn't get chocolate soft serve. ah well the saga will continue......

personality type hype?

You Are An ENFJ

The Giver You strive to maintain harmony in relationships, and usually succeed. Articulate and enthusiastic, you are good at making personal connections. Sometimes you idealize relationships too much - and end up being let down. You find the most energy and comfort in social situations ... where you shine. In love, you are very protective and supporting. However, you do need to "feel special" - and it's quite easy for you to get jealous. At work, you are a natural leader. You can help people discover their greatest potential. You would make a good writer, human resources director, or psychologist. How you see yourself: Trusting, idealistic, and expressive When other people don't get you, they see you as: Bossy, inappropriate, and loud

What's" Your Personality Type?

a whirlwind has been set in motion

I am completely busy at work! and home and at church! - but that is life at the moment, it has just picked up pace and moved.

the Web team I am on is going along, but the place that has been busy is our web site for our open enrollment online. It won't mean much to all my blogging buddies but here is the URL if you are interested in seeing what has consumed my time.

I also recorded some presentation pieces- the Faculty and Exempt professional and the retiree one, so if you want a little laugh or the hear me ( my co-workers say I have a calming voice!!) then you can go through a presentaion or even a little bit of it! my first broadcast .....

we had a vestry retreat for St. James yesterday and that is full of work on what direction we will be visioning in the future. I think overall it went well, but we still haven't found a place to " spend" some of our money.

I am off to make breakfast for the gang at home, then off to church, have a wonderful sunday. chiao

silly feet say a bunch

What Your Feet Say About You:

You are pretty average in your expressiveness. You can express yourself well, but you don't always want to. You are a very passionate person. You are highly charged and easily inspired. You are an assertive person at times. You'll pull out all the stops to get what you want, if it's worth it. You take a while to fall in love, but once you do, you stay pretty attached to your partner. You are not afraid of anything. You are brave and courageous, even when most people would be terrified. You are intellectual and philosophical. You are more concerned with thoughts than action. You are an amazingly hard worker. You aren't spoiled and you don't mind getting your hands dirty. You are easily influenced by other people. You're quite impressionable, so you should only be around people who are a good influence.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatdoyourfeetsayaboutyouquiz/">What Do Your Feet Say About You?

All beaded! A fantastic evening

This is my Troop Guide- and over on the far side the ScoutMaster for my Woodbadge course. I am getting my new neckwear and with me are SSD1 and Hh and my S- This was one of the best nights ever for me in Scouting. We had a great turn out and a nice Dinner and a large cake. Here we are All my Patrol mates - we are doing the antelope cheer- look up on the slope there's an antelope!
We agreed that the patrol flag would go to the person who is getting their beads, Brian got it for 4 short days, I get it until the next person beads and then I will take it to them for their beading. what a fantastic support system.
this is about number 5 in a series of photos that S took, with Me and my Boss and my supervisor! we laughed and chatted our way through most of the photos S took but this one really cracked me up- my expression in priceless.
All in all this was a lovely way to spend an evening. my friends, my family, my troop and a great bunch of boys!

Beading - I am number three from WE5 61 2 07

Well I am going to actually get my second bead, having completed my tickets, I am going to do it at my troop's court of honor. Tomorrow night my troop, my patrol mates and my boss and supervisor, and most importantly my family will be there to support my most important work I have done for myself.

I feel that this course really opened up my abilities- it gave me confidence to move forward and lead ( boys and my work team) my troop too. It has given me confidence in my work too. This was one of the most profound experiences I have had in my life. I would highly recomend it to fellow scouters. It really is worth the time spent to learn that you can just say ON!

A big thanks to my Friends Karen and Art, with out thier ongoing help and support I wouldn't have done it. A big thanks to my S for his love and support and making sure the home fires stayed burning. A big thanks to my boss Michelle for allowing me to go to the weekends when I just had started my new job and had no leave! A big thanks to my Patrol mates whom were there at every turn supporting an " old Lady" I can't say enough about my new guy friends.

We will take some photos tomorrow and I will post a couple in a few days. I am the third person from my Course to receive my beads, my patrol mate beat me by a week:)

The Colorado Springs office

This is the office I get to be in when working at UCCS! It is an awesome corner with pretty windows.

been 9 year!

love him more and more everyday. Happy aniversary Honey.

more photos from our weekend at frontier ranch quest 2k8

She did it! this is when it was all over!
Buena Vista- beautiful veiw- no doubt
a little icicle any one? this is our guest house where we stayed. fabulous
these were a stitch a -takeoff on the chick-fil-a cow
part of the collegiate peaks

HH on the first night
queue_t on the first night
the theme- on the t-shirts too.
another cow early on
Can you see the cross on the bottom front stone on this Marker of the pilgrimage? it was strange that the stone has a natural cross on it!!