Here are the last two pictures. Now you know what my room kindof looks like. Well, I need to go to bed and get some actual sleep tonight. Tomorrow is Friday...woohoo!

Okay, I am having a heck of a time posting pictures. So, it looks like I have to a new entry for each stupid picture, so that's what I am going to try to do until I figure something else out.

Sorry.

Mint Ice Cream is my favorite...

We were able to get into my classroom today. The color that they painted it is nausiating. When they asked me, I picked out blues...blue counter tops, floors, etc. They said, 'oh yeah, that's what I thought you would like!' and then I show up three days ago and it looks like...I don't know...really bright and just gross. BUT, I am refusing to be negative from this point on and I am choosing to be excited instead. So check out the before and afters...there have been a lot of changes and it looks a lot different. I am going to sincerely miss the various flourescent countertop colors but I bet I will get used to the new ones.


The new room is nice with all of the shiny silver appliances. It's amazing that they did this for my program. That makes me feel good...not good enough to stay for years on end, but good! (staying positive as best I can).

Can you fly this plane and land it?
Surely you can't be serious.
I am serious, and don't call me Shirley.

Well, off we go. I thought I would get a good night's sleep tonight but no, of course not. But it should be fun. I will be in my newly remodeled class room with my new, shiny equipment and my kids will all be happy so I BETTER be too!
I am actually going to bed in about five minutes. I just need to go over in my head before I pass out, everything that I have to do for the next three days. This includes the two wedding cakes that I have to do...yikes.

Mike is in all his glory. He loves this. He spent time putting his room together...meanwhile I am sitting in front of the computer putting together a syllabus for the next year. Ugh. I procrastinate soooo much. But we will both have fun in our own ways. I just can't wait until the caterings start. That is when we have the most fun and get the most out of the class.

My neck looks a little tweaked in this picture but it was the only one that we had from the concert.

Okay, wish us luck! We will be sleeping in on Sunday for sure! So don't call before 9:30!

Here are two songs by Ben Harper. He's great and if you don't know what he sounds like, then listen to one or both of these.

Check this one out too. It was soooooo fun.

No, say it ain't so!

Tomorrow is the day, we will be there bright and early and it all begins again. A whole new set of kids with a whole new set of issues...good and bad.

We just got back from the Bay Area. I had so much fun. Ben Harper was AMAZING! He was so good and I just can't even put it into words!
Here we are having a little cocktail before we go in...man I'm short!

Here they are after the cocktails. We were really excited because it was first come first serve as far as seating went so we were going to get some really great seats or concrete slab areas...they don't really have seats there.

We took a video...see if this link works. I am new to this so we shall see. It was a great time and I can't wait to go again! It will be quick and you really need to look close. Hank and I are dancing and you can't really see Anna...but then you can totally see Ben Harper...did you know that he is married to Laura Dern. weird.

Gotta go to bed. So, go listen to By My Side by Ben Harper. It is a great song.

Goodnight and wish us luck for another school year!

Here is a cake that I did on July 15th. This was the Saturday that we all went up to the ranch...and swam in the river and laughed soooo hard. The last weekend that I saw Tim. It was a lot of fun that night and there was much tequila involved along with headlamps. What a bunch of nerds we are sitting around a dark cabin all staring eachother in the eyes with those damn headlamps! Funny.
Nice cake though...except it you look closely, you can see the ribbon getting grease stained from the buttercream...but oh well. They loved the cake!

Nice...


Here we are jammin'. Uhhhh...I don't exactly know what song we were playing but I am almost certain that it sounded good. This was Tim's birthday party.



Here he is later that night...he had a lot of fun that night. I think that we all did but he's the only one that ended up on the floor.