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Flickr: Waterworks

Flickr: Waterworks

I created a new group at flickr (I love flickr!!) just for things that dispense water. If you have any pictures you would like to include, click on over and give it a go...

PhotoTime Tuesday: Back to School

Butterfly peeks in the Head Start classroom

Assorted

Lots of little bits this morning:

• I found a new photo site: enchanted ceiling. It is a collection of sky photos. I really like the format. You can see my submission here.
• Mia made the A team!! She tried out for volleyball and was nervous about her chances, as she hasn't played before. Her first game is Thursday!
• Speaking of Thursday: Theme Thursday is down, so Dale (SpunWithTears) has started a Thursday Challenge to fill the void.
• My mom was named Teacher of the Year, 2004, at her school. Congrats, Mom!
• She has been asked to give a speech on No Child Left Behind before Bush's speech in Farmington on Thursday. She finds out today or tomorrow if she passed the background check. She told them she needed time to prepare something and they told her not to worry ~ they will tell her what to say! LOL...

  That's it for now...

Mad

I am so upset today. I think the main reason behind it is that Tuesday is the first day of classes at the University. I want to go. And I can't. It is so frustrating. I have been taking classes one or two at a time forever. I only need two classes, science and an elective, to get my Associates. I know an Associates isn't a big deal, but it would be a piece of paper ~ proof of the work I have done. To get so close and not be able to finish is annoying. So why don't I go? Money, time, daycare, blah, blah, blah. So close and yet, so far. If I went full time, I could have my bachelor's in two years. Two years is nothing! In two years, Echo would be ready for preschool. I could (gasp) get a real job and we could have some extra money. Mike could quit working 80 hour weeks. I would want to finish even if I never got a job, though. Just to feel like I had accomplished something I set out to do.

:-(

Silly Butterfly

White Sands

We just got back from a long drive. Our first stop was Aguirre Spring Campground, just on the other side of the mountains. (see pictures of cactus/flowers above) Not very stroller friendly, but wonderful for hiking. I wanted to explore a bit and take some pictures, but the kids were anxious to get on to our next stop: White Sands. It is breathtaking! and HOT! I didn't get any good pictures here either. Really, you would have to go early in the morning, or in the evening to get a good picture. We were there at noon, and there were absolutely no shadows. All the pictures I took were white, white, white. From there, we drove to Alamagordo to eat lunch at the park there. And back home. The kids are all tired out, so they should be in bed early. Yeah!

Photo Friday: Analog

moving boxes: polaroid

No more memes

Promise! At least until Photo Friday rolls around. I am so exhausted today I feel like falling asleep right here in the chair. But I have to wait for the kids to get to bed. The list of things I need to do is piling up. I did laundry all day (without stopping!) and was thrilled to find only two more loads in the hamper. That was before I tucked all the kids in. There are full hampers in all three bedrooms and another in the bathroom. It seems my little angels are putting clean clothes in the dirty clothes hampers to avoid putting them away. Of course, they throw the wet towels on top. So another full day of laundry tomorrow.

Good news... a certain someone was reading over my shoulder and volunteered to do the bedtime routine. So I am off to bed early for some much needed rest! Thanks, hon. I love you!!! xoxoxoxoxo

Hell

Thank Alice for this one!

Impatient drivers
Circle I Limbo

Whoever stole Mike's saw today
Circle II Whirling in a Dark & Stormy Wind

Narrow minded people
Circle III Mud, Rain, Cold, Hail & Snow

Cheaters
Circle IV Rolling Weights

Mean People!
Circle V Stuck in Mud, Mangled

River Styx

Militant Vegans
Circle VI Buried for Eternity

River Phlegyas

The Media!
Circle VII Burning Sands

Racists
Circle IIX Immersed in Excrement

Abusive parents
Circle IX Frozen in Ice

Design your own hell

Half Naked Thursday

I am so bummed... Theme Thursday is down. No theme, so I am posting a half naked picture instead. This is an old one, but there are very few pictures of me with any skin showing! Eight years ago... time flies when your having fun.