I have many pictures to sort through. I need to email some of them. I need to post some of them. But, I thought I would give you a sneak preview. Above: Alison with her daddy. Below: Ryan with “Cody-Cody”, only that’s not Cody. lol
The mountains missed me, but were very welcoming when I returned to Colorado! I have many things to do, and yes, one of them is to update. Here’s the short story…
I moved out of the basement.
Molly ran away from home.
I went to Memphis for a week.
I need to download pictures.
I need to organize my new closets.
I need to post more.
Just want to say thanks to my two bestest friends that keep jacking my blog.
It was really good to see Jana and Lovey. Oh, my goodness. You have no idea just how cute Lovey is until you spend some time with her. Her sweetness cannot be captured with a picture. Jana, I expect her to have a name for me soon. lol Love you both!
At KT’s house, I got some good quality time with Baby Boy. We curled up on the couch and rested. His brother ran around playing with his kong and his daddy seems to be doing well after his surgery. KT and I had some great one on one time together. Unfortunately, she and I did not get a single picture together while I was in town. : ( I think she should just come to Colorado and see me!
I traded in the Explorer Sport for a 4-wheel drive. It’s sweet! I’m thinking of calling her sweetness…
Pictures soon. Email me and harass me if I don’t update in a few days. Lots going on….
Hi!
So, my name is CHRISSY! (hee, hee—or it might be KT, but I’m just not really sure right now!)
I know you’re all sad about not hearing from me much lately, and you’re all wondering what in the HECK I’ve been doing on my visit way down south. And, since I am such a fabulous person, I wanted to make sure I give you that update! 
So, there you have it, that’s what I’ve been doing! Having fun, catching up and loving every minute of it!
BYE!
ps–um, there may be just one other, TINY little thing I’ve done since I’ve been here. It MAY involve wheels of some sort, but I MAY have to wait until I “feel a little more myself” before I tell you about that (heehee!). I’ll tell you this, though. It is really really really really awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
pps–What.Ever. KT sooooo did not write this post!
Here I am again.
Man, somebody needs to whoop up on this girl for not updating. Wait, that sounded way too rednecky. Somebody needs to wring her neck! That’s more like it.
She’s all fine and well. She’s visiting this great state of Tennessee. We had lunch this afternoon. She and Mom kept me and Lovey company as we waited for my spare key to be brought to me. I swear I wasn’t this absent minded before.
Warning: Having a baby makes you ditsy.
And that’s my PSA for the day.
Hey, it’s me. Wait, that’s the name of her blog. It’s Me! So, no, it’s not It’s Me. Get it. No?
The real deal hasn’t been too nice to update you all. Do you see that? ‘You all’. It’s like I’ve moved to Colorado myself. Y’all, she hasn’t updated y’all in a while. Apparently, Colorado is this beautiful place or something. Must be the higher altitude. She’s gotta be high on something not to miss good ol’ Tennessee, right?
I bet she’s wishing she hadn’t added me to her admin list! Ha!
<cue evil laughter> I’ve taken over her blog!!!!
Just wait. She’s going to get an email saying she has comments on a post….
I was outside last night and the moon caught my attention. It was huge. I felt like I could just reach up to the sky and touch it. If I had a camera that would take pictures at night I would have taken several. The clouds even loved the moon. They formed a circle around the top and it looked just like a halo. It was just beautiful.
I have nothing new. I’m just trying to get some downtime.
Two days down. I have officially been on summer break for 2 days. I have accomplished…a little. I am going through some paperwork. I’m trying to get some things organized around here. If you know me, you know I’m not organized. I’m going to start working on my syllabus for my summer class. I don’t want to put it off until the last minute. I want to finish reading the 7th book in the James Patterson series. I’m almost done with numero seis. I started them before I moved. I read the First to Die and thought it was good. Mom bought me the 2nd and 3rd on audio so that I would have something to do with my long drive from M-town. I think they took care of 15 hours of the road trip. I need to invest in some more audio books for the drive in July. I guess that is something else for my to do list. Back to the books, I received #7 as a present and then filled in the gap every time I went to Wall-Hell (that’s for Kellie). The books were great to start, but I’m finding that the author has a habit of making each chapter 2 or 3 pages long. It is annoying. Really, really annoying. I don’t know how to describe why. I kind of feel like the book is not experienced in writing so it just tells a quick thought, blinks, and starts a new chapter. It’s weird. The next chapter is not from another point of view. It picks up exactly where the last one left off. Am I just being stupid? I know I taught Language Arts and literature was my favorite thing, but I am not an expert.
I don’t have much to blog about because I only think of good things when I am in the shower. I don’t think it would be wise to take my laptop in the shower with me and I usually forget my thoughts by the time I get out. Anyone have a solution for that?
The weather has been great! Big blue sky. Sun is shining. Temp in the high 70’s - low 80’s. : ) Here is something to ponder…Aspen is open for skiing this weekend. The top of the mountain still has enough of the white stuff.
It has been a long, long, long week. Tuesday felt like the week should be done already. And, by the time Friday came I couldn’t put a complete thought together. Here’s a quick review of my fantastic last week of school…
Monday: K-ra-zy schedule at school. The kids cleaned out lockers, checked out with the library and the cafeteria. Then I saw all of my classes for 20 minutes. It was basically enough time to sign yearbooks and say good-bye. Then, we broke the students into groups to work on their projects. The kids all went home and I stuck around tutor. I was tutoring another teacher’s son in Algebra II. That was tough. Did I take Algebra II in high school? I can’t remember. If I did, I didn’t study this stuff. I went straight from tutoring to the 8th grade Continuation Celebration. I, finally, left school for the day around 8:30. Whew!
Tuesday: Field Trip. We walked to the tram at the Caverns. Then I spent the day on tour of the caves, watching the 8th graders on different rides, and telling them NO, I do not have any money for you. After the day was done, we walked back to school in the rain. The pouring rain and then just before we got back the sun came out shining bright. I had another tutoring session and left school around 6:30 or 7. I met up with a friend for a few quick moments and then went home to crash. BUT, I was too tired and unable to sleep at first.
Wednesday: The first day of presentations! Our 8th graders did a research project on a topic of their choice that provided change to our world today. We talked a lot about turning points and how 8th grade is a big turning point. They did a group presentation that was about 20-25 minutes and then each group member did a personal presentation. The personal side was a reflective essay where they described their journey through middle school. It was an amazing experience to hear exactly what the kids thought about the teachers, the other students, and themselves. We had laughs. We had tears. After school, the mentors and mentees went out to dinner. It was a good time. I left there, went home changed clothes, and headed to the park. It was the first night of Jazz in the Park. I really enjoyed it and plan on going again next week. f
Thursday: Second day of Presentations! Let me just explain that presentations start at 7:30 am. Each presentation is alloted one hour. So, I go from one class to the next and sit over and over again. I listen carefully. I grade. I take notes. I get a little brain dead. By the end of the second day, I had a brain of jello and I worked until 8:30 pm. I had my evaluation meeting and attempted to clean my room.
Friday: Oh, the one benefit of this week. My kids were all done. D.O.N.E. I went to school a little late. I sat in on one last presentation. I cleaned, rearranged, graded, hugged, cried, and finally went out to lunch. It was a small lunch group and nice day. We reflected on the school year and all that we accomplished or didn’t accomplish this year. After school, we ran over to a teacher’s house for one last toast to the school year. We did a quick shot on the shot ski. What!? Never heard of a shot ski?! Yeah, me neither. It is a ski with shot glasses hot glued to it. Everyone takes their shot at the same time while holding the ski. I don’t know that I really understood the point of it, but we had a drink. Then, we passed around the bottle of jager for one last swig. I went home and watched disc 3 of Friday Night Lights. : )
Sorry to bore you with all of my details, but now you know why I haven’t updated or commented on your blogs. I just made it through the hundreds of posts that were on my reader. I read you. I love you. I may or may not have commented. I wish I could say that I’m done for the Summer, but I’m not. I need to finish cleaning my room. I still have grades to get together. AND, I’m teaching a class this summer. It finally filled up on Friday and is on track. I have all boys. Yep, I’m teaching seven 7th&8th grade boys Physics. Anyone want to co-teach with me? It’ll be fun. I’m using the money from this class to drive to Memphis this summer to see everyone.
Enough for now. I’ll try to find something more exciting to blog about this week.
No. Really, I stink. I’m going to go take a nice hot shower. I just wanted to say HI!
We had a field trip today. We walked almost a total of 4 miles there and back. That does not include running all around the top of a mountain chasing the kiddos. It poured down rain on our journey back to school. We were drenched. Then, the sun came out all happy and smiling down on us. We went out back and played on the playground until the final bell for the 8th graders rang. YEAH!!!
More to come….need a shower….need the bed.
I was tagged by a couple of different bloggers to complete this meme. Sorry, it took me so long. It has been cra-zy busy with only one week of school left. Yes, I have 1 week left. I’m excited!
I’m too lazy to go back and see if there were exact instructions. I think I’m supposed to tell you six random things about myself. I feel like everyone knows all my random things, but I’ll try to come up with some….
1. I have to shave my legs every day or at least every other day. I can’t stand to go more than a day. It bugs me. I hate having the smallest bit of stubble, especially in the Summer. I want smooth, sexy legs.
2. I love tattoos. I have a few and want more. Each one means something to me and I have gotten them at some point in my life that I will never forget. Most people that meet me are shocked to learn that I have them. I only show the one on my shoulder. ; ) I like tatts on boys, too.
3. Blue is my absolute favorite color. I love dark blues like a sapphire, which happens to be my birthstone. But, I also like the bright blue sky on a warm day or looking into a pair of gorgeous blue eyes. I do not like yellow. If I wear most shades of yellow, I look sick. I like very pale yellows for decorating, but that is where I draw the line on that color.
4. I do not like science fiction or magic or any of that stuff. Well, I thought I didn’t. Back in April, I borrowed and watched the first season of Heroes on dvd. I love that show. It is awesome. I am all caught up from watching it on the internet and cannot wait for it to come back on tv. I can’t wait to see what is going to happen next. There is going to be a 3-hour season premiere this fall. : ) Yeah!
5. I have become such a beer snob. I don’t know a durn thing about beer, but I know which ones I like. Last night I was at a party that provided adult beverages. It was a very popular light beer that I don’t like to drink. Since I knew this ahead of time, I stopped at the liquor store and picked up my favorite red beer. : )
6. If I eat frozen waffles, I want eggos. Not just plain, though. I want blueberry with light syrup. Pancakes and home made waffles are fine plain with different syrups. The only item that I buy “light” is syrup. I do not buy diet, light, etc. Yuck! I can use the calories and I like to taste them. I really do need to change my eating habits. I had brownie cheesecake ice cream for lunch. Yum!
