Blogger solution . . .

By the way- my blogger problem seems to be solved by downloading firefox. The question is- what will solve my firefox issues? All my links are out of order and my favorites appear to be called bookmarks now and I can't figure out how to get them to stay visible . . . .

I'll keep trying. I can conquer this. At least I can post now.

Sick as Hell . . .(beyond heck, even)

I thought of Dani-hermi and her hubby Wednesday morning. Did you know that we used to all live in the same house before they got married? Dani and I lived on the women's floor and Hubby was a basement dweller. Poor basement dweller. We liked him anyway . . .

Anyway- As I began brushing my teeth(a regular occurrence) I had a visitor(not-so-regular-of-occurrence!). A HUGE silverfish came running out of no where in my sink. I didn't see where he came from, but I quickly began the chore of drowning it, REALLY not wanting to have to squish it. Unfortunately, it was hard to kill and when it did die? It wouldn't fit down the drain. I'm not kidding. I had to fill the sink way up and pray for gravity's help. When I realized that it wasn't going down easily, I tried to scoop it back out with a wad of toilet paper, but by then it was wedged. Yuck. I tried to find a picture for you, but couldn't find one that accurately showed the long curling tendrils and legs . . . and besides that, I was getting creeped out, all itchy and shuddery. I really don't like those little guys . . .

Thank you God for gravity and plumbing.

By the way- this is for sure the only one of these buggers living in my house. Now that he's dead, my house is silverfish free. I'm sure of it.

Phone funny.

My parents had the most random issue with their landline last week. We(they)'ve had the same phone number since I've learned to write numbers. We moved to town in 1984(keeping the same #), and haven't changed anything since. The other day the phone started ringing . . . for a guy in the town just over the Minnesota border. I called to chit chat with the Mom, and the phone started humming with a dial tone! It then proceeded to the "I'm sorry, the number you have dialed is incorrect. Please hang up and dial again." Followed by that really annoying Enh Enh Enh Enh Enh that is designed to warn you from across the house that you've left the phone off the hook. It could wake you from a sound sleep from 2 states away, and I'm trying to have a conversation with my mom! I called back and it did the same thing. They'd apparently been getting phone calls for the guy named Randy for a couple of days. He was getting pissed at them because he was trying to have a conference call. They could apparently have conversations with the guy. Random. It was like one of those old school party lines. You had to wait for the phone to be free and all that fun stuff. (Not that I was alive during this, or maybe I was, but I don't think I was old enough to use the phone! Although when I was almost a teen all we had to do was dial the last 5 numbers of a 7 digit number from our town to be connected. Instead of 555-0011, it was 50011. Small towns!)

The phone is fixed. For those who know my family- the joke was that it was a wiretap gone bad. Somebody botched the job! That's funny. Like the funny-because-it's-probably-true-funny.

I'm still here!

I must repent. I have joined the ranks of those who fail to keep up with their blog. A quick overview of the last weeks . . . I returned from vacation and 4 days later rode a couple of hours to an assistive technology conference. It was pretty good. I really like that sort of stuff. As a special education teacher, it's so fascinating to see the new technology that is coming available to help my kids and others with disabilities to become more independent! Sorry, a tangent. I then went to my parents on Saturday, it's been so long since I've seen the Fam. I missed them. 45 minutes is the perfect distance . . . My oldest niece turned 13 on Monday. Yikes. The older she gets the older I seem to be getting. Funny how that works!(BTW- I made them look at almost all of my pictures! Torture!)

This week I've started the job search for next year. I love my current job. I love my current job. I love my current job. Sorry, I got caught in the recitation . . . I DO like my job, but it's not exactly the job I'd like to have for the next 10 years. I'm working as a paraeducator/paraprofessional and I need to BE the professional. It's been a great visit, but I can't stay. There are multiple jobs in the area. So many applications!

I'm also starting homebound instruction for a couple of kids from school who are out for medical reasons and we're just about 2 weeks from the end of the forensics season at the high school. We'll be wrapping up with our state competition in Madison Wisconsin on Friday the 13th. Things might slow down after that. Maybe not!

I'm really not complaining. I promise! These are all things that I've chosen to do. Things that I actually enjoy doing! Again with the recitation. Sometimes I just need to remind myself of these things! I get so busy that I let myself get lost in the details! I do apologize if I neglect the blog. Maybe I'll pencil it in my schedule, "think of witty discussions for your blog!" :)

I have a retreat this weekend that I'm really looking forward to! So much quality time with my pals! I can't wait!

(don't) Visit South Dakota . . .

We are finally home, as of 3:30 am Sunday morning. Very tired. Wyoming was REALLY long, butt long even! South Dakota was just as long and boring. God has a sick sense of humor I think, in the very short time that I've watched TV since being home, I've seen the "visit South Dakota" commercial at least 3 times. It's sick. It really is no where near as exciting as they make it look . . .

Must sleep . . .

A

Greetings from Utah!

Greetings from Utah! We are currently in Lewiston Utah, staying with some friends of mine Matt and Barbara Combes from way back. I was friends with their oldest daughter Marissa in college. We had dinner with their daughter and HER daughter(Baby Elizabeth is only 4 months, she didn't eat much!) tonight and I hope to see their younger daughter tomorrow before we leave for Wyoming. We're hoping to stay in Casper and then head home Saturday. We are all healthy, for the most part, and seriously looking forward to being home again! We'll be stopping in Logan again tomorrow to get some more world famous Aggie Ice Cream on our way out of town! I'll post more pics soon!

See you all soon!
A

Status

Hey to all of my devoted readers (HA!): We are safely in Moab Utah, although a little later than planned! We drove in tonight in the dark, so I'm preparing to be amazed! I must admit that it will have to pretty darn good to surpass what we saw today in Colorado! Several hours up into the mountains and several hours back down! Touted as "Top of the Rocky Mountains" it was indeed Ah-maze-ing! I now have more than 5 or 600 pictures! Don't worry, I won't post them all!

More later,
A