October in New Mexico and random thoughts

I'm sitting in the dining room, looking out the back door and realized, there are roses blooming. It's October! All the roses were dead when I got here in August, now they are blooming? We've been getting a lot of rain the last few days though. I was told this is rather uncharacteristic the amount of rain we've been having. I'm not complaining though. We've got roses, and grass growing.

They are fairly pretty too.



This picture doesn't do it justice, but
there you can see the rocks we have. The poor
dog, she has very tender feet, and it is terrible, but amusing to see Tipsy, tip-toe out there to do those things dogs do.

Here's one more picture of a cute little bud.


Being Sabbath afternoon, one of those favorite activities, "lay activities" are currently being held, and my mother is to cute sleeping on the couch. You almost can't see her between the blanket and the stuffed dog that's over her as well.

She'll probably shoot me for posting this picture, but it's too cute. :) Especially since Tipsy decided to sit next to her at the same time as I took the picture.

That stuffed dog is bigger then Tipsy, and she's no small dog as you can see.

My mind is wandering over the last few weeks and wow, I can't believe I've been in New Mexico for two months!

I do like it here, though there aren't that many young adults here, there are many young families, and older ones that make you welcome. It's nice for a change. Of course, I wouldn't mind getting to know some nice single . . . HA! never mind that.

My "little" brother is working at the airport, and he comes home with some interesting stories. He's not that impressed with his boss, but his co-workers seem to be pretty interesting and friendly people. Close in age to him as well. I know it's a small airport though, because the security on the airfield is . . . well when I've driven over there, or anyone else in the family does, he drives over from the Hangers where he works, opens the gate, and we drive in and down to his place of work. The planes I've seen parked there have been everything cessnas to a WWII fighter plane someone personally owns. So though he's got a turkey of a boss, he does have good company and interesting adventures.

Yesterday, my bro and I went shopping. Mom and I had spotted a sale on laptop computers, and well, my computer was, well . . . it's been functioning on . . . well very little. So this sale was very exciting, and well, I've bought a new computer. WOOHOO!!! And my brother . . . he bought a new camera. Digital one. One I wouldn't mind having myself, but I needed the computer more then a new camera.
I'm thinking of calling him Samson . . . Actually I think his hair just might be longer then mine now after this new cut of mine. I've no pictures of me and my new do . . . later I guess. :)

Oh, so I haven't written about my trip up to CO yet . . . more to come. :)

YIPEEE

I got a new computer today!!! No more sssssllllllllow pc. I'm so excited. My old computer had so many problems, but now I've got a new laptop that I can take back and forth to school. YES!!! I can keep it all on here. Ok, just checking out my new computer . . . write more later, with pic too of course.

shuffle shuffle . . . drag

I'm soooo exaughsted from this weekend. It was wonderful, but very tiring. I've some interesting experiances to share, however at the moment, it's not going to happen. I've got a few pictures too, but not as many as I'd like. OH well.

I'm going to clean up my classroom a bit, and go home!

Loveland

I forgot that Campion is in Loveland, CO (or near it) . What a name of a town. I wonder how it got it's name. Was it named after a person? Or is it really a land of love? haha

Seriously though, it's reputed to be lovely, and this time of year fall colors are reputedly brilliant. Guess I'll be taking my camera not just for pics of the girls at Academy days, but the Rockies in the fall as well. Oh wow, NINE hours of driving on friday. Three Teenage girls, my mom and I all in one vehical. I do hope all our bags will fit. Hmm, we really need some guys in the 9th grade to balance out the craziness.

We do have some interesting topics discussed. Our new student is very talkative and full of questions, and the class is a lot more conversational now. I get a kick out of them. Of course I was a little shocked to hear that my ninth graders did not know what a holocost was, and one of them had only just heard a story (on Oprah no less) about what happened in the Nazi 'work camps' to the children and elderly. They are in ninth grade!

"We don't talk about the Holocost because it causes people to become racist, right Miss K?"

My jaw quite literally dropped when one of my students stated that. Where could that thought come from? I've got some work cut out for me here. I'm putting together some 'extra-curricular' lessons to broaden thier understandings.

I'm being called to come the the aid of a confused student. She's struggling with an assignment. I know she'll figure it out, just needs a little extra guidance. ;)

Looney Pups

Tipsy, the family boxer/airedale, has everyone shaking thier heads. She has evidence of intelligence at times and many others not so much. She loves people. No one can be a stranger long, even if they desire to be. Her foot fettish has startled more then one person. I'm not sure what is so great about feet (in shoes or not), but they are so fascinating and tasty. Lick lick lick . . . yuck yuck yuck!

Of course she also can't handle dog food with food coloring. She's wired enough at times already, once she eats food with artificial colors . . . The ceiling isn't safe. Well, maybe the ceiling isn't in danger, but everything else is. Talk about ADHD children, we've got a dog that is a classic case. She can be calm, but when there's something new, BOING! watch out! Tipsy's coming through.

Sunday, pips came to school with me. I told her "let's go to my room pip" and she trotted to the end of the hall and waited for me at my classroom door. When I was done, "to mom's room!" You could have pictured a small horse galloping down the hall, turn the corner and disapear. As I came around the corner, there she was, smiling her dopey smile at just inside mom's classroom door. Mom happened to be in one of the other teacher's room at the time, so, "lets go get mom!" As if just waiting for permission to go, Tipsy charged out of the room and around the corner and up the stairs, straight to mom. She's not stupid, yet she will also do some of the most looney things.

Tim calls her "sus-tut-U-pup - I -dud" and many times, it is quite appropriate. I'll have to write some of her crazy adventures sometime, but beware, if you ever meet her, she's a brute of a love bug. She will "attack" with wiggles and stomping on your feet, with a few taste tests of your shoes/socks (if you are lucky enough to have them on). She'll love you, no matter what.

Egypt

My Social Studies class (the 5th through 8th graders) are studying Egypt the next few days. It's fascinating stuff, but I struggle with this area in social studies, I just don't know enough to make it REALLY interesting. :( Now if it was US History, yeah, I've got lots of stuff. Or Even European or Russian, but right now, I've not a lot in this area. I'm hoping to get this interactive game for the kids, but the problem is, we only have so many days before we need to get into Israel and most of these 'games' are spread over several weeks. HMPH! There just isn't enough time to get everything in to really get into it and learn. I hope thier Egypt projects will go over well. They are going to make a presentation on some specific topic related to Ancient Egypt using a computer slideshow materials and . . . whadda ya know, they are here to start Social Studies.
. . .

hmmmm

So I sat down to just blab for a few while my students are working on thier online assignments, and well . . . several students came in to get directions about differant assignments and I ran out of time. My first through fourth grade music class is coming . . .


AHHHHH . . . BAND NOW!!!



All done. Clean up and go home!