Let's Have a Look-See

I have wanted to go to Yellowstone all summer. But summer got away from me. Now let me tell you, for whatever reason, we only go to Yellowstone every 10 years. It is easy to remember because the first time we went was the year of the fires . So we are a little early this trip. I feel blessed that this late in the year, we enjoyed a day of perfect weather. Also, there were not many people in the park, and we didn't have any kids with us, so we saw things we have never seen before. We got there at 8 am While waiting for Old Faithful , we witnessed this geyser. The way the sun caught it made for a rainbow. To be honest, Old Faithful was slightly disappointing.   But I started talking to some tourist from Germany  and we had very enjoyable visit. This is my favorite spot and I couldn't remember where to find it. But we did find it. It is at Biscuit Basin .   I love this color.  The ri...

I work  in a school that has a 4 day work week. I will not lie. It is AwEsOmE !! We do have to work 1 Friday a month. Professional Development days. I hate to complain, but  it is my blog #1. Professional Development really means you are going to have meetings where they can find one more thing for you to do.    #2. I hate meetings #3. I hate working a 5 day work week.   There I said it... We have had to work the last 3 Fridays. I hope I recover....

I just finished a wild week getting ready for and having parent teacher conferences. As a parent, I was not always so happy to go to these things. Teachers would always say, "You must talk about some interesting things around the dinner table!" or "They are so good at math, Wes must teach them math all the time." The reality was, I asked them if they did their homework everyday. They were smarter than us. They talked about football or baseball all the time. And Wes did not have private math lessons with the kids. Sometimes I would come home from conferences feeling like a failure. It is a different to sit on the other side of the table. There was some bad news to deliver, mostly about bad behavior. There was some good news to deliver, mostly about good behavior. There was plenty of laughter. My favorite thing to hear from a parent was that they loved to come to school. And even better..." They come home singing your songs." ...

I'm not sure when it happened,  but Fall has arrived in Southern Idaho. No snow in the Magic Valley, but you defiantly need a jacket in the mornings and sometimes all day. If you know how time passes so fast, please tell it to slow down. What do you think of the grey pumpkins? We also had Homecoming. To be honest, it wasn't a bad parade. Times are a changing.

Yesterday, I went to a wedding of a friend of my daughters. I have to admit, that I love these girls. When we first moved here, they took in my much younger daughter. She needed a friend and they showed her kindness and love. Well, this weeding was at St. Edwards in Twin Falls. This was the last time I was there. Needless to say,  it has been a few decades. This sweet bride was a high school friend of mine. It brought back many memories. Funny how life does that.

Sometimes I can't believe how fast times goes by. With the Fall coming this week, I wanted to list some of my favorite summer memories. 1.  Water Aerobics at the Rec I do this every year.  I love it. I love my buddies at the pool. It is a great way to spend 45 minutes of my day. 2.  The Piggly Wiggly. Holy Moly people I went to the Piggly Wiggly in North Carolina! I have wanted to this for a few years. You know, I read it in a book. 3.  The Sandbox. We stayed in a little cinder block house on the OBX. I looked at that sweet little house and wondered how many storms it had stood through. -possibly a metaphor for life- It was a great little place. I am ready for fall now.  

 I picked blackberries this weekend. That left me with making jam this morning. It isn't hard. It certainly isn't sugar-free. It seemed like the perfect labor for today.