New Year's Resolutions...bah!

OK...I am going to try to come up with some resolutions, but actually they will be more like "Sha... and monkeys might fly outta my butt...."

1) Lose 50 pounds by June 10 (daughter's wedding)...riiiighhht.

2) Exercise at least 3 times a week...Ho Ho HO!

3) Try to do something new and different like eat Indian food naked (or do anything naked...or just eat Indian food, for that matter.)

4) Put the stick down. Stick=sharp pointy evil

5) Read more and play less Literati. Literati=OCD inducer

6) Learn to drive a motorcycle. (Next year buy a bike!)

7) Go to bed a lot earlier and wake up earlier so I'm not late to work (This is NOT good when you are a teacher, tho' the students never complain!)

8) Walk the dogs more often...hopefully they will stop peeing on the floor.

9) Get a massage more often...desperately needed when you are a teacher or mother of a teen.

10) Stop annoying habits like picking at my fingernails...HA...like I said...and monkeys might fly...!!

Anyway...hope these inspire you. Happy 2006 and may God give you peace or at least occasional sanity.

Bored so why not blog?

The French Horns - Fortyfive

Alright, so I'm at work. I'm illegally blogging about nothing important while at work. Aren't I absolutely horrible? I mean, I'm sure there's no one else on this earth that blogs while at work...

So, as you'll notice there will be breaks throughout my blog as I not only write, but also list what songs are playing as I write. Interesting, isn't it? Also, as you'll notice, most of you won't know these bands because they're indie. But maybe you will know them and then I'll think you're extra cool because of course only the coolest of the cool know indie bands... ha. whatever. it's a style I like and if you like it too, cool, we have something in common. I get so sick of pretentious indie snobs. Yes I've been called a music snob, but that's only by people who listen to top 20 hit radio stations or think Rolling Stone and Mtv are cutting edge and they just don't understand... wait, did me saying htat just make me a music snob?

So anyway, what I should be doing, if I weren't blogging illegally at work, would be writing a sermon. I am preaching this weekend on Luke 2:2-40. If anyone has any stunning thoughts on the subject, of course I'd love to hear them.

Christmas was great...except for the whole being away from my family thing. I was with my wonderful boyfriend and we had some yummy food at our friend's home and then played cards with some other friends later on that night. It was great except for the fact that one of the players could not figure out the game and it was quite frustrating that we (me and my bf) lost to them when we really should have kicked their booties.

Darren Hanlon - The Unmade Bed

And then we should have kept playing the game, but then they watned to watch the Family Guy, which is sometimes funny to me and sometimes way too stupidly offensive and I just get sick of that kind of chauvanistic anti-woman humor so it makes me in a bad mood. So I was mad that we lost and then we stopped playing the game to sit and stare at the tv while no one talked together anymore and the only sound was some people laughing at the tv. It killed the whole mood and damn I wanted to win that game... I guess I'm a bit competitive.

Dressy Bessy - Hay May

So, now I'm getting bored of blogging...and I"m tired of sitting on my butt staring at the computer...

But hey, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to you all.

*I love my Aunt*

Hydroplane - Embassy Cafe

Home...

...is where laughter is free
and there's no holding back,
you can let the fat jiggle

and the gas fly,

you can sing at the top of your lungs

or pee with the door open (well, most of the time)

it is where i love to be

more than any other place,

the cat in the bowl agrees

My band...I can't wait to start recording again! 

The gift of hope

I am hopeful this year for the first time in a long time. I've seen a drastic turnaround in my wayward son in these recent months. I can't begin to describe the joy and relief there is in knowing that he's getting better at coping with life. He's finally getting healed and it's like someone's snatched him from the fire. I am so grateful for the doctor who cared enough to actually listen and give my son a reason to believe he can change. With a new treatment, we are seeing results. Earlier this year we were despairing and not seeing any way out. But by the grace of God, we've been given a gift...the greatest gift anyone could have given me for Christmas...hope.

Highlights of 2005

We were so happily surprised this past summer when our Mandy and her Aaron got engaged. We were visiting them in Charlottesville, Virginia when Aaron presented her with a beautiful ring and asked her to be his wife. She said YES and we are now planning for their wedding here in California, June 10. Mandy has known Aaron since 9th grade. They are best of friends and seem perfect for each other.

My great-nephew, Caden, was born!!






Thanksgiving at The Whites and The Carlsons

Where I wanna be...

La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. Where else can you find a prettier sunset? I am looking forward to going there again, hopefully in the new year.

Things have been too hectic, and being sick the past 2 weeks has made me fall behind at work with my grading and recordkeeping. I am looking forward to these next 2 weeks off from school. I wish I had a few months to turn my brain off and just "be". Until then, I will look at beauty like this and think, "Ahhhh..." even if only in a photo.

My David and our pups 

Welcome to my "lair"...

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