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Saturday, July 5, 2008,10:39 AM

Blog Fever!

Hey! There's blog fever going on in my household. EVERYONE has a blog. Well, everyone except Bruce and our cats, Jack and Stella! Anyway, I just picked out this new blog skin, so give me some time to edit all the info! It has an "about me" section, which needs some work, etc. I'll try to get it fixed as soon as possible! Chow for now!

Thursday, April 3, 2008,6:56 AM

Back to Work...Life...Etc.

I'm back at work. I went back yesterday, and boy did I drag through my short four hours of work. What a whimp! I had to run to the thrift store after work to find an outfit for Micaela for her cultural fair at school; they have to dress up like a part of their culture. So what do you do when you have about a million cultures to choose from your genetic makeup? Between the two of us (Bruce and I), we've got Swedish, Irish, English, German, Scottish, etc. I chose Bruce's Scottish side. I went looking for a "kilt-like" skirt and scored. I found a really neat blue and green kilt and a really sweet crocheted creme colored cap. I wish I could find a sash, but that might not be so easy. I'll see what I can find today. I also need to dig up a pin for her skirt. Where can I find one of those? It'll have to be something from home!

Here's a closeup of the cap and skirt fabric:

Now I've got to do a couple of loads of laundry to wash these things as they stink like the thrift store. The smell grosses us all out. Oh, and to get these cheap items, I had to blow $10, as they had a limit for credit card purchases. I was so ticked off! I had to walk around for a while looking for something I didn't want to buy. I hate that, but I couldn't give up on this find.

Chloe got her new girl scout uniform and goodies that Grandma Leslie got for her yesterday! I've got picks of everything that I'll share later when I have time to post more stuff!

Sunday, March 30, 2008,7:05 AM

So Sick!

I am so sick. I've had a fever off and on for the last couple of days. I couldn't stand the condition of my bathroom, so I cleaned everything but the shower, 'cause we ran out of cleanser. I threw out a bunch of things too. Then I cleaned up my balcony garden. I realized I've got a bad fly infestation on a couple of plants, so I sprayed all the plants with a rubbing alcohol/water mix (1 to 3). I hope it works. I think I over did it with all that work, because by the afternoon I felt like I was freezing, so I wrapped up and laid on the couch shivering. I took my temperature and it was 100.7, which is explains why I was feeling so cold and odd. Anyway, I'm hoping I feel better by tomorrow as I have to go back to work and I have another mid-term with my Anthropology course. I'll probably study today. I feel so bad right now. I usually make the kids French toast, but I can't muster the task. They'll have to understand. I make them French toast usually every Saturday, but Micaela was at a sleepover yesterday. I was going to do it today, but I feel like crap. My nose won't stop running. Poor me.

Friday, March 28, 2008,6:26 PM

FINISHED! With Brit. Lit. 1

Thank God!!!! I am just now done with studying and completing the final test for my British Literature 1 class. It literally kicked my butt. I'm in shock right now, but thank God it is over. What a flippin' nightmare. I'm not exaggerating. Okay, deep breath...off to take a shower..

P.S. Did I mention that I had a 100 degree fever today? I was feeling really crappy about mid-day, aching, hot, etc. I took my temperature and realized the problem, so I popped an Advil, then broke into a sweat an hour or so later. Poor me.... hee-hee.

,9:15 AM

Final Exam Day!

Ugh...today is my final exam day. I paused long enough to post on my blogs, but now I have to get back to studying for my 3 hour exam. At least this ridiculously overly taxing class will be over after today. What a flippin' nightmare. I'm surprised all of you didn't hear my wailing over the last few weeks. (I know Donna did, poor thing). I've not been in the best of moods and on top of everything, I had a ton of other stuff going on, i.e., Micaela's two field trips and a pop show, that I had to attend, of course, and Chloe's new girl scout stuff, which I'm super excited about! The problem is everything happens at once!!! Anyway, here's a few of pics of the kids on our trip. (Hey I just realized you can click all the pics and blow them up! This doesn't always work):

Outside the Chocolate Nugget candy shop
that had the best double-dipped chocolate malt balls! Yummy!

Chloe enjoying our favorite stop off point on our way to Virginia City,
the Chocolate Nugget candy store!

The girls being silly at the Visitor Center in Virginia City, Nevada.

Micaela riding a horse up in Virginia City, Nevada

Chloe riding the same horse!
She wants to start horseback riding,
doesn't she look like she'll be a natural?

Labels: candy, chocolate nugget, horses, Nevada, Virginia City

Tuesday, March 25, 2008,2:00 PM

Still Vacationing!

I'm a little bored right now. I'm waiting for my Mom to come back from Carson City to pick me up, so we can go right back out there. I went up to Virginia City, Nevada with Bruce. It's only about 6 miles from my Mom's home. He wore shorts, which wasn't a good choice, especially considering the poor guy has a cold. He started feeling sick yesterday, and it's really taken him down. We decided to stay an extra day, so we won't be back until Thursday, which will give him a little more time to rest. Going back to Virginia City; its super windy right now, and so the cold wind did the both of us in, especially him with just those shorts on. Anyway, he's going to lay around a bit and try to feel better, and I am going to take off with my Mom once she gets here.

I was checking out some really old photos up at this bookstore in Virginia City. It's hard to believe how many people used to live there. I think the population during its boom days in the late 1800s, was some where around 60,000 people! That's a lot when you consider the size of the city, and the fact that it's all nestled in the hills. I had a good time checking out some of the old photos. Let me see if I can scrounge an old photo off the internet. Okay, here's a picture of just one portion of the city. There's a lot more to the left of this photo, but today, not even half of these buildings exist:

I got this photo from the One Online Nevada Encyclopedia. There are more photos for you to check out there if you like! You can see the Catholic church, St. Mary's in the background. It exists even today. We have many photos of this church. I'll see if I can dig some up!

Labels: Carson City, Nevada, Virginia City

Sunday, March 23, 2008,7:35 AM

New Blog, and other stuff....

I started this blog, 'cause I'm always thinking of blabbing on my blog, Kelly's Not So Green Thumb, but I don't want to stray too far from the subject matter. Anyway, please let me introduce my new Blogger, the place I will use to blog my mind, "Kelly's Not So Glamorous Life." Oooh...how exciting does that sound!? Okay, maybe not.

Anyway, I'm on vacation! Whoopee! I'm at my Mom's and I'm enjoying not being at my home and not doing homework. I thought I'd make myself crazy doing all that schoolwork. It is an insanely tough class, Brit. Literature I, and it's making me crazy. I worked my hiney off to get all caught up, which meant literally working everyday well into the evening, and all weekend long. I thought I would cry, and I did actually towards the end, but it was worth it. The last week of class is my Spring Break vacation from work! So, lucky me, I've got a final this week, but I'm not going to work on it until I return, which will be Wednesday or Thursday of this week.

Anyway, I'll try and post some pics of from my vacation and talk about my trip if I feel like like it, 'cause after all, this is supposed to be fun, not a chore! Bye for now!