Just Working on my Inner Eye Roll

I don't really have anything to say, nothing new to report. It really is much easier just to go visit everyone else's conversations - and keep updated that way. (Congratulations AT! - 16 comments has to be the record!)

I'm tired, glad it's the weekend. I have a fun, practical joker, co-worker; who I'm teaching the finer points of the Inner Eye Roll too. She may start her own blog named Straight from the Boohickie. Tales from the Boohickie. OK, maybe you had to be there.
Tomorrow we have early morning soccer games to go to, I need to go read my The Power of Their Ideas book.
We had family game night, (played Blokus 2x's - I have Kevin hooked now that I beat him a couple of times. It brings out my inner German. - Oh golly, you should have seen Ping Pong at my house growing up. My otherwise mild mannered parents would become ultra competitive. Maybe we should get one of those next.)

I had my 2nd week of grad. school, where I learned all sorts of research facts, including that you no longer double space after a period (the computer is smart enough to space it appropriately for you.) And, Underlining titles, because of the internet age, is out. Italics is in! And somehow I found this all very interesting. Really.

Now I've been advised by my power of positive thinking friend that I NEED to go bigger with my visualizations. So, even though the yurt can be up to 2ooo square feet, I'm starting to see it turn into my little art studio. (See the skylight band on the top? Very cool. ) Now a house is starting to appear in the background. I can't quite make it out yet because I'm still so in love with my Yurt. . . but I'm making room for reality.

Yes Dodi, there's a bathroom. And, a cozy little fireplace. I still love my yurt. Night night

I Have a Dream

Lately, I've been obsessing about moving to the mountains when we retire. Probably because it's not very financially possible. Anyhow, I've decided that it is something worth working toward either way. I love the mountains. I even love the s word. Anyhow, part of my mental making it a do-able scheme is that we could build something ourselves.

Enter the Yurt.

They're actually a trendy new cabin
and are considered portable. Nomads invented them, wealthy Americans perfected them to be "earth homes". Gather your own water in a cistern, use a little stove and lots of insulation. . . I bet it would be a comfy little cabin in the mountains, but I'd probably grow weary of even the largest of yurts were I to actually permanently live in one. Probably more something you'd stay in while you built a real home.

However, in my mind, I picture living in the yurt. Sort of like the tents in the Harry Potter books. I walk inside to find my dream home; spacious and non-yurty. One of the other draw backs to the reality part of the plan is that I'm probably better suited for the city or at least the suburbs. Where would all the sister wives and their families stay when they came to visit me when I realize I'm lonely and bored out of my mind up in the mountains!?!

We are cleaning. Date night tonight. My sock draw is organized, so I'm ready to rock and roll. Oh, and my lie was that I've been sky diving. I'd go in a second, but it's too pricey if I want to get the magical Yurt!

Happy Labor Day Weekend yall!

I was at the library, I swear.

Looking for a book on different types of intelligence. Oh, so many ways to go off track. . .

7 Types of Intelligence - Which is yours?

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I've never been a good liar, so this should be easy

I may have an edge though, since this in the inter net (if you don't know what that is, you can look it up on the google, like our fearless leader GWB2 does) - sorry - since you can't see the facial tick I develop when lying.

OK - per Dodi, Lie.
List 8 things about yourself, but make one of them untrue.
Let's see if you can guess which is untrue!

1. I have bouts of insomnia.

2. I dream of living in a Yurt.

3. I can fly a plane.

4. I love to Scuba Dive.

5. I have been Sky Diving.

6. I have lived in England.

7. Venice is my favorite city.

8. I am a Girl Scout. (Want to buy some cookies?)

OK, if your paying attention at all, you can see that I posted this at 3:30am. That's a little hint for you, but I'm not going to help ANY more.

WOW! I have another blog!

Yes, whether I need it or not, I have a "insite" Regis blog. I'm so happy I know what one is! You can't post pictures tho, so I can't see that it will be of much interest to me.

So, I feel I've been wrapping things up, Bunko, yeah! - Big Love, awh =( summer in general,
I've got my books; and I learned a valuable life lesson (it's fun to get your books on campus when you live withing walking distance to campus, and are 20ish - it's not fun to get your books on campus when you have to drive 45 minutes, have your 2 kids in tow, and are 40ish) silly me. Amazon was actually cheaper, and I would have gotten free shipping having spent over 100$. That's one lesson that will stick with me at least the next 2 years.

And I'm feeling under prepared and over prepared at the same time. Check it out, my first class is Current and Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Education. Not to start off with a bad attitude, but doesn't that sound like a lot of mumbo jumbo, yadda yadda yadda, blah blah blah!?! Fortunately one of the books looks like it won't have the immediate effect of an elephant tranquilizer, I think I'll go start with that one right now.

Finally, the picture of the day. I like to call this one;

"Multi-tasking"

That's my daughter Caitlin who has just abandoned her sister mid-trampoline/soccer game to come take a reading break, with her
hoola-hoop ready for action.
Caitlin, who answered the phone yesterday;
"Hello, this is Caitlin. . . My mothers daughter."

Realisms - from WBG2

Ah, here's a batch of "realisms" that I haven't heard before. My father (who's responsible for at least half of my sarcasm - mom's responsible for the other more than half - giving me a 110% dose) My father sent these around on an email. And so the blog challenge of the week should have been;
Ditto. See AT's blog, or MC's blog. I copied them both, as well as my dad. I was inspired by them! Aha! There's my positive angle. (Pretty good for a sarcasmophile.)


The trouble with being punctual is that nobody's
there to appreciate it. - Franklin P. Jones

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain
the success of those we don't like?

It matters not whether you win or lose; what
matters is whether I win or lose.

Life is pleasant.
Death is peaceful.
It's the transition that's troublesome.

Help a man when he is in trouble and he will
remember you when he is in trouble again.

Complex problems have simple, easy to understand
wrong answers.

It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it
creative problem solving.

Whoever said money can't buy happiness, didn't know
where to shop.

Alcohol doesn't solve any problems, but then again,
neither does milk.

Most people are only alive because it is illegal to
shoot them.

Forgive your enemies but remember their names.

The number of people watching you is directly
proportional to the stupidity of your action.

Happy Friday!
Only 24 more days until fall break?
124 shopping days until Christmas?

Yeee Haw!

What's more fun than a troop full of Brownies? Well, a troop of brownies going horseback riding with the cookie money they earned last year! Here they are at National Park Gateway Stables
going for a 2 hour ride on a

gorgeous, dare I say PERFECT Saturday morning.

Caitlin stated that this was her best day ever. The Guide challenged with - what about your last birthday? C defended her claim with the fact that Well, my little sister isn't here, and she loves horses - and I never get to do any horsey stuff - and I got to come and without her!
So, not very gracious, but apparently true!

OK, we are off to a Gillis Family picnic/reunion.
Should be fun.
(That was meant to be read many different ways.)