The theme/prompt for THIS week, September 29, is: TAILS - "Photograph" Share any photograph and explain why you did.
This is the photograph I’m thinking about right now. Cory needs to turn his senior picture in for the yearbook by Friday. I’ve been telling him all summer that we need to get out and take some pictures (photographs?) so we can get an idea of what he likes and hopefully come up with something good. But he never wanted to do it until last Friday. This is the one he likes – except it needs a little work. We went back to the library last night to see if we could get a few more, but he’s not happy with any of them. Thanks to my brother, the photographer, for his tips, but it just wasn’t happening. This is the one. I’m just going to do a little editing. The size it prints in the yearbook, it will be fine.
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Gonzaga U College Hall. (Photo credit: Dena Rosko)
Is there any way to get everything done in a day that needs done? I probably shouldn't be complaining or even asking because I'm home all day; I should be able to get things done. Then I keep thinking about how the kids are all but grown up and will be out on their own soon. Then what? My husband seems to think I should go back to work, but I have no idea what I would want to do. It's not like I have some great career I want to go back to. I suppose I could go back to school like some of my friends are doing, but first I think I need to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. And both going to work and going back to school mean time away from home, and I keep wondering who's going to do my work. You know all the stuff that isn't getting done now? Even less will be getting done then. I know other people do it. Somehow.
One solution might be to look into Online master degrees from Gonzaga University. Of course, I'd have to get a regular degree first, and I'd still have to decide what I want to be when I grow up, but the idea of getting an online degree really appeals to me. It sounds like it's something that could fit into an already busy schedule. What I'm reading is that many of the top ranked programs are reluctant to go online because they feel that it diminishes the quality of the education. Gonzaga feels the opposite and believes that offering online programs gives busy professionals the opportunity to further their educations where they otherwise might not have been able to. The quality of the education must be pretty good, too because Gonzaga has been ranked one of the nation's best universities by The Princeton Review and Forbes Magazine.
Now, what should I be when I grow up? No sense in going back to school until I figure that out.
Tillie has competition. She will no longer get to be my Camera Critter choice practically every week. Now we have another adorable little critter living in our house. His name is Weasley.
He’s only been here since Monday, but he’s already making himself at home. He’s not afraid to check everything out, and I think he’s decided that he’s going to like it here. Tillie still isn’t too sure about him, but he desperately wants to be friends. Yesterday they were both on Beth’s bed, and Tillie let him get close. Weasley just purred and purred at being so close to her.
Eventually Tillie had had enough, hissed at him, and he moved away. He’s a persistent little guy, so I don’t think he’s giving up! Everyone else in the house already seems to love him, so why not the big white kitty?
We went to Sears tonight so Jeffrey could spend his $50 card. He got a couple pairs of dress pants, and Cory got a couple dress shirts - with the card only about $8. So that was a pretty good deal.
Then we went down to the juniors department to see if I could find something to use my $10 coupon on. They really didn't have a lot that I was interested in, but I went through the clearance, tried on some pants, jeans, and shorts, and found that all the sizes seem to run really small. So I had to find some larger sizes and try those on and finally found a top, a pair of shorts, and a swimsuit bottom. I gave the top to Jeffrey to buy. It was $15 so would only cost $5 with the coupon. I was going to buy the swimsuit bottom and shorts - $7.99 and $3.99, $2 after coupon. BUT, when we got to the register, and Jeffrey tried to buy the top, the cashier told him that they were no longer accepting the coupon and pointed to a sign on the register that said they weren't accepting them and apologizing for the inconvenience. So we just tossed our stuff on the register and walked out. Talk about a waste of time!
If they'd posted that sign in the department, I could have saved myself a lot of time and trouble trying stuff on - because it wasn't like I really needed anything, but I was willing to look since they gave me the coupons. It really wasn't worth the trouble after all. When we got home and told Beth what happened, she said we should have asked to talk to the manager and made them honor the coupon. Remember, she works in retail and sees this kind of stuff all the time. I guess I just don't think like a real customer? Still, the coupon is supposed to be valid from 9/15 - 11/14, which means it's only been less than 10 days and already they're not honoring it? Not cool.
The weird thing is that when I got home, I checked Juniors apparel at Sears.com, found a pair of jeans I liked, and entered the coupon there. Guess what? $10 off my order. How come I can use the coupon at Sears.com but not in the store? Is it just my local Sears? Has anyone else had this problem? So I saved $7 or so that I was going to spend on stuff that I didn't really need - but the top was cute - I'm still quite frustrated.
I just added a widget that shows the items I've shared in Google Reader. I've been thinking about adding one for a while, but then forget about it or can't find the page to get the code. The only problem is, now that it's on my sidebar, I realize that I haven't shared anything for a while, I guess because there wasn't much point in sharing if no one was seeing it.
Now that I've got the widget, I'll have to be sure to share all the interesting and helpful posts I read. They might just be something you're interested in, like Myrtle beach hotel deals, awesome giveaways, yummy-sounding recipes, or funny stories, so keep an eye on the widget in the sidebar to see what's catching my eye.
Cory will be playing Captain Hook in the school musical Peter Pan this year. He expected to get the role, but he still had to try out. Last Friday he told me that he is officially the bad guy. They've had one cast meeting and officially start practice this week. It sounds like there are quite a few people involved this year, and I look forward to seeing how it all comes together.
Cory says he needs to practice sword fighting with his left hand because the hook is supposed to be on his right, but this picture shows the hook on the left. Does anybody know which is right (or left)? I've never seen this musical before and never paid attention in the movies either. I never actually saw any musicals until Jeffrey started running sound and Cory started getting involved in the school musicals. I thought I saw Pirates of Penzance when I was in college, but I only recently found out that it was only excerpts from the musical for some reason. But I didn't know the difference back then, and I enjoyed it anyway.
The musicals and plays are a lot of fun, and I'm always amazed at what they can pull together with so little and in such a short time. I'm sure this one will be no different.
I accomplished a lot today - folding towels, washing dishes, snuggling a little kitty, all kinds of important things. I entered a couple giveaways, searched some web directories, picked tomatoes from the garden, and made zucchini bread. There are a couple more zucchini out in the garden that will need picked before too long. The tomatoes taste good, but they're all cracked, and I have to cut a lot off of them because they get bad around the cracks.
There was quite a bit of the kitty snuggling going on. Weasley is still kind of skittish, but he's settling in well. He's getting used to us and loves to be petted, as long as we don't move too fast. I'll sit down next to him, and he'll just flop down on his side and purr and purr. Then he'll get up, walk around and rub on me and finally climb into my lap and settle down. I can't exactly get up and go do anything when he does that, can I? I figure if we give him lots of love and attention he'll settle right in and maybe even decide to be a snuggly lap kitty. Tillie's been pretty loving today, too - maybe trying to be sure we don't forget her. She was also less timid toward him, following him around while watching his every move and growling at him. The growling and hissing doesn't seem to bother Weasley since he was the runt of the litter and all the other kitties used to growl at him. He's used to it, and he's determined to be her friend anyway.
Cory got a new kitty. He's been begging for one for ages, and I finally broke down and said yes. So now we have this little orange guy named Weasley.
Our friends Don & Peggy (of audiorescuers fame) picked him up at his old house and brought him here yesterday. Weasley was not a happy guy. First he was put in a cage and then stuffed into a pillow case - with some squirming, scratching, and escaping thrown in for good measure. By the time he got here, he was thoroughly traumatized. So we gave him a place to sleep, a litter box, some food and water, some cattle supplies. OK, you got me, no cattle supplies, but all the rest, and then we shut him in a mostly dark bathroom - and just left him alone for a while.
Since then we've been letting him out to explore and adjust to his new surroundings. He's a curious little guy who loves to explore and play. He would like to be friends with Tillie, but she's having none of that. She just watches his every move and growls. Hopefully she'll decide he's not too bad before too long - once she figures out that he's not going anywhere.
I need to get back into the swing of things. I can't figure out how times goes so fast. I only posted here three times last week, and all my other blogs were completely ignored. Not only have I not been posting anything, I haven't been visiting anyone else, either - except randomly.
It's not that I don't have things I want to say and posts I want to make. I have several reviews to do, a giveaway I said I'd do, and some assignments that need done. I think I'm getting to them, but next thing I know, several weeks have passed, and I still haven't done them. And it seems the longer I go without getting things done, the harder it is to get them done at all - kind of like when you stop using the exercise equipment in your basement. The longer you go without using it, the harder it is to start up again, and before you know it you can't find the exercise equipment for all the stuff piled on top of it.
So, how do I blow the dust off the keyboard and get back to it? Any suggestions?
I’m so glad there’s a meme like Looking at the Sky on Friday, because it means all the time I spend looking at the sky, and taking pictures of it, has a purpose! Click the badge for more info.
I can’t believe I missed Looking at the Sky last Friday. It wasn’t that I hadn’t been looking at the sky and taking pictures, it was just that I got busy trying to get this whole list of things done, and before I knew it Friday was over. I did have some Cinnamon Rolls, Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread, and Chocolate Coconut Bars to show for my Friday. Friday is slipping away from me today, too – I made the bread again, and some Banana Muffins, and I went to school for a while to help get band members fitted with band uniforms.
It’s still Friday, though, so that means it’s not too late, right? Here’s the moon, shot 10 days ago:
That sky is so blue someone must have taken some air filters to it, don't you think? This week I’ve been watching the moon every morning, watching it get thinner and thinner, until this morning it wasn’t visible at all. Sunday night we should be able to see it again – right after sunset. I really love the phases of the moon and seeing how it changes throughout the month.
Cory got a new kitty. He's been begging for one for ages, and I finally broke down and said yes. So now we have this little orange guy named Weasley.
