I Caught a Fish! (or ten or twelve)

Ever had one of those days where you threw your line in a pond and proceeded to pull out fish after fish? Yeah me neither until this past Sunday lol! Sue took us fishing near her house and it was all sorts of fun. Beane had never fished before so that was a riot all to itself. She grew up in the city, Minneapolis to be exact. Ashley is from Kansas so she had been but was still cute to watch. We threw everything back at the end for the next group of anglers.

Deanna says hi to Meg

I made it to town...yeah I was late and I got scolded twice lol. Here's Deanna saying hi to my friend Meg in Japan

A Short Update

I am almost at my final destination, Rankin Illinois. At present I am at my friend Sharie's office in Champaign/Urbana (OK home of the U of I and I have to say it GO ILLINI!!!!!) She's the one I did the Net Zero Conference with this past February. We just got back from eating some killer Chinese food and guess what? I got sauce on my shirt :|

I got into Chicago 5:30 PM Friday two hours behind schedule. The upside is I once again met some wonderful people on the train. If I could get my memory card to read in this computer I would post some kickin pics but alas it's not going to work. I promise some when I return to Colorado. I have watched the videos over and over LOL! I am making a montage for Japanese Meg...I keep asking random people to say Hi to her hahahahahaha! She'll be all like "Rebecca, who are these people?"

Anywaysssssssssssssss...I had a great time at Sue's. Beane and Ashley came down and we jammed our little pea pickin hearts out Saturday and then we went fishin n stuff Sunday. OMG if only I could show you the videos and pictures of all that! I knew Beane and I would sound good together and Sue sings like a bird so put us all together with Ash running video and it's MTV UNPLUGGED time!

As soon as Sharie sends out another report we are heading out. I am going to help her find a dress to wear to a wedding next weekend then she'll drop me off at Deanna's.

NOTE: Deanna says the baby's head is down but still no pains. I imagine I'll drop my stuff off and have to turn around and come back to Champaign (where she is having the baby) . Good thing I have plenty of knitting with me! Hmmmmmmmm maybe I should text her and find out if she's having any contractions before I even head that way in the first place. Might be prundent, eh?

Things I Learned at 8th Grade Graduation

• People come in all shapes and sizes
• Black people and Hispanics tend to dress way better than white people
• They really did put air conditioning in the school
• Red hair still rules!
  
• When you have nothing else to do make a list of unusual names on the program;

1. Unusual first names: Precious, Niccolo, Pichest, Caelynne, Richelle, Sierrastorm, Whisper, Tessa, Chase, Lavada, Tekeya, Athene, Cordy, Nowell, Sha'dae, Montago, Amethyst, Diamond (these came right after one another on the roster I kid you not), Osvaldo, Kindra, Takira, Dontae, Joyhia, Deja, Raeanna, Mercedes, Cierra, Nila, Zhakira, Dolma, Nabil (f), Kalil, Rindi, Valeria
   
2. Biblical names: Hannah, Sarah, Rebecca, Anna, Peter, Leah, Michael, Jonathan, Joshua, Joseph, Jacob, John, Mary, James, Noah, Matthew, Jessie, Daniel, David, Benjamin, Abigail, Mark, Samuel, Aaron, Elijah
3. Traditional names: Katie, Kelly, Tristan, Christian, Madeline, Chelsea, Mitchel, Derrick, Kyle, Connor, Kevin, Tony, Courtney, Bonnie, Ryan, Heather, Bobby, Sean, Audrey, Maria.....hey there's no JACK on the list ANYWHERE hmmmmmmmmmmm
   

Well those Thunderbirds just went by. I waited and waited and yep...I got to see them (and hear them they are so loud they almost rattle windows) so I'm off to do whatever....I need to fix some more tins with sedums then figure something out for supper. Talk to you later.

Thunderbirds not Blue Angels

Leslie pointed out that the Air Force jet team was the Thunderbirds not the Blue Angels. I have held that misconception for years because this picture is from 2006 and I named it Blue Angels... whoops my bad.

Jack and I made a library run yesterday afternoon and we stopped at Drifters on Garden of the Gods Rd for lunch. We could see the jets plainly from there and we sat and watched for about 1/2 hour.

Oh goody, I get to go to Dakota's 8th Grade graduation today and be in the vicinity of Mommy Kim, Grandma Paaaaattttttttttty and Darling Marena. I haven't blogged much about them here but you can scroll through my old Myspace blogsomeday if you need a good laugh and to feel really good about your own disfunctiuonal families.

Http://blog.myspace.com/danceswithpitbulls

At Last...the FINISHED QUILTS!

It was a long and winding the road, the trip to finish these damn quilts. Oops did I say that out loud? I didn't mean it...it just seemed to take forever and a day. Well, not Sharie's quilt. I actually whipped that puppy out quite quick. It's just that I told her I'd make it way over a year ago that made it seems so long. I will embroider the baby's name and birth date once she gets here.

Anyways, I think the effort was worth it. They are both gorgeous and I'll be proud to hand them over along with the Mother's Quilts and Joseph's Quilt.

The canvases are the ones I decoupaged for my nephew, Dustin. My sister cross stitched the little panels but couldn't understand how to glue them on artists' canvas...lol she sent duck canvas but hey that's OK! You know I don't do Halloween, but I think they turned out pretty good.

It's cloudy and raining. Jack is home because the job site was a mud pit. I can hear the AFA Blue Angels circling overhead in preparation for Graduation wednesday but I can't see them. I hope it dries up soon.

A few more Pictures

Rain Rain go away, come back when I go to Illinois please. I imagine that the poor people at Territory Days are soaked again :(

Here are a few more pics from Saturday. Can you guess who the dragonfly glitter tattoo belongs to?

I have spent today working on Deanna's quilt and Sharie's Grandma quilt. Pics of those tomorrow then I'll pack them up and mail them.

Being Silly atTerritory Days

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What's Territory Days without some good photo ops? Unforetunately the rain cut our visit short so I didn't get any pics of the re-enactors this year. If we go tomorrow I will. PS that's Mike snoozing there by Cheryl. Can you tell he was less than enthused to be there? LOL!

Secure Yourself (Indigo Girls Cover)

Sunday in the Mountains

We went up to Woodland Park Sunday afternoon. That means I have been in the mountains more this year already than I got to go all last year. Although we found some good spots the weather doesn't look like it will cooperate so I promised Jack we'd go when I get back from Illinois.

We did get to go to the Rampart Reservoir, my absolute favorite place in the world to be! The tree Deanna and Brian carved their initials in got gnawed on by a beaver :| (see video below)

My favorite pic of the day was the butt-crack rock lol! So I'm easily amused...SUE ME!

After a break at Sonic we cruised to Deckers. The Hayman fire was sooooooooooo damaging. You really have to see the whole picture to appreciate the destruction. Here's a link to Wikipedia on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayman_Fire

Scouting for Campsites

We went up towards Cripple Creek looking at campsites yesterday. Some had too much snow and some were too public but we did see a couple of possibilities. I even had Jack stop so I could go ask some campers about their setup. We're going back to Woodland Park this afternoon to check out a couple of more.

PS The deer aren't like the ones back in Illinois. This young buck and his mother didn't even flinch when we drove by and were still grazing in the same spot when we came back. (Oh if only the ones I had hit had remained in the ditch!)

Dead Bushes and Boys Actually Working

I deleted a couple of songs so I could show the bush project. Once the rocks are sifted (another major undertaking) I'll plant flowers like I did last year. It was spectacular and several have reseeded for this season YAY!

Things That Make You go HUH?

In filling up my memory cards with songs I have no room for pictures. I went through my May folder and found this strange sign from the dog walk at Bear Creek Park.

I took the bus downtown yesterday, my first trip on public transportation since Jack got laid off way back.... They changed the route. I actually prefer it this way. If I need to go to Walgreens or Kmart I can just catch the 6 instead of transferring to the 20 or the 9.

No school today. Dakota had a friend spend he night and Dalton showed up at 8 AM. They are busy taking out the dead hedges in front. I had to RAISE MY VOICE to make them understand that I WAS BOSS OF THIS PROJECT!!! So far so good. Although we promised no monetary gain from this job (Dakota wanted a "work out" and Jack suggested this) I may throw them $20 to go to McDonalds later.

Using my Mom's MP3 Player

As I was digging around for some paper clips earlier today I found the MP3 player my aunt Karen brought out from Chicago with some of my mom's other stuff. I had asked her where the compter chord was, got no answer and packed it away. Today I noticed a slot for an SD card just like the one my camera uses. Hmmmmmmmmm wonder if that would actually work? It did and here's a short sample of the play list I built

1. Jethro Tull- Skating Away (on the thin ice of a new day)
2. James McMurtry- Lights of Cheyenne
3. Chris Cagle- Country by the Grace of God
4. Clutch- Spacegrass
5. Elton John- I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues
6. Evenesence- My Immortal
7. Greenwheel- I Don't Believe
8. Lynyrd Skynyrd- Gimme Back My Bullets
9. Pearl Jam -Yellow Ledbetter
10. Sister Hazel- Your Winter (acoustic)
11. Stillwater- Mindbender
12. War- Slipping Into Darkness

This will come in handy on the train! I ordered a 2 Gig card from walmart.com for $10.54 with shipping included. Not too shabby eh?

Attack of the Plants

It's Springtime and an old woman's heart turns to thoughts of gardening. Only here in Colorado I have no real place to garden. Hmmmmmmmm. Guess I'll have to improvise!

I bought a bunch of tins at Goodwill Saturday and am filling them with sedums and semperviviums. As luck would have it Grandma and Grandpa up the street are having some yard work done and called me to come get some funky little hens and chicks that would otherwise be destroyed. Glad to help out!

The box Jack built me last year has onions and spinach growing in it and we have three tomato plants ready to be planted. I drug home a big pink pot Jack spotted in the alley for his yellow cherry tomato plant.

Now if the plants will be continue to be watered while I am in Illinois I will be happy. Jack did real good taking care of everything last year when I left all three times so I ain't really all that worried about it!