No day like a snow day

First snow day of the year - January 10, 2011.

I really did make use of the day off...though I could have accomplished more :-)

First, I fed the animals. Then I took a shower, put on my makeup and dried my hair. Then I decided to try to take a photo of myself with the self-timer on my camera. I hate the arms length photos that I try to take and George just can't take a good photo of me (probably because it makes me so uncomfortable to look at the camera and wait for it to click). After a few tries, I came out with about five that I'm not embarrassed to show..and you know, the funny part is...everyone that I took after getting the set up done was fine. Go figure. Here's the one that seems to be the most popular on Facebook.


After taking the photo, I did the breakfast thing....and put on the crockpot with pinto beans for dinner.....

OK..so now to what I'm really supposed to be doing today....I checked my classes at ASU....in case they had posted anything since today was officially the first day of class. One of my courses had stuff posted, so..... I started working on that. I answered several discussion questions and read more of my assignment...

In the mean time... I visited Skype and saw that Helen was online...so I called her. She and I had a nice chat, I got to see Fatena and she drew a picture of the snowman that she built with some of her sisters.




So...now...I've still got most of a chapter to read but if I hadn't had that snow day, I would have just been getting started (lol).

Let it begin

OK...I've been quiet about my MBA classes but I have to admit that I'm a bit nervous about them. Maybe a little intimidated at the moment....however, I got an email from my instructor (classes officially start tomorrow) that had the first reading assignment in it....well....If you know me...then you know that I had to start working on it :-P So...I have read chapter one....now I'm having dinner....I'm really going to try not to let this overwhelm my life (I know...good luck with that huh)...but anyway... I have 2 more things that I need to do tonight (fold clothes and tan)...so I'm going to do those before I let myself read chapter 2....haha

Anyway......we'll see.... George was awesome with helping me keep up with the house and dinner, etc. when I was working on my Bachelors degree and I know he will be with this as well...but I'm going to try to manage a little better....my course load is much smaller but the course content should be more difficult ;-)

Anyway... the beginning has arrived....

Sugar and Swine...make me feel so fine

The Arkansas Razorbacks are playing in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans....Sounds like an awesome time to me.... NOLA is one of my favorite cities... I am completely a fan of the cajun drawl and the food in the city is "to die for"...amazing!

George took me to NOLA for our first wedding anniversary. Another time we went on a cruise that departed from NOLA so we had a little time in the city...and then we spent almost a week in NOLA one summer for vacation.

Well..I'm hoping that the Razorbacks beat the Buckeyes tonight...guess, I better stop blogging to cheer them on........

Time heals all wounds

Time heals all wounds...or so they say. It seems interesting to me that there are wounds that need to heal that seem, in my humble opinion, to be basically self-inflicted...yet someone else is blamed for the occurrence.

Self-infliction occurs when you "get what you ask for"...you know "what you deserve"...when you cross a line that in nice, normal, polite society it is not acceptable to cross....

The blame...well....I guess when one crosses a line that polite society wouldn't cross, then one wouldn't be expected to take responsibility for one's actions...would one...

I guess one also wouldn't expect to have a person respond to their inappropriateness either.....

Glad we have that cleared up.

2011

Wow....Can you believe it is really 2011?

January 1, 2011 was our (George and me)11th Wedding Anniversary. It's hard to believe it was 11 years ago...it seems like we have been together forever yet it seems like just the other day that we were getting to know each other. I'm glad that George is such a good man...strong, comforting, encouraging and a bit wacky (lol). Lucky lucky me... OK..that's enough about that...

I have decided (with George's support) that I want to work on my MBA. I hope I'm up to the challenge...we shall soon see as I begin my first two graduate classes next week. If all goes as planned I will be finished in between 18-24 months.

Now for my new years resolutions.....

I resolve to:

Exercise (starting with the Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred as soon as it is delivered....treadmill until then)

Lose 10-15 lbs...not a big goal but really all I want...

Live with my new budget

Take my lunch to work

School.... take it seriously, work hard, but do not obsess about it (lol...should be interesting)

I know that lots of people make resolutions and some keep them and others don't. I don't know how I see myself on that...sometimes I do OK and other times I don't... This year, I really want to accomplish my goals. I am feeling the need to have more activity and focus...to do more than just work and sit on the couch watching tv.... and to accomplish something that would be good for me in many ways.

I have never been good at "saving money". I have always been more concerned with getting and doing what I want....but...right now (and I really hope this feeling remains with me) I feel like I NEED to be more mature and focus on what would be better for the future (not the right now).....

So...wish me luck...in....

Reaching year 12
Graduate School
Exercise
Weight Loss
Budgeting
Taking my lunch to work

Peek a boo...where are you?

Gosh, I've been missing in action. I don't know what has happened to my blog. I really should be posting to it...there are things going on in my life...but I just don't seem to have the motivation to share much anymore. Hum....

Well...here's what is coming up in my life....

Taking the GMAT in November
The kids are all coming home for Thanksgiving
Lots of Christmas Shopping
Having Christmas celebrations with my family and George's family
Starting Graduate School in January and my freedom ends ;-)

Here's what has been going on....
We ordered a new bed...King size...now maybe Tess and George won't squish me so much

We are selling our mule and horse...waiting for the mule to be sold before I sell the horse

Not really anything interesting going on...we're just living the life that we have made for ourselves and looking for the next adventure.

Maybe it won't be so long before I get back her to chat.

Robert Earl Keen - Again

This weekend, George took me to Little Rock to the Village to see Robert Earl Keen, Jr. This makes the 7th time for us to see him. The show was not like any other of the shows that I have been to. The venue was different, and there was actually seating(though I did not sit through the concert).... REK came on stage with his band, mumbled their names and his and started playing....someone yelled out "what"... he said "there is a program under your seat" and continued to play.... after the first song, he said "that's the first song"....then they played another....and he said "that's the second song".... I admit I was a bit lost in all of this....serious me was like, well crud, he's drunk, but no...no alcohol is consumed by this band on stage, so why did I assume that... did he not want to be there? They why perform if you don't want too.....but....by now it was obvious that he was once again going to be AMAZING! He was just being a smartaXX.... he played some new stuff, some really old stuff, some in the middle stuff...and all of my most favorites (with the exception of Linville Train and I've never heard him perform that one live).....they even threw in some funny stuff that I've never heard them do... "How do you spell New Braunfels"... a riot!

The opening act was pretty good...they had their music too loud for their vocals but they, I'm sure, are still learning what to do... and they say they are from Hamburg, AR.... (that's where we always went to deer camp).

Anyway... We had a great time at the concert and enjoyed the whole trip (well, I did at least).

S W E E T! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

BTW.... just about 11 years ago when George and I were dating, George took me to my first REK concert (even had to give up a weekend of deer hunting to do it)... look what he started....