Antique Treasures!

Marla and I went through memory lane as we went through the boxes that were in her living room last night. All of these things brought back childhood memories. I personally wish I had those Barbie books. Flipping through them and reading them was fun. Barbie truly can do anything! My favorite one is Stories about the Fabulous Barbie and her Boyfriend Ken Very well written! :) I loved that movie viewer too. I put the Mickey ghost one in that pic because it used to freak me out as a kid. Spooky. Speaking of spooky, that dang mannequin scared me this morning as I walked down the stairs into Marla's dining room. She is very well dressed though, don't you think? Marla's mom puts her out on the porch while they have their annual rummage sale. That is always a hoot because Marla's mother is so very silly and fun. She truly is friendly to anybody she meets. I wish I could have been there to see the mannequin's head blow away. I guess it was pretty windy that weekend. Marla was very proud of her new pans so we had to showcase them! They are very nice pans! It was spooky to first see my bed and have those Wizard of Oz dolls staring at me. They just creep me out with those little beady eyes. Creepy! I have to admit it was pretty funny, way to go Marla!

We played softball last night. It was so very fun to catch up with all the cool ladies I play with. Some of us have been playing together since middle school. It is truly a very special thing I am able to do here each summer. Best 37 dollars I will spend! We lost but it was still a blast. It was our first loss this summer and I think it is my jinx. My team out in Utah only has won one game. Sad! Hopefully, it really isn't me and my bad karma! The coolest thing about the game last night is that I ran into one of the girls I went to school with. We attended grade school, middle school and high school together(I hope she doesn't remember how weird and awkward I was back then, hehe!). She got to first early in the game and I looked over at her and thought she was familiar and when her teammates called her "Billie" I thought to myself that she looked like "Bille Jo" but I wasn't sure. I then asked one of my teammates if it was her and come to find out, it was. I approached her between innings and it was so fun to re-connect. We chatted for a few minutes after the game. I loved that. It is cool to know that the world can be pretty small sometimes and you can find and re-connect with people from your past. Awesome.

It was a beautiful day. Marla and I went to lunch and shopping. I got a pair of shorts out of it and that was my goal. Go me. I then headed back up to Rhinelander and had dinner with the family. I am loving the good food! Beef barley soup is one of my favorite things! Then I ran to the river(funny thing was that I wasn't even being chased!) and met up with my mom and niece. My niece is cute and silly. She loves playing down by the river on the beach there. She can keep herself occupied for hours down there finding rocks and sticks and playing in the sand and water. Good times.

I am loving being home. It is a great place. Stay tuned for more adventures!

Home

Pic #1: Me in Chicago airport. I hate Chicago's airport. I always get delayed there. It as only an hour but still, why does this airport have to be so retarded?

Pic #2: Me in pajamas on my bed in Wisconsin. Yes, I do have lots of lighthouses on the wall, it makes me think I am from the East but I am not. It is calming though.

It is good to be home. My family picked me up, we drove to Rhinelander, ate some pizza, mom and I bonded over pictures, I blogged, and now I will sleep. I hope you all are ready for some adventures this summer; I sure am!

"Did I make the blog?"

This is my awesome friend Elizabeth and I. She is quite a spectacular lady and a fabulous mother. She is hilarious. Every time I am with her it is an adventure. Even at Red Robin she had me laughing so much in the short time we had together. I am so glad to still be in touch with her and to be able to see her every once in a while (even if she didn't have a cool glass to drink her drink out of at Red Robin).

I am in Salt Lake City tonight because I fly out tomorrow morning. Crazy and cool all at the same time. It is weird and I don't know how to explain it but it feels different to be leaving right now. I think the past few weeks have just been weird and this is just a part of it. Huh. Anyway, I am excited to go home and see people. I like my family and I have great friends back home, too. I worry I will be too bored though. I am definitely going to have to keep myself plenty busy. I do plan on fishing everyday. I think that may be what my gift card may go for. Gear and license will be about a hundred dollars I am thinking. I just want to relax I think. It will be nice.

Not much else going on here. Just waiting for the morning, I guess.

Memory Lane

Graduation seems like it was a long time ago already. I just finally rescued my pictures from my camera. My dumb Mac started to give me issues because it hates me. Anyway. Here are some pics from graduation. The two students are my favorites, but don't tell any of my other favorites. One is Jake. He was the only kid ever, in the history of me teaching, to be able to call me Al. He'd come in everyday and say: "What's up, Al?" It made me smile. The other student is David. He was just so positive all the time and had a great dry sense of humor like me. He made Boys' PE bearable. He is in England right now and I am jealous. The other pics are of cool people I worked with this year. They are nice people. I bet you wish you knew them. Unless, of course, you do know them, then you probably don't wish that. I mean you are glad about it but you already know them. Whatever. Anyway. There is a little trip down memory lane.

Hiking the Y

I went hiking at 9 this morning. It was awesome. I didn't think it was that far to the big 'Y' on the mountain here in Provo, but it was. I liked the hike though. As you can tell by the pictures, we had a lot of fun and it was a nice day!

I also got to go to lunch with my friend, Elizabeth. She is real cool and loves to read my blog. She really wanted to get on the blog and kept saying "Is that going to be on the blog?" So, you made it Liz! I will put a picture of us on tomorrow, seeing I can't get my camera to connect to this computer. Have I mentioned that I hate Macs? Anyway, it was real nice to catch up with Elizabeth because she is so cool. I am so lucky to have so many cool friends in my life! We reminisced about how we used to steal things from each other. It started with Elizabeth stealing all my underwear, then I stole all her food. College times sure were good times! We went to Ricks together.

Well, it is late and I need to sleep. I will write more later. I did also get to go up to Sandy and watch a movie with Janette. It was nice to see her one last time before I leave. I hope she will come visit in Wisconsin!