The scarcasm in my blog is intensional; the misspelled words are not.

Dear Familia,

You gotta love a rainy day. The weather channel gets up-in-arms and replays all the possible calamities and flying debris photos the staff can find. Yes, I could look out the window for an hour by hour update, but, hey, who would want to expend the effort when TWC does it all for you?

This is the place where I generally record all the exciting events that have happened to me during the past few weeks; however, as you know I'm steeped in sarcasm, so don't look for too many insights into nirvana. The school week was mercilessly short -- 4 days, and adding to the confusion: the Labor Day Holiday front ended it.

Therefore,  On Labor Day Saturday, Jean and I ate lunch and spent the afternoon on Joy's porch, while WVU trounced Marshall in the Coal (a.k.a. good 'ol boys gathering) "bowl". Such a waste of kids and resources just to please the politicos and their deep pocket friends [the game, not the lunch]. Time just flies even when I try to keep track...  Jean and I got home late and I collapsed into sleep only to awaken to Sunday...  

Granddaughter Delia has had a rough couple of weeks; first headaches that kept her home; then eye doctor prescribed glasses (but they are cute on her!) and this week she got a virus that kept her home from school.

On,  Labor Day Sunday, the Strothers and I went to Jackson's Mills to the Arts and Crafts Jubilee. We ate heartily in the dining Hall at the Mill, walked through a plethora of craftperson tents and took many photos of stuff, not too many of people ;+( 90's and walking about did me in, but luckily I could crah into my own be to awakn to a holiday on Monday!!!!

She's always lying down...but then so is the tent and the shelves must be magical...defying gravity like that.

It's a train.

I ate lunch with the Millers on Monday-the Holiday itself!  It was grand ;-) too much for one meal, I took some home in my rain hat... The future looks good for preschool and other events to be forthcoming! I'm even looking forward to our mountain adventure vacation to be held in late October again this year.
         See Trisha's blog for pictures of Zoey going to 1st day preschool!!!!

School/work just happened every day since the holiday.

On the news, I hear that some stupid sons-of-b***** want to capitalize on the "party" rating the WVU has, since some writer decided to crown the student body "#1 party school" again this year. The mental giant who proposed this to city council was so blinded by the almighty dollar that he allowed his face to be seen on TV discussing the "option's advantages." This idea is  STUPID and evidently he is ignorant of the law and common sense. I hope his kid, 18, 19 or 20 years old, is not binge drinking and driving in Morgantown. My family lives there.
(We just had a power out/in/out/in/out/in) 3:42pm Glad this laptop has a great battery. And I still have internet connections or I'd have to give up this rant.)

Furthermore, my school board has gifted the social studies teachers of the middle school with a 30 computer laptop lab. Just the 3 teachers in 7 and 8 have 90 kids who would like to use them at the same time. I'm not sure how this will turn out: some (machines) seem not to work already... we haven't been given the passwords so we don't know what's on them yet... "trust but verify"... Of course, the people who ordered them had done "due diligence" in preparing them... so they were ready for school when we got them...right?

Gotta go pay the bills. Love to all.

 

First Day back at work August 2012

Well, Familia:

        I survived the first day back at work. We had meetings at the high school. Not the kind of day one would think that would wipe out the energy of a veteran (seasoned) teacher.

         What, probably, did wipe out my energy - the excursion into the State Parks in the mountains of Eastern West Virginia.

           Leah and I ate a lovely buffet (beef noodles, pot roast to-die-for, and berry cobbler) lunch at Penn Alps, toured the craft shops, refrained from buying and drove off - looking for adventure.

           The day was beautiful and the road was blacktop - no holes, dents or divots - all the way to The West Virginia State Parks: Blackwater Falls and Canaan Valley. 

           The road, although straight and clean, was LONG, too long. We got to the Blackwater Lodge, ask directions to the cabins, drove around and took photos, saw the famous falls from the "easy" overlook and remembered all the times we had been there before with our families.   The cabin I wanted is rented and the others are on hold for a conference the weekend we were looking at. So NO Blackwater weekend this October. I'm too afraid of snow in the mountains.
     We drove to the end of the long road in Canaan and began the descent into Harmon...(I saw the road to Timberline, but we were too close to sunset and I didn't want to drive through the rain (predicted for "before 7" by the weather report at the lodge) and the fog on those unfamiliar mountain roads.
            I didn't cover my head; we got to Elkins by a little after 6PM through rain and fog. We had a buffet (stew and sweet potatoes, Kings Hawaiian bread...) at the steak house to the left of Hiawatha's , then we left for Buckhannon and Weston and Clarksburg, and Fairmont and back. I got home at 9:30 or so.
          We took photos of our adventure, but something won't let me upload them. 
           Final thought: I think we should find a FLAT LAND VACATION PLACE for our reunion - (Near the Ohio River) And you can comment or call me and suggest an easy to get to hide a way.
Love to you all...

Finally Friday

Well I really blew this day away. I am such a lazy person.
On the good side, I did get more copies of my birth certificate from the courthouse (to mail with my retirement request, my passport request and my social security if needed). I should have: called the eye doctor and got lined bifocals, cleased out more papaerwork at the boulevard, organized my office. But, hey, who wants to do work.... most of that stuff is dependent on SEEING the paperwork (which I don't do very well just now)
I found some cool signs while floating 'round the interesting net.

I hope they post upright (not sideways like most of my recent photos)

Same day - naked ladies

pictures of recent activity - no I don't know why they are sideways

Sunday - but NOT sunny

The weather is its own circumstance. Overcast all day - 84 most of the day. 
I have acquired a webtop account that has messed up my access to blogger - so when I try to rsvp to anyone's bog (Trisha and Amanda), I can't leave a message.
*Amanda and Todd's movie is very cute: The WV sticker on the new Jeep! Thank you, Uncle Johnny.
*The latest from our Watoga weekend - good photos and good memories. thank goodness for spellchecker om this blogger, too.

This has been a really long day. I haven't had much energy to do anything, but I did have hot dogs from T and L ,,,

Any one recognize these little beauties? they are a rough ceramic- hollow like drinking glasses - one has a metal bail?

Took the bags of trash from the porch at the Boulevard and put them in the driveway for the garbage men.   I was dripping with sweat even though the sun was not out from behind the clouds.

I drove to the cemetery and chatted with Mom n Dad. The grass was neatly trimmed and the flowers (faded a bit) were still good, as was the flag. [Best the place has looked in several months]

Saturday, Leah and I had lunch together at the Dutchman's daughter in Fairmont. I had the grilled chicken livers and she had the tuna sammy. I must be the most exciting blogger on the planet with these stories...

And, in late July, Zoey enjoys the forbidden ice cream with Grandma Pat, Delia, and photographer-Mom Trisha.

The rain has arrived right on schedule = 6:25 or so. And it is really coming down. Glad i got that trash to the curb earlier today...

To sort into three piles is a real chore...

Good Morning.

I'm going over to the house to clean out something.The weatherman says another hot, humid "sticky" day, but it is July...I've been surfing the net for interesting pictures to post on this blog maybe some of these will peek your interest, too. There are few family photos because...there are never any photo ops for these illusive creatures.

Calico digs in...she made her own sleeping place.

July's flowers and new flag - no groundhog wanted to rip this flag from its staff. However, these flags (similar to a some in a news story from a state up North) were made in China (Wal-mart specials) and there may be something in the cloth that attracts the little buggers.

A residual photo from our vacation to Charlotteville, Va.

 (No, I don't know why the pictures are sideways - they didn't look like that when I saved them) Leah, Jenny, Alana, and Rob. Jay and Cassie are standing just out of view.

I'm looking for a color to put on the wall of the kitchen of our retro 1960's.

At least we don't have metal borders around our counter top...

We have three of these in our yard daily. Now, that's a murder of crows!

This is what it is like living at our house. Come on down and join the fun!