Here is a free online game that is very addictive. I'm sitting at the circulation desk of the LCU library, and will pretty much play this game over and over again until I close.
You've been warned!
http://games.yahoo.com/free-games/bricks-breaking;_ylc=X3IDMgRtcANibARwb3MDMzUEc2VjA2xwbwRzbGsDQm91bmNpbmcgQmFsbHM-
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Rodeo
Greg and I went to the ABC Rodeo here in Lubbock this past Saturday. It was pretty exciting! There were a few big names there, but I couldn't tell you who they were. Several guys were national champions though. I didn't have my camera, but I got this picture off the internet.
One guy was hurt pretty bad though. I don't remember if he was on a bull or horse, but I am sure he got whiplash from being slammed down face first into the ground. He just laid there shaking, and he could barely walk out of the stadium when they got him standing up.
It was at the city coliseum where TTU's hockey team and the city hockey team play, so it was weird to see the usual ice floor covered in dirt. We got to see the bull riding, bronc riding, steer wrestling, tie down and team roping, barrel racing, and bull fighting. Bull fighting is when the rodeo clown runs around the arena with a bull chasing them. Here's a video from last year - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiJH474azvc.
They also had some events for kids. One was sheep riding or mutton busting. Here's a picture I found online. It's a different rodeo, but you get the idea.
They also had a calf scramble where this mob of kids run around after three or four calves. I'm not sure what the object was. I think the calves had something tied on them, and the kids had to pull it off to win. All of the kids events were hilariously cute!
There was a barrel racing contest too. All but two of the ladies knocked over one or more barrels which is a 5 second penalty per barrel. The two that didn't knock over barrels still didn't win. They would have had to get 13.4 seconds, but they both got over 14 seconds. Apparently a bunch of girls had raced the night before, so we didn't get to see the winners race.
I have never gone to a rodeo that I can remember. Maybe mom will tell me I did when I was a little kid, but I don't remember it. Greg has actually gone to more rodeos than I have. It was pretty cool to see men and women, teenagers and little kids walking around in their Wranglers, purl snap shirts, and hats and boots. It made me want to go out and get a a completely different wardrobe. I've had friends from out of state that thought we all walked around in ropers and cowboy hats in Texas. I've never owned a pair of ropers and when I've had cowboy hats, I hardly ever wore them. I did grow up wearing Wranglers though. They were irregulars that we got at a discount jean store somewhere on River Oaks Boulevard.
Since the cousins that read this go to the state fair ever year, I'm sure none of this is new to you. Is there a rodeo at the state fair? I think it would be cool if my cousins that live in New York and Tuscon had cowboy boots and hats. I think one of them wears nothing put flip flops, so probably no boots.
One guy was hurt pretty bad though. I don't remember if he was on a bull or horse, but I am sure he got whiplash from being slammed down face first into the ground. He just laid there shaking, and he could barely walk out of the stadium when they got him standing up.It was at the city coliseum where TTU's hockey team and the city hockey team play, so it was weird to see the usual ice floor covered in dirt. We got to see the bull riding, bronc riding, steer wrestling, tie down and team roping, barrel racing, and bull fighting. Bull fighting is when the rodeo clown runs around the arena with a bull chasing them. Here's a video from last year - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiJH474azvc.
They also had some events for kids. One was sheep riding or mutton busting. Here's a picture I found online. It's a different rodeo, but you get the idea.
They also had a calf scramble where this mob of kids run around after three or four calves. I'm not sure what the object was. I think the calves had something tied on them, and the kids had to pull it off to win. All of the kids events were hilariously cute!There was a barrel racing contest too. All but two of the ladies knocked over one or more barrels which is a 5 second penalty per barrel. The two that didn't knock over barrels still didn't win. They would have had to get 13.4 seconds, but they both got over 14 seconds. Apparently a bunch of girls had raced the night before, so we didn't get to see the winners race.
I have never gone to a rodeo that I can remember. Maybe mom will tell me I did when I was a little kid, but I don't remember it. Greg has actually gone to more rodeos than I have. It was pretty cool to see men and women, teenagers and little kids walking around in their Wranglers, purl snap shirts, and hats and boots. It made me want to go out and get a a completely different wardrobe. I've had friends from out of state that thought we all walked around in ropers and cowboy hats in Texas. I've never owned a pair of ropers and when I've had cowboy hats, I hardly ever wore them. I did grow up wearing Wranglers though. They were irregulars that we got at a discount jean store somewhere on River Oaks Boulevard.
Since the cousins that read this go to the state fair ever year, I'm sure none of this is new to you. Is there a rodeo at the state fair? I think it would be cool if my cousins that live in New York and Tuscon had cowboy boots and hats. I think one of them wears nothing put flip flops, so probably no boots.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Plans
It's a beautiful Saturday in Lubbock, Texas, and I'm stuck in the library. I opened all of the blinds so that I can see out. Not that great of a view, but it's something besides walls. They need to add a retractable roof. Any body want to start a capital campaign for one? Because of the wind it's a tad on the chilly side, but I'm sure the sun will win out as the day goes on.
As usual my plans are a-changin'. Camp is no longer in the picture for this summer which does sadden me a little bit. I think it would have been a great experience, but I don't think the timing is right. I need to concentrate on getting a job where I can use the degree I just spent a bunch of money on. Of course it wasn't my money, but sweet, old Sallie Mae is going to start asking for it back soon. So as soon as I post this blog, I'll be spending the rest of the day submitting applications and my resume to as many places as possible. I'll be looking mostly in the D/FW area, but I'll include any state that is touching Texas and probably Michigan and Wisconsin as well.
If I get a job, I will need to be able to move at a moments notice, so in order to facilitate this, I moved the majority of my belongings this past weekend to a shed in Kenny's (you can call him Ken) backyard. That was back breaking and expensive, so bank breaking I guess. We also went the wrong way (it wasn't my fault), so we paid a little extra for the 100 miles that we went over our free miles. The very nice lady at Uhaul only charged me 10 cents a mile instead of 40 cents.
I still have an apartment full of furniture and stuff, but all of the furniture will be sat out on the curb when we leave because whatever doesn't fit in my car has to stay behind. It looks like I may be going back to Fort Worth again tomorrow for a few days. Greg's boat is stuck at his mom's and needs to be moved to the marina, and I have a few days off. After I get off today at 6, I don't have to be back to work until Tuesday night at 9. (I'm not working at Chick-fil-a anymore. It was fun working there, but I need to be free to find a "real" job, and I like only working 25 hours a week, and between the two of us, we can pay our monthly bills without me working there. I've never worked with a friendlier group of people though.)
As a backup plan to getting a job, I plan on taking some teacher certification courses this summer. I should only have to take five of the nine courses required before I do my student teaching. I'm going to try and take them all this summer, which means I need to ask for special permission to take three during one summer session. That should be fun. Of course this is assuming that I only have to take five. I need to get my transcript sent to TTU from ACU, so they can evaluate a course that I took there. I guess I'll do that today too.
I'm hungry. Gonna go find something to go along with the bologna sandwich I brought for lunch.
As usual my plans are a-changin'. Camp is no longer in the picture for this summer which does sadden me a little bit. I think it would have been a great experience, but I don't think the timing is right. I need to concentrate on getting a job where I can use the degree I just spent a bunch of money on. Of course it wasn't my money, but sweet, old Sallie Mae is going to start asking for it back soon. So as soon as I post this blog, I'll be spending the rest of the day submitting applications and my resume to as many places as possible. I'll be looking mostly in the D/FW area, but I'll include any state that is touching Texas and probably Michigan and Wisconsin as well.
If I get a job, I will need to be able to move at a moments notice, so in order to facilitate this, I moved the majority of my belongings this past weekend to a shed in Kenny's (you can call him Ken) backyard. That was back breaking and expensive, so bank breaking I guess. We also went the wrong way (it wasn't my fault), so we paid a little extra for the 100 miles that we went over our free miles. The very nice lady at Uhaul only charged me 10 cents a mile instead of 40 cents.
I still have an apartment full of furniture and stuff, but all of the furniture will be sat out on the curb when we leave because whatever doesn't fit in my car has to stay behind. It looks like I may be going back to Fort Worth again tomorrow for a few days. Greg's boat is stuck at his mom's and needs to be moved to the marina, and I have a few days off. After I get off today at 6, I don't have to be back to work until Tuesday night at 9. (I'm not working at Chick-fil-a anymore. It was fun working there, but I need to be free to find a "real" job, and I like only working 25 hours a week, and between the two of us, we can pay our monthly bills without me working there. I've never worked with a friendlier group of people though.)
As a backup plan to getting a job, I plan on taking some teacher certification courses this summer. I should only have to take five of the nine courses required before I do my student teaching. I'm going to try and take them all this summer, which means I need to ask for special permission to take three during one summer session. That should be fun. Of course this is assuming that I only have to take five. I need to get my transcript sent to TTU from ACU, so they can evaluate a course that I took there. I guess I'll do that today too.
I'm hungry. Gonna go find something to go along with the bologna sandwich I brought for lunch.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Dullsville
Don't really have anything to post, but...
Lord willing, I'll be moving the major portion of my belongings to Fort Worth this weekend. I also need to see my dentist while I'm there. I'll probably have to go to her Addison office; her North Richland Hills office isn't open on Saturday.
I applied for several positions in the D/FW area last week, but no one has called me yet. Universities are soooo slow when it comes to hiring. I'm going to go ahead and move a bunch of stuff so I'm ready when the time comes though.
So in the meantime, I'm still planning on working at the summer camp. Some day I'll get the film developed and post the pictures I took when I was there a few weeks ago. I think I only got three pictures taken, and they are all of the kitchen. (Some day I'm going to invest in a digital camera so I don't have to wait until I have money to get film developed. Or maybe I should invest in a job that will get me money so I can get film developed when I want.) If you want to see how beautiful it is out doors there, you can check out their website at pinespringscamp.com.
The drive there is blah. It's only the last hour or so that you're in the mountains. Once you get to the Lincoln National Forest it's gorgeous. They must have had some fires there recently though; there were a lot of bald spots. One of the faculty members told me that the camp had burned down before. I got the impression it was 15 or 20 years ago.
I'm currently sitting at the circulation desk of the LCU library. It's sooo slow tonight, but then it is Wednesday night on a CofC campus. There is a very pretty poinsettia sitting on the desk near me. I don't think I've every seen one last so long after Christmas. It's yellow of course, but still pretty. I heard you have to put them in a dark room for a couple of weeks for the red to come back.
I've been watching Celebrity Apprentice. I hope that Trace Adkins beats that British guy.
Only 13 people have walked through the library doors in the last hour. Told ya it was slow. There is a door counter that we have to check every hour. I set my cell phone alarm to remind me, so every hour I think someone is calling me until I notice that an hour has gone by. It actually seems to make the hours go by quickly.
Well, since I have nothing better to talk about I'll stop now.
Lord willing, I'll be moving the major portion of my belongings to Fort Worth this weekend. I also need to see my dentist while I'm there. I'll probably have to go to her Addison office; her North Richland Hills office isn't open on Saturday.
I applied for several positions in the D/FW area last week, but no one has called me yet. Universities are soooo slow when it comes to hiring. I'm going to go ahead and move a bunch of stuff so I'm ready when the time comes though.
So in the meantime, I'm still planning on working at the summer camp. Some day I'll get the film developed and post the pictures I took when I was there a few weeks ago. I think I only got three pictures taken, and they are all of the kitchen. (Some day I'm going to invest in a digital camera so I don't have to wait until I have money to get film developed. Or maybe I should invest in a job that will get me money so I can get film developed when I want.) If you want to see how beautiful it is out doors there, you can check out their website at pinespringscamp.com.
The drive there is blah. It's only the last hour or so that you're in the mountains. Once you get to the Lincoln National Forest it's gorgeous. They must have had some fires there recently though; there were a lot of bald spots. One of the faculty members told me that the camp had burned down before. I got the impression it was 15 or 20 years ago.
I'm currently sitting at the circulation desk of the LCU library. It's sooo slow tonight, but then it is Wednesday night on a CofC campus. There is a very pretty poinsettia sitting on the desk near me. I don't think I've every seen one last so long after Christmas. It's yellow of course, but still pretty. I heard you have to put them in a dark room for a couple of weeks for the red to come back.
I've been watching Celebrity Apprentice. I hope that Trace Adkins beats that British guy.
Only 13 people have walked through the library doors in the last hour. Told ya it was slow. There is a door counter that we have to check every hour. I set my cell phone alarm to remind me, so every hour I think someone is calling me until I notice that an hour has gone by. It actually seems to make the hours go by quickly.
Well, since I have nothing better to talk about I'll stop now.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Fort Worth bound?
It looks like we might be moving back to Fort Worth. I've gotten some boxes from Walmart and just ducted tape them back together, so at the very least I will be moving a large portion of my possessions to storage in Fort Worth (I have a shed in Ken's backyard). I don't know how many applications I've put out over the last five months, but nothing has worked out so far. There aren't too many universities out here, so we're hoping that the D/FW area will be better job wise. And of course, my family is there and Greg's mom is there. Greg still wants to move back north eventually, so I want to be closer to the family in the meantime.
I'm also considering doing my post-bac teaching certification. It would actually be better to do it at Tech, at least compared to UTA, so there's the slightest chance I'll complete the courses this summer and do my student teaching in the fall and won't move to Fort Worth until the end of the year. Still need to retrench as far as getting a control of the mounting stuff that is cluttering the apartment, and would like to be more mobile for either moving to a smaller apartment or back to Fort Worth.
Which means as much as I would love to, I won't be cooking at the camp this summer. It is a beautiful place, and would be a rewarding experience, but I don't think it's the responsible decision right now. I volunteered for a while at the NRHCofC's kitchen, so hopefully I'll be able to do that again.
I'll keep whoever is actually reading this blog posted. And if I ever get my film developed, I'll add some pictures.
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