longest day of my life

hello, we turned the clocks back last night and today has lasted forever... it is only 8 and i have wanted to go to bed for hours!!! we started talking about putting the kids to bed at 5! well, i guess it is good since i can go to bed early tonight.... it has been dark for like 5 hours already (i know that can't be, but it seems like it).. and the pats didn't even play today, they play tomorrow night.... i got a ton done today... the hubby and i cleaned for a few hours this morning, and i went to school and did about 4 hours of work... then while we watched the games i did laundry... and the bathrooms, at least partly.... so, it has been a great weekend... i am looking forward to next weekend already though, is that bad??? oh, and halloween is tuesday... hmmm, gotta get some candy and some costumes.... lots to do tomorrow....

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argh

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migraines and mountains

i am a bit overwhelmed at school... i have inadvertantly inundated myself with mountains of papers to grade and more on the way... these mountains are also causing migraines.... i am so happy that tomorrow is friday!!!! almost everyday i bring home two large bags filled with stuff that i never get around to starting... today, i just left them at work... i knew i wouldn't get around to doing it... this weekend i will definately be at the school... i enjoy being there on the weekend when there is noone else around... so easy to work, organize, cross things off the to do list.... god, do i love to do that... i am such a geek that i even put stuff on the list that i have already done just so i can cross it off....
well, i'm off....
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here's the best i can do

my picture quality sucks, sorry... this is my first double irish chain (which still needs to be tied) and my Phalaenopsis Denver Diva... i guess i did get it done tonight... who knew?

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foiled again

So, I was all set with the camera to go take the pics of the quilt and the orchids... and then the girls needed a bath, the puppy needed to go out, puppy needed to eat, puppy needed to go back out, girls needed to go to bed, sierra needed a ride home, puppy needed to go out and here we are.... gilmore girls is on, so there is no way in heck i will be taking pictures to post tonight.
apparently, there is at least one person reading this blog so i'll give an update.... we did get 95% of the laundry put away and did the upstairs vaccuming....
so, there, amazingly between bringing the puppy out to pee we actually got something done.

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Quilts and Orchids

Well, I have decided to set a goal for myself. I would like to post a picture of my favorite flowering orchid and my most recently completed quilt (which isn't completed yet). This doesn't sound like a big deal, but I'm having a hard time accomplishing it... So, hopefully writing it down and posting it for the world to see (not that ANYONE reads this!) will convict me to follow-through... while i'm at it, I also want to put all the laundry away and vaccum... there i said it, now i'll do it....
i hope.

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nothing much to say

well, it's true, i have nothing much to say.... i just wanted to post a few pics of my girls... more updated ones.... here you go... I know I am bias, but they are cute!
look at marina pose!

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a couple other things

a few other things have happened in 10 months.... jeff and i hit 5 years on october 7th... i received my blue belt in kenpo....
my favorite shows right now are gilmore girls of course, supernatural, one tree hill, and interestingly enough america's next top model.... i get a sick pleasure from watching those 6 foot gorgeous skinny women make fools of themselves and get their dreams crushed.... what can i say? hahah
cadence is now 2, no longer a baby, and marina is 4 and a half.... almost ready for school...
i received an acceptable on my W.O.M.B.A.T. grade one, and exceeds expectations on my W.O.M.B.A.T. grade two. If you don't know what that is, never mind...

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long time, no type

well, it has been almost10 months or something since my last post... i am now mostly settled in the new house... i am in my second semester of teaching, and i have a new puppy, named bruschi, that is like tedy bruschi, not as in hand me a brewsky... he is very cute, but all poop and nipping.... can't wait till he is housetrained and no longer teething... he is a mut, collie, shepherd, lab mix....
things have been greatly improving on the whole quilting scene... i have taken over my hubby's "arena" and made it a quilting studio.... i have gotten some great helpful hints and new patterns from a friend... the local quilting store (1 minute from here) is going out of business in 2 weeks and is selling everything off at 60% off!!! i am working on a "scrappy" log cabin, 36 squares... and just finishing up a double irish chain... before i mainly did patchwork squares... pretty but no real quilting really went into it.... so, i'm having fun with that....
i have now grown my orchid collection from just 1 to 7, i think... only two are flowering right now, but i hope they start again soon... all of them are getting new leaves so i know they are healthy...
the pats are looking good this season...
i love netflix...
maybe i'll post again in less than 10 months.....
maybe not

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