Oops!!

So on Saturday I went to graduation. It started raining and the reception had to be inside. After making the rounds Josh and I decided to take off. We wanted to make a quick escape so that we didn't get too wet,so we ducked out the back door. About halfway down the wet, slick metal stairs my feet started to come out from under me. I slipped down two steps and then slid with my arms at my side and finally stopped hitting my back pretty hard on a step toward the bottom, all the while screaming "the scream of death." Josh quickly came to me to see if I was okay and tears instantly came streaming down as I told that I had hurt myself. As I inspected the battle wounds I began to cry harder. People had heard the "scream of death" and began to look down the stairs to see what had happened. Shortly after the fall (but still on the stairs, crying, in the rain) an old professor came down the stairs telling us to be careful and that the stairs

were slippery and we should hold on to the railing. Well, thanks for that!

Could they go all the way?

Yeah Kings! Keep up the good work!

Beer Meanderings

I felt like I needed to write a profound and meaningful blog. I have written them before Really, I have! The problem with a meaningful blog is that it takes thought! So here is what you get today!

Today I was driving on a main road and had to take a detour through a small quaint neighborhood. As I twisted in and around all these nice house I thought how it really was a strange detour. In front of me was a Budweiser truck. For some reason a Budweiser truck driving through suburbia was humorous to me. Then I though about how if we were driving through
Springfield and past the Simpson household that Homer
would start chasing after the truck. So here I am, on my way to a very important appointment picturing Homer chasing the Budweiser truck. So how about that for your meaningful blog?

Easter

So I had been hassled about calling Josh "my special friend." I have also been hassled for other reasons that I will not go into detail now. So my response is to post these pictures! We had a great time in California and a wonderful Easter!

My Favorite picture!

I know this picture is so far away, but I didn't have a stand and had to set it on a rock. I've made a copy of it closer but couldn't post that one, so this is what you get!

Eating the Easter Bunny (Chomp!)

Random Thursday: California

It is California Day!! Well, at least the day that I get to go to California! It also happens to be random Thursday! So here are some random California facts. And who knows you may be able to use these on Jeopardy someday!

• California is known variously as The Land of Milk and Honey, The El Dorado State, The Golden State, and The Grape State.

• More turkeys are raised in California than in any other state in the United States

• California Caverns claims the distinction of being the most extensive system of caverns and passageways in the Mother Lode region of the state. (I worked in one of these Caves!)

• If California's economic size were measured by itself to other countries, it would rank the 7th largest economy in the world.

• The highest and lowest points in the continental United States are within 100 miles of one another. Mount Whitney measures 14,495 feet and Bad Water in Death Valley is 282 feet below sea level.

• STATE:
  Flower: Golden poppy
  Tree: California redwood
  Bird: California valley quail
  Animal: California grizzly bear (1953)
  Fish: California golden trout (1947)
  
  Have a great day and a Happy Easter!

I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane

I get to go to California on Thursday!! To visit my family! It has been about 4 months since I have seen them, and I miss them. My "special friend" Josh is going with me and that is very exciting! Now if it could only be Thursday! This week is just slowly ticking by.


(If you look closely at the map; just southwest of the crook at the green mountain looking county called Tuolumne. That is where I am from and will be in a couple of days!)

Random Doggie Daze (Thursday)

FYI: The last post with the pictures, came from typing "random" into the tool bar of google images.

I WANT A DOG!!!!!!!

I want a dog so bad! It's all I think about. Anytime I see a dog I have this deep longing for one. On the Today Show they talked about training dogs. I could train a dog! As the weather gets nicer I am finding myself daydreaming about taking my (fictional) dog to the park and playing Frisbee with him. The reason I do not have a dog is because I feel that I do not have the time for a dog. I work 10 hours four days a week and am generally very busy. I have an apartment with no back yard. That would be unjust right? And I can't keep house plants alive.

NOW SOME RANDOMNESS

There are approximately 65 million owned dogs in the United States.

Thirty-nine percent of U.S. households (or 40.6 million) own at least one dog. (I want to be a part of that 39%!)



Some Jokes:

What is more amazing than a talking dog?
Sent by Lee, age 10, Texas USA

Answer: a spelling bee


Where should you never take a dog?
Sent by Joseph, age 8, Vermont USA

Answer: a flea market


What does a dog call his father?
Sent by Lyndsey, age 10, Ohio USA

Answer: Paw


Why did the dog wear a watch?
Sent by Amber, Age 12, Kansas USA

Answer: He wanted to be a watchdog.


What do you get when you cross a dog and a phone?
Sent by Tyler, age 8, New York USA

Answer: a Golden Receiver


Why did the Dalmatian go to the eye doctor?
Sent by Ben, age 9, Michigan USA

Answer: He kept seeing spots.


How does a dog stop a VCR ?
Sent by Abigail, age 7, Connecticut USA

Answer: Presses the paws button

I found this great website about how you can be a puppy raiser. During the first year of a puppies life you get to take care of it and socialize it, but then you give it back for advance training. Too bad the organization is in Virginia.


So, people I shouldn't get a dog . . . right?