My new buddy

This is my new Buddy. My camera for school. It takes a film back and a digital back. I only have the film back. School will supply the didgital one. I want to play with it, but I have no film.... LOL

For my Mommy

I have not had time to blog...but this picture is for my Mom. Hi Mom I love and miss you!!! I will blog more later!

Humid...

Yes that is correct...I have my hair in pony tails. I don't know about this thing called humidity. And they say it is not really even that bad! Yikes I must say it is very different then a dry heat. Today I thought I was never going to dry out. Tomorrow is supposed to be worse. But a lady I met in town says the weather changes fast and to keep that in mind. It will only be like this for a few days then it will cooler. hmmm I will try to keep that in mind as I sweat and sweat and sweat....

I went to a store called Wilsons today. That is where I met that lady she worked there. It was humid in there too. Anyway, this store is so cool. It reminds me of the old JC Pennys in Red Bluff, Margo said there was one in Orland too, but I cant remember that one. It had hard wood floors in some places, it was very big, it was 4 stories. I thought I would take the stairs...but that was a bad choice because the higher I got the more humid it was. ick. I took the elevator down LOL. Anyway Mom if you come to visit me...or really any one you have to go to this store with me it is soooo cool. It was kind of like stepping back in time, except of course for the prices.

I found some cool cloth napkins that were on sale for .50 I am going to make pillows out of them for my couch. :-)

Neil has been working at selling stuff so he can come be with me. I am so impressed by how hard he is trying to get things together. I can't wait until he can see in person what it is like here.

Thanks to Jess lending me this table and chairs I now have some place to sit and use my computer. She also let me use here washer and dryer which is great! Thanks Jess!! I just went down in the basement to put close in the dryer. It is so cool down there. I need to get a wireless router so I can take my computer down there and hang out! LOL See the fans in this picture? There is another one you cant see pointed at me too. I have all the fans in the house blowing on me. I am a wimp I think.

A shot from the cool table Jess lent me :-)

Those of you who now me well will understand why I am so happy about finding these things at the dollar store. they are little baskets meant to put in a school locker. I put them on the back door and am training myself to put my keys and glasses and mobile phone in them when I get home, cause I lose those things usually. I am hoping this will help me. I have not gotten my hopes up though because this in not the fist great idea I have had to "help" with my problem. :-)

I miss and love you all!!!

More and more to do

Took this the other day on the Flower Bridge.

Today I spent my time on the phone calling all the people who send me bill. I called them to change my address. It sucked I hate it. You have to go threw automated menus then hold forever, then hopefully the person you talk to can help you, but usually they transfer you to someone else, then you have to tell them all your info again...and it goes on and on.

I cant wait for school to start!

Tomorrow is Travis' birthday, I am sad I will miss his party. But I want to make him a cake when he gets here. We can celebrate together after he gets here.

Jess will be in MA tomorrow, I met her on line, she is going to school with me. I cant wait to be able to have a conversation face to face with someone.

Neil should be coming soon. I cant wait I miss him.

I am going to be shooting a football game soon, gosh I cant wait for that! I miss shooting football.

OK nite!

Today

Today I went to the school for a tour. I met Andy he was very nice. I am so excited. The school is beautiful. To think someone will actually teach me stuff instead of me trying to figure it out by trial and error. It is cool. I cant wait!

I am so excited I found a different way to get to the store! LOL I am silly.

Neil and Travey should be coming soon. I miss them very much. I got to talk to my Baby A today on the phone. He squealed a lot and hung up on me a few times but it was the best thing ever.

Miss you all, but I am very well and terribly excited!!!

Exploring today

Today I went to the Poets Seat Tower. It was cool. Beautiful view of Greenfield. Then I decided to drive down the Mohawk Trail. It runs by my house and goes to Shelburne Falls. I felt strange at first going my myself, but got used to it fast. There is a bridge in Shelburne Falls called the flower bridge. It is pretty. I took this picture there.

It is a very pretty little town. I would like to go back there and walk on main street and go in all the cute little shops.

I also took the picture...I wish my front yard looked like this!

After looking at the bridge I was walking back to my car, I saw these pretty houses up the road. I decided to walk up the hill and look at them. One had a huge sun flower in the front yard. The biggest one I have ever seen. I didn't take a picture because I didn't want people to think I was taking pictures of their house. The neighborhood was so pretty. It hit me as I was walking how far from home I am and how far away my family is.

I also thought about how I sat in that office day after day in total turmoil and stress, all along this calm peaceful, beautiful neighborhood was sitting here. Day after day I thought of the contrast, I felt a feeling of wastefulness on my part.

Waisting my time and life, there used to be a reason for me to be in that kind of job and life. To take care of my family. But I think I lingered there too long and wasted some of my precious time.

Well I guess nothing is wasted, everything happens the way it is supposed to. I just wish I would have been enjoying my time in some New England village, wallowing in its peace and calmness instead of toiling away for meaningless nothingness. It probably strengthened me in someway, made me more appreciative of beautiful calm things :-)


Then I went home to Greenfield MA

The inside of my home

The little things...


This is my little bear. My Mommy made this bear for me when I was 4 I think. I remember I was in pre-school and we lived in Montrose, CA. He has an injury on his leg, I fixed him myself. He goes everywhere with me. I was going to leave him with my Mom and have your fix his leg, but I changed my mind. I am glad he is here with me, makes it feel more like home.

This is my pretty new shower curtain I got...I love it. It is kind of girly, so I hope Neil doesn't hate it. LOL Cause if he does...sorry babe you are stuck with it. LOL


These are my cute cute new bathroom curtains!


This is a cool pretty smelling thing I got


This is a cute little plant that I have had for a few years. Somehow I have not killed it. I brought it across country with me. He rode in the drink holder, I broke a couple of leaves off. Neil says it may be hard to get him back into CA when I go home. I don't know if he is meant to be in this climate. We will see...I hope he lives.


The inside of my home. This is from the living room towards the kitchen.


The upstairs hall


Our bedroom, my cute little air bed. If you have a fan here it is great. Keeps everything nice and cool.


Cute little stand thing at the top of the stairs


Shot from the top of the stairs


The kitchen


My garbage and I HAVE to recycle because this is a small state...not much room for landfill


My heater...I think LOL


The stairs to the basement


I made this curtains by cutting off the bottoms of the others, then I used the iron and fusible stuff.


Living room


My new used chair

My used new couch