Guess who's teaching summer school?

Yep, I got suckered in.

Summer school is halfway over, but one of the teachers needed to unexpectedly leave for a family emergency.

This is going to be a long two weeks...

Meet Dewey!

Today I finised reading Dewey the Library Cat. It's about a library cat named Dewey Readmore Books. Dewey was found in a library book drop on the coldest morning of the year in Spencer, Iowa. When Vicki, the library manager, proposed to the library board that they keep him, they approved. This is the story of how he touched the town of Spencer, and eventually the world.


I found this video about Dewey on YouTube -

it's a hard life...

Baxter and Milledge doing what they do best -

yard sale!

On Saturday, my old neighborhood had a community yard sale. Since I still own that house, I figured I'd participate.

If you've been paying attention to this blog, you know that one of our favorite television shows is "Clean House" on the Style Network. There's something...I don't know...like a zen-like satisfaction...about getting rid of stuff that you no longer use and letting someone else have it. The money is nice, of course, but there's also something cool about making your trash someone else's treasure. Cutting down, scaling back, getting rid of the excess...ahhhh...it's almost spiritual. Ok, maybe that's a bit too much :)

So I only made about $40...but hey, it's $40 more than we had at the beginning of the day. And more importantly, we got rid of stuff we no longer needed or used.

been a while!

It's been a while since I've updated the ol' blog, mainly since nothing much has happened lately.

I re-started the "group power" class at the gym yesterday. It foucses on weights and strength training. I used to go to this class often, but fell off the wagon there for a while. After last night's class, my arms felt like limp spaghetti noodles. That's good, right? No pain, no gain? So the plan is to do this group power class on Tuesdays and Thursdays and cardio on Mondays and Wednesdays. We'll see how that plan works out :)

I also started tutoring on Mondays and Wednesdays this week, which is going well.

That's about all for right now. Gary's making fried chicken strips for lunch and they're smelling great! Then maybe I'll go to the pool...Ahhh...summer :)

Ahoy, maties!

Ok, I won't talk like a pirate anymore, I promise :) Gary and I just got back from a 4-night cruise in the Bahamas. It was fun, but it feels good to be home.

What's that? You want to see pictures? Well, ok...

Checking out the pool right after boarding

Gary checking out the drink selection

Welcome aboard...Now prepare to die!

All smiles on our first night

Waiting for trivia to start

View of Coco Cay, Royal Caribbean's private island, from the ship

Coco Cay

Island flowers

Island kitty

Relaxing :)

View of our ship from Coco Cay

Back on board

Formal night

Towel snake

He got bored waiting for me to get ready...

The aquarium at the Atlantis

Walking along the beach in Nassau

Senor Frogs!

The ironic thing is, we took this on our way back to the ship FROM Nassau :)

View of Atlantis from the ship

Back on the ship, relaxing by the pool

Bahaman sunset

Towel elephant

Enjoying a cold beverage; watching the ocean go by

Towel dog?

And finally...the real dog. This was after we picked him up. He stayed at Grandmother's house while we were gone. She has a black lab also, so they played and played and played. I'm not sure who had the better vacation...him or us!

Surprise!

I got him good :)

I was able to put together a surprise party for Gary's 30th birthday. He did not suspect a thing. We had it at Antigua, our neighborhood Mexican restaurant. Here's pictures!