The day and away

Well, I haven't blogged in awhile, sorry about that. I guess the over-blogging of Lent wore off. So much has happened since I last posted. The LDP are in town now visiting and I have been paddling with them; I'm going with them again today. I got two combat rolls (rolls actually in white water) the other day, so that boosted my confidence quite a bit. Tomorrow we're paddling the French Broad, which Dave says is a higher class river; I've never paddled it. I'm excited about it though. Hopefully I won't be too nervous. When I get nervous I tend to lose my roll and swim a lot more, which is really cold this time year. I'm really enjoying being back in my boat. I didn't paddle much last year, but I hope to do it more this year. Practice makes perfect right? It's so nice seeing Bean again! We haven't seen her since our year in LDP. She absolutely loves Sleepy-and again he's enjoying the attention. Of course seeing Michael and Scott is great too, but we got to see them at Christmas in Canada.

I had an interview at the high school where I WANT to do my student teacher/internship next school year. I think it went really well. The principle there is all up for it, she's just checking with the teacher one last time to see if she's still ok with it. YAY! If I get the spot I'll have seniors instead of freshmen or sophomores like most of the student teachers (yay!).

Oh! Dave and I got new phones too! We had an upgrade since we had been w/ the plan 2 years. I got the almost indestructible one. It's waterproof and you can drop it in the dirt and down cement stairs and everything! It even has a camera with a flash! It's a little bigger than normal, but at least I won't break it :). It's the Verizon Casio G'z0ne in red. Dave got a Krzr cause he wanted something that could play music. I just wanted something with a big clock on the front and couldn' t break. Plus, I have the Harry Potter theme song as my ringer---so awesome! yes, I'm a dork. I'm ok with this.

So I only have two more full weeks of school and then I'M DONE...for the summer :). Then I'm going home for Mother's Day weekend and then off to the beach with the girls! Very exciting!!! I have a paper I need to write before then though :). It's quite long, I should be working on it right now actually :). Ok, so I guess I'll go do that.

BUT FIRST------HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LIL SISTER 'B'!!!!! I hope you have an awesome day. I remember lots of stuff about us growing up together. Us playing dress up and Barbies, and me threatening you if you told any of my friends. Going hiking in the woods and building forts. Playing Legos for hours on end. Watching your style evolve. Realizing I was going to be the tallest girl in the family :), but also being bummed I could not really wear your clothes (or shoes). Also realizing that we actually look a lot alike, since my friends keep saying that. I love you girl. I'm so proud of you; what you've accomplished, who you are, and what you're striving to become. Happy Birthday!

Snake!

Dave just came in the house while I was playing Mahjong on the computer and starts googling something on the other computer. He turned the computer towards me and asks:
D- "Is this what copperheads look like here?"
me-"Yup--why?"
D-"I think there's one in the garden, but it's a baby"
Me-"WHAT? Be careful! Babies are the most dangerous cause they can't control their poison!"
D-"I don't really want to kill it if it's not poisonous"
me-"I really don't want it alive if we don't know, it could kill Sleepy easily."
D-"Ok, guess I'll kill it then"

he then goes outside and grabs a shovel. I go outside to see it. It's definitely a copperhead. Oh My Gosh. I hope there aren't more somewhere around our house. Do they stay together when they're young? SCARY!

"I'm not sleepy" photos--Dave's been in bed for ages

Weekend pix

Anniversary and celebration

This weekend Dave and I went camping at Hanging Rock State Park. I had planned the weekend for our anniversary that is TODAY! It rained most of the weekend, but we still had a great time. Friday we drove up and set up camp and cooked Hobo dinner over the fire. I forgot the aluminum foil so we just cooked it in a pot over the fire, but it was still delicious and wonderful. Then we shared watched the fire for a bit and hit the sack. Saturday morning we woke up to rain again, so we had breakfast of hot chocolate and raisin toast and then went for a short hike to see a couple of waterfalls Daddy had told me about. After our short hike we took showers and then drove into Winston for the day. We went to a movie, Stop-Loss (really good), and then did a little shopping at Wal-Mart and Target and had dinner at TGIFridays. Then we headed back to the camp site and roasted marshmellows. Sunday we packed up camp and took a few longer hikes with some really amazing views. We were going to go climbing, but the rocks were too wet. After our hike we headed to Asheville and had dinner at one of my favorite noodle shops, Doc Sheys. So good. THen we went home to see our doggy, cause we missed him. Our friend Erin looked after him for us this weekend, thanks so much Erin! That's about it!

Oh! When we got home, our older Mac would not work, at all. It wouldn't turn on or anything. We thought it was dead. Today I called the Internet Technology (IT services) people at my school and asked them if there was anything they could do for our poor computer. They told me to take out the battery, unplug the charger, hold down shift, ctrl, command, and the power button for 10 secs. Then they told me to put the battery back in and it would turn on--IT DID! It was amazing--so so relieved. They don't know why it works that way, since there's no power going into the computer while you are holding down the buttons, but somehow it resets some things so that the computer isn't so bogged down with the useless cookie memory and such. Weird but wonderful. I will never doubt IT services again!

Ok, I'm still in my bathrobe and I'm supposed to be leaving for school in less than 30 mins. I got up early with Dave this morning to eat breakfast and open our anniversary cards. Thanks everyone who sent one, it was very nice to open them today. I'll post some pictures of the weekend later, but I gotta jet! Peace, love, noodles (as Doc Cheys says)!!!!

Weekend

So I've been trying to plan a weekend away from Dave and I this coming weekend. Our three year wedding anniversary is coming up on Tuesday (next week!). Dave knows we're going somewhere but doesn't know where. It's been pretty hard trying to plan this thing because of weather and this going wrong and that going wrong. I can't specify yet, in case he reads this before we leave. I think I've got it worked out though. We're leaving here Friday afternoon and we'll be back some time Sunday night. I told him we're not going too far, but not too close either, and that he'll like what we're doing. Dad has been a great help in planning everything. He sure is a knowledge resource that's for sure. I would be up the creek without him. Thanks Dad! Well, I'll tell you more about it when we get back.

Mervyn, Sylvia, Dave, and I went to Pigeon Forge yesterday to do some shopping at the outlet malls. Dave's not too keen on shopping for sure, but Mervyn is a great shopper. He got three pairs of shoes! I got a tank top and I found Bethany's birthday present there too :). On the way home we stopped at this park area where there was this great creek. It went up for ages, miles probably, and poured over thousands of rocks on the way down. We walked/hiked up it for a little while and got each other a little wet, but it was lots of fun. Beautiful. I know we'll go back for sure.

Today we're moving in a few things to the other apartment. One of our friends just moved to Asheville and they sold us a set of table and chairs and a really nice futon for $200! That's a deal for sure! So the guys renting our apartment is now actually going to have some furniture! I think we're going to put a few of our chairs in there and put some of the nicer chairs in our apartment, but I'm not sure yet. This afternoon we're going hiking and then I dunno what. Well, I'm going to go help move things in. Dave and Mervyn just got back with everything. See ya!