Thanks for Welcoming Us, Spring
So, on the first day of spring...it snows. And not a little snow either, we have several inches already and it hasn't stopped snowing since this morning. I wish it would stop snowing already, I'm done with snow, yet a part of me (the kid in me) still enjoys it. So I'm half and half on it, which is fine with me :)
This morning, I met up with the parents and brother to go to a ceramic show that we have been looking forward to for a couple of months now. It was a total bust. We got in and there were very few booths there and not many of them were selling ceramics themselves. Most of them were selling molds and glass stuff. We were disappointed and agreed that ceramics looks like its a dying art, which is sad. I love painting ceramics and has been a hobby of mine for several years, I really don't want to part with it.
Snow, snow, snow…
Going backwards to Thursday, which was an upsetting day for me, but it turned out okay. The short of the long story - Spazz ran away in the morning...Spring and I found her in the evening. Starting the story: I was backing out of the driveway, on my way to work, when our dog came bounding down the front yard and around my car. I know I hooked her up, but the clip apparently didn't snap back and so she finagled her way out of it. I ended up tailing her for about 20-30 minutes - whistling and calling her name, trying to get her to come to my car - before she finally jumped a fence and was out of sight. I was extremely upset and left a sobbing voicemail for Spring, and was a mess by the time I got to work. But everyone was extremely nice and supportive, including my students. One even wrote a cute little note to me basically saying sorry about my dog, and that she hopes I find her. I pretty much worried about her all day, and ended up getting a headache about midday. Came home and she still wasn't home, Spring had been keeping an eye out for her. Later in the evening, we decided to talk a walk to see if we could find her. Sure enough, we eventually found her in a dog run in a neighbors yard. She apparently kept jumping into their yard to get to the other dogs, so they just ended up putting her in there with them and they were making up fliers to hang up around the neighborhood. I was happy we found her and Spring was talking about getting another dog to keep her company in the backyard, which isn't a bad idea. We were thinking like a Jack Russell Terrier or a Corgi, both are cute and not to bad.
Snow, snow, snow...
I went to Wally this morning after the bust of the ceramic show. I ended up getting four different size tubs to pack my things into. I ended up getting two different blue see-through ones (a ‘normal’ sized one and a longer flatter one), an under the bed one, and a bigger non-see through plastic tub. I’ve already put my wall scrolls and my artists tub of posters in the under the bed one - and placed it…under my bed. I need to find my other posters/calendars made into posters to put in there. I was thinking of putting my shoes that I’m not going to take in the smaller, flatter blue box. The bigger tub I was going to put the clothes that I’m not taking to China along with my stuffed animals/plushies that I have here. I still have a box of ‘em downstairs that are in a cardboard box, I would rather them be in a plastic bin. The other box, I have no idea, I liked the look of it and I’m pretty sure I will find a use for it. I also got another expanding pocket folder so I can put papers and whatnot in it. I already have a couple for my important papers, but I wanted to get one for my non-important papers.
Thinking about it, I need somewhere to put my photo albums, maybe I can leave them on the bookshelf where they are, I’ll see.
Do you know it is hard to find an old fashioned address book? I looked at Wal*Mart and there wasn’t any. I then went to Office Max/Depot - I forget which one - and they had one, but it was an ugly pink alligator skinned one. No thank you. I then went to Target and they had a few to choose from. I actually like the one that I got. It’s black, with the word ‘address’ embossed on the front of it. The pages are nice and there is a cute little pocket in the back of it. It also has an elastic band to keep it shut, which I like. Now to start adding addresses and emails to it - and phone numbers, even though I don’t see myself calling very many people - that’s what Skype is for.
Snow, snow, snow…
Well, I think that’s about it for now…I would like to type more things out here, but nothing really had been going on. Work, eat, email, sleep…yeah, not that much to write about.
This morning, I met up with the parents and brother to go to a ceramic show that we have been looking forward to for a couple of months now. It was a total bust. We got in and there were very few booths there and not many of them were selling ceramics themselves. Most of them were selling molds and glass stuff. We were disappointed and agreed that ceramics looks like its a dying art, which is sad. I love painting ceramics and has been a hobby of mine for several years, I really don't want to part with it.
Snow, snow, snow…
Going backwards to Thursday, which was an upsetting day for me, but it turned out okay. The short of the long story - Spazz ran away in the morning...Spring and I found her in the evening. Starting the story: I was backing out of the driveway, on my way to work, when our dog came bounding down the front yard and around my car. I know I hooked her up, but the clip apparently didn't snap back and so she finagled her way out of it. I ended up tailing her for about 20-30 minutes - whistling and calling her name, trying to get her to come to my car - before she finally jumped a fence and was out of sight. I was extremely upset and left a sobbing voicemail for Spring, and was a mess by the time I got to work. But everyone was extremely nice and supportive, including my students. One even wrote a cute little note to me basically saying sorry about my dog, and that she hopes I find her. I pretty much worried about her all day, and ended up getting a headache about midday. Came home and she still wasn't home, Spring had been keeping an eye out for her. Later in the evening, we decided to talk a walk to see if we could find her. Sure enough, we eventually found her in a dog run in a neighbors yard. She apparently kept jumping into their yard to get to the other dogs, so they just ended up putting her in there with them and they were making up fliers to hang up around the neighborhood. I was happy we found her and Spring was talking about getting another dog to keep her company in the backyard, which isn't a bad idea. We were thinking like a Jack Russell Terrier or a Corgi, both are cute and not to bad.
Snow, snow, snow...
I went to Wally this morning after the bust of the ceramic show. I ended up getting four different size tubs to pack my things into. I ended up getting two different blue see-through ones (a ‘normal’ sized one and a longer flatter one), an under the bed one, and a bigger non-see through plastic tub. I’ve already put my wall scrolls and my artists tub of posters in the under the bed one - and placed it…under my bed. I need to find my other posters/calendars made into posters to put in there. I was thinking of putting my shoes that I’m not going to take in the smaller, flatter blue box. The bigger tub I was going to put the clothes that I’m not taking to China along with my stuffed animals/plushies that I have here. I still have a box of ‘em downstairs that are in a cardboard box, I would rather them be in a plastic bin. The other box, I have no idea, I liked the look of it and I’m pretty sure I will find a use for it. I also got another expanding pocket folder so I can put papers and whatnot in it. I already have a couple for my important papers, but I wanted to get one for my non-important papers.
Thinking about it, I need somewhere to put my photo albums, maybe I can leave them on the bookshelf where they are, I’ll see.
Do you know it is hard to find an old fashioned address book? I looked at Wal*Mart and there wasn’t any. I then went to Office Max/Depot - I forget which one - and they had one, but it was an ugly pink alligator skinned one. No thank you. I then went to Target and they had a few to choose from. I actually like the one that I got. It’s black, with the word ‘address’ embossed on the front of it. The pages are nice and there is a cute little pocket in the back of it. It also has an elastic band to keep it shut, which I like. Now to start adding addresses and emails to it - and phone numbers, even though I don’t see myself calling very many people - that’s what Skype is for.
Snow, snow, snow…
Well, I think that’s about it for now…I would like to type more things out here, but nothing really had been going on. Work, eat, email, sleep…yeah, not that much to write about.