If it All Falls Down...

If it all falls down, falls down, falls down...

If they solve my life, they find me out.

Never thought to keep all I have found,

I have had my fun if it all falls down!

Joy of the desolate, light of the straying,

Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure!

Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying,

“Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure.”

Another Tag... Thanks Hanna

Rules: Anything you have done has to be in bold and/or underlined. How much have you done? It only takes about 5 minutes…

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched an amazing lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy

Ok Hanna, I did it. Thanks for the challenge.

Buca di Beppo's

This weekend Patti and I went to Phoenix to get our taxes done. We all go to the same lady, Patti and all of her sisters, so we make a party out of it. After we were done with the business of taxes, we all went out to dinner at Buca di Beppo's. It was great! Buca di Beppo's is a fun Itallian restaurant, that serves dinner family style, so everyone has to agree what they want. There were 9 of us there, and we got two large pasta dishes, and a small eggplant parmigana. Well we took enough of it home wih us after eating, that we could have it for lunch today too. GOOD FOOD! 2 larges and a small can probably feed 15 people. Ha ha ha! Especially if 3 of them are bariatric patients. Anyway it was a good time! We'll have to do it again someday.

Snow Day and Jimmy Buffett

Today we have a two hour delay going to school. THAT'S RIGHT... It snowed in Lordsburg!!!There are only a couple of inches out today, but a good number of the district's teachers come in from out of town, and it is better to be safe than sorry. Snow days are rare here, but they happen every now and then. In my 12 years working in Lordsburg, I think this might be our third snow day. So here I am stil at home! Poor Patti had to go in at the regular time in case some parents brought their kids to school. That and answering phones...

Oh well I am going to enjoy Good Morning America, and just take my may morning slowly for once.

OH, I almost forgot! PHINS UP!!!! We are going to go see Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band.

The Looks that Takes Off Pounds ~or~ The Look That Fills Pounds

These are the types of looks that will help you lose weight. If you own a dog and ever share a bite from your meal, you can count on looking at something like this for the life of your dog. I am a pushover for the eyes, and dachshunds have it down in spades. Red and Ari both are masters at it.

The Enormous Turnip

In my liturature class at Western New Mexico, I have a number of assignments that I do. This week we were required to make a poster of a childrens book. Something that would stimulate an interest in the book, and then we then had to present it to children at a school. I designed my poster around the book The Enormous Turnip. It is a Russian folktale that I am very familiar with because there are a number of variations on the story, you could spend a good week reading them all to kids, and doing related projects around the stories. Well since I put in the work and made the poster, I decided to show it off. I was pleased with my results.