Monsoon

My mom picked me up in Vegas on Saturday and we drove to her house in AZ. Did a little bit of gambling in Vegas and made some money on penny Price is Right slots and nickel I Dream of Jeannie. On Friday night we went to Thunder from Down Under. Saturday we ate a yummy dinner at Spago's in Caesar's. Yesterday, I witnessed my first monsoon as clouds and rain blew into the backyard for about 3 minutes and then left. I finished one baby blanket (actually I ran out of yarn so I have about 30 more rows to finish when I get home and cast on Orangina. I'll post a picture of my progress when I get home. I love the lace pattern!

Vegas, baby!

Off to Las Vegas tomorrow for a bachelorette party. Hopefully, it will be fun, since the days leading up to it have had some weird drama with the others. Saturday my mom is picking me up to take me to back to Arizona to spend the rest of the week with her and my dad.
In knitting news...there is no knitting news! I'm still cranking out the 2nd big bad baby blanket and have not worked on anything but that. I did get this pattern. I received a huge donation of yarn for the knitting club I run at school.

A recommendation for singles

So I recently swore off match.com after a mediocre date and no real action from the site. But last Saturday I was at work with not a whole lot to do and E., who is recently married to someone she met on match.com (even though he denies it) and I were talking, when I decided to relinquish control of my dating life to her. I gave her permission to edit my profile and my basic requirements for who she could email and wink at (must be middle of the road to liberal politically, college degree preferred, have to list "about average" as an acceptable body type for a date) and she went to town. In less than a week I've gotten more action from guys that I would actually like to date than I had in all the time I was on before. She even wrote a couple of emails for me, which I've tried to emulate. Not that I am not being myself, but I tend to be more reserved than she is, so I've tried to be me, only bolder. So I highly recommended allowing a trusted friend to give any searching single some help.

Random Friday Thoughts

No major knitting news to report...one big bad baby blanket is done, but I started another one for a friend whose shower is in July. I will post a picture as soon as the camera battery is charged. Last night was my dad's retirement party. It was so cool to hear about him from people at work. Apparently, he's kind of a stud in his field, while at home, he's just dad. He and my mom, and Molly (the dog) are off to Arizona some time today. It will be lonely without them.
Only five more days left until summer vacation! Not that I don't love my job, which I do, but I am so ready for a break. This is the first summer in two years I won't be teaching summer school. I'm still waiting to hear from T. whether or not the trip to Costa Rica will work out, but even if not, it will still be fabulous to have time off. In other work related news, I found out yesterday that I was selected as a support provider/consulting teacher. No real change for the day to day job, but I will have the chance to work with new teachers who may need support. And the stipend will be nice too.

My Secret Pal Rocks!!

Here's my first gift from my secret pal, who did a very good job of reading my answers to the questionnaire (notice all the pink?) A ladybug stamp with pink ink, some envelopes and cards for stamping and cool ladybug buttons (I think a ladybug scarf maybe in order or, ooohhhh, maybe wristwarmes with ladybug buttons on the cuffs). The possibilities are endless...Thank you Secret Pal!