Wee Tiny Sock comes to Montana!

Can you believe how lucky I am? I was lucky enough to have been matched up with Paula for the Hot Cocoa swap AND for the Wee Tiny Sock swap! Isn't this sock cheerful? Currently, it is dressing up the lapel of my black wool pea coat. Sure, the calendar tells us it is Spring, but in Montana, that just means it is time for another snow shower. (Really, tonight is the prom for the high school kids, so just in time we have a blowing and drifting snow watch. Fancy dresses with open toe shoes...with drifts of snow. FUN.)

UM - Helena

We arrived at the UM College of Technology in Helena so the kids would be able to view their future school. Ledge had already received his acceptance letter, but Garrett's wasn't received until we got back home to Chester. They both took the entrance test, then we headed for a tour of the 2 main buildings. LOL...this didn't take very long at all! The second building had more of what the two seniors were looking for...Tools!



At the Airport campus, Garrett was able to check out the Welding, Ledge got the Diesel Mechanics, and they also checked out the airplane mechanics, as well as the machinery classes. Wow...this could be fun.

The bookstore could use some expansion, although I found some really sweet pens for the kids.

Wee Tiny Sock Swap 2008

The first sock is using Kroy sock yarn, while the others are using my pattern and some of the Mountain Colors yarn I adopted. I managed to get another complete sock out of the MC...I just love that stuff!





Yep, I joined, I knit, and on Monday, I send! I'll upload the sock as soon as I find batteries for my camera.

Fun Stuff!

First there was a great S&B with Katie! I got to play with the ball winder, meet some fantastic yarn, drink amazing tea, and visit with a great knitter. How could that not be the best day in all of March?!



Garrett traded in his winnings from his scratch lottery cards. This event had to be recorded...remember I do teach math, and I understand the term 'unlikely' to occur!




Isn't this an amazing celebration of Pi?! Megan wasn't even in school last Monday, but still she had this pie brought to the classroom. This was delicious extra credit!




This is the yarn I used Katie's ball winder with...and these are the 'Gems Mitts' I finished over the Easter Break. I'm wearing them as I type...what snuggly Alpaca delight they are! There is still at least half the skein left...so perhaps I will have some footie socks to go with my mitts!

Feast Time!

Appetizer

Given the choice, would you prefer to live in the country or in the city?

There is no choice involved...I'm in the country and I will stay here!


Soup

Who is the cutest kid you know?

Mine are the cutest kids I know...and I know better than to pick one over the other...cuz I couldn't.

Salad

Fill in the blank: I couldn’t believe it when I heard Missoula (as in University of Montana) being mentioned during the Duke WVU game...cuz they were really saying Mazzulla...the last name of a player.


Main Course

If you could star in a commercial for one of your favorite products, which one would you want to advertise?

Give me Lime please. It could be the Hint of Lime tortilla chips, Splash of Lime Dawn dish washing soap (only the scent please...I really do not like washing dishes that much), Key Lime pie...I seem to be on a lime kick lately!



Dessert

What type(s) of vitamins and/or supplements do you take on a regular basis?

I try to remember to take One Source Multi-vitamins, but that does not mean that I do remember. I also try to remember the Eye vitamins...which usually means I remember each weekend. Hey, that is not all that bad!

It is Official...I dislike my entryway

Spring time in Montana brings the inhabitants back to the pasture outside my fence. After all, I live in the little house in the Mama/Calf pasture. This means a picket fence or a split rail fence wouldn't hold up to the casual scratching from the cows...so I will always have a barb-wire fence. It also means that planting any bulbs is silly...it just causes the cows to come through the fence to eat the pretties.

My entry into the house is more of a pass through...and it is narrow. It is also where the winter clothes are kept, the cover-alls which have walked through the cow pucky, and the items needed to help mid-wife the herd are kept. Oh...then add in the washer/dryer and the furnace.

Still, whenever I mutter about mucking out the entry, I remind myself that this is my addition...and then I am okay. After all, having Grandpa's place will be more important in the long run!

I"m just made my feast!

Appetizer

If you could be any current celebrity for one whole week, who would you want to be?

I would pick Miss Violet from Lime & Violet. I feel like making a few outspoken statements...and she seems able to get away with saying some amazing things!


Soup

On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you enjoy talking on the phone?

As long as I can use a cordless phone, I will say I enjoy talking on the phone (9.5)...but if it the type that I have to stay in one place...I will say 4.

Salad

Name a charitable organization to which you have donated (or would like to).

Snuggles needs some more knit blanket from me. I will also be donating to the Missoula County Sheriff Department in the name of William Smith. He will be fondly remembered as a talented cut-work artist...our family will miss him.


Main Course

What is a food you like so much you could eat it every single day for a month?

Really, I am not that much into food. You can't have my tea, though!



Dessert

Have you or anyone in your family had the flu this year?

Oh my, if I say no, I"m certain I will have to come down with some sort of illness. How about I just say I haven't been to the doctor this winter...yippeee!

February 29, 2008

What a special day this has turned out to be. Thre is only one time a young man gets his first vehicle...and this is the day. This photo shows Garrett on the Whitlash Road on the way home to the farm. Bell Motors delivered the pickup to us in Chester, which was very nice as Rick was watching the cows (it is calving season).




Delaney road home with her brother, and they waited for me to follow along and take this photo with East Butte, part of the Sweetgrass Hills, as their backdrop. (BTW, that is where we got our Christmas tree.)




Oh, and while I am being excited about fun events, I have to let y'all know I was a part of a 'Stitch n *itch' on Thursday in Chester! (Hi Katie!) It was way more fun to talk yarn, patterns, and ball winders than it was to correct papers or do lesson plans. I did get to see a Chevron Scarf in person...and as it is in my queue, I was very interested. Yep, that was so much fun I can hardly wait to do it again! I finished these socks just a few days ago...but I took awhile to upload. I'm binding off Ethan's last sock tonight...and the small Calgary Flame logo will be coming soon. What a good day!



What a special day this is.

Go Flames!

Would you say this is how a fan dresses? Go Flames!

National Honor's Society - Delaney!

Grandma and Grandpa Dunnwebber sent along the flowers for this special occasion. We are all so proud of our girl!




Kylinn, Lauren, Taylor, and Delaney were all a part of the festivities.




And what is a celebration without cake? Way to go, Delaney!

Anniversary - Valentine's from the Hubby

Twenty-one years ago, at 4 PM in Ronan, Montana, Rick and I were married. I just love these beautiful flowers, but I do love him more!

Kitty has arrived!

I'm thrilled to inform y'all that Priscilla (as named by her owner Carla) has survived the trip from Whitlash, MT to Pensicola, FL. She had some extra parts to the Cocoa swap to keep her company...er...she guarded some of the extra swap goodies on the way down. It is great to hear she arrived safe and sound!

Tournament time

I do believe Delaney is happy to be at the game with her friends...Cool!




Although I was trying to get a photo of the kids with CJI's mascot, Hiro, it seems as if Joel just had to give the birdie a kiss also. Interesting!



These boys are our Conference Champions. Tonight, they played for the chance to go on to the Divisional games in Great Falls...and they won! The next game will be Wednesday at 6 PM...I'm only glad I'm not giving tests this week!

Good Math/Bad Math...Cool Blog!

I need to make sure I check out more on this blog! Good Math/Bad Math I see many interesting articles I need to enjoy.

My Patronus

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Your Patronus would be an Eagle!
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What are the odds?

As an 18 year old, you can officially win on a scratch lottery ticket.



Just because you CAN win, doesn't mean you WILL win...but Garrett and Delaney found they could have quite a bit of fun trying to win. Oh, Garrett did end up winning some with the scratch tickets, but he wasn't as lucky with the Wednesday drawing.

Feb 13 Hot Lotto 11 - 33 - 35 - 36 - 38 , 15
Feb 13 Montana Cash 1 - 2 - 10 - 16 - 36
Feb 13 Power Ball 13 - 19 - 32 - 38 - 51 , 30
Feb 13 Powerball Power Play 3
Feb 13 Wild Card 2 4 - 6 - 9 - 17 - 20 , QD




Still, it was fun!

Friday's Feast - 2-15-2008

Appetizer

Name one thing that is unique about you.

I'm 46 and I'm managing to wrap my brain around Calculus. Sort of makes me wish I had been able to take it in High School...but it wasn't offered!


Soup

Fill in the blank: My favorite -color- is -purple- but I like -turquoise, bright pink, cobalt blue, blue-red, aka non-whimpy colors- too.

Salad

What type of wood do you have for your home’s furnishings?

Home is an eclectic collection of oak, cherry, iron wood, and pine. Each piece of wood carries a memory. The oak rocker was purchased by my hubby so I could rock our first born (who just recently turned 18), then there is the coffee table that was my grandparent's. My husband has the cherry wood desk from his parents. Great-grandma's secretary's desk is stained dark, but it could be pine...maybe. The iron wood was brought back from Mexico in the 1970s. Grandma and Grandpa carried it across the border (and much of the states) on the top of their make-shift milk truck camper...and after they both passed on, I was lucky enough for my mom to claim the set as one of the 5 items she was allowed to request from the estate. Right by the door is a rustic sofa table created by my dear hubby for an early Christmas present. As it was made from his own hands, that is extremely important.


Main Course

Who do you talk to most often on the phone?

That would be two people, Mom and Vicky. Which reminds me, I need to make a call!


Dessert

What level of responsibility do you have in your job?

I teach 8-12th mathematics...and I"m reading WAY too much into this question! This position has a high level of responsibility.

Happy Birthday Garrett!

At 8:33 AM, a little baby boy was born...18 years ago. Wow, time has flown by us all. We are all proud of the young adult he has become.

Paula is amazing!

Where did time go?

Cool socks, huh? My dear boy like them!




Senior night in Chester...with Willie Miller from Chinook.





Wow...stuff sure has happened. Wrestling season is over, mid-terms are happening, my class has arrived...and will be done in about a week. I"m just thrilled! Here are some pieces of eye-candy.