Thursday, February 22, 2007

windblown...




It is a crazy windy day...

I haven't taken any cool pictures since our ski trip, but I just felt like blogging this afternoon. Today, as I drove up the driveway, I noticed that the chair on our front porch had been blown into the yard. The neighbors had just told me that their grandchildren said they saw Dexter on the porch, but we always leave him inside, so we shrugged it off...I mean, what do kids know? (kidding.) So the chair had been holding our screen door closed because the latch is broken, and the wind also blew our front door open, so Dexter was indeed just hangin' out on the front porch today. Luckily he was able to get back inside - I haven't figured out how yet- or else he may have been blown away!!

Not only does this blog title represent the weather today, but it is a metaphor for my life right now. I have a fuller plate than I have ever experienced in my life! (again with the metaphors!) Amidst the yearbook deadline, teaching a research paper to eighth graders, my middle school play, and all the other directions I feel pulled in, "windblown" describes just how I feel. So, I just had to settle in for a few hours and take a break from the craziness...before it's back to work tonight!

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Double Black Diamonds!!




We spent our much-too-short winter break in Snowshoe, WV with some friends from school, Lisa and Daniel. We had a great little condo close to the slopes, and we skied enough to last a while. Lisa and Daniel are "expert" skiers so Brian and I decided to become the same. We had skied for nearly three days straight when we finally approached the double black known as "Shay's Revenge." Brian's run was a complete success and mine was something shy of that. I was relieved to have spent about 30% of the slope in a free fall slide, meaning I didn't have to ski that part. The important part is that there were no broken limbs and I am proud to say I have done it!

new home, new reason to blog...





The sun was setting on Tuesday after a day of thunderstorms in February. The scenery was incredible. I hopped out with my camera ready to use the opportunity to finally capture some pictures of our house. Of course this is faculty housing and not our own, but we hope to be here for a while. Our 2.2 acres overlook Indian Lake on campus. We have blueberry bushes and a place to start a garden; one goal of many for the first summer after teaching. We hosted a big group of family here over Christmas and we hope to host many more gatherings. Come see us in Rabun Gap!