Sunday, October 14, 2007

What a Week!

This past week was Fall Break! Hallelujah! I was starting to wonder how I'd make it to Christmas with out it... The kids at school have been giving me a run for my money to put it mildly. Does me having visions of duct tape and bars of soap give you an idea...?




Wondering what happened to all that patience I used to have, when I was young and babysitting my brains out and all the adults I knew would say, "Wow, Chelsie has the patience of Job!" sigh... I seem to have lost that somewhere along the way, or maybe my expectations are too high...? I don't think so. Please tell me if it's wrong for me to think that a 2nd grader ought not be swearing or that when I say not to do something and they do it again right in front of me that some consequences are not in order... oy.

Anyway, thank the Gods for a one week reprieve! My dad came down from Oregon for the week to play! Hurray! We spent 3 days in Show Low with some dear family friends,





and their furry children... I made a new friend, Bandytoes, who was gracious enough to model Tashi's finished Jester hat for us ;-)





went for a hike amongst the Aspens-where I collected scads of deliciously colored fall leaves, unlike anything we have in Prescott, as if I were collecting shells at the beach!






Celebrated a birthday-Happy 14th to Tashi!,





vegged out, went antiquing downtown Prescott with my mom, who came up for the day,




Went to the Tina Malia concert, well Steven and I did, at a yoga studio downtown, with around 50 people...? It was awesome! Dad headed for Whiskey Row to experience the night life of Prescott first hand on a Friday night... ;-) Need I say more...?
http://cdbaby.com/cd/tinamalia3 Listen to "The Silent Awakening". It's my new favorite song! :-D

and generally had a great time!