Saturday in Colorado

THE TEAM PULLING THE CARRIAGE I RODE IN

RUSTY ELLIS MY VERY TALENTED FRIEND FROM CHURCH

RIBBON CUTTING OF NEW LIBRARY

PIKE'S PEAK!

It's the first Saturday of Spring! It was 75 degrees out here today. Oh lovely Colorado. I drove to the Springs by myself today and went to the awesome Current Inc. outlet store. I picked up a bunch of stickers for the class, and envelopes and a few Birthday cards. I saw an accident coming into the Springs. It looked like a guy was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. OUCH.

On the way home, I took a nice picture of Pike's Peak. I take a lot of pictures of it because it is always different looking. I love the Springs. So I came home looked at all my boxes and sat down and watched part of 'Drillbit Taylor'.

At 4 o' clock the town of Penrose was having the Grand Opening of our newly built library!! It is three times as big as the old one. It is beautiful! There was wine and appetizers. YUMMY. My friend, Rusty Ellis was there as entertainment. He is a really good Country singer. He looks like Woody from Toy Story. I was hanging out with my friend Holly and her hubby, and she told me to go outside, and when I went, there was a beautiful horse drawn carriage outside. She knew the guy who drove the carriage and horses, and she asked if I could go on a ride. OH it was FUN!! We went all over Penrose. The horses were half sister and half brother and were gray Percheron Horses. Beautiful team. What a fun, fun day. So right now, instead of packing, I am blogging. Tomorrow I get the keys to my new place. :) I am on Spring Break this whole next week, so I have all week to move everything. The guys are coming over Wednesday to help with the heavy stuff. Thanks Brian and John.!!!! And Kim, and David S., and who ever else shows up. Friends are priceless! So have a nice and loving week everyone. Peace.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DAY I WAS BORN

THIS IS ALL ABOUT MY BIRTH DATE.

27 September 1957Your date of conception was on or about 4 January 1957 which was a Friday.You were born on a Fridayunder the astrological sign Libra.Your Life path number is 4.Your fortune cookie reads: In the end there are three things that last: faith, hope and love; and the greatest of these is love. Life Path Compatibility:You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 6 & 7.You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 3, 5 & 9.The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2436108.5.The golden number for 1957 is 1.The epact number for 1957 is -1.The year 1957 was not a leap year.Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/31/1957 and ending 2/17/1958.You were born in the Chinese year of the Rooster.Your Native American Zodiac sign is Raven; your plant is Ivy.You were born in the Egyptian month of Choiach, the fourth month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 2 Tishri 5718.Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 3 Tishri 5718.The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.17.3.17.4 which is12 baktun 17 katun 3 tun 17 uinal 4 kinThe Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Friday, 2 Rabi'u'l-Avval 1377 (1377-3-2).The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 21 April 1957.The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 21 April 1957.The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 6 March 1957.The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 9 June 1957.The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 16 June 1957.The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 24 September 1957.The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Sunday, 14 April 1957.The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 5 March 1957. As of 3/16/2009 8:59:51 PM EDTYou are 51 years old.You are 618 months old.You are 2,686 weeks old.You are 18,798 days old.You are 451,172 hours old.You are 27,070,379 minutes old.You are 1,624,222,791 seconds old.Celebrities who share your birthday:Avril Lavigne (1984)Stephan Jenkins (1964)Shaun Cassidy (1958)Mike Schmidt (1949)Meat Loaf (1947)Wilford Brimley (1934)Greg Morris (1934)Jayne Meadows (1926)Arthur Penn (1922)William Conrad (1920)Top songs of 1957All Shook Up by Elvis PresleyLove Letters In the Sand by Pat BooneJailhouse Rock by Elvis PresleyTeddy Bear by Elvis PresleyApril Love by Pat BooneYoung Love by Tab HunterTammy by Debbie ReynoldsHoneycomb by Jimmie RodgersWake Up Little Susie by Everly BrothersYou Send Me by Sam CookeYour age is the equivalent of a dog that is 7.3573385518591 years old. (You old hound dog, you!)Your lucky day is Friday.Your lucky number is 6.Your ruling planet(s) is Venus.Your lucky dates are 6th, 15th, 24th.Your opposition sign is Aries.Your opposition number(s) is 9.Today is not one of your lucky days!There are 195 days till your next birthdayon which your cake will have 52 candles.Those 52 candles produce 52 BTUs,or 13,104 calories of heat (that's only 13.1040 food Calories!) .You can boil 5.94 US ounces of water with that many candles.In 1957 there were approximately 4.0 million births in the US.In 1957 the US population was approximately 150,697,361 people, 50.7 persons per square mile.In 1957 in the US there were approximately 1,667,231 marriages (11.1%) and 385,144 divorces (2.6%)In 1957 in the US there were approximately 1,452,000 deaths (9.6 per 1000)In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.In 1957 the population of Australia was approximately 9,744,087.In 1957 there were approximately 220,358 births in Australia.In 1957 in Australia there were approximately 73,696 marriages and 6,298 divorces.In 1957 in Australia there were approximately 84,953 deaths.Your birth flower is ASTERYour birthstone is Sapphire -->The Mystical properties of SapphireThough not meant to replace traditional medical treatment, Sapphire is used for clear thinking. Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)Agate, Moonstone, Lapis LazuliYour birth tree isHazelnut Tree, the ExtraordinaryCharming, undemanding, very understanding, knows how to make an impression, active fighter for social cause, popular, moody and capricious lover, honest and tolerant partner, precise sense of judgement.There are 284 days till Christmas 2009!There are 297 days till Orthodox Christmas!The moon's phase on the day you wereborn was waxing crescent.

Hugs

POLAND FOREVER

It was a great weekend. My co-teacher KIM and I went on a mission to Colorado Springs to find Polka music and Polish flags for Tuesday night's "Multi Culture Night". Our room is doing Poland !!!! Homeland of my great-great Grandparents. We are serving Polish sausage, Pierogies, and cookies. We will have Polka music playing and Polish flags we found in Colorado Springs! Other classes are doing Italian, American, Cajun, Mexican, American Indian, and Chinese. Last year was great and we are hoping this year will top that. I've taught the kids how to say "Good Morning, and BUTT" in Polish. Of course they just laugh. I need a babushka. Ha.
Tonight my mother and father in law came over for a visit. They were making sure I was OK. I love them so much. I wish their son was as nice as they are. We talked and laughed, I cried, and we hugged. I had gotten a flannel shirt from 'Goodwill' for Art (FiL) and he put it right on and it looked so great on him. It had a white background and navy blue wild life animals on it with those cool pearl snap buttons. It was so warming to see them. They saw the boxes all over some packed, some empty. Betty was sad I was moving the end of the month. I will be about 25 minutes from them instead of just 4 minutes. :( They said they still can't believe Bob is doing this. Me either.
Yesterday a wonderful friend of mine fell out of a tree he was trimming. He fell backward and crashed on the ground. Nearly hitting re bar(sp). He fractured his skull, his hip, and broke a vertebrae in his neck. He needs prayers. Please pray for TIM Madigan. Also for his wife Terri. They are wonderful friends from church. He is awake and doing good. :)
I guess that is all for now. Have a wonderful week.

It's March

My front porch. A chair by the door. I am going to miss this place so much.

A cliff right near my work.

Our bridge made of buttons. Do ya love it?

The cow that is yet to calve.

Momma and baby on left, Tommy and other steer on right.

I woke the baby up after I petted her.

March 1st, 2009.

I had to share a few new pictures. I have boxes all over the place. Some full, some waiting to get filled. I pack a little, then I either go outside or watch TV. I hate packing! I don't know what Bob is planning. I still have not heard from him in a couple weeks. I haven't been served stupid Divorce papers. He doesn't tell me when he helping me, IF he is helping me. I went to church this morning and just weeped. Asking God to just get me through all this. Help me not be so scared. Because I AM.

Church was so good. We have a man, Chad, in our church, that fell 70 feet and landed on his feet from a work accident years ago. Paralyzed him. His testimony was incredible. He was paralyzed and recently got one of his legs amputated by choice so he could get fitted with a prosthetic leg. He is an amazing man. He looks a lot like my cousin Ray. So within the next few weeks, he is getting his new leg and hopefully will be walking again. What a story. God can Heal. Please keep Chad in your prayers.

Well this last week, one of the two cows gave birth to a cute little brown-black calf. I was just outside takin pictures of them and they come right up to me and the light brown one Tommy, licked me. So cute. So here are some of the pictures.

Also the past two weeks our class has been working on bridge. I suggested building it out of some of my button collection. So I will add this project. It was fun. All the kids slappin on glue and buttons. The other teacher did the trees, and boats. The kids did the rest. I love my job. All these 3, 4 and 5 year olds are so great. Please pray for my summer employment. I go on job attached unemployment for three months, and I need more money to pay bills in the summer. Scared? Yep! I will get 1/3 of regular pay. I do not want to get food stamps and that stuff. I hope to find something to work at. Jobs here are far and few between. Unless you are a Correctional Officer, you don't have much employment. We have 13 prisons here. And NO, I don't want to work as a prison guard. I'm not physically strong enough for it.

So please keep me in your prayers and ask God to help me go the right way, and help just provide for my bills. Thank you.... God Bless you. Happy March.