I know you just can't get enough of my funny pictures. Therefore I thought I would put up MORE! I spent a great weekend at home, and so these pictures are not just of me but of my beloved family as well!!! Enjoy!! :) 

MOOORE pics

I lied...more pictures

Gotta love the Mac. Some more pics for your entertainment. The first 2 are special effects. In case you didn't know :) . The last one is me currently studying diligently ;) 

Life Update

It's been awhile since I've posted....and I have to be upfront and say this update will NOT be as exciting as my fun pictures from last time!!

** I'm registered to vote in Minnesota!! Yay!

**Teaching Spanish is going well. I'm amazed by the ability of kids to retain knowledge. My kids are great at remembering things from one week to the next!

**Today during class I was writing an example pen-pal letter and I had to write my age. One girl guessed I was 36, the other thought I was 16.... amusing. 

**I had a great weekend at home this past weekend. It was great to relax and get out of the cities for a few days! I got to see Megan too, who was home from Colorado with her hubby! I went to the apple orchard with Gma G and Dad too which was a lot of fun, and now I'm savoring every drop of apple cider and honey crisp apples! 

**I STILL haven't made scones (find the excellent recipe on marycrockerbarnes.blogspot.com) but am anxiously awaiting the day (soon) that I do!!!!

**I'm currently procrastinating.. I have a midterm tomorrow in the Semantics & Pragmatics of Spanish. It will be as fun as it sounds!! 

just for fun

Sometimes my head is in the clouds...

Sometimes I feel like I'm on a roller coaster...

...and sometimes I pretend I'm on a tropical island!

I took these pictures with my super sweet Photo Booth feature. Thought you could use some entertainment :) 

New Haircut!

I got my haircut! Check it out :) Plus, I took that picture on my awesome laptop that has a built in camera and feature called Photo Booth- you can put cool effects on your pictures... it's super fun!!

Update

The sky is BLACK right now!! I think we're in for a big storm tonight. I haven't had anything too exciting to report, but here's what I'm up to:

- Both of my Spanish classes have enough kids registered, so I will be teaching Tuesdays and Thursday afternoons. Tuesdays I will be in Stillwater (kind of a trek), and on Thursdays I will be in Minnetonka. One class is level 1, and will be very basic Spanish. The class in Stillwater is level 7, so the kids are a bit more advanced. I went shopping today for supplies (I get an expense allotment!!) and I feel like a real teacher! I start this Thursday and will let you know how it goes!

-My classes are going well. I'm learning a lot in my Borderland Spaces class about the U.S./Mexico border. It certainly does not have a pretty history (or present, for that matter). We have quite a few varying opinions in the class (a Marine, an anti-government revolutionary girl, and a lot of in between), which makes for fascinating discussions. 

-I LOVE my ipod. I just discovered podcasts last night (for those of you who don't know, podcasts are broadcasts that you can download for free!!) and have put a ton of them on my ipod. I can get the news in Spanish, free concerts from NPR, the Today show, and so much more!!! It's like a whole new world :) 

-Mom came and visited this past weekend, and we had a lot of fun!! We went to dinner at Masa, a new Mexican restaurant downtown, and went to see the The Women on Friday night. The restaurant was wonderful, and I'd give the movie 2 1/2 stars. Saturday we went to IKEA and had a nice lunch at Panera. It was really fun having her here to visit! 

The rain is starting... I'm going to go huddle in the basement laundry room. (just kidding)