with my sunglasses on, everything is a little brighter!

today was the last observation for Xochitl! woo hoo!! certification, here she comes!

today was also 'shade out drugs' day..not sure what that means exactly, but i did go ahead and stop by the local gas station, and guess what? they had the blu-blockers! woo hoo!! and they were as wonderful as i remembered them. the grass truly is greener on the other side when you're wearing them!

i know, you cannot really tell, but all the same...it's like they say, just because you wear rose-colored glasses, it doesn't make your water pink lemonade...not that these are rose-colored glasses...or that i was looking at water.

 wednesday-check..done!

i decided to go to pet smart to check on a sweater or something for bruno because i am hoping that i can find something that fits a little snug, that might be like one of those 'thunder blankets.' thinking that maybe he'll feel more secure with something tight to walk in. (i mean i don't like walking in tight things, but he might...skinny jeans for bruno?) so i went and found a couple of things...darn, i always spend more than i should there, because then i got a few more things. when i got home i realized i would have to return a couple of things and look again. one of the shirts fit chaco instead of bruno

we'll keep this one-chaco really likes it; says it makes him a rebel

..and i bought a couple of cute Christmas head-gear things (not like braces to bed head gear)...it was cat headgear....oops.epic designer clothing fail...well, i righted a wrong by getting the 'rawhide cookie ghosts.' they look really good, but i just wanted to see if the 'frosting' was sweet. it is not. it is bland and about as tasteless as a piece of wood.

bruno shot me a thumbs up..only he did it with his looks, not his thumb

i also saw some socks while i was there that ha yorkies on them. most of the stitchings looked like yorkies, but somehow this little guy must've gotten on there by accident..i'm pretty certain it is NOT a yorkie, though.

almost looks like chewbacca

kinda resembles this guy a little bit, no?

if he had dark eyes and smaller ears...one of my friends sent this pic...said maybe she wants one...don't do it mary!!!

alright looks like the canceled the game tonight because they're afraid of the 'rain'-gers!

 g'night!
julie

we're all hippies!! no, we're all multicultural!

school today was pretty routine...we came to agreement on field trips and then we made dr. jones rub her temples, and close her eyes a few times...i'm not sure if it was that she was taking a nap, trying to find her quiet place or genuinely trying to focus on the issue at hand. we are certainly an animated bunch-so much to say and so little space in which to say it. it's hard to get a word in edgewise when you're with us. trust me, there will never be a want for words.

i don't know that we came to any real solution, but it was good to have our red ribbon people in to talk to the kids about not doing drugs. according to the kids margaritas are a drug. afterward, the kids received multi-colored bracelets. one of the boys said, isn't that like the hippies wear? (thinking of tie-dye) and i smiled and said, "hmm, yep..go ask the visitor." and she yes, then he said, "hey! we're hippies!" isn't that the antithesis of red-ribbon week?? the kids had no idea about that, though.

i told the kids it wasn't really tie dye, it was multi-colored to symbolize multiculturalism. they fell for it.

lunch today was so relaxing! i just had a salad in my room and let yo yo ma serenade me with a few cello pieces. it was wonderful!

on the way home, my thoughts went the the old show: that's incredible! i remember we used to sit around and watch that as family time back in the early 80's before we moved to honduras in 83. it was great to see the incredible feats, medical mysteries, etc. it ran from 1980-1984. strangely it was taken off air a year after we moved. perhaps we were their viewing base...so they had to cancel when we moved. i'd love to go back and see what things we thought were incredible back then! i wonder how many things might have been precursors to breakthroughs that have happened since then.

tomorrow is sunglasses day...wonder if i have any that are light enough to wear inside...oh, this is when i wish i had blu-blockers! perhaps i will stop by a gas station tomorrow and see if they have any...hmm...


hope at the end of the day you have done something that people could yell at you, "that's incredible!"
julie