24 December
This Christmas Eve is brought to you by the number
8/12ths which, when reduced, represents that there is only 1/3rd left in this
deployment!! Merry Christmas!!
wonders if Santa made it to Afghanistan yet.
Merry Christmas Corey Arnold . . .
Merry Christmas! (well, in 25 minutes
anyway!)
25 December
Chris Arnold, Corey Arnold, Connor Arnold, and Caleb Arnold now own a
home in Idaho! The papers for which were signed, notarized, and FedExed from
Minnesota, on behalf on one family member who is on the other side of the
world, even though the Army has them stationed in Kentucky :) How's that for an
international transaction?
watch CBS Evening News right now to catch a
story about our soldiers celebrating Christmas in the Middle East including our
own 1-32 Cav!
To all my Army spouse friends--these last two
days, for some, were the probably the hardest ones during a deployment--even
harder than all the missed birthdays, anniversaries, and other holidays. If you
can do this, you can do ANYthing and you're doing awesome! Your soldier should
be very proud :)
26 December
Hugging my kids last night, Caleb asked me
"What's the day after Christmas called?" I said, "It's called
'the day after Christmas' sometimes called' Dec 26th."
Has endured airport security 3 times today.
I'm not sure, but I might be legally married to a TSA agent now (in some
states, anyway}.
27 December
Thankful for the Anderson family who landed
in Roanoke with me and offered to give me a ride to my hotel at 2 in the
morning.
28 December
is evidently NOT smarter than a 5th grader.
At least not according to the Woodcock-Johnson Cognitive Abilities Assessment.
Please don't tell my professors ;-)
Lead me not into . . . facebook, but deliver
me from evil. For I have much school work to do forever and ever. Amen.
29 December
Food is allowed in the library at Liberty. I
tested just to make sure by popping a snack in my mouth right in front of the
librarian!
Oh, and one of my classmates is from Idaho! I
found out because he was wearing a BSU hoodie. I'm quite observant that way :)
30 December
Really loved meeting a wonderful new friend
this week, Cheryl Ann Jarmon! Thanks for makin this week fun :)
30 December
would like to extend condolences to all my
photog friends who are mourning the end of an era--I guess they took your
Kodachrome away :(
31 December
I guess my new year's resolution is to finish
my MAT degree. At least there's only one . . .
is it New Year's in Afghanistan yet? Our turn
is coning up. Can't wait fir 2021!!
[the typos on this status garnered several interesting responses from my
“friends”]
Intensive #2 complete. Final intensive starts
Monday.
it doesn't matter how you ring in the new
year. What matters is what you do with the 365 days ahead. Happy new year every
one. I'm going to bed!
1 January 2011 (!)
note to self (or anyone who'll listen) find
out if your bottled water is carbonated before you toss it into your rental car
& before you twist off the cap!!
3 January
I aint scared o' no Monday!
Okay Pug owners (yeah, I'm talking to you Julie
Landon and Lisa Muth Jenkins!) My good friend's sister and her boyfriend
produced this Doritos commercial that is among the top 5 contenders to win a
commercial spot on Superbowl Sunday! Help them win by voting every day =D
4 January
got my hands on a flat rate shipping box. Now
I need some packing tape. I will never take car ownership for granted again!
(Thanks for chauffeuring me around Melissa
Settje Ice).
5 January
might be completely out of words. Weird
6 January
a little tired of watching the same 4
commercials on an endless cycle and now realize that I do not miss cable TV.
However, I am strangely intrigued by the manner in which pharm commercials
disclose side effects as if they were a selling point.
7 January
spent so much energy preparing for the
studying, schoolwork, travel, and organization required for these classes that
I forgot to get excited that all I have left is student teaching plus one other
class this fall and I will be a licensed teacher with a masters degree. (!)
This educational field trip was brought to
you by a couple thousand frequent flier miles, 22 days of parking, 8 states, 6
airplanes, 3 rental cars, 2 hotels, 2 dog sitters, a cat sitter and 2
grandparents--and a partridge in a pair tree. Did I miss anything?
9 January
only meant to turn the thermostat down a
couple degrees last night, not turn it off. Woke to a 54° house this morning.
That's a 3 dog night!
10 January
is on the hunt for scholarships again. I need
to get my studying in for licensure coming up in less than two weeks, get my
act together to apply for student teaching by 2/15, find sponsors for our
upcoming Tell Me A Story event on 2/27, and be ready to see my husband
hopefully by our 21st wedding anniversary. I'm posting my to-do list so you can
all hold me accountable for it--haha!
Oh and one more thing--I gotta change my
profile pic to a duck. In honor of amphibian phans all across the pacific
northwest.
My boys are growing up so fast. Caleb Arnold just asked
me to cut off inches of his hair and Connor Arnold is out collecing job applications. Now if
only he would let me get near him with the scissors and if Caleb was old enough
to get a job . . .
back to being a BSU fan!
11 January
It sure is hard to give up independence once
you've experienced it. I offered to drive the boys to school today because it's
pretty slick out there (as if I could do any better--shhh don't tell them) and
you should have seen the look on Connor's face! Priceless! (Maybe he knows?)
Hey HHT--come to the FRG meeting tonight at
6pm at the FRC. I am leading a workshop and I want to see you there :)
12 January
is going to have to break down and start a
blog. So many things to say; so few characters in which to say it.
question for bloggers out there--do you or do
you not add ads to your blogs that you write? Why or why not?
13 January
Bandits!
14 January
My home needs an extreme makeover. Time to
move that bus--or bust that move, rather! Crank up the music . . .
Ambidextrous sketching creeps me out.
15 January
Warning to pavement--you are about to be
pounded! Then I'll get to the housecleaning I said I was going to do yesterday.
can take a hint. The 2nd baking dish just
broke. I am not supposed to bake stuff.
16 January
Dear facebook, Please quit recording the
first part of everything I say on my friends' statuses on my wall. I've been
very patient with every other invasion of privacy and have taken it upon myself
to proactively prevent problems, but this is just taking it too far. Sincerely,
chris
I'm pretty sure I just heard Connor Arnold mutter "sorry" to the guy he just
killed on his video game.
17 January
my homage to Martin Luther King Jr. today
seems best summed up in the opening number of the 2009 ID International
pageant. My intro is last (but has nothing to do with MLKJr. It's all about the
song!) mms://webcast2.fiberpipe.tv/mrsidaho_vod/Opening_Number.wsx
18 January
Oh yeah? And then what?
I want my baby back!!
Just discovered that facebook chat works on
my phone thanks to Kevin Piper. But evidently, tagging friends in statuses does
not.
19 January
Treasure Valley friends--take a look at today's
Groupon and support local business. Our friend Darrin Sligar and family own
these stores and are great people! :) Lux Fashion Lounge Deal of the Day | Groupon Boise
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