Easter, Dyngus, Equifest, and Ariel!

{Also see the next post down - it's the current one! This one never uploaded properly during Easter, so here it is!}

Howdy! Here's some catching up on some pictures!!

Look how well Ariel colors in the lines and writes! Such a proud Nana.

Ariel's first time in a swim cap {future swimmer right there!}

I went to EquiFest this year, without my best friend Katie Domico, who unfortunately passed away at the end of last year.  She loved horses, and we would always go to EquiFest and plan our dream barn. Love you, girl.

These are a few pictures of a trick rider who specializes in draft horses! He was really amazing.  Check out my Instagram movie clip of him riding!

Father and son silliness....

My first Buffalo Bandits game!! It was a lot of fun! I went with my Reading and Writing Buffalo class at school. We won!

What is Easter in Buffalo without a stop at the Broadway Market??

Central Terminal, now closed as a station, open for tours and under restoration.

Happy Easter!!!

We Have Some Catching Up to Do!

Where on earth to begin?!?!?!? Let's start by talking about how this little cutie and her mother, my good friend Tasha moved in with us in December! I had the pleasure of waking up to this little chica during my break :)

We managed to paint one of the rooms downstairs, and turn it into a playroom! 

And then we did Christmas pictures, with her in the dress she wore at my wedding :)

And then, we got a TON of SNOW!!!!! And it's still coming. 

What better thing to do during a snowstorm than to clean up the house a little bit! 

WE MET THE GRINCH!! Ariel's favorite Christmas Character. 

Merry Christmas!

I'll admit, I was getting pretty sick of the snow for a while.... so I bought a pineapple to remind me of the beach.  Is that pushing it?? 

Velvet getting in the Christmas spirit!

Then, we got the Polar Vortex... It was FREEZING! Like, negative twenties and thirties freezing!! To stay warm, Tasha, Ariel, and I made a fort.  This is also the same day Alex went into the snowbank.... But he's okay, and no damage to the car from it! Only damage was from the deer he hit...

Princess day! 

I caught up on a few books over the break... There WILL be a post about these amazing books!

Stay tuned for a lot more!!!!! :)

P.S. Did I mention I'm currently in love with John Wayne movies??? 

The Start of School

Well, I made it through!

Phew. 

Only one more class that I haven't been to yet! And of course it's English, and looking at the online schedule, I'll be writing an in class short essay! 

But that doesn't even begin to describe everything that's been going on in other classes! 

Let's start at the very beginning... A very good place to start...

(Name that song!)

The morning started out dreary and rainy, going from a light drizzle to buckets!

So, before trying to dodge the rain, I checked my email, and found something that made my morning... A part of one of my favorite poems, that seemed very fitting for the first day's excitement! 

And then, off to my first class! Which turned out to be Nutrition, as they started with afternoon classes. (Hence why I'm going to English for the first time tomorrow.) 

I got there a little early, and decided to do some exploring... 

I found a Mac Computer Lab! 

I found out where the stairs were in the buildings!

Found the Commuter/Student Lounge, complete with computers, fridge, microwave, vending machines, couches, and group work tables. 

And finally, I decided to scope out my classroom for Nutrition....

In this picture, I sit second row, 2nd seat in from the right.  

It was a good start to the day!

10 minutes after this class, I had my Foundations Seminar Class!

That was really fun! 

We went over the Syllabus and then played some ice breaker games.

~Classroom Bingo: Sign where you have done what was said in the square, and the first one to get BINGO won!

~4 C's: Pick one word for each that describes you:

Cartoon Character

Color

Car

Cuisine

My answers were:

Lois, from Family Guy

Blue

F-150 (Pickup Truck)

Seafood

Why do you think I chose those answers??? :)

And then we went around the room and shared our answers.  We ended the class with a trip down to the Professor's office so we knew where it was.

With classes done, I had a wonderful surprise to end the "College Day"! I went up to the Dining Hall for the Welcome Back BBQ, and ended up seeing my niece! 

She's turning 3 in October. She needs to stop growing up! SERIOUSLY!

She can count to 5.

She's been potty trained for a while now.

She knows her ABC's.

She can talk in sentences.  

She knows she's 2 1/2.

She does Tumble Bee.

She starts Nursery School this Fall. 

Stop growing up!!!

And then, a dreary end. (Kind of!) I went to work from 6-9.

And then TODAY!

Started with MATH.  I'm an English major for a reason...

Math and I do NOT get along! 

But the Professor seems really nice, and after the lesson today, I was able to understand what she was doing, and finish the 1-47 odd homework she assigned! 

And finally, Research and Ethics...

I really don't know what to write about this class yet... I'm going to read the Syllabus a little more and do some reading and exploring on the website...

But this is my view!

Complete with a computer screen that's bigger than the keyboard...

Off to make dinner, and watch a movie with my puppy and kitty!! 

Alex works late... maybe 2 movies! 

A clip of the first one:

(Which is AMAZING!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lBUlCADoNU

(Copy and Paste for a spine chilling, phenomenal clip!)

xoxoxo