I dedicate this blog to Phaedra, whose 24th birthday is today. Yay, Tater!
Email her to tell her happy birthday: margaritamuck@hotmail.com.
4/20/05
The Many Phaces of Phaedra
6X4=Phaedra (click to enlarge) 
I dedicate this blog to Phaedra, whose 24th birthday is today. Yay, Tater!
Email her to tell her happy birthday: margaritamuck@hotmail.com.
I dedicate this blog to Phaedra, whose 24th birthday is today. Yay, Tater!
Email her to tell her happy birthday: margaritamuck@hotmail.com.
Things That Make My Day: First Installment
ARRRrrr!
Since a lot of you blogger friends of mine seem to have consistent blog featurettes, like Chris's posting of lyrics and Paul's ever-so-tasteful "Whack-off Wednesdays," I decided to follow suit. Periodically, I will post the things I see that make my day.
On this particular day (Last Friday) it was this piece of artwork painted by one of my first-grade students.
Miss Hos: What a wonderful picture! Can you tell me about it?"
Young Artist: It's a pirate.
Miss Hos: Oh, you mean a Jolly Roger, like on a pirate's flag?
Young Artist: No, it's a pirate.
Miss Hos: A pirate it is! I love it!
Since a lot of you blogger friends of mine seem to have consistent blog featurettes, like Chris's posting of lyrics and Paul's ever-so-tasteful "Whack-off Wednesdays," I decided to follow suit. Periodically, I will post the things I see that make my day.
On this particular day (Last Friday) it was this piece of artwork painted by one of my first-grade students.
Miss Hos: What a wonderful picture! Can you tell me about it?"
Young Artist: It's a pirate.
Miss Hos: Oh, you mean a Jolly Roger, like on a pirate's flag?
Young Artist: No, it's a pirate.
Miss Hos: A pirate it is! I love it!
4/17/05
Kellyclare FINALLY hits the big 21
21 at last!
I think Kellyclare is the last of my friends to turn twenty-one. We celebrated on midnight of her birthday because I couldn't go out with her on Friday. Stacy, KC, Autum, and I started off by playing some cribbage and getting dinner, then we headed off to the bars for the stroke of midnight. Except the Horse Head wouldn't let her in at the stroke of midnight, so it was off to Max's for the stroke of 12:15. Max's let her in, welcomed her with open happy birthday arms, and even bought her two beers. Such a good bar!!! She had a good time, and still got to have fun the next night, as she told me later. The highlights of her acutal birthday include loosing her ID and getting a bunch of phone numbers, none for which she can remember the person that gave them. Now that's a good twenty-oner.
P.S. Kellclare has joined us bloggers and is updating her blog a lot these days, so check it out!
I think Kellyclare is the last of my friends to turn twenty-one. We celebrated on midnight of her birthday because I couldn't go out with her on Friday. Stacy, KC, Autum, and I started off by playing some cribbage and getting dinner, then we headed off to the bars for the stroke of midnight. Except the Horse Head wouldn't let her in at the stroke of midnight, so it was off to Max's for the stroke of 12:15. Max's let her in, welcomed her with open happy birthday arms, and even bought her two beers. Such a good bar!!! She had a good time, and still got to have fun the next night, as she told me later. The highlights of her acutal birthday include loosing her ID and getting a bunch of phone numbers, none for which she can remember the person that gave them. Now that's a good twenty-oner.
P.S. Kellclare has joined us bloggers and is updating her blog a lot these days, so check it out!
A Week of Birthday
Quarter of a Century
My birthday has stretched out over a fully week, which is fun considering that birthdays always pass by so quickly. Last Friday was the Disco Inferno party, of course. On Wednesday, my actual birthday, all of us went to the River Ranch for dinner then out to the bars for a few drinks. Their birthday dinner deal is no joke- You get your dinner and desert completely free! I bought one drink, so my total bill was $6.44 (with a $0.94 gratuity, ha ha). In our bar hopping we searched long and hard for karaoke but to no avail. We even went to crappy Jogger's and still no karaoke. There is something wrong in this world when you can't find karaoke on any night of the week. That's what I think anyway.
The final celebration occured last night when my parents took me out to dinner. We went to the Fisherman's Market on 7th and Monroe, a restaraunt the likes of which my parents never get to see because the live in Corvallis. The Fisherman's Market is also a kick ass deal- The four of us each bought a beer and dinner and we had two apetizers (lobster on polenta and steamer clams) and the bill was only $40.00. That's so amazing for seafood!!! Plus, as Patrick and Robin will tell you, they have awesome sushi-grade ahi tuna.
My birthday has stretched out over a fully week, which is fun considering that birthdays always pass by so quickly. Last Friday was the Disco Inferno party, of course. On Wednesday, my actual birthday, all of us went to the River Ranch for dinner then out to the bars for a few drinks. Their birthday dinner deal is no joke- You get your dinner and desert completely free! I bought one drink, so my total bill was $6.44 (with a $0.94 gratuity, ha ha). In our bar hopping we searched long and hard for karaoke but to no avail. We even went to crappy Jogger's and still no karaoke. There is something wrong in this world when you can't find karaoke on any night of the week. That's what I think anyway.
The final celebration occured last night when my parents took me out to dinner. We went to the Fisherman's Market on 7th and Monroe, a restaraunt the likes of which my parents never get to see because the live in Corvallis. The Fisherman's Market is also a kick ass deal- The four of us each bought a beer and dinner and we had two apetizers (lobster on polenta and steamer clams) and the bill was only $40.00. That's so amazing for seafood!!! Plus, as Patrick and Robin will tell you, they have awesome sushi-grade ahi tuna.
4/16/05
Birthdays in Salem Land
Mason's Birthday (click to enlarge)
Mason's new vaccum (top left) Ally & Mason (top right) John & Mason opening gifts (bottom left) Mason & Auntie Sara (bottom right)
This was the scene just after disco inferno party. I went from crazy party land to real-life-with-kid land. I'm not sure which I prefer! Ally and Mason have the same birthday, which means that two years ago on April 9th, Ally spent her birthday in a hospital squeezing a baby into the world. What a day (but what a birthday gift!). Mason is a total cutie pie, and his mom and dad are an awesome team. We ate Mexican food, made cupcakes, and watched kiddie tv on Saturday, then had the birthday party at John's parents' house on Sunday. He barbecued the best chicken ever, and Mason got enough toys to apease a child army. Happy birthday!
Mason's new vaccum (top left) Ally & Mason (top right) John & Mason opening gifts (bottom left) Mason & Auntie Sara (bottom right)
This was the scene just after disco inferno party. I went from crazy party land to real-life-with-kid land. I'm not sure which I prefer! Ally and Mason have the same birthday, which means that two years ago on April 9th, Ally spent her birthday in a hospital squeezing a baby into the world. What a day (but what a birthday gift!). Mason is a total cutie pie, and his mom and dad are an awesome team. We ate Mexican food, made cupcakes, and watched kiddie tv on Saturday, then had the birthday party at John's parents' house on Sunday. He barbecued the best chicken ever, and Mason got enough toys to apease a child army. Happy birthday!
4/9/05
Disco Inferno
Burn, baby, burn! (click to enlarge)
For more pictures, click here.
Happy Birthday to Liz & me! Sammy hosted our Disco Inferno birthday party. Also attending was Ally (left), my friend that lves/works/mothers in Salem and never gets many opportunities to see my world. I made her come to Eugene and party with me for my birthday, and actually, hers too because her birthday is th 9th. Our feet are killing us this morning, but other than that, we had a fan-fucking-tastic time.
The party also accomplished something that, to my knowldege, has never before happened at Sammy's house...We had the police called on us. Hmm, maybe it was the fact that ten people in the back yard were holding an off-key sing along. Maybe it was the keg. Maybe it was the disco dance stomping. Maybe it was that there were a million people there, all dressed like the walking 70's, and all of which were drunk and noisy. Needless to say, it was a complete success and we have pulled off yet another kick-ass theme party. I love us!
For more pictures, click here.
Happy Birthday to Liz & me! Sammy hosted our Disco Inferno birthday party. Also attending was Ally (left), my friend that lves/works/mothers in Salem and never gets many opportunities to see my world. I made her come to Eugene and party with me for my birthday, and actually, hers too because her birthday is th 9th. Our feet are killing us this morning, but other than that, we had a fan-fucking-tastic time.
The party also accomplished something that, to my knowldege, has never before happened at Sammy's house...We had the police called on us. Hmm, maybe it was the fact that ten people in the back yard were holding an off-key sing along. Maybe it was the keg. Maybe it was the disco dance stomping. Maybe it was that there were a million people there, all dressed like the walking 70's, and all of which were drunk and noisy. Needless to say, it was a complete success and we have pulled off yet another kick-ass theme party. I love us!
3/31/05
Hire Us!
Ladies all gussied up for the job fair
Here we are, all dressed up and ready to divide & conquer the job fair.
Kellyclare, Stacy, Nicole, Katie and I went to the Oregon Professional Educators Fair on Wednesday to pass out resumes, meet school district representatives, and interview with prosepective employers. The day was long, starting with rolling out of bed at 6:30, arriving to the fair at 8:20, and leaving after 4:00. I met with eight districts that I would be willing to work for. They are, in order of priority: Springfield, Eugene 4J, South Lane, Bethel, Salem, Albany, Corvallis, and Forest Grove. I also had screening interviews with Eugene and Salem, as well as a promise of a call for an interview from Forest Grove, although I don't necessarily want to work there.
Katie is moving to Arizona, a state that really needs teachers, so she was offered two (secretly 2.5) jobs on that day! Kellyclare and Nicole both interviewed with Hawaii, the state where they are from. Stacy is going to finish up school at the end of next fall, so she was doing job search research and getting information about substituting after she finishes up.
Wish me luck as I finish up all of my applications over the weekend!
Here we are, all dressed up and ready to divide & conquer the job fair.
Kellyclare, Stacy, Nicole, Katie and I went to the Oregon Professional Educators Fair on Wednesday to pass out resumes, meet school district representatives, and interview with prosepective employers. The day was long, starting with rolling out of bed at 6:30, arriving to the fair at 8:20, and leaving after 4:00. I met with eight districts that I would be willing to work for. They are, in order of priority: Springfield, Eugene 4J, South Lane, Bethel, Salem, Albany, Corvallis, and Forest Grove. I also had screening interviews with Eugene and Salem, as well as a promise of a call for an interview from Forest Grove, although I don't necessarily want to work there.
Katie is moving to Arizona, a state that really needs teachers, so she was offered two (secretly 2.5) jobs on that day! Kellyclare and Nicole both interviewed with Hawaii, the state where they are from. Stacy is going to finish up school at the end of next fall, so she was doing job search research and getting information about substituting after she finishes up.
Wish me luck as I finish up all of my applications over the weekend!
3/29/05
Karaoke Contest
At the moment the winner was announced (click to enlarge)
Angelene was crownedthe winner of the Black Forest's annual karaoke contest last night! Click on the photo along the right sidebar for more pictures!
Angelene was crownedthe winner of the Black Forest's annual karaoke contest last night! Click on the photo along the right sidebar for more pictures!
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