HELLO WARM WEATHER, I LOVE YOU.

CAVIAR OUR FAVORITE

THIS IS A SIDEWALK BY THE HOUSE. I HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE OF IT.

WHITE LILACS AT MY HOUSE.

MY FRIEND'S BABY...JAYDEN.

THIS IS ME WEARING A BEAR SKIN.

MY CDA !!!!!!

MY GUY AND MY DOG....IZZY LOVES HIM TOO.

KASSONDRA AND I DURING SAFETY TOWN.

May 15, 2010. Life is good. Steve and I are good. <3>

I EARNED MY CDA!!!!! I AM PROUD. School is almost over for the year. Then I go on unemployment and make so much less than normal. I hope to work part time also. I am just trying to catch up on life.

Molly and Mike are doing well. Their baby girl is due July 9. Brock just turned '6' May 7th. He is so funny. I told him Steve has lots of dirt bikes and if he comes out here, Steve will take him dirt bike riding. Brock was very excited and he thinks it is all cool.

I have two weddings to do the photographs for. One is in July, and the other is Sept. 18. Yay. I am making money on them which is great. One of them is a former student's Mom and Dad. :) I had to buy a new camera, which made me happy and sad at the same time. I love my old camera, but it has done me good and it was dropped. :( I still want to get it fixed, but haven't gotten up to the Springs to get an estimate. I love the new camera too. I am still learning how to work it. Both are Canon EOS.

Molly and Mike sent me the funniest Mother's day stuff. I got a card, a pressed flower, receipts from various things they bought, a gift card from Cold Stone, a picture Brock made for me. (I love it), a picture of Brock on a key chain, assorted wrist bands from who knows what, a pamphlet about Sciatic back pain, and other odds and ends. It all made me laugh. They are so funny. They are getting me back for sending them a taco mix envelope and other stupid things. :) Life is good. I wish they would come out for a visit. Thanksgiving????

I guess that is all for now. Summer is coming and Steve and I have planted a garden. Beans, radishes, corn, basil, rosemary (my fav), strawberries and tomatoes!!! Can't wait to start munchin on everything. YUM. I will add a few pictures for your viewing enjoyment. HA HA ..So keep in touch and peace out...Love, Gail

MY AWESOME LIFE RIGHT NOW.

My guy on his BETA.

Wonderful Cordon Bleu made by Steve. It was so good.

EAT MY DIRT.

We went hiking here. So pretty.

Steve and his son, looking at Indian cravings on a rock near where we live. We love Colorado.

Asparagus ..YUM

That is me holding a baby goat of my friends, Leah and Dirk.

Here is Steve cooking up spaghetti and meatballs.

Izzy with Steve's son sleepin over. Izzy loves him!!!

Steve's famous fried oysters with avocado. Love these.

Steve riding his son's bike at Beck's.

Steve doing tricks on the bike. He is awesome!

Steve and I LOVE caviar and smoked salmon.

A beautiful Steak.

Green Beans with bacon.

It has been a very long time since I did a blog. Life has definitely changed. I am single and really having a good time. Seeing a sweet guy for 2 months now. STEVE. He is a Dirt Bike racer, (he has tons of trophies) and dirt bike hill climber, motorcycle repair man, an artist, an ice sculptor, metal sculptor, awesome chef, and funny man. You always have to find someone who makes you laugh, and boy oh boy Steve can make me laugh. I will include a few pictures so you can see. And some of the yummy food he has made. He worked at a French Restaurant for , four years and he learned A LOT.

Steve and I are having fun. We are both busy, but love the weekends to relax. I love that he is a homebody like me. We go shooting when we have money for ammo, and time at targets. Me with my 22 Ruger rifle, Steve with one of his awesome guns. We love it.

Work has been good this year. I am waiting to see how I did on my CDA test and interview. If I pass I will be certified in Child Development . If I pass. Ha !

I helped coach my friend Kara in childbirth of their first baby. She did so great, and I was so happy to be a part of seeing 'Taeron' come into this world.

I miss having chickens. The science of eggs, the people I met, the beautiful eggs. Maybe again someday. I have a lot of pictures of my eggs and that is why I want to do it again. People loved my eggs.

I am so excited about Molly and Mike having their second child (a girl) in July. :) . I won't be there for the birth, but I have my plane ticket for the end of July. I can't wait to hold that new baby. :)

So I guess that is all for now. If you want to email me my email is wldhrt40@yahoo.com . Keep in touch. I send you love and hugs from Colorado...Rocky Mountain High.

PLEASE LOVE AND DISIPLINE YOUR CHILDREN

Today is January 28, 2010, I took the day off from work today. Why? This has been a very hard week at school with the kids. Our little biter bit a therapist. Broke the skin. There was blood. She had to go to C-Com for treatment. I just don't understand why this child gets so many chances over and over. The therapist had to get a tetanus shot and will have to get blood taken for 6 mns. Why don't they make the child be suspended for a week? Or something. Well yesterday she was mad at me and threw a chair at my leg. It hit right below my right knee. No it did not feel good! I am just tired of children not having consequences for all the pain and hurt they are causing. Why oh why don't the parents seem to care? Why? This little girl has bitten at least 6 teachers I can think of. My co-teacher also. These kids that act out want attention. They want guidance and structure!!! I see how children are acting because parents are scared to spank or discipline their children. I see so many parents with very low self esteems, so they continue to let the cycle go on. It sucks! Parents, BE PARENTS. Your children are seeking your attention. Love them, hold them, don't swear in front of them. Don't swear at them. These children are, our future. Guide them. LOVE THEM. Correct their mistakes. With Love. Peace.

ABOVE: IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.

PAUL AND BECKY ALLEN

ME AND BECKY ACTING NERDY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS PEEPS.

Merry Christmas ho ho ho Just wanted to update my life a little. It is December 23 today. I had my friends Becky and Paul overnight last night. We had a fun, but quick visit. Paul is the guy who fell 20 feet from his tree in August. He is doing so much better but still has a blood clot in his leg. Please keep him in your prayers for that to go away. And for Becky. She needs prayer too. She has been through soooo much crap and ill health in her life. Many burdens on her right now. I love her and I ask anyone to pray for her. She is cool and awesome and fun. She has 15 tattoos and I have 14. We are like kindred souls.
Next... This will be my first Christmas...alone. I am ok with it. I will be busy Christmas eve at church so that will be my Christmas. I keep wishin I was in IL, opening presents with Brock, Molly and Mike. Like I was last year. I sent a few presents to family. The money is not there like when I had Bob to help. But I do what I can. I applied for 'Leap', for help with heating this drafty house, but was denied. So, I will do the best I can every month. Christmas is about Jesus. Honoring 'His' Birthday. Not buying everyone gifts. I hope everyone understands. I really want to go to IL in July to help Molly and Mike with the new baby. I will be on unemployment, so money will be even tighter. I pray I get tax money from the government. It is really hard not having Bob to lean on with money stuff. He now makes real money and is now with 'someone new'. It is hard to for me to swallow that, thinking we would be together forever, but life changes right? I want to thank all my family and friends who care so big about me. I love you!!!!! I couldn't do it without you and God! Everybody has something in their life that is a bump in their life. So I know I am not alone. I am blessed to have what I have at this point in my life. A job, a home, and insurance, and friends and family. I make under $12,000 a year, but God provides. I love the kids I teach. I am so blessed. The other day little Hayley says as we pass a herd of DEER, "Look at the Momma deers laying down, they're laying eggs!" It was so cute. . Kids are great!!! So that is about all for now. Have a wonderful, fresh 2010!!! Love and hugs from me....Gail

CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO. COLORADO SPRINGS

Went to the zoo today. It was 47 degrees. How fun. I walked alone and had fun. I love giraffes. So quiet, and tall and have the most beautiful eyelashes. I wasn't there a long time. They didn't have the paths shoveled so it was slick. I didn't want to fall. I saw the gorillas, Primates, hippos, birds, and not many people. I had the Zoo to myself. What fun. Just wanted to share these pictures. And if you remember, I am in the Giraffe class at work. :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS...YEA

My sweet, real Christmas tree. 2009

Here it is December 11. I hate my life right now. I am sad. Very weepy. I know I have a lot I am thankful for. I am. But I just feel so alone. I love Colorado. I can't live back in IL where all my family is. It is just too fast paced for me. Here, it is slower and I feel people try to absorb the mountain beauty and love it. I for the most part love the Colorado weather. It is most of the time liveable. Lately it has been so cold. All I can think about it the gas bill for January. I have a job. I am so glad I have a job. I love my job. But life is just too hard sometimes. $$$ is evil. When Bob and I were married, it was all easier. He made good money at the Power Plants and he paid for us. It was nice. I paid for a things in our marriage but now, since the divorce, I have to pay for everything. Alimony pays for rent. But that will run out someday. Then what? I am not healthy enough to have two jobs. My stupid arthritis kills me. I am 52 now. More than half way to 100. Crap. I am so sad. I think of others who don't have a job, or who have bad health problems, or who have even less than me. I feel blessed. But I hate being alone. But I also like being alone. So what do I like? I miss hugs and emotional support, and kissing, and cuddling. I have guys I see once in a while, but they aren't 'there' for me. And 3 of them are married! Or far away. Stupid men.

Have I wasted my life? Have I done everything I wanted to do? NO. But lack of money makes lifeso rough. I wish I made a better living. I know Molly would say, "You get what you put into life." Yes that is right. All I ever wanted to be was a wife and mother. Not a provider. I love working with kids. They are so funny. I love teaching them new things. To write their name, to count, to show them something new, how to hold scissors, how to know the alphabet. How the sounds, sound of different letters. It is a blast.

I don't want to sit here and feel sorry for myself. I am also starting the "change of life." Mother Nature YOU SUCK!!!!! My hormones are so jacked up. I cry, I smile, I weep, I laugh. AAAGGHHHHHH.

I love my Christmas tree. I love that Christmas means we celebrate the birth of our Jesus. But it is also, buy, buy, buy. Out-do your friends. Who gives the most or the best. Forget it. I hate Christmas. Buy all you can for your kids. WHY? I can't wait til January first. Ok, Before I blow up I am going to put on my pajamas, and climb into bed and watch TV, and listen to the furnance turn on and turn off, and turn on and turn off. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

I love my life, I hate my life. I miss my family, I wish I had money. I love my church, I love my friends. I miss my Brock. Waa Waa Waa. I better call the Wambulance. Peace.

ORANGE IS COOL

THIS IS MY FRIEND MELISSA'S HORSE HONEY.