Friday, December 12, 2008

They were too young to Die!!!

A little Background first.
In Ceramics a bisque fire is the first fire a pot has to go through to become a functional pot. This is a very dynamic fire when mud will actually change form into rock. This is done with intense heat. This is also the most dangerous fire because as air temperature reaches around 600 degrees, water wants to escape the walls of the pot and will sometimes cause explosions. To avoid this, you either let things sit out drying for days or you "Soak" just under the boiling point of water for several hours.

Fast Forward to Wednesday....................
End of the semester,
MUST..............FIRE.............ALL.............POTS!

Pots still wet, should soak for hmmmm..........20 hrs, Good.

Fast Forward to this Morning.
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AHH THE CARNAGE






Searching for indications of ownership!!


The Proud..........The few............
The Survivors.

I guess Everyone messes up once in a while.
p.s. Upon checking post-firing Data, a sheepish Ceramics teacher discovers a lack of zeros, that transformed 20 hours to 20 minutes!!

Monday, December 8, 2008

It the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Mostly wrapping paper but there is an occasional gift bag
2. Real tree or Artificial? Artificial, less mess
3. When do you put up the tree? First week of December, when we get a chance
4. When do you take the tree down? Probably right after Christmas
5. Do you like Egg Nog? It is okay if there is only a little in a lot of milk
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Probably The huge dollhouse gina and i got while my folks were in college
7. Hardest person to buy for? Lately Nickolas.
8. Easiest person to buy for? My Mom
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yeah Nick bought me one last year.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail, I love getting Mail!
11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Pepto Bismol Pink PJ's From Nick
12. Favorite Christmas Movie? White Christmas and Holiday Inn (I Love Bing and Danny!!)
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Back in October, I like to spread it out so it doesn't seem like we spend as much.
14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? ..............................................No comment
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Anything Peppermint, Yum.
16. Lights on the tree? yes, white
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? We travel, maybe someday we will stay home.
19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer? Yup!
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Alas our tree is hatless, just can't find the perfect STAR.
21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? Jammies Christmas eve and the rest in the morning.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Money!!
23. Favorite ornament theme or color? Snowflakes and silvery balls with silvery ribbon.
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? The usual I guess.
25. Favorite family Christmas tradition? Blueberry muffins for breakfast.

TAG

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Baby Tag

This is Fun!

1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? In the bathroom holding a Pee Stick.
2- Who was with you? Nick
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? Home Pregnancy Test
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Pretty excited, it was planned, so that was good.
5- Who was the first person you told? Nick
6-Did you plan to get pregnant? Yes
7- Did you tell everyone else right away? No. We told my folks at 12 weeks, but we didn't tell anyone else til like 20 weeks. i announced in Church at 21 weeks. ( i didn't show very much).
8-Was everybody happy for you? Yeah
9- Did you go out and celebrate? No, I don't think so..
10- Did you want to find out the sex? Um, Yeah, there are only so many yellow and green options out there.
11- What was the sex? Boy
12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yes
13- If yes, who? My mom threw a surprise shower while we were visiting them and my visiting teacher threw me one.
14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? Oh Yeah, Sorry
15- How much weight did you gain? About 35 pounds, but that all came on after about 25 weeks.
16- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Yup, but I don't like my starting weight , so we are still working on that.
17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks?I didn't think so, until he was born and I could see the underside of my belly and there they were, but not too many.
18- What did you crave the most? Otter pops and Peanut Butter and Jelly.
19- Did you crave anything crazy? Otterpops in December, a little strange
20- Who or what got on your nerves the most? I really got tired of people touching my belly, so I try to be careful to not just touch now!!
21- Were you married at the time? Yes
22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? He started pushing on my sciatic nerve at 8 weeks and it just got worse, then he cut off circulation to my other leg so I walked funny. i also had Group B Strep, but other than that no.
23- Where were you when you went into labor? In the living room. We were watching Cars and Nick had fallen asleep, so at 10:40 I stood up to get our toothbrushes and woosh!!
24- Did your water break? YUP
25- Who drove you to the hospital? Nick- I was so nervous it didn't seem real, like we would actually be bringing a Baby home.
26- Did you go early or late? 3 Days Early
27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Nick
28- How long were you in labor for? 10:40 Water Breaks, 10:50 Contractions start, 11:00 Dialated to a 7, Transition Labor, Epidural at around 11:30, Nap and Baby at 3:40
29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? Oh Yeah! Luckily my relief society President was in labor too, so the anesthetist was already there, or there would not have been enough time.
30-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? Vaginal with Drugs.
31- What was your first reaction after giving birth? He was so cute, with curly reddish hair.
32- How big was the baby(s)? 7lbs 4 oz..
33- Did your Husband cry? No
34- What did you name the baby(s)? Cooper John
35- Does her name have any significant meaning? We found Cooper in a baby book and he kicked me when we asked him. John is for my Grandpa who died the previous summer.
36- Did you have any visitors? My Mom and Dad drove down that morning for a couple hours, and Brittney and Kristen came by.
37- Did the baby(s) have any complications? Nope, beside thinking he was going to die of starvation, I had to supplement with 55cc's of formula that first day.
38- How old is your baby today? 18 months.
39- When is the next one(s) coming? Not sure yet, but maybe summer 2010.
40-If you could, would you do it all over again? Still on the fence with this one.
41- Tag: Mom (you can choose just one of us), Aimee, Bobbette, Maggie, Katie Kristen, Brittney, Wendy, Elisa, Jen................okay everyone!!

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Eating Crow

So Someone just brought me my wallet to work.
His Wife found it and he works for the school district, so he tracked me down and brought it to the Middle School.

As I was writing my earlier post today, I kept feeling like I should not rail and cuss the person who picked it up. (probably just optimism that it WOULD turn up).

So at least the crow is not too sour!!

So I lost my Wallet yesterday.............................

I put it on top of the car while I buckled Cooper up after his
18 monthPediatrician Appointment(Which went great)
..........Then I drove away.
I went back and looked.

The progress report that was with it was still on the asphalt.

As I walked around the parking lot crying and praying, Cooper took my face in his hands looked in my eyes and said "Mama" Then gave me a hug. I am so grateful for his empathetic spirit and sweet hugs.

Now don't get me wrong, I am upset about the inconvenience of having to get new everything, but the worst part to me has been that some person out there has pictures of my baby.

Prayers are answered.................I took my Social Security Card out of my wallet sometime last month.........So that is good.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Dear Grandma,

Thank you for the fun Nativity.

I Played with it all Night.

I made Mommy and Daddy Kiss Baby Jesus.

Then I threw them all over the room.

DO you see how I made it better???

Baby Jesus TOLD ME He wanted a Zebra For Christmas!!!

Coops Got Mad Skills!!

Helping Grandma do Laundry.

He was so cute............

A Future Cameraman. Here are Coops First Candid Shots.


Isn't he Talented?