Cast Signing

One of the kids on my bus broke her wrist on the same day that my mom broke her wrist.

Hm-m-m. I wonder if anyone has signed my mom's cast.....

Our Fleet of Buses

Today was bus-garage-cleaning day. All the buses are waiting for the floor to be cleaned.

Today's Church Service at Bethel Evangelical Free Church

Granite City with some blurry friends of Jason, ha ha

I am out on a countrry road taking early morning pictures.

Mock Accident

They are doing a mock accident at Kindred HS. (This is Prom weekend)

Hanging out @Valley city State University with the Music Kids

Beautiful Day!

Barb Rude's Surprise Birthday Party

Hanging out at Concordia College

I took this picture from the bus window during an indoor track meet.

Yum! Steaks, asparagus and mushrooms on the grill!

Fire in Kindred

Craig Roe was working in his shop when a spark ignited the building on fire. Craig was lucky to get out because the fire spread so fast! Years ago the building housed the town's movie theater. Around five years ago our daughter, Jamie, and her husband, Ryan, lived in one of the apartments directly above the shop which was a total burn out. Now the apartment housed Zak Buse and his dad, Kenny. Fortunately no one was home in either apartment... in fact, Zak was in my school bus at the time.

Stuck in the Snow

What a day! On the way to school we got stuck in the snow. While I was snapping this picture, the kids gathered around the doorway trying to see and one of them stepped on the fire extinguisher. BIG PUFF! What a mess! On the way home from school we saw the big horse barn fire south of Horace. The kids were snapping pictures and going wild. I overheard them saying that "This was the BEST day ever on the school bus! (Maybe we all should look at the world through a child's eye)

David Sr. Dies

David died today. Most of the family was at the house. David slept all day in a hospital bed that hospice had provided. Addie was sitting by his bed, holding his hand. I ran to get my camera to "capture the moment" but when I came back she wasn't holding his hand any more... but I still snapped this picture. All of us will miss him......... 35 min after this picture was taken, David died.

Big Snow Flakes

I tried to get picture of the big snowflakes,but they're not showing up in the picture. I guess you'll have to take my word for it...... Big Snow Flakes!

Beautiful Day!

What a wonderful day!
The sky is so blue.
The snow so fresh!
The roads are all plowed.
What a Beautiful Day!

Sun dogs

Check out the sundogs this morning!

Snowy Day

No school today. I'm glad....It will give the snow plows time to clear the country roads after the weekend snow.....even though we can get an additional 3 inches today. I dislike driving the school bus on invisible roads.

Mobile Uploads

Our fans!

Front of T-Shirts Say: "We Love Our Lunch Ladies"

The back of their shirts say "And the Scalloped Potatoes"

(Yes, they got an extra big helping that day!)

Another mobile upload:

Picture taken of the West Fargo High School:

Hanging out @ a speech meet in West Fargo.

Another Saturday Toting Wrestlers

Today I (and many other bus drivers) are hanging out in Casselton.

My Birthday Celebration Continues

My Birthday celebration continues. Today I had a free birthday meal at a restaurant with Jen and free coffee at two coffee shops. I love birthdays!

Now I'm home waiting for the trick-or-treaters. Max is all decked out with his Halloween neck scarf.  He's wants to do the greeting.... or eating, one of the two.  (He's already tried to get at the forbidden candy.)

Halloween @ KHS

 

We had fun at school today.  We all dressed up for Halloween.  The kitchen was lit up with jack-o-lanterns and orange lights.

 

The kids were all dressed up too.

At lunch, the gals gave me a cake and a gift especially picked out for me....a bag of old broken electronics.  (Gee, thanks guys!)

Birthday Cakes

I got two birthday cakes today! There was one from my fellow school bus drivers:

And there was one from my fellow school cooks:

Actually, I even got a complimentary piece of cheese cake at the restaurant that Dave and I ate at.  (Does that count as the third cake?)

Who is going to roll me to work on Monday?

I Love Birthdays!

I love birthdays! It's not even my birthday yet, and I've received three presents!

Lunch with Jamie

Jamie and I were going to have lunch at Subway in the brand new Walmart. But even though the store opened today, Subway wasn't open for lunch yet.

It's a beautiful, updated store.  (Compared to other Walmarts that I've seen.) Except I was surprised to see no self service check outs.  One of the employees told me that there were too many dishonest people to have self service.  Hm-m-m? I expected it to be the wave of the future. Oh well..

Jamie and I ended up having a nice lunch at the new Mexican Village. It was good to sit down and talk.  Jamie has been so busy lately.  There was a lot of catching up to do.

This is my next phone!

Fun Pic

This was a free picture of Mom and me
that was taken against a green screen
at the Women's Showcase.
Kind of fun!

Women's Showcase @ the Fargo Dome

Georgia and I have been going to the Women's Showcase every fall for the past three years. This year Jodi, Savanna and my mom came with. We had a good time. Savanna and I had a contest to see who could collect the most pens. Savanna won. (Just wait until next year, Savanna!)

El Zagal Style Show

My mom and I go to El Zagal's style show each fall. This year my dad's cousin, Dula, came with us. We had a good time.

I decided that I need to buy myself some boots. I also need to buy myself something purple..... apparently it's the color of the year.

Book Club

Our book club met at new coffee shop called the Daily Grind. This time we didn't discuss any particular book, but instead talked about many books. We put together a tentative list of the books that we plan to read over the next few months.

It was good to see everyone again. I don't have much spare time, so I rarely read books (I prefer tech magazines), but I will read the assigned book every month to stay in book club. If it weren't for book club, I'd never see many these gals. You know how it is.... you need a reason.

Sue's Birthday

We had fun today. It was Sue's birthday. Sue collects containers..... any container. Pickle pails, sour cream containers, peanut butter containers, etc. It drives Jodi nuts. Jodi is always teasing Sue about it and won't let her take any more containers home. Today for Sue's birthday, we all brought Sue a container from home. ha ha It was a good joke. We all had a good laugh....especially Sue.

Drunken Noodle

My mom and I go out to eat every Saturday that I don't have to work. We are always trying new restaurants. Today we ate at the Dunken Noodle. We enjoyed the food.... and the time spent together.

Check out my Co-Workers:

Mad Cooks!

Blue & White Day

Everyone at school had fun with Blue & White Day, the final day of homecoming week. In the kitchen we showed our colors by wearing blue eye shadow, etc. As you can tell from the pictures, we had fun.