The Chaos Chronicles: Project 365 Week 7

Another busy week in the McCoy-Rossman household. We worked really hard this week to keep the house picked up because we were heading to Denver and Steamboat Springs for the long weekend. We have had a lot of fun! I left ALL my work at home because I knew if I even brought my flashdrive with me that I would be tempted to do work.

As I type this, the boys are splashing around in the pool hotel, and it is snowing like crazy outside. Ed is already worrying about the drive home. Please pray for a safe trip home for us tomorrow!

Here was our week...

Sunday: My office is at the front of the house, and there is really nothing to protect it from the cold north wind. I also think it's the last room that the heat gets to, which is also why it's so cold. I keep a radiator in there for days when I have work to do. This was the temperature in my office when I turned it on. Brrrrrrr!!!

Monday: One day last week, the dog ran under my legs and hit the cabinet door where my desktop sits. My flash drive was plugged it and was connected to my lanyard, school badge, and whistle. He somehow managed to whack it and bent it. I immediately went into a nuclear meltdown because I literally had 4 years of work on it. Before you ask...yes, I do back it up, but maybe only once a month. I was working on all my lesson plans for that week and the thought of having to recreate them...well, I couldn't imagine. Ed managed to salvage the stick long enough to transfer it to the desktop. I finally bought a new flash drive, and I transferred everything to it. It took FOREVER.

Tuesday: This little cutie has been leaning forward in her bouncer, so we put her in the Bumbo during dinner. She lasted for about 5 minutes. I remember mentioning to Ed that she looked so big sitting in, but in the picture she looks so tiny!

Wednesday: I LOVE MAGAZINES. I will subscribe to almost anyone that has any article that could possibly pertain to my life. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to read them during the week. Thank goodness for this long weekend...I have some time to catch-up!

Thursday: Valentine's Day!!! We had a soda float party in my classroom, and it was lots of fun. Ed had cub scouts, so he and Emmalyn came to the school early for the party. I had beautiful roses delivered to me, along with a sweet little bear, balloon, and a box of chocolates. What a man I have! We went to eat at Ruby Tuesday's, and it was sooooooo good!

However, since we were heading out of town this weekend, I had to go back to work to do my lesson plans for the coming week. This is what it looked like when I left. So creepy. I was actually relieved that there was a policeman sitting in the parking lot when I left.

Friday: I told one of my students that if she didn't cheer up, I would be forced to call her Grumpy for the duration of the day. This led to the students trying to remember all the names of the 7 dwarves. This was the list we came up with. I contributed the first two. They crack me up.

Saturday: The kids and I spent the day in Denver while Ed was at a Flames of War tournament in Aurora. We went on a tour of the Hammond Candy Factory, which was so much fun. We then went to the Denver Children's Museum. It was so crowded, but the boys had a blast. I think we were there for almost four hours! After that was dinner at Casa Bonita. I had read about it in my Colorado Day Trips for Families book. It said the food was so-so, but the atmosphere was awesome. The boys had so...much...FUN! There were cliff divers, fire jugglers, a shoot out, and more. They had a huge arcade and a haunted cave. E and I sat at the table, eating sopapillas and reading magazines. Well...I ate the sopapillas and read the magazines. It was our bonding time.

My nephew, Cayson, sent his Flat Stanley to visit us for a while, so he got to come on the fun weekend, too! Check back for a post about his travels with us!