sublimation

today was another day with mad science -- and i got to play with dry ice!!

the 75 cent word for the dry ice workshop is SUBLIMATION, or the change in the state of matter from a solid to a gas (like dry ice does)...lots of fun watching fog form, watching bubbles come out of a flask, and cooling water with dry ice in hopes of seeing the color change on the special thermalcolor cups we hand out! we also used dry ice to freeze some water & to make loud squeaky noises, lol...

other than that, today started as a super wet morning, and now it is hot & sunny out...i am enjoying the a/c and scrapbooking while watching movies...today i am at 3 pages and counting!! i love being this productive, but i certainly miss scrapping with my friends!!

toodles :)

scrappers throwdown!

here is the july sketch & my interpretation of it...another month, another try...not sure i will ever "win," but i also am not in it to win it -- i am not campaigning (i don't think anyone is, but there could be, lol), i usually never vote...oh well! another page done from my trip to yellowstone!

in other news on the home front -- i brought my scrap stuff yesterday -- i have completed 3 jenni bowlin project kits, started another, finished a halloween mini book i started awhile ago (found other pictures to use), and have created 3 12x12 pages! woohoo!!

happy week!

toodles :)

life

summer school has ended (yesterday in fact) & now i am house sitting...the dogs are being good & the pond & turtles & fish are all behaving, too :) the next 2 weeks will be full of scrapbooking (probably a lot of the teton trip will get finished) and movies...

in about a month i will be back to work -- happy about that -- i will have 3 days of meetings then i will go onto unpaid leave and be student teaching! i am nervous about the student teaching...not sure if it is the unpaid aspect of it all or not knowing what to expect with the students & teachers i will be working with...but come december, i will be able to start job hunting for a certified position & be back at work where i know everyone and what is happening...i am very happy about that!!!

last weekend i drove to omaha (all by myself!) and had a great time with friends, talking about our dana days and visiting the campus...i did not get to spend as much time with bev as i would have liked, but maybe i will go back again soon :)

other than that, there is not much going on in my life right now...i need to get another link up for my friend lauren -- she just started a blog and is going to be teaching in SUDAN! how exciting!!!

hope everything is looking good :)
toodles!

sneak peek for a card swap i am in!

i am doing a card swap with some friends (carole, monica, barb, nancy, & tina)...

we had one with a sketch & one with an inspiration photo/ad (you can find these on monica's blog)...

here are mine, all ready to go...

first is the little tag i stamped (stampin' up) for each pair of cards...
all the sets ready to go...
my inspiration photo card -- i loved the pink/brown combo & the triangles of the ice cream cones...used MM pink cosmo paper...
my sketch card...tim holtz stamp, BG porcelain papers...

so sad & angry...

i found out tonight, like many other alumni, that Dana College was not approved for accreditation after its buyout attempt...and, after being told that today, the board of regents decided that the college would be closing -- now -- there is no 2010-2011 college year at Dana anymore...i am guessing we will be hearing and learning more in the coming days, but this is such a sad time...

i made many of my best friends at dana...i learned so much there that i use regularly...i experienced things i never thought i would have the chance to -- and gained the courage to go off and do more...dana has always been a part of my life -- my parents met there & graduated from there in 1964 (2 days after they got married, in fact)...

the urge to drive to blair and just sit on the hill is very strong right now -- this makes me miss nebraska -- maybe i will have to road trip soon for one last hoorah...

Oh, hail, fair Dana, hail to thee; though time thy walls may claim, thy spirit live another throng; rise up and sing your song.
Dana College, 1884-2010