Introducing Samantha Anne Prescott

This weekend I went to visit my friend Angel McAdams Prescott, her husband, and there new baby Samantha. I took along my camera to take some shots of the new little girl. Angel and I decided to go on the campus of Northwest Missouri State and take a few pictures so that Angel and Sean could print one off as there announcement, well we ended up taking 80 pictures...it is easy to do when you have a beautiful subject oh and she was sleeping! No worries I am only going to post a few for you to view.

break is over

Okay well it has been awhile since I have posted a blog. I had all intentions to post after the first few days of school - however I had some internet problems at the casa and I cannot get on blogspot.com at work - it is blocked! Well needless to say that the internet is up and running here on the homefront. I must say the thing that I missed the most about not having internet is being able to read my friend DJ's blog while she is in Africa...its called myghanaexperience (you should see it on my blog list panel), she comes home tomorrow night, the other thing I missed was chatting with my friend Ray on IM. Other than that no internet was really no biggie.
Well school is back in session and so far so good. I enjoy the majority of the students and I love my new schedule. Its amazing what a small schedule change can do to your job. I now teach from 7:45am to 12 - then a 22 min lunch (which is where I do lunch duty and eat lunch) then back to teach one more class until 1:05pm. So then after classes are over I sometimes have meetings or helping out around the building to do. Check my mailbox, voicemail, and email. If I do not have meetings or anything else then I try to workout until 2 then do other random things. This really helps me cause then on nights when I have things like church, class, etc I do not feel like I have to squeeze a workout in. Which is super bueno for me.
So with all that being said: I love my job, I love the majority of the students, I love my schedule, but I will always love my breaks!!
Okay enough for now - peace out

Flowers and Plants Jamaica Style

Okay so I am pretty sure that this is my last post about Jamaica. It was a great trip so it deserved to posts. Well really the plants and flowers there were just so beautiful that I thought they should have there own post! Enjoy and the next post will not be pictures or about Jamaica.



A little pink guy.

This one just had zebra like stripes on it
A fan palm tree or traveling palm

This one here is my favorite one. Cool lighting.
The yellow was a little more bright in real life
Yellow combo plants

Some little purple guys

These ones are called Angel Trumpets - so I took them in honor of my friend Angel since she could not make the trip.
Some red ones

Crazy tree branches
Close up of the yellow and green leaves
Some pink ones
Close up of a single red one

Pics from Jamaican Me Crazy

Path to the main area of resort
View from Hil and DJ's room

Classic roommate photo
Cozy place to dine

Chairs on the beach with a little hut in case of sunburn or rain

Omar Jr. the beach crab
The pool area with the beach in the background

Sunrise along the beach in Montego Bay

Hobie Cat, very fun to ride on when it is wavy
View from Hil and DJ's room
Pretty fountain

One of the restaurants at the resort
Hil and me chillin after dinner, yes that is me in a dress
All the girls dressed up for dinner. Yep I'm in a skirt again

Well Jamaica was pretty amazing. I had the most fun doing the water events, such as snorkeling, kayaking, the Hobie cat, and climbing the waterfalls. Other than that we soaked up the sun and ate fun foods. We did do a little shopping in the city - that was a tad stressful. But overall the trip was amazing and it is beautiful there, maybe someday I will have the opportunity to go back.

A "Golden" Lady

A tribute to one of my favorite actress. Estelle Getty, also known as Sophia on the Golden Girls passed away on July 22, 2008 at the age of 84, just 3 days from her 85th birthday. The news reports say that she died from natural causes, she did however suffer from dementia and osteoporosis.

Estelle had a great career in television, she was most known for her role as Sophia, the mother of Dorothy on the Golden Girls. She also did some work on Broadway and as a comedian in her beginning days of acting.

Emmy Awards
1986 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – The Golden Girls – (Nominated)
1987 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – The Golden Girls – (Nominated)
1988 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – The Golden Girls – (Won)
1989 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – The Golden Girls – (Nominated)
1990 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – The Golden Girls – (Nominated)
1991 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – The Golden Girls – (Nominated)
1992 – Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – The Golden Girls – (Nominated)

Golden Globe Awards
1985 – Actress in a Leading Role – Musical or Comedy Series – The Golden Girls – (Nominated)
1986 – Actress in a Leading Role – Musical or Comedy Series – The Golden Girls – (Won)
1991 – Actress in a Supporting Role – Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie – The Golden Girls – (Nominated)

Sophia has always been my favorite Golden Girl. I am glad that my mom has bought me all the Seasons on DVD, that way I can see Estelle/Sophia any time I want. I have enjoyed The Golden Girls for many many years. I enjoy the show because it is funny and in a small way I hope that parts of my life in the future as an elderly person is like theirs. I think it would be fun to live with some of my friends when our husbands are in heaven and just enjoy each others company...and of course eating cheese cake every night would also be amazing, since it so happen that cheese cake is my favorite dessert as well.
If you feel like celebrating Estelle's life as Sophia Friday July 25th Lifetime television is doing a marathon tribute from 12 noon to 5p.m.

Happy 4th of July!!

Wikipedia says that Independence day is...An Independence Day is an annual celebration commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another state, more rarely after the end of a military occupation. Most countries honour their respective independence day as a national holiday and some countries or nations' independence-date honours are contested. Declaration of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776.
The 4th of July has always had mixed feelings in my own mind. As kids growing up we never bought fireworks except for sparklers. My dad had something against it; maybe it was cause he was in the army, for our safety, too expensive, etc. Not really sure. But man when we were kids it sure did suck and we did get made fun of alot, but thankfully are friends just let us light their fireworks (this did include bottle rocket wars). Also growing up we always watched fireworks in Gladstone while sitting in the back of my dads truck in the parking lot of my high school. They had awesome fireworks, it still is the best fireworks that I have seen in my 30 years.
As an adult I have spent almost every 4th of July at my friend Cameron's dad's house in Excelsior Springs, MO (a.k.a. E-town). In this environment we eat several times, play bocce ball, play golf ball toss, watch the kiddos swims or play on the slip in slide. We also part take in a fireworks display put on my Cam's dad David and his brother Brad. At times there are some things blown up such as watermelons and pumpkins. This use to be way cool - however I now think that there are too many kids around that it could be a tad on the dangerous side. I do not have much say though cause I am a guest with no kids! I have only missed this event 2 times, 1 time I made an unexpected trip to St. Louis and the year after that I did nothing.
I think that the 4th is kind of silly - we blow things up to celebrate our independence. However it is probably on the list of holidays I enjoy - why? - cause it is a holiday where you just show up and eat!! No gifts are needed.
Well enjoy your day of independence wherever you are and however you celebrate. Just be smart if you are lighting firecrackers.

Drum playing update

Well I figured it was time for a drum update since I have been playing, maybe I should say learning to play for a little over 2 months now. I will say that I am to the point where it actually feels like I am playing something and keeping a beat. Am I ready for an audience - no prolly not quite yet. For the last two months I have been working on the three way coordination - which my teacher says is in many songs in some way. I just take his word for it. The three way coordination involves the snare, the bass drum, and the high hat. So I think that I have finally got those down at least at a slow speed with out making numerous mistakes. Then today at my drum lesson I learned how to involve the other three drums. So now I know a pattern that involves the snare, the bass drum, the high hat, the 2 toms, and the floor tom. It is a pretty awesome feeling I must admit. And next time I have a lesson (which is not for a month due to weddings, and the Jamaica trip) I get to bring my iPOD and play along with a song that I enjoy. So if anyone has any suggestions send them my way. I am hoping some of my favorite bands do something simple that maybe this chick drummer can handle. I truly am excited that I have found something fun to do and who knows maybe someday I will play a song in front of people and they will enjoy it!