I Am Back, Baby

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 3 Comments

Well blogworld. I have surfaced from the vast deepness that is the end of the semester.  I turned my last paper in today.  I taught my last class of the semester today and now all I have to do is sit and relax for the next 3 1/2 months until the school madness starts again…. 

Reality:  Peepers’ court date is next Tuesday–yes that is right only one week away.  Then we will travel about 4-5 weeks after that.  Holy shit.  In about six weeks, I will be the mother of two.  What have I gotten myself into?  I am exciting and I can’t wait to post pics of our little Peepers.  She is a beaut and I am so totally in love with her.  Minnow talks about her being in Ethiopia and knows that Mommy is going to fly and get her.  He knows where her room is, etc.  I am not kidding myself by thinking for even one minute that he really understands what it means the he has a sister and she is going to live with us.  But I am so very excited and cannot wait to meet her. 

There is so much going on here this week I don’t know when I will see straight again.  I am happy to say that most of my sickness is gone—praise antibiotics–and the only writing I have to do over the next 3 1/2 months is blogging.  I am excited.  I have some pics to post from Jazz Fest and from the last weekend with Minnow.  So please humor my photo craziness…I am just using thumbnails as it would take entirely to long to resize them all…So just click on them and you will get to see the full picture. 

jazz-fest-08-118.JPG At the Festjazz-fest-08-129.JPG Need A Tie?

 jazz-fest-08-144.JPG Just to clear up the rumors.  jazz-fest-08-134.JPG Really?

jazz-fest-08-153.JPGPonchos are back.  jazz-fest-08-158.JPG Rain!!

jazz-fest-08-155.JPGBILLY JOEL!   jazz-fest-08-161.JPGBreakfast of Champions!

jazz-fest-08-167.JPG Jackson Square. 

bubbles-002.JPG Ketchup of lunch.  bubbles-003.JPG So much faster. 

bubbles-036.JPG I love bubbles. bubbles-033.JPGI love swinging. 

bubbles-071.JPG I can blow bubbles. bubbles-042.JPG Look at me.

bubbles-080.JPGHow cute am I?

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Just because he is so darn cute.  See why I can hardly punish him for anything!

Spent

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 1 Comment

I am finished with the final draft of my 21 page action research project.  I have read it. Re-read it. Changed it.  Re-read it.  Changed it.  Re-read it.  Spell checked and proof read it.  I am done with it.  I am now nearly blind and I think I am physically stuck in my chair and at my laptop.  I will go to bed now and celebrate tomorrow while turning the paper in. 

We will return to our regularly scheduled blogging tomorrow.  I have totally missed you all. 

Karma Can Kiss My….

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 3 Comments

you can fill in the blank.  I am currently running a fever of about 102 or 103.  Hubby is out of town on business and I am suppose to work tomorrow.  This is what I get for going to one of Hubby’s favorite places (Jazz Fest) and having a lot of fun and kind of rubbing it in his face a little before I left.  So, now I am sick.  UGH!!!!

The Big Easy…Here I Come

/ Dawn Kasal-Finley / 1 Comment

Oh, a few years ago I would have had a field day with that title.  But now, I will have to let all the innuendo go.  Oh, how being married can really put a damper on your being “easy.”  Not that I am complaining–being easy certainly isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.  I quite enjoy the power that comes with being more discerning…

This time tomorrow I’ll be on Bourbon Street flashing my boob…oh wait wrong festival…and no I don’t just have one boob, but it isn’t Mardi Gras they are certainly not getting the full show without beads. 

I’ll be thinking of you all fondly as I bask in the sun, eat fried green tomatoes, Crawfish Monica, Soft Shell Crab Po’boys and drink Rosemint ice tea, while listening to Robert Plant and Alison Kraus, Sheryl Crow and Billy Joel.  I’ll drink a Hurricane for you and answer the question..”Where you got yo shoes?”  “On Bourbon Street Baby.”