Big Brother 6

Let me start by saying that I am not a Big Brother Mega Fan. I know people who have watched every season of Big Brother. I have watched Big Brother 4 and now I am watching Big Brother 6. I would have watched Big Brother 5 except for I was in the middle of moving to Virginia and ended up living 10 days on a blow up bed waiting for my furniture to finally arrive...anyway...not the point

So Nathan and I were watching Big Brother 6 tonight...well I was watching, going through some old paperwork and he was putting together boxes so I could pack all my teaching stuff to take to the school tomorrow. Anyway...I have never seen anything so funny in my life...there were almost 2 fights tonight and they had to separate everyone and then they all got this really stern talking to...it was the funniest thing I have ever seen. It might even beat season 4 when they kicked the guy out because he got mad and threw a chair. I have to say that I think most of the people on Big Brother this year are extremely annoying. The girl (I haven't learned names yet) that keeps going around flaunting that she is "Latin"...she annoys the hell out of me. And Eric...the annoying firefighter is not much better. I liked the Eric fire fighter on season 4 much better.

Oh well...this is will be a great year for conflicts if they are having problems this early on. I can't wait!

Finally!!!

Today is the day....Harry Potter Day!!!!

I am off to get my wrist band so that I can get my book tonight at the stroke of midnight!!!

Happy Happy Day!

Snow in July

On Sunday (7/3/05) we took our trip up Pike's Peak. We road the Cog Train up the mountain. I must say that one of the most frustrating things about all of our tourist stops in Colorado Springs was the lack of useful information. Most of the places we went did not provide the essential information like costs, times, and schedules. Fortunately before we left I had printed off some things from the Internet.

So off we went to Pike's Peak. We were all thinking that the trip would take a grand total of 2 hours or so. 30 minutes up, some time on top, and then another 30 minutes down. LOL. Whatever. The trip up the mountain took an hour and ten minutes or more. We had 40 minutes at the summit and then had the return trip back down the mountain. It would have been nice to know that!

I had so much fun with Ava on the train on the way up and down. We looked out the window and named different things and talked about going up the mountain in a train. She was so good and it was so much fun to spend the trip with her (and her parents and my fiance of course!)

When we got to the top it was cold...dang cold! Of course...wherever there is snow on the ground in July it must be cold! Thankfully the man that took my reservation warned me to make sure and bring a coat because it would be cold at the summit. I cannot imagine traveling up the mountain the middle of winter when there is snow at the bottom of the mountain too!

Colorado Springs

Well...we made it home from our week long vacation to Colorado Springs. We did just about everything there is to do in Colorado Springs and it will take several posts to detail everything.

I have to say that the weather was GREAT!!! So much better than Texas in the summer. Nights were in the upper 40's to low 50's and the days were never too hot! I think one of the most memorable parts of the trip was Monday night, the 4th of July. We went to the huge park in the center of Colorado Springs for the fireworks. We took our blankets and sat out on the grass. As the sun went down it became quite chilly...enough to put on jackets and comment on how cool it was for the 4th of July. I have to say...I have NEVER had to wear a jacket to watch fireworks because it was TOO chilly!

However, that is all a distant memory now. We are back to 100 degree days and nights where the temperature doesn't fall below 80. And on top of the heat is the humidity. One moring when we were in Colorado Springs that weather man said that the humidity was 18%. 18%!!! wow
And that was AFTER it had rained quite a bit the day before. I wonder if the humidity is EVER that LOW here in Texas?