Around the Neighborhood

So I really love the neighborhood we live in, the Timberline Estates.  Its pretty much like living in the country but with more houses around....I just thought I would share some photos form my walk today around Peaceful Drive and Deer Run....I was doing a little practice with Photoshop CS5 also...what do ya think?

Our house on Peaceful Drive

Down Deer Run

Over the "bridge" this same creek runs right behind our house....in the description of our house it called this a "peaceful brook" I'll have to post again when it starts to rain in the spring....more like a raging river!

This isn't where our mailboxes are but I thought it made a good picture.

In the pasture where this windmill is there are two of the most beautiful horses I have ever seen! They are a very interesting color, but I didn't get a picture because they were eating and I couldn't get a good angle. Maybe another day...

Powerlines....

An extension of the creek, there is a tree is this picture is growing horizontally, pretty neat!

A touch of old school in the neighborhood

This big lady lives right across the road from us with two other horses....she is BY FAR the biggest as she is a Clydesdale.  It was funny because as I was walking back to my house she followed me the whole way....we had quite the stare-down!

Needless to say I think she won.  I really need to ask our neighbor if she has a name, because Todd and I have been trying to come up with some of our own.

Ciao, Italy!

So due to the fact that I started a brand new job two days after Todd and I's wedding we didn't have the opportunity to go on our honeymoon yet!  Instead we are going this June to Italia or in English that Italy :)

We will be gone for about 13 days, visiting several cities along the way seeing SO many sites!  A lot of research has gone into figuring out what exactly were are doing and now it's official! We start in Rome and actually end in Stresa, Switzerland.

If you've ever been to Italy we would love any input you have to give!! Feel free to comment!

How to Impress the Ladies....

So Happy Valentine's Day to all....

My day started off with my little friend JJ (A Kindergartener) telling me a few things about impressing the ladies....

Usually JJ wears a button up shirt, vest and tie everyday, to do just that, impress the ladies (his words) today he came to school and promptly stripped down to his undershirt.

When he came to the library we informed his escort, a practicum student, that he normally wears the fancier getup to impress the ladies and JJ promptly responds, "no I'm not doing that anymore."

Of course I have to egg him on so I ask, "you're not wearing your tie anymore or you're not trying to impress the ladies"

He said well I'm still trying to impress the ladies but I married her so...(he trails off)

Me: Who did you marry JJ?

JJ: T (for short to keep her identity unknown) who is a girl in his class

Then he proceeds to tell us that he has been working out so he wanted to show off his muscles but...

"I can't work out at curves, it's only for girls"

So long story short, wearing a tie and vest, showing of your muscles in an "A" shirt and working out are three way to impress the ladies OR  you can just send flowers like my guy did!

The Joys of Life in Fourth Grade

 So I'm reading this wonderful book the other day called the Hallelujah Flight about the first African American to get his aviation license and to make a transcontinental flight across the U.S. I would definitely recommend it...which I should say before I tell you this story :)  Although it shouldn't ruin it for you.

During the story it gets so hot in the cockpit that the two fliers have to strip down to their underwear.  Of course I get a bunch of ewwws and gross but another student chimes in and says...some people call that free-ballin'....

My immediate response.....NOOOOO we are not going there....and they are stripped down to their underwear that's it!  AHHH crisis averted!

Live Life...A Year of Firsts

Todd and I are experiencing a lot of "firsts" as a married couple....enjoy!

First Christmas--pretty typical for us, books & technology were pretty much the name of the game!

First New Years! Two weddings and one big Happy New Years Kiss!
Our first and hopefully only set of new blinds! (They are took two months to get installed...although the long delay and the idiots at JCPennys got us installation for....FREE!
My first attempt with Uppercase Living wall decals...NOT easy! Thanks to my mother we now have this beautiful saying above our door! A message within a message...Love, laugh, learn...LIVE LIFE!

Only in the Chamberlain house

As I was cleaning up today I stacked some books on the table where the TV sits....I decided it was worth documenting.Just in case you can't see them....here are the titles in order form top to bottom

Peanuts Guide To Life by Charles Schultz
Box set of Hogwarts Books, Fantastical Beasts and Where to Find Them and Quidditch Through the Ages
The Unoffical Harry Potter Cookbook
Decision Points by George Bush

Like I said only in the Chamberlain house!

Happy Christmas All!

Falling Objects....

You are all familiar with my friend Alex bow now...if not read some of my previous posts!

Our interaction the other day in the hall

Alex: Mrs. Chamberlain do you have a helmet I could borrow?

Me: Um no Alex I don't have a helmet....what do you need it for?

Alex: To protect myself from falling objects

Me: What kind of falling objects?

Alex: Well I have already discovered one in this school

Me: Well what is it?

Alex: Basketballs

Me: Sorry Alex I don't keep a helmet at school....

Oh the hazards of PE in elementary school!