Day 147 of 365: Inauguration Day

No matter what your politics are, it is always interesting to watch the presidential inauguration. Obviously, this one is a lot more significant than any in recent years for many reasons. We were allowed to watch the ceremonies in class today with our students (they even adjusted the class schedules for it!!) I have to say, I am quite surprised at how quiet and attentive a class of 33 thirteen year olds was!! They listened completely to the swearing in of the vice president and president and to the inaugural speech. Obama must be quite a powerful speaker to catch the undivided attention of 33 kids for nearly 20 minutes!!!!

Day 146 of 365: Progress!

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Now playing: The Enemy - Father And Son
via FoxyTunes
Why a photo of an empty laundry basket you may ask?? Because I'm so happy to have this chore taken care of for another few weeks! I've been taking advantage of my 2 (ish) days off to get some much needed cleaning/straightening done around the apartment. I really wish I had one more day off because this place would be sparkling by then!

Day 145 of 365: The Greenway

This is the start of the trail I like to run on whenever I can. It was cold and a bit windy today, but after about a mile, I started to warm up. I love having access to this trail right around the corner from my place.

Day 144 of 365: Brrrr

Even the hamster has buried herself under her bedding. This below freezing crap is for the birds! Or some other animal that likes bitter cold weather!

Day 143 of 365: On my way up

View going up the huge escalator from the Georgia Dome/Philip's Arena Marta station. This is about 1/3 of the way up even! I have to say, I love coming up this escalator. It reminds me of the Charles de Gaulle/Arc de Triomphe escalator in Paris. :)

Day 142 of 365: Oops!

Since apparently my life was too busy on Thursday to take an actual photo, here's another one from casino night since there have been requests for photos of the dress (with me in it). This is really not the best photo since I'm doing a partial sorority girl lean in... but, oh well! It's the best I've got....

Day 141 of 365: Gift

Not a great photo (uh, sorry about that...) but this is a calendar a friend who knows my plans gave me for Christmas. I put it up in my bedroom next to my chest of drawers. It's on the wall directly facing the bed and next to the doorway out, so it's one of the first things I see every morning! Yet another reminder as to why I'm doing it all everyday....

Day 140 of 365: The shoes!

By popular demand.... ;) Here are the shoes I was able to repair (just missing a buckle on one) for the casino night! They aren't the most comfortable, but they definitely worked for the evening!

Day 139 of 365: Beets!

I found golden beets at Whole Foods tonight. I had them last week at Seasons 52 and came across some recipes on a forum this weekend. I immediately copied and pasted the recipes to make sure I made them this week! I used these golden beets and regular beets in a roasted beet salad. I modified the recipe a bit, but basically it was mixed greens, onions, carrots, tomatoes, beets, and a lemon/olive oil/tarragon dressing with goat cheese on top!! Heavenly. Seriously. Oven-roasted beets- where have you been all my life?!

Day 138 of 365: Casino Night (or hot hockey boys in tuxedos ;) )

This is Ilya Kovalchuk making his acceptance speech after finally officially being named team captain for the season!! Many people have been hoping for this to happen (including me!) and it was amazing to be just a few feet away from him when he found out and they presented him with the C jersey!

They had just introduced all the players on stage when Don Waddell said "I need Ilya to come up front, please." Ilya then said "Am I being traded?" Everyone chuckled at that! It was just the beginning to what turned out to be one of the most amazing nights! There were many surreal moments all evening! I learned how to play blackjack and even won (sort of) $12000 in chips! The guys were sort of helping us along with making sure we had winning hands most of the time, but it was a blast! I'm ready for Vegas or Mississippi now!

I have to admit, I'm already thinking about going again next year if I'm still here (most likely). Do you think they'd notice if I wore the same dress??