My Work Space

I meant to do this post before we went to Hawaii but obviously I didn't.  I was thinking that I needed to change my post but didn't know what to do it about (things aren't always so exciting around here).  So I decided to do a little post about where I work at the school.   So this is the teacher mail boxes that are right in the entryway as you come in the main office.  You can't really make it out, but the pictures on all of them are of the staff members when they were babies or little kids.  I have been decorating the mailboxes with different themes (favorite books, pictures of what they did during the summer...) for a couple years now.  This one was really quite popular.

This is the front of the school.  The building was built in the 50s.  They used an open courtyard design like they do in California.  Of course our courtyards don't get much use during the school year because of the weather.  Our office is to the right of the main entrance doors.

This is just inside the main doors.

This is the counter in the main office.  My desk is on the right hand side just behind the counter.

This is my computer station.  Notice I have two computer screens.  It's awesome actually and really helps.  I thought it would be hard to get used to but now I don't know what I did without it.

This is the view from my desk back towards the waiting area.

And this is me and my desk partner Dana dressed up for Halloween.  We were trying to think of a duo theme and came to this one accidentally.  I was thinking Laurel & Hardy, Thing 1 & Thing 2, etc.  I just happened to mention I had the cow costume from Cooper last year and she had the Wood costume that her daughter used the year before.  So the cowboy & the cow.  It was accidental, but it sure was funny.  She is awesome to work with.  Such a positive lady and so willing to do whatever is needed.  We have a great time together.

Hawaii 2012

We spent a week in Hawaii from November 3 through November 10.  We went to Maui for the 4th time.  Dennis gets the trip through work so basically we only have to pay for food (and sometimes not even that).   We stay on the north end of the island at the Kaanapali Westin Resort which is pretty awesome (love the Heavenly Beds).  We got to do a couple of events paid for by the radio station sponoring the trip.  One of those was ziplining which was totally a blast.  There were 8 lines that went back & forth across a valley up in the mountains.  This first picture (from such an awesome angle) is of me going across one canyon.  I was always ending up backwards for some reason.

 We have a video of me coming across after the guide literally threw me off the platform and the guide on the other end pulling the cable up and down to make me bounce.  It was absolutely fun!  Had the best time ever and highly recommend ziplining if you get a chance. 

 This is us at the break between the first and last four lines.  We stopped at this platform on the edge of the canyon where you could see how really high up you were even though it didn't seem like it was that high.  They served us lunch and then we did the last four lines.  With each line the distance got longer & longer. 

The other activity we did was golf of course.  We ended up playing three times altogether (paid for by the radio station--which made it even more awesome).  We got to play three fancy courses.  It was not the best golf I have ever played for various reasons (sore back one day, high winds two out of the three days, and a serious headache the last day) but it was still fun.  This is us in front of a Par 3 hole where the guys have to get their tee shot over the water that we are standing in front of.  I didn't have to shoot over it thankfully.

We also got to go to a Luau which is always a good time, sat by the pool and dipped in the ocean. We were not as adventurous as Amy's family, but then it was just us and we ARE getting old--though I do feel pretty studly about the ziplining!  It was a really nice week spent with the hubby sans kids without getting sunburned (or one bit tan as you can see by my really white legs in the last picture--but I'll take white legs any day over a sunburn!)