Friday, October 17, 2008

pumpkins for halloween

It is getting near Halloween, and I thought I would include some science vocabulary into my blog by telling what the class name for the pumpkin is and then show some pictures of some carved pumpkins to get everyone in the holiday spirit.
The pumpkin is from the cucurbitacea class. which is the squash family.

This is what your pumpkin may look like right after you carve him-- how cute!!
The next picture may be disturbing to some--

This is what your pumpkin looks like when you leave alcohol near him!!!

Now isn't this a sight to show a health class??


Thursday, October 16, 2008

vicious voodoo ride

So on Sunday there was a group ride on singletrack. I rode geared, was not prepared for a 50 mile ride. I could come up with several reasons as to why I started to have a rough ride--before we even got to the end to turn around.
But ultimately it comes down to not being prepared. I did not want to be a quitter, and did not want to be thought of as a wimp for bailing. Oh well, life goes on, and so do the bike rides!!! Lessons were learned about myself that day, and about life, and for that reason it was a valuable ride.
Today is bosses day, and so the faculty in the PE dept pooled together and bought Dr. Holeyfield these flowers. Laura and I went and picked them out and I think we did a good job, the picture is not that good and does not give good justice to the flowers, but you get the idea.
The rest of the pictures are from Sunday's ride, and shows me how tired I was before we even turned around. Fall colors for the boss
Voodoo- protector from evil
me- having to lift my bike over the log behind me that was on the trail- and looking like I needed to crawl under the log and lay down for awhile
There was an area on the trial that had several ferns that had different colors and looked really neat

Sarah- usually she has bonked by now--me already there!!