Yea! Tobin's back!

First of all, I enjoyed my "ME" time, but it is very good to have him home. Not only do I feel safer with him here, but he is fun to be around. He makes me laugh and that is a wonderful thing! We have silly fun together.

I completed my "about me" page for the Consider Yourself Challenged contest. I'm lovin' the felt on my pages, and this time I found some glitter felt that was fun. I also enjoyed the different fonts in both the title and the bulleted (jewels) list of blessings. I used flocked letters in the title for the first time also (blessed). Contests make me nervous for some reason, but it was good to do the page anyway. It is a good mile marker in my life and might be interesting to whomever inherits my books someday. I've never really done a page like it. I need to put the date on there somehow. I'd also like to do a "he says/she says" type page...something that shows the differences and similarities between Tobin and I.
My Principal's wife called me last night and told me about an exhibit in Branson. It sounded wonderful, so I called my aunt to see if she'd like to check it out. It is called BODIES The Exhibit and it is sooo fascinating. We waited in line for 45-60 mintues to get in. They had over 10 million dollars worth of human body preservation in so many neat formats. The atmosphere is complete respect, except for some kids that were way too young to appreciate what they were seeing. There were no cameras, cell phones, food, or drink. The exhibits had been people who donated their body to science. They were dissected or cross-sectioned in ways that allowed you to see internal organs, cancers, or disease. They had almost every body system displayed in miraculous ways. It was amazing to see the muscular system displayed in a person playing volleyball or swinging a tennis racket. I wish my students, former and future, could see the differences in a lung of a smoker and nonsmoker. The reproductive exhibits were fabulous. The one-week old embryo was the size of a grain of rice, yet at 4 weeks, you could see tiny arms and legs. I can't imagine a person seeing what I saw today....the inner workings and miracle of the human anatomy... and NOT know that there is a God. Today was the last free day for locals. It will be $22.50 per person until January.

http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/intro.html

We also went shopping at two different outlet malls in Branson. I found some good deals at Bass, GAP, and Skechers! Apparently Steve's Shoes went out of business and all their shoes are being sold for $29.99 or $39.99. I got a pair of Josef Seibel's for $39!!! AWESOME!