Yes, I went to a pig wrestling event. I have been informed by my sister that it should be pronounced "wrastling" since pigs are involved.
I have some friends who decided to create a team. The goal is to lift a 200 lb pig onto a platform in the middle of the disgusting mud and poop filled ring, and place a hat on its head. The team with the shortest time wins. Our team, consisting of 2 nurses, a professor, and a crew coach placed 3rd. We were all very proud of them. It was very funny to watch. We will definitely be going back next year.
Besides the pig wresting, they had a corn maze, and many other activities for the kids. The kids just ran around with their friends, playing in the corn, going down the slide and watching the pigs.
I have to say, at first I was astounded that I was going to a pig wrestling event, but I ended up having so much fun. The things you do in the country to stay entertained!
(Also, since school has officially started, I am hoping to keep up with the blogging a bit more!)
Friday, September 10, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Conversations at KFC
There is a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant located on the highway not too far from here. I am a huge fan of Taco Bell, so I try to convince my family that we need to eat there more than they want to. Last weekend, after coming home from a great day of pig wrestling (yes, another blog with pictures will have to follow this), we decided to stop off at this Taco Bell. Now, what makes this Taco Bell so interesting (besides the fact that KFC is also there) is the fact that they have a KFC all you can eat buffet. I have never eaten from this buffet, basically because the sight of it disgusts me. There are, however, MANY others who frequent the buffet. And they are all interesting. Here is an example of some conversations I heard from the tables around us:
1. "So my brother is having a kid. Well, he thinks it's his. Yeah, his girlfriend did it with him, and then a few hours later did it with some other guy." All this was being said across the room at another table.
2. This was a mother and daughter talking. The daughter had a little baby girl with her. "Where did you get $2000?" "It was child support from when he went to prison. I just saved it up while he was locked up."
From pig wrestling, to paternity tests, to prison. What an interesting weekend!
1. "So my brother is having a kid. Well, he thinks it's his. Yeah, his girlfriend did it with him, and then a few hours later did it with some other guy." All this was being said across the room at another table.
2. This was a mother and daughter talking. The daughter had a little baby girl with her. "Where did you get $2000?" "It was child support from when he went to prison. I just saved it up while he was locked up."
From pig wrestling, to paternity tests, to prison. What an interesting weekend!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Summer Trip
We recently returned from our first trip back to UT after moving out to PA. What a fun and busy 2 weeks! Here is a basic rundown of all the things we did:
Had pancakes or waffles almost every morning for breakfast.
Visited lots of family!
Hung out with lots of friends!
Toured a bakery (and ate yummy donuts)
Went to Cowabunga Bay (a water park)
Went to Incredible Pizza (a fun place with games, go-karts, mini-golf, etc.)
Swam at my old gym (I still miss it so much!)
Swam at a college friends house.
Ate at Joe's (Crab Shack).
Went to the movie theatre, and saw Ramona and Beezus, and Toy Story 3.
Went to a carnival, and set off some fireworks.
NORDSTROM!
I am sure I am forgetting things, we seemed to have stuff to do every day. We had so much fun, but were still so happy to be home. I miss our family and friends so much, but have really adjusted to life in PA. I had forgotten about how awful the road construction can be, and how busy everything is. I have decided that I actually like small town life (although if we could just get a good gym and a Nordstrom close by, my life would be as close to perfection as it could get). I have almost recovered from our whirlwind adventure. We are excited to have lots of visitors in the next few weeks, and even more excited for school to start! I will hopefully be able to post more when school starts and actually have a few hours to myself during the week.
Had pancakes or waffles almost every morning for breakfast.
Visited lots of family!
Hung out with lots of friends!
Toured a bakery (and ate yummy donuts)
Went to Cowabunga Bay (a water park)
Went to Incredible Pizza (a fun place with games, go-karts, mini-golf, etc.)
Swam at my old gym (I still miss it so much!)
Swam at a college friends house.
Ate at Joe's (Crab Shack).
Went to the movie theatre, and saw Ramona and Beezus, and Toy Story 3.
Went to a carnival, and set off some fireworks.
NORDSTROM!
I am sure I am forgetting things, we seemed to have stuff to do every day. We had so much fun, but were still so happy to be home. I miss our family and friends so much, but have really adjusted to life in PA. I had forgotten about how awful the road construction can be, and how busy everything is. I have decided that I actually like small town life (although if we could just get a good gym and a Nordstrom close by, my life would be as close to perfection as it could get). I have almost recovered from our whirlwind adventure. We are excited to have lots of visitors in the next few weeks, and even more excited for school to start! I will hopefully be able to post more when school starts and actually have a few hours to myself during the week.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Opportunity Cost
For some reason, I thought it would be fun to browse back through some old yearbooks of mine. It was fun, but it made me very nostalgic. I had a blast in high school, and miss it a lot. I am guessing a big reason that I miss it so much is because I went to high school in Colombia, and haven't been back since I graduated, nor do I have any immediate plans for a trip in that direction. (And I LOVED Colombia. If I could be Colombian, I would.) Many of my friend are more nostalgic for college, but I prefer high school. The main reason is that in high school, I could dream big. By the time I was in college, I had to make decisions about my future, not just dream about it like I could before.
In my senior yearbook, each senior had a whole page to write wills or dedications. Many of the people who mentioned me in theirs mentioned Physics or Chemistry (or Math). I was quite good at those subjects. I think most people who know me now would be surprised. I also won a Calculus award my senior year. Yes, I am apparently a math and science geek. I was also going to be a doctor. I wanted to be a pediatric oncologist. Obviously, I didn't end up doing that!
Now, I have no regrets. I do enjoy my life, but sometimes I wonder. In my Economics classes in college, I learned about opportunity cost. That basically means that by choosing one thing, you are giving up many other options (those other options are the opportunity cost). I have been thinking about my Opportunity Costs today. What I had to give up to get here. Many may think that I didn't have to give anything up, that I could have had it all. But I disagree. To be the kind of mother I wanted (and still want) to be, there is no way I could have done medical school, and held down a job after my kids were born. There are some days when I feel like I need to be so much more, that my brain is atrophying away by spending hours upon hours relating to young kids. Those are the days that I wish I had done more to have a career. But then I comes back to my children, and how even imagining someone else taking care of them makes me hyperventilate. In time, when both kids are in school full time, I do hope to go back to school to get some sort of medical degree (probably some kind of nurse) and I hope that I will make the time, and have the money to do just that.
Does anyone else feel that there is a whole other person inside your "mom" exterior? I am trying to find a way to bring these 2 people together, but so much of my day is "mom" that this other person (who I think is still in high school, because I don't feel a day over 17) gets ignored. Any ideas on how to bring these 2 people together, or am I the only one who feels this way?
In my senior yearbook, each senior had a whole page to write wills or dedications. Many of the people who mentioned me in theirs mentioned Physics or Chemistry (or Math). I was quite good at those subjects. I think most people who know me now would be surprised. I also won a Calculus award my senior year. Yes, I am apparently a math and science geek. I was also going to be a doctor. I wanted to be a pediatric oncologist. Obviously, I didn't end up doing that!
Now, I have no regrets. I do enjoy my life, but sometimes I wonder. In my Economics classes in college, I learned about opportunity cost. That basically means that by choosing one thing, you are giving up many other options (those other options are the opportunity cost). I have been thinking about my Opportunity Costs today. What I had to give up to get here. Many may think that I didn't have to give anything up, that I could have had it all. But I disagree. To be the kind of mother I wanted (and still want) to be, there is no way I could have done medical school, and held down a job after my kids were born. There are some days when I feel like I need to be so much more, that my brain is atrophying away by spending hours upon hours relating to young kids. Those are the days that I wish I had done more to have a career. But then I comes back to my children, and how even imagining someone else taking care of them makes me hyperventilate. In time, when both kids are in school full time, I do hope to go back to school to get some sort of medical degree (probably some kind of nurse) and I hope that I will make the time, and have the money to do just that.
Does anyone else feel that there is a whole other person inside your "mom" exterior? I am trying to find a way to bring these 2 people together, but so much of my day is "mom" that this other person (who I think is still in high school, because I don't feel a day over 17) gets ignored. Any ideas on how to bring these 2 people together, or am I the only one who feels this way?
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Having neighbors is an interesting thing. It is almost like family: you really want to like them, but they are always there, and can be annoying, and very interesting. Over the past few months, we have gotten to know some of our neighbors.
When I say "know" I don't mean in a deeply personal way. They all pretty much keep to themselves, but are very nice. When the kids held a lemonade stand, so many neighbors came over to buy lemonade, it touched my heart. But being that it is summer, and our windows are open a lot, we hear all sorts of stuff from the houses that surround us. The other night, at the house across the street, the teenage son was fighting with his parents. He called his mom a bitch, then said he was running away, only to apologize 2 minutes later and go back into his house. But the people on the opposite corner from us are definitely the most interesting. They have about a million kids (or is at least seems like that) and they like to shout at each other every evening. Almost every night, we hear the mom or dad yell, "Get your asses inside this house right now." And they also like to use the "F" word. A lot! They did, however, buy $2 worth of lemonade from my kids, so I try not to judge!
Our next door neighbors are nice. My kids love to peer through the fence and just stare at their kids. I hope they don't think my kids are weird . . . .
When I say "know" I don't mean in a deeply personal way. They all pretty much keep to themselves, but are very nice. When the kids held a lemonade stand, so many neighbors came over to buy lemonade, it touched my heart. But being that it is summer, and our windows are open a lot, we hear all sorts of stuff from the houses that surround us. The other night, at the house across the street, the teenage son was fighting with his parents. He called his mom a bitch, then said he was running away, only to apologize 2 minutes later and go back into his house. But the people on the opposite corner from us are definitely the most interesting. They have about a million kids (or is at least seems like that) and they like to shout at each other every evening. Almost every night, we hear the mom or dad yell, "Get your asses inside this house right now." And they also like to use the "F" word. A lot! They did, however, buy $2 worth of lemonade from my kids, so I try not to judge!
Our next door neighbors are nice. My kids love to peer through the fence and just stare at their kids. I hope they don't think my kids are weird . . . .
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Eat Your Veggies (and Cookies Too!)
With all the veggies starting to produce, I have been thinking of recipes and cooking a lot lately. I have heard it said that you are either a baker (cakes, cookies, pastries, etc.) or a cooker (main courses, etc.). I have decided that I am a baker. I do enjoy cooking, but I do that because I have to. Baking I do because I really enjoy it. We would survive if I didn't bake, not so much if I didn't cook. Rocky is complaining that I am making him fat with all the baking, but I can't help it! There are 3 three-layer chocolate cake recipes that I am just dying to try my hand at, but I am waiting for autumn and cooler temps. (I can't really bake in the summer, and I am missing my hobby!) Does everyone identify themselves as a baker or a cooker?
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