Scotts On The Rocks Blog

I was at the school today and made a realization about holding hands.  If you are kindergarten through second grade, you will hold hands with everyone, to do everything.  An entire group of kids, boys and/or girls, will be walking around holding hands while looking for a ball at recess, walking between classes, washing up for lunch… ANYTHING.  It’s the cutest sight 😉  However, there is a significant transition between second and third grade that makes holding hands with anyone, strictly taboo!  When does holding hands kick back in again? is that in middle school? 😉

Dear East coast friends and family… PLEASE do NOT text us early in the morning.  (and maybe a few Central Timezone folks)…  I’ve made joking comments about it previously, but I really need to be blunt now.  When you text us before 7:00am your time (ET)… you are waking us up… as it is not yet 5:00am here in Colorado (MT).  I’m not trying to be rude but when you do group texts that include me and my kids on school days before they get up, I need to ask you to wait until later.  I know it’s kinda habit to just send a mass text, especially on special events and holidays.  😉  We do appreciate your texts and love to hear from you,  HONEST!,  but please be mindful of the time before including us in your group texts.  AND… we’ll do the same thing on the flipside at night and not text your after you have gone to bed.  THANKS!!!

[pics incl] It’s been over a week since we had just under 3 feet of snow, however, the snow in our backyard has been left untouched by the wildlife.  We have a local herd of deer, several families of rabbits, squirrels, raccoons and other assorted rodentia… and a bobcat/lynx hanging around.  I’ve seen all of these animals walk AROUND our yard (or rather, I’ve seen or heard about evidence of their tracks) but none of them have ventured to walk across?!?!

[NOTE: as of 02/15/12, the snow is still untouched!]

I realized that several of our Christmas cards were returned undeliverable.  I have some photo cards left over that I’d be happy to share with any of ya’ll… let me know if you didn’t get one and I’ll send one out to you!

Have you ever thought about with which hand you throw away trash?  You should.  Advice:  NEVER… EVER, throw away trash in a public trash can with the same hand that you are holding your car keys! [NO, I didn’t do this but I was standing next to someone else when they did!]  I’m thinking this same advice will apply to such things as those blue post office boxes 😉

I was driving by our local “community sledding hill” and I saw a group of people out sledding.  Upon further inspection, I realized it was a group of ELDERLY women with great big giant grins.  I wish I’d had my camera, it was a wonderfully sweet sight to see!