Workin it at WYSO...

So. I never thought I would be this kind of person... but today I realized I am. Through an off comment that Kim made I realized that I fall into this grouping.... I have a real job and a fun job. I love my job. I think it is pretty sweet and I love my kids (I will love it a lot more next week canoeing the BOundary Waters I think!).... but I don't always enjoy it. There is way too much junk and drama that goes with it. I love it... but if I took a break from it for a while it would be OK!

Then I have my fun job. Kim says: "At least in your fun job you get to climb trees." Ahh yes... my fun job. Climbing trees and zipping off zip lines. THAT is a fun job. Even better is that since it is not something that I do full time I get to avoid all the general crap that goes on (I still get sucked in a little... I am a sucker for good drama... plus its that GIRL SCOUTS... that joint is ALL drama!!) I am a big fan of my fun job... and the general junk at my real job make me appreciate it even more... plus I get to be outside, occasionally sleep in a tent... oh, and that helmet I wear... that thing is AWESOME! (not!)

Today I went with Kim to her fun job. She is a fill in dj for WYSO when the regular mid-day host is away. SO. I got to appreciate my local NPR station, which I hadn't done much lately... AND I got to hang out in the radio room... AND I got to push "dump" a bunch when the music that we played had some not so promising lyrics. All in all it was fun to go with her and it was fun to see what life at Yellow Spring's NPR station is like.

And it was nice to remember why I love my fun job... and my real one!

Logan turns One!

It's been a while... but I finally found my camera battery charger so I could get the pictures off my camera... and I have pics of Logan's first birthday party up in Cleveland on June 14th. So... here's the little guy I promised a picture of...

And... if it works (which it may not!) here is Logan giving me a little lecture...

Funnel Cake Friday

I have always been a big fan of the funnel cake. I mean, really, I'm from Ohio. Ohio is ALL about the festival... and festivals are ALL about the food. By my calculations... the best festival food is a nice, slightly undercooked, slightly over sugared funnel cake. On Friday I spent the evening with my friend Carrie (and some new friends that I made along the way!) in the funnel cake booth at the Ascension Church Festival. Here we go...

This is Carrie and I as the fun was getting started. OK, so I was already a bit greasy from standing over the frying table... but whatever... I surely wasn't as covered in batter as I ended up!!

Carrie is a master funnel cake pourer. She makes quite the lovely and tasty funnel cake. It was a learning curve for me... but she taught me well!

I always tell people that I am a special kind of lazy. Like, the kind of lazy that REALLY wants to get things DONE. This is one of the fryers I was working... BEFORE I figured out how to fit FIVE funnel cakes in at a time. Impressive, eh?

So. You can tell that what we lacked in consistency of size we made up for in Zack's excitement to COVER the place in powdered sugar. Ahhh... Funnel Cakes!

After a bit more than 5 hours frying up the goods I must admit. Funnel cakes are STILL darn good. I had to work at camp on Saturday (including lightning and hail while sitting on my platform at 30 feet. SERIOUSLY) and at church on Sunday so I didn't get to return to the festival... but I look forward to funnel cake Friday again in about a year. MMmmmmmm!

Logan's First Birthday

Hey all. Just wanted to let you know that it is nearly my nephew Logan's first birthday.

CRAZY.

My sister's blog hasn't been updated in a LONG time since her internet access is down... BUT... I am fully intending to post some pics of his birthday party there on Monday when I get back from Cleveland... and recover from the first day of Vacation Bible School.

So, you can check out pics on Monday by clicking the link to the left which is Updates from the Greens!

Annual Conference Week

Ahhh. For the first day in weeks it is not 90 degrees. There is a nice breeze blowing in my office window and the air is not humid and gross. Gotta love a good Tuesday afternoon!!

This week is Annual Conference for the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church. That means that the pastors and some other folks have headed up north to Lakeside to do the annual business of the church.

Here I sit in the office.

Every year people ask my why I don't go to Lakeside. I am sure there are many reasons, but I mostly don't go because I don't have to. Only Elders and deacons and lay delegates HAVE to go. I know they do some good teaching and they make some significant decisions... but being as how I am just a lay person working for the church I don't have a requirement to be there. And I like it. I like it because for this week I get to be in my office pretty much on my own... I get to get lots of work done and finally clean the camping gear and the youth house. I get to come in a bit later to work (and stay later- I promise!) and I get to just have peace... which is not something that is common in the youth house.

I love Annual Conference Week.
Of course.... I am not going to get EVERYTHING done, so if I could have another one next week that would be GREAT! Yes, please!

We'll call it a problem...

I think I have a problem. It looks like this:


Ok... really, they weren't both for me. But seriously. I LOVE CARAMEL FRAPPUCINOS. The silver lining is that I REALLY don't like using disposable cups... and my travel mug clearly won't work for frappucinos. They don't have a non-disposable option as of yet. Also, I can't drink warm coffee on hot afternoons... and I am too lazy to get to work early in the mornings... so my starbucks days may be cutting back for the summer. HOwever, this is proof that I do in fact have a problem.

Satan, I name you the Caramel Frappucino.
hahahahahahaha