tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50296321998441906852024-03-20T03:55:10.157-05:00Katrina Van TasselA Texas girl who wonders out loud-Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-38542508020965827812008-08-16T21:36:00.010-05:002010-05-02T11:17:25.764-05:00My best buddyIf you met me or read this blog, you would think that you knew me.You would probably think that1) I have a narrow view of the world2) I was sheltered as a child3) I am a bigotBut here are the facts:1) I seriously considered leaving the Catholic Church as a teenager because it was too liberal. But then I learned more about it through reading.2) I love homosexual, techno music. I used to run the-Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-6620260320750944612008-08-05T14:01:00.006-05:002008-11-13T11:35:56.310-06:00Provacative clothing for ............ children?pro·voc·a·tive /prəˈvɒkətɪv/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pruh-vok-uh-tiv] adjective 1.tending or serving to provoke; // <![CDATA[ var interfaceflash = new LEXICOFlashObject ( "http://cache.lexico.com/d/g/speaker.swf", "speaker", "17", "18", "", "6"); interfaceflash.addParam("loop", "false"); interfaceflash.addParam("quality", "high"); interfaceflash.addParam("-Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com92tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-20136045870605643882008-07-03T21:29:00.002-05:002008-07-03T21:58:36.203-05:00GoalsI have a few new goals!1. Become a contortionist. I am not kidding. I used to be pretty good at this stuff! Maybe some of you knew that I used to be in gymnastics, but as soon as I made the team, I quit. The coaches started getting mean and since I had no aspirations to do anything other than get married and have a family... I decided I had enough. Anyhow, I used to be able to do the -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-683406759683018552008-05-28T20:41:00.006-05:002008-05-28T20:49:52.128-05:00Social DisorderI just became the department chair for science at my high school.So now, I get to do twice the amount of work for the same pay (basically)!I am a real dipstick.Which reminds me of this IM session I had with a co-worker......[20:37] shiver: why does everyone in our department have some type of social disorder?[20:37] KatrinaVanTassel: they are science teachers[20:37] KatrinaVanTassel: dork = -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-74565882023750702502008-03-31T14:41:00.001-06:002008-03-31T14:42:21.873-06:00Tornado Season!-Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-28392774283531893382008-03-28T18:14:00.016-06:002008-03-29T07:13:04.347-06:00My Hippie MotherMy mother was a hippie.... but not so much anymore. Although she is still a healthy eater.So she was a hippie....Sort of.I was born in 1971, so I still remember the 70's.The seventies in Dallas / Fort Worth were cold in the winter (with snow) and pleasant in the summer. I remember running around the back yard under medium sized shade trees in my halter top and scooter skirt (all homemade).My -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-67820885641860164452008-03-12T11:56:00.009-06:002008-11-13T11:35:57.813-06:00Randy Cat needs more meat.Cats are obligate carnivores.However, my kitty, Randy Cat, has been eating plain, cheap, dry cat food all his little cat life.Randy, began his kitten life in a British home. Harvey was from England, and was my ex-husband's best friend back in grad school. (This was years before we were married.) Harvey, while a graduate student in Albuquerque, NM owned Randy and then called him, "Tabahsco"-Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-79667804186752578282008-03-09T17:57:00.006-06:002008-03-09T18:24:25.756-06:00This must be the end of the world.I always laugh at my dumb students when they tell me that the end of the world is coming in 2012 because there was, "even a special on the HISTORY CHANNEL about it, Miss!!!".So I am keeping up with the news online and this is what I find out.....They might be right.I always thought that by the time we got to the cyborg stage in human history, we'd be zooming around in space ships or some crazy -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-58341914245521001002008-03-08T10:12:00.009-06:002008-11-13T11:36:02.178-06:00The Home RobotI'm not Jane Jetson...But I am about as close to Jane Jetson as I can get.Roomba Red, leaving the spare bedroomYes, this is another blog about Roomba. I love him. (the Roomba is a "he" to me; don't know why, don't ask).Having my little robot here is like having a live-in maid that I only had to pay one day.I wish he did windows.When I come home from work, I can tell that he has done his -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-66904879417565847012008-03-04T21:35:00.005-06:002008-03-04T23:03:08.725-06:00I felt dirty afterward....Today I acted like a democrat. Go read my previous post if you can't imagine why.During my conference period, I drove over to the polling place for my precinct.It was in a public elementary school and there were about 4 precincts in that one location.... democrat and republican primaries.The republicans were in the NE corner of the school library and the democrats were in the SW corner.No one-Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-42500870291154581262008-03-03T17:19:00.004-06:002008-03-03T17:51:06.613-06:00Election poll - Who are you voting for?Those of you who know me, know that I am a die-hard, conservative Republican. I am a card carrying member. I have worked as an election clerk many times... can't count how many times in both Texas and New Mexico starting when I was 18 years old. I have worked phone banks for Republican candidates when I was only 18 years old. I have been a delegate to the State Republican Convention -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-36156741677488024012008-02-29T19:52:00.003-06:002008-02-29T21:39:47.445-06:00What a week! But really... fairly typical.Monday: get to work by 7:00AM work my butt off until 3PM stop off at Lowe's and buy 80 bucks worth of fence boards, rails and nails work until 7:00PM on building a fence. Give dog a bath.... eat something, put together lesson plans... go to bed.Tuesday: get to work by 7:00AM work my butt off until 4:-Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-45575337018997960632008-02-29T19:22:00.002-06:002008-02-29T19:37:09.770-06:00That wasn't much of a winter, was it?As the fruit trees are blooming along the drive home, I have to wonder-- where did winter go?It wasn't here, not really.... it was cold and blustery a bunch, but never really full-on cold. There was no ice, no snow, no threat of ice, no threat of snow. There was nothing.Maybe this explains why on February 29th, I get bitten by a mosquito twice, and am attacked by a crazy, flying -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-58844064864059577852008-02-27T17:52:00.009-06:002008-02-29T19:17:45.184-06:00GreenGreenI tasted something green today. It was a green, Jelly Belly brand gummy bear. It tasted like "green", pure and simple. Nothing in the world tastes like it. If you have ever sucked on a GREEN sucker, then you know that taste. It tastes green.But before I tasted it, I smelled it. Green. That's what it smelled like too.They say that the sense of smell is something that is closely -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-9014258563794137162008-02-25T19:53:00.003-06:002008-02-25T20:22:23.722-06:00Only an incredibly stupid person would think drinking a heavy metal was a good idea.Only an incredibly stupid person would think drinking a heavy metal was a good idea.You gotta read this:Blue man on Oprah-Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-10035548455034602522008-02-23T21:31:00.003-06:002008-02-23T22:03:36.944-06:00Another productive SaturdayAh, it's nice to sit down and finally do something stupid.I woke up at the ass-crack of dawn and took a shower, washed my hair and drove to work.Yes, work on a Saturday.I tutored again (for TAKS) and made another 50 bucks which I added to the 38 dollars I made after school yesterday running the Advanced Study Group for my honors bio 9th graders, which then added to the 74 dollars I made this -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-90949261887508411722008-02-18T16:21:00.004-06:002008-11-13T11:36:03.270-06:00My surprise day off.I didn't have to go to work today. That was my surprise. I didn't even realize it until last night at about 10PM.Somewhere in the back of my mind I knew.... but I hadn't applied that knowledge to this day.So I fixed my leaky shower faucet.This has been my intention for about 5 months. Well, today, I finally did it.Here I am removing the old faucet. I was afraid that that pipe would break. -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-20603017092797932602008-02-18T11:45:00.000-06:002008-11-13T11:36:04.253-06:00How to make toast when you don't have a toaster(if the text is too small, you can always enlarge it. Try it! strike "control - plus sign" as many times as you need then "control - minus sign" to go back.)I love bread. I guess you would have to say, I am a bit of a bread snob. You would have to thank my mother for this leavened snobbery. When I was a little girl, I remember making the trek to the western side of our small city to find the -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-40406667879344061532008-02-17T16:50:00.000-06:002008-11-13T11:36:04.360-06:00Excercise for the heart and mindEver since reading Cheaper by the Dozen as a girl, I have been fascinated with efficiency experts.If anyone knows me, they will know that I hate wasting time. (One of the reasons why I stopped reading after childhood, is that now as an adult, I have too many responsibilities to feel good about sitting on my ass reading when I could be doing something constructive.)Well, today was an efficient -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-54874615003757479112008-01-17T23:23:00.000-06:002008-11-13T11:36:04.756-06:00Google Analytics- gotta love itI use Google Analytics on all my sites.It never ceases to fascinate me. You find out who your stalkers are.Most of my hits in the past month come from the city of Garland, Texas.I am flattered.-Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-37643680684375497332008-01-16T23:23:00.000-06:002008-01-16T23:30:01.883-06:00Ebay and Amazon. My Friends.I am a big eBay-er.I just sold a cell phone for 49.95 on eBay and turned around and bought new cabinet hardware for my kitchen.I got oil-rubbed bronze knobs (34) and matching handles (2) and bin pulls (2) so 36 bronze pulls for about $42.00.This is a HUGE savings. The knobs were $0.80 each. Compare that to similar items in Lowe's for $2.98 each. The hardware all arrived today and it is GORGEOUS! -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-56931625068377955902007-12-22T18:58:00.000-06:002007-12-22T19:03:17.316-06:00The Golden CompassNOTICE TO READERSThis booklet was prepared to inform the public of the agenda behind theupcoming movie, “The Golden Compass.” The film is being sold as aninnocent children’s fantasy, but in reality there is nothing innocent aboutit: the movie is based on a book that was written to promote atheism anddenigrate Christianity. It opens December 7.The Catholic League believes in truth in advertising. -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-67269777896017054732007-12-22T18:02:00.000-06:002007-12-22T18:22:51.712-06:00Ever steal anything from the library? How about porn for kids at your library???Well, now's your chance."Permanently borrow" is a better term I think.I am going down there soon... I will look for this book and permanently borrow it to keep it off the shelves.If you were disgusted with this like I was, then go to the big online booksellers and post a review under this book, warning parents against this SMUT.LINKS:Barnes and Noble "It's Perfectly Normal"Amazon "It's Perfectly-Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-86466688394798692322007-12-06T23:43:00.001-06:002007-12-07T00:05:06.122-06:00There's Gas in Them There, er, Neighborhoods.......Tonight in my geology class we were all a-buzz over Debbie's deal with Carrizo Oil and Gas.Urban gas drilling is what everyone is talking about here in Dallas-Fort Worth. Her neighborhood in Pantego held out and was offered, finally, $15,000.00 per acre and 25% royalties on production.Damn. Is what we all said.I asked her where she lived and it is only about 1.5 miles from my house. I wondered -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5029632199844190685.post-27376777674977705682007-11-20T23:37:00.000-06:002007-11-20T23:46:57.260-06:00What the hell is oyster dressing?I am going to Louisiana for Thanksgiving, so I will probably be eating someWEIRD-ASS stuff. Making me the most nervous is the prospect of :Turducken (any meat that starts with "turd" can't be good. - click the link and look at the nutrition information on this bizarre concoction.Deep Fried Turkey (proof that ANYTHING can be deep fried)Oyster Dressing (sounds slimey and stinky)and whatever else -Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03385054184963031485noreply@blogger.com5