Anyway, my mother sent me Brit's pictures for this year, and I thought I would share them with you guys. So here they are.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
My Niece
As most of you guys know, my niece is a gymnast. Now, when I say gymnast, I don't mean gymnast in the basic sense of the word. I mean GYMNAST. She really is a darling girl who works very hard at juggling practice and school.
Anyway, my mother sent me Brit's pictures for this year, and I thought I would share them with you guys. So here they are.
Anyway, my mother sent me Brit's pictures for this year, and I thought I would share them with you guys. So here they are.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
My Grandparents
My grandfather is currently very ill (he has a grade 4 Glioblastoma brain tumor). He doesn't have much time left. So, this past weekend, my entire family got together to celebrate his 89th birthday. It was absolutely wonderful.
While we were there, we started going through a lot of old pictures. Here are some of my favorite.
This 1st picture is the picture of my grandmother that my grandfather carried with him throughout WW2.
This 2nd picture is his service picture. He was a member of the Army.
This is the "wedding" photograph of my grandparents.
While we were there, we started going through a lot of old pictures. Here are some of my favorite.
This 1st picture is the picture of my grandmother that my grandfather carried with him throughout WW2.
This 2nd picture is his service picture. He was a member of the Army.
This is the "wedding" photograph of my grandparents.
This picture is of all the kids in their school (kind of like a school photo). It was taken around 1925. Both of my grandparents are circled in the photograph.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Copying Deborah
Okay...so I am copying Deborah with this post. It is a one-word answer post. If you have a chance to do this post, too, then let me know so I can read yours.
1. Where is your cell phone? here
2. Your significant other? kind
3. Your hair? thick
4. Your mother? strong
5. Your father? smart
6. Your favorite thing? laughter
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your favorite drink? caffeinated
9. Your goal or dream? peace
10. The room you're in? office
11. Your kids? none
12. Your fear? snakes
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
14. Where were you last night? home
15. What you're not? quiet
16. Muffins? banana
17. One of your wish list items? Dyson
18. Where you grew up? Longview
19. The last thing you did ? work
20. What are you wearing? casual
21. Your TV? old
22. Your pets? chihuahuas
23. Your computer? on
24. Your life? hurried
25. Your mood? happy
26. Missing someone? definitely
27. Your car? paid-off
28. Something you're not wearing? shoes
29. Favorite Store? Walgreens
30. Your summer? kids
31. Like someone? everyone
32. Your favorite color? orange
33. When is the last time you laughed? now
34. Last time you cried? Sunday
35. The person who sent this to you? lifted
36. Who will/would resend this? Unimportant
37. A good book? Bible
38. A good movie? Junebug
39. A good song? mesmirizing
40. One word to share? kindness
What struck me the most in doing this is how hard it is to just give ONE-WORD answers. I think I probably talk too much.
1. Where is your cell phone? here
2. Your significant other? kind
3. Your hair? thick
4. Your mother? strong
5. Your father? smart
6. Your favorite thing? laughter
7. Your dream last night? none
8. Your favorite drink? caffeinated
9. Your goal or dream? peace
10. The room you're in? office
11. Your kids? none
12. Your fear? snakes
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here
14. Where were you last night? home
15. What you're not? quiet
16. Muffins? banana
17. One of your wish list items? Dyson
18. Where you grew up? Longview
19. The last thing you did ? work
20. What are you wearing? casual
21. Your TV? old
22. Your pets? chihuahuas
23. Your computer? on
24. Your life? hurried
25. Your mood? happy
26. Missing someone? definitely
27. Your car? paid-off
28. Something you're not wearing? shoes
29. Favorite Store? Walgreens
30. Your summer? kids
31. Like someone? everyone
32. Your favorite color? orange
33. When is the last time you laughed? now
34. Last time you cried? Sunday
35. The person who sent this to you? lifted
36. Who will/would resend this? Unimportant
37. A good book? Bible
38. A good movie? Junebug
39. A good song? mesmirizing
40. One word to share? kindness
What struck me the most in doing this is how hard it is to just give ONE-WORD answers. I think I probably talk too much.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Tagged
Okay, I was tagged by Deborah, and so I am supposed to write 7 random things about myself. Let's see if I can come up with 7 things.
1. When I go grocery shopping, I have to purchase things in multiples of twos.
2. I absolutely love to vacuum. In fact, when I moved to Houston, I purchased one of those see through cyclone machines just so I could get a better idea of how clean my carpet was becoming.
3. I secretly wish I was a Broadway Musical star.
4. I rarely watch the news because of how disheartening it is, but I love to read People magazine. Does People count as news?
5. I talk to myself...A LOT. This comes from spending the better part of my life practicing for many hours at a time. I would comment to myself what was not sounding right, and then I would ask myself what I needed to do to fix it. Now when I talk to myself, it just seems weird because I don't have that funky artist vibe still going.
6. I see two of everything. No, this isn't the weird OCD tendency that I referenced in item #1. I have a muscular eye disorder (strabismus and insufficient convergence), so my eyes don't ever combine what I am looking at.
7. I am horrible at keeping in touch with people...just ask Henny. I intend to keep in touch, but I hate to talk on the phone, and so that makes it a little harder.
The 7 people I tag for this are...
1. Elizabeth (if baby stays in a little longer)
2. Roxanne
3. Nicole (although Nicole doesn't have a blog)
4. Lynley
5. Stacey
6. Valerie
7. Jennifer T.
1. When I go grocery shopping, I have to purchase things in multiples of twos.
2. I absolutely love to vacuum. In fact, when I moved to Houston, I purchased one of those see through cyclone machines just so I could get a better idea of how clean my carpet was becoming.
3. I secretly wish I was a Broadway Musical star.
4. I rarely watch the news because of how disheartening it is, but I love to read People magazine. Does People count as news?
5. I talk to myself...A LOT. This comes from spending the better part of my life practicing for many hours at a time. I would comment to myself what was not sounding right, and then I would ask myself what I needed to do to fix it. Now when I talk to myself, it just seems weird because I don't have that funky artist vibe still going.
6. I see two of everything. No, this isn't the weird OCD tendency that I referenced in item #1. I have a muscular eye disorder (strabismus and insufficient convergence), so my eyes don't ever combine what I am looking at.
7. I am horrible at keeping in touch with people...just ask Henny. I intend to keep in touch, but I hate to talk on the phone, and so that makes it a little harder.
The 7 people I tag for this are...
1. Elizabeth (if baby stays in a little longer)
2. Roxanne
3. Nicole (although Nicole doesn't have a blog)
4. Lynley
5. Stacey
6. Valerie
7. Jennifer T.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Success at Last
The smell of sweet success...actually it smells a bit like cumin. I tried once again to cook this evening, and I actually succeeded. I made Mexican Ground Beef over Polenta. I made it with ground turkey, and it took me a couple of tries to not boil over the polenta, but it is actually edible. Woohoo!!!!! Next week, I think I am going to try to make Tofu Tacos. Check back to see how that goes.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Cheap
Thrifty, economical, frugal, parsimonious, prudent, or cheap. Those are all words that describe me. I love saving money. It's almost like a game. My electric bill is generally around $13 each month, and I love perusing the circulars and clipping coupons. It's because of my spendthrift ways that I have stumbled on a website that I want to let you guys know about. It is www.bethriftylikeus.blogspot.com. It is the best blog ever!!!!!
Now, along these lines, I am now to the point where I wish I no longer had a tattoo (yes, dear mother, fall off the chair when you read that; you are finally right). To make matters worse, it is on my ankle. So, because I don't want to influence the kids in any way, if I wear a skirt to church, I have to put a band-aid over it. I looked into scar make-up and have a couple that kind of work, but it is like an artist session to make them match the shading of my pasty white ankles (who knew pasty involved a number of uber pale colors).
So, I did some investigating. Laser surgery is horribly expensive, and I checked into those tattoo removal creams. No legitimate source of dermatology indicates that those work at all. I thought about asking a tattoo artist if they could tattoo over it with white, and then it would just look like those large white patches that Michael Jackson claims he has. However, because it has color in it, white won't make a difference. However, what about purple? Yes, honest to goodness, that is what flashed through my mind (what about purple). I could get a tattoo person to go over it in and create an odd shape in purple and then just pretend it is a port wine stain. It would only cost like $35. What to do, what to do.
For the moment, my tattoo remains, I have a full supply of band-aids, and I am wearing lots of pants.
Now, along these lines, I am now to the point where I wish I no longer had a tattoo (yes, dear mother, fall off the chair when you read that; you are finally right). To make matters worse, it is on my ankle. So, because I don't want to influence the kids in any way, if I wear a skirt to church, I have to put a band-aid over it. I looked into scar make-up and have a couple that kind of work, but it is like an artist session to make them match the shading of my pasty white ankles (who knew pasty involved a number of uber pale colors).
So, I did some investigating. Laser surgery is horribly expensive, and I checked into those tattoo removal creams. No legitimate source of dermatology indicates that those work at all. I thought about asking a tattoo artist if they could tattoo over it with white, and then it would just look like those large white patches that Michael Jackson claims he has. However, because it has color in it, white won't make a difference. However, what about purple? Yes, honest to goodness, that is what flashed through my mind (what about purple). I could get a tattoo person to go over it in and create an odd shape in purple and then just pretend it is a port wine stain. It would only cost like $35. What to do, what to do.
For the moment, my tattoo remains, I have a full supply of band-aids, and I am wearing lots of pants.
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