Friday Fragments are bits and pieces of your week that are usually brief; too short for a stand-alone post, but too good to discard. Collect humorous observations, "Heard" items, and other small gems and put them together in a Friday Fragments post.
Friday Fragments are the brainchild of Mrs.4444 and you can find more at Half Past Kissin' Time.
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I saw this at Barnes and Noble this week and realized I hate it when people replace the heart in I heart New York with other symbols. Why does it bug me so much? I'll never know.
I updated our wall calendar, which is a dry erase board that holds 5 weeks, and the last day of school is up there. AGH! I am having a little anxiety because I had a really difficult time last summer with the kids and not having any breaks from their antics. We have a few plans for the summer, and I'm going to try and get down to Seattle to visit friends at least once every couple of weeks. I can't believe that Sam is almost a first grader. It just seems so much older than a Kindergartener...
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Hope everyone has a great weekend! Justin and I get to take Saturday and Sunday off and head to the King Tut exhibit at the science center & maybe an IMAX - so excited!
I've got 500 photos sitting in a folder on my computer, waiting for me to process, upload, and archive them. I started working on it this week, and I've got some good ones to share. In July, my cousin Emmy came to visit us from Philadelphia. I never got photos from our trip up, and I have really been enjoying going through them! Here are some favorites.
Friday Fragments are bits and pieces of your week that are usually brief; too short for a stand-alone post, but too good to discard. Collect humorous observations, "Heard" items, and other small gems and put them together in a Friday Fragments post.
Friday Fragments are the brainchild of Mrs.4444 and you can find more at Half Past Kissin' Time.
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I stopped by the only place I could find in town to ask about my broken camera lens. A few months back, I dropped my camera. I was kneeling and had the neck strap on, but I reached over to catch Sam because I thought he was falling, and the lens smacked the ground. It was fine except now the autofocus doesn't work. I don't mind using the manual focus in some situations, but when I'm trying to take pictures of the kids or things that are tricky or moving, I find a lot of my photos coming out blurry. I was really hoping maybe it was just a stuck focus ring or something, but I found out this week that it's going to be cheaper to just buy a new one than try and get it fixed. I am bummed because I want to start taking more pictures again, and we don't really have the money for a new lens right now. I'll probably just buy a used one from Ebay, but I'm not sure when I'll be able to. Bummer.
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A couple of weeks ago, the City Council in Topeka, KS voted to repeal a law against misdemeanor domestic battery. Did you catch that? They decided to basically LEGALIZE domestic violence. Why? Because it is becoming too expensive to uphold. DOES NOT COMPUTE. I am sickened by this. They are specifying that they will not prosecute cases of domestic violence. They will presumably continue to prosecute basic assault and battery cases. It seems to me that this boils down to condoning domestic violence, and telling people who experience domestic violence that they are not important. As if this country doesn't have enough of a problem with this already - a woman is battered every 12 seconds. Maybe more. And the geniuses over in Topeka have just given people a free pass on beating their wives. I just don't understand.
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The other night, I happened to glance out my back window to see this:
I swear, it will NEVER get old to be able to look outside and see that, no matter how often it happens.
Danny was very excited about it, but the cat was unsure of what the heck those guys were doing in our yard.
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We FINALLY finished moving last weekend. It took another full day and a 10 foot truck, but all of our stuff is now crammed into the garage at the new place. I am itching to organize it so that I can park the car in there again, now I just have to find the time to do it somewhere.
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On Wednesday, I had my blog critique by Melissa from Momcomm. It got me kind of excited, so I did some things around the blog. Redesigned, cleaned up, and with a few new pages. I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I am!
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Well, that's about it for this week. I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Well, it actually hasn't been that fun so far, but I expect that it will look up as I am having dinner and a movie with my girlfriends for my cousin Courtney's birthday tonight. We're going to see Hanna, which I have only read a synopsis for and have not seen any previews. This is quite unusal for me, usually I hear about most movies quite a while before they're out and look forward to many of them, and since I go to the movies around once a week, I usually see previews. I'm hoping it will be good! Today's post is a little random, I just have a ton of thoughts bouncing around in my head, so here are a few. About 3 weeks ago, Danny's mouth made a decision. It said "Only two teeth? Are you kidding? Here are FIVE MORE ALL AT ONCE." It's been a little crazy. There are now four teeth growing in on top, and I can't wait to see how it changes his smile once they're all the way in. I am totally drooling over this Tamron 70-300 Lens. I want it so bad, and the price on Amazon is excellent! I am working on selling some of our DVD box sets, then hopefully I'll be able to get it. Last week we went to the zoo, and the whole time we were there I just kept thinking about how I wished I had a telephoto lens. My mom and her husband went to Hawaii for spring break, and even though they've only been gone for a week I can't wait to see her tomorrow when they get back. I forgot that we were supposed to drop her car off at the airport today, so I'll have to go to the airport at 6:30 AM to pick them up. Oh well, not much sleep for me tonight. Sam is back to school tomorrow, which I am very glad about. We had a pretty good spring break, but it's better for him to get out of the house. I was very excited because the little letter and calendar the teacher sent home for April showed they are going to watch some caterpillars turn to butterflies! How fun. We have been watching the Batman movies with Sam because he likes playing Lego Batman on the Wii. So far we have watched the old, old one, Batman with Val Kilmer and Batman & Robin. Justin asked who my favorite Batman is, and I have to say that after watching part of B&R this morning I am kind of digging George Clooney. Is that weird? Sam likes the original old one the best. Well, that's about it for now! I'll be less random tomorrow ;-)
Weekly Winners is the creation of the beautiful Lotus from i am lotus (aka Sarcastic Mom). It gives us a chance to share our favorite shots of the week every Sunday.
Weekly Winners is the creation of the beautiful Lotus from i am lotus (aka Sarcastic Mom). It gives us a chance to share our favorite shots of the week every Sunday.
Other than the first two, these were all taken with my new 50mm 2.5/f macro lens that arrived this week. ALL photos were taken with my Canon Rebel EOS.
Friday Fragments are bits and pieces of your week that are usually brief; too short for a stand-alone post, but too good to discard. Collect humorous observations, "Heard" items, and other small gems and put them together in a Friday Fragments post.
Friday Fragments are the brainchild of Mrs.4444 and you can find more at Half Past Kissin' Time.
This week, I want to share some cool things I've found around the web in the last couple of weeks along with a few thoughts that are floating around in my head.
Check out this photo at Dooce. I can't stop staring at it, it's so beautiful.
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How cool is this video?
Very cool!
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I know some of you are watching Top Chef with me. How did you like this week's episode? Here are my thoughts...
The look on Richard's face when they brought out the fryers? It could have withered plants. But then he made FRIED MAYONNAISE. I am not even kidding. Wow.
Antonia fried some avocado. I think I want to eat that. I felt so bad she made the mistake of only one plate, because she would have won.
Tiffany must share that she is from Beaumont, TX of course. Is there really anyone who doesn't know that by now?
Why did Mike COPY something from Richard's notebook? So bizarre. Douche alert. Then he WON with it. He says in cutaway "Richard, it's not your dish, it's my dish, because I won the 5 G's." Douche.
Fabio told Richard they get along so well and that Richard reminds him of his ex-wife. Hilarious.
When Carla finds out that Mike copied Richard's dish, she says it goes against "chef law." She says there is man law, and there is chef law. And on 30 Rock, there is "sky law." I'd like to hear about all of the different weird "laws" out there. Know of any?
I was glad Richard won, he's definitely one of my favorites. Then the bottom three - I was NOT happy to see Carla there. Then Tiffany said she didn't actually cook any of the shrimp. WTH? Wasn't that the main part of the dish? I don't know, it just seems like a strange thing to delegate on when it's the main ingredient, and the point of the challenge.
I was really worried for a minute that my dreams of a Richard-Carla-Antonia finale were going to be dashed, but in the end it was Dale.
BTW, if you're a Top Chef fan, you should really be reading Amalah's hilarious recaps over at Mama Pop. She often has some of the same thoughts I do. Also, the recaps at TV Line are good too!
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There have been some interesting things going on in politics, and I'd love to say I plan to write about all of them. BUT, with a fussy baby and a 4 year old, it might not happen. So, for now, here are some posts I really enjoyed this week.
Jules at Mean Girl Garage wrote about how right now, she doesn't feel like the government is speaking for her. Her post has some great links.
Katie, one of the ladies from Curvy Girl Guide, wrote about the shitty amendment removing federal funding for Planned Parenthood.
Christina at A Mommy Story wrote about Michele Obama's Let's Move campaign to help kids get/stay fit.
Vodka Mom and Mrs. 4444 (once here and once here) both wrote great posts about the situation in Wisconsin from the point of view of teachers.
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Yeah, so... this happened.
Gah! We are in so much trouble right now. He had his 9 month doctor appointment on Monday and he is up 2% to the 7th percentile for weight, and shot up in height - he grew more than 2 inches in the last three months! He's tall and skinny just like his brother. The doctor agreed that we could try giving him some soy formula to see if he could tolerate it by now, so Tuesday-Friday we tried giving him 25-50% soy in his bottles with the Alimentum. It seemed to be going okay at first, but last night he was so uncomfortable and fussy, and that's the only thing we've changed. So, well have to scale it back and go a little slower. It sure would be nice to get him off the $27 cans of formula that only last a few days.
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Also, it snowed here this week. With the wind chill, it's been SO cold taking Sam down to the bus this week. At some point, it would be nice to put a little shelter at the bottom of the driveway for him to stand in while he waits for the bus. We also got our notice for parent teacher conferences, ours is March 11. I can't wait to talk to his teachers again and find out about the progress he's made.
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I got my 50mm 2.5/f macro lens this week! Yay! I have not had a chance to take many photos with it yet, but am looking forward to taking it outside with me once it's not so frigidly cold. I'll have a few photos up here on Sunday for Weekly Winners too.
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This weekend is pretty empty, though I am definitely planning on watching the Oscars on Sunday! I am participating in an Oscar pool for the first time this year, and it will be fun to cheer for the ones I chose! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
On Monday when Justin went to leave for work, he came back into the house and exclaimed "Ice hairs! Ice hairs in the dirt!" Not surprisingly, I had no idea what the hell he was talking about until I went out a few minutes later to investigate.
I was fascinated! I took my camera out to capture them.
What were they?! I had never seen anything like them.
They looked like they had grown up out of the dirt, and did look like hairs. The clumps were made up of individual strands and were somewhat delicate.
How COOL is that?! As the water reaches the surface, it freezes and when more water is drawn up it builds the needle, pushing it up out of the dirt.
Since Monday, I've noticed clumps of these in our fields where there's no grass (mole hills) and all along our driveway. I'm a little obsessed. I hope to get some more cool photos soon.
Weekly Winners is the creation of the beautiful Lotus from i am lotus (aka Sarcastic Mom). It gives us a chance to share our favorite shots of the week every Sunday.
All shots this week taken with my new Canon RebelXS.
Friday Fragments are bits and pieces of your week that are usually brief; too short for a stand-alone post, but too good to discard. Collect humorous observations, "Heard" items, and other small gems and put them together in a Friday Fragments post.
