My nephew is here!

My sister Julie had her baby last night.
8 pounds, 20 inches.
Click here to see photos.
Congrats Julie & Corey! Welcome William B!

if you don’t really want to know…

A lady at work was really upset this afternoon.
Today is her birthday. She asked someone to guess how old she is.
They guessed wrong (about 8 years older than she is).
She had her feelings hurt by their answer.
Why even ask such a question?
I’m not sure what possessed her to ask that. Good grief!

wrong century?

During a conversation with DD13 tonight about going to high school next year, I was asked, “Why couldn’t I have been born in the Middle Ages? Then all I’d have to learn would be to sew and dance!”

walking

For almost 2 weeks now, I’ve been walking each morning at 5:30 with my sister Christina. She brings her little pomeranian Molly to walk along with us.
At first it was hard, as my right leg had an ache in the front muscle on the outside – not a shin splint. It [...]

Thinking Blogger Award

My sister Julie has given me the Thinking Blogger Award and now I get to name 5 bloggers whose blogs cause me to think. It took me a while to come up with my five. I kept going back & forth with them. I know it’s not that serious, but it was [...]

Earth Day 2007

is tomorrow, April 22.
Many people will be focusing on finding ways to improve the Earth’s environment. Others recognized this holiday on the vernal equinox. Regardless of when you observe this day, preserving and using the earth’s resources wisely will ultimately help all of us the world over.
Sidenote: April 22 [...]

GoodSearch.com

can be used like any other search engine – the site is powered by Yahoo! – but each time you do, money is generated for JDRF.
Getting started is simple:
Go to www.goodsearch.com.
Type JDRF into the I support box and click on the verify button.
Then select Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. My chapter is not listed, [...]

Life Goals

I asked my children, “What’s your biggest goal in life?” I think I should ask them this every year or so & see how it changes over the years.
DD13 said hers was to be a veterinarian and to have a paint throwing party to repaint her bedroom (tarps on the floor, buckets of [...]

Four months ago today,

DD10 was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes. It seems like it was a lifetime ago.
Her 2 month check up with the pediatric endocrinologist and diabetes educator was this afternoon. Her A1C was 6.1. After having it at 11 in February, 6.1 was a major change.
DD10 is doing great [...]

clips from At World’s End

If you’d like to see a new clip from Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, click here to open a new window.
I saw the clip that was featured on Good Morning America (I think) and a new one. Both look great.
I’m deppinately looking forward to May 25, are you?

make a memory

At the official Bon Jovi website, you can listen to the new single, “(You want to) Make a Memory.”

free eBook downloads from WOWIO

I saw this over at the MSMomsmoney blog & have signed up. I’d love to get a free iPod from simply giving out referrals, so let me know if you’re interested. DD13 has been asking for one – and what better than a free one! I’ve already downloaded 5 books. The [...]

I’m in hail

It’s been sprinking/barely raining for about 30 minutes. Just now it started to hail. And rain. Huge raindrops. How strange to see bits of ice bouncing as they land on the lawn.

Behind The Scene: Pirates III = Depp Charge

Click here to open link in new window.
By Susan E. James
He’s the Wizard of Odd on the road less traveled. Among movie clones and conformers, actor Johnny Depp has blazed his own trail. Some of his films have succeeded beyond wildest studio expectations. Some have crashed and burned and have never been heard from again. [...]

finding your pony

I saw this over at a blog that I enjoy, Mom to the Screaming Masses and began to think about the concept of finding my pony.
There were two boys who were the subject of an experiment. One was put into a room with every toy known to children. [...]