Poor Laine!

You MUST go visit Emily's blog and watch my poor Lainey eat a Warhead ;(

Silly Facebook "Test" Results....

....I should be living in Rome; I am the Greek Goddess, Athena; I am June Cleaver; I am a Jedi Master; I am the Book of Mormon Prophet, Alma the Elder; I am a nerd; my Teddy Bear name is "Snuggly Baby Bear"; my Smurf name is "Insane Smurf"; my Super Hero name is "The Daring Mime"; my Princess name is "Laurie the Lucky, Princess of Lyham; my Twilight guy is Jasper; my "Real Age" is 50; I scored 100% on both the 'Grammar" test and the "There, Their, They're" test...
...and....
...drum roll, please....
...my Easter Bunny name is "Cinna Bun Fluggybum" --- I LOVE that name! :-) ;-p ;-0 --- I giggle every time I say it out loud :-D

Curls and girls...

Freshly washed -- ooooooo
Big grin! :) ... almost 2
Puttin' on the gloss ;) ... almost 5
"Caught me by surprise!" ... 1st grade
'juicy grin' - 'gawd a cowd' :( ... 1-1/2

Virginia Trip...so far...

St Patrick's Day green :) Sarah, Emily, Evoly, Laurie, Elaine & Miriam...(Evoly's shirt has green print and ribbons)
Green milk...

GREEN Green Chili Chicken Enchilada Cassarole...
Green grapes and apples in a luscious fruit salad...
Silly Spaghetti face :)

Julian's Page...

Papier Mache "The Three Billy Goat's Gruff" from school...
Silver (2nd) in Flag Sparring...
Bronze (3rd) in Board Breaking (flying kick thingy) Very impressive! ...
Showing off my medals and the prize that daddy and I won! It's a really cool 'kick practicer' thingy (there is a real name for it ...I don't know what it is ;) ...

Maya Angelou....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... something perfect to wear if the employer, or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... a youth she's content to leave behind....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to retelling it in her old age....

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..... a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a recipe for a meal,

that will make her guests feel honored...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .... a feeling of control over her destiny...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... how to fall in love without losing herself..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... how to quit a job, break up with a lover, and confront a friend without; ruining the friendship...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... that she can't change the length of her calves, the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW.... that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW.... whom she can trust, whom she can't, and why she shouldn't take it personally...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW....where to go... be it to her best friend's kitchen table.. or a charming Inn in the woods... when her soul needs soothing...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW... What she can and can't accomplish in a day... a month...and a year...

Beautiful Poem

Song for a Fifth Child

Mother, oh Mother, come shake out your cloth
empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
hang out the washing and butter the bread,
sew on a button and make up a bed.
Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I've grown shiftless as Little Boy Blue
(lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
(pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo).
The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
and out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
but I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo.
Look! Aren't her eyes the most wonderful hue?
(lullaby, rockaby, lullaby loo).

The cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow,
for children grow up, as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down, cobwebs. Dust go to sleep.
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

by Ruth Hulburt Hamilton

(borrowed from Ana's blog - thanks again for such beauty) ;)

"Saturday Projects" day :)

"Eternal waters" of the kitty kind :)

Haunted Mansion - "Tristan the Monster-Ghost" with all the appropriate growls and howls :)

"Julian the Friendly Ghost" :)

Laundry with my new bins :)

An almost clear kitchen sink... :) ...

... ;-p Then we go to Julian's TaeKwanDo Tournament, and then the movies, for $0.80 each! Yep -- through Julian's school and Kiggins Theatre, we get 10 movies for $8.00, TOTAL! And they're some really good ones, too, like Madagascar 2, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, High School Musical 3, Bolt, IGOR, Tale of Despereaux and 4 others....Neat huh!? :~) It's nice to get a day without all the stress....We're happy! :-D

changing backgrounds

It's fun! and there are so many :)

Our little overnight snow :)

my favorite Japanese Maple

bright morning with clear shadows

light fluffy stuff

across the street scene

a little grass plant from Sarah's wedding reception

Will the fun never stop - what a great Winter we've had - and Spring isn't that far away....One Spring, several years ago, we had a fairly good snow on March 17th (I remember the date and you'll see why) - It was St Patrick's Day, and the snow had been falling all night while we slept, and in the morning, when we discovered what had happened - oh joy! - we built a big snowman and covered his neck with clover-necklaces - in honor of St Pat....He was so cute....we got a couple of pics, but of course they are digital - only film - and I'm not sure where they are right now (probably in the hall closet repository of old pics and negatives)

Anyway here are a few shots of what my house and street look like this morning...It's bright and clear with a few clouds on the horizon...I wish you could HEAR these pictures...the birds are all coming back and they're singing a might pretty song - hehe - and it must be loud out there, 'cause even my deaf 'ole ears can hear all it's music :)

PS - the mountains (ski resorts) have been getting an INCH AN HOUR for the last day-and-a-half - they're LOVING it! This is all we got - that's okay - Julian's school wasn't even delayed