Farkling for Fun

Oh Yeah!
Sheryl: 10,500
Logan: 7,450
Levi: 7,200
Linz: 6,700
Jenny: 6,400
Lily: 6,000
Sandra: 4,750
Steve: 4,000

snowflake

check here for snowflake fun!

Straight A's

Henry did it! He made straight A's during the third 6 weeks!!!!!!!!

(so proud...)

2nd Class

Henry has earned and received 2nd class Scout Rank!

XMAS DECORATIONS

are finally going up...
no, i haven't started my cards yet
don't know if i will do them this year
gary doesn't want me to
cuz i get too stressed...
again,
WHAT DO YA'LL THINK?

Hair

Gonna 'do' something drastic to my hair.
Don't know what yet... prolly short again
(my hair is pulled back in this picture to show what it would look like)
And maybe gonna 'do' something with the greys....
just LOOK at them all!
whatcha'll think?

Boy Scout "Lock In"

We just returned from last night's
Lock-In for the Boy Scouts.
A nite of video games, pizza, soda, fellowship
What more could you ask for?

MATH

UPDATE:

Just received my grade, peeps....

did you even have to think about it?
(I know, I don't have any other classes OR a job...)
But still... it's an

"A"

I now have 24 hours in college mathematics

I'm almost finished with my class: 94.26% and counting....

Silly Lilllllly

OK, remember my Mahna Mahna post?
LOOKy- looky at what I found!!!

Lily IS the
'Mahna Mahna 'girl-thingy(s)'!!!!!
Do you agree?
(i'm hopping and clapping right now!)

ElfYourself

Steve, go here

Mahna Mahna

Seriously, I am extremely bored:

Remember these guys from Sesame Street?

Anyone? Anyone?

Check this LINKIE to see the vid.

or, check this one if you're into HEAVY METAL

or, better yet, here is a STAR WARS Mahna Mahna
just for Max

TURN IT UP HENRY

go ahead....
click on this random photo from d.c.
i DARE you!

SANTA CLAUS, THE PIRATE

A night to remember. Fire, smores, children, the ice-maker, a dog.
A green glider that was possessed.
Too much fun on a Saturday night without pictures.
I'm sorry the camera didn't make an appearance, but perhaps our own memories will suffice.
I received a tea-set from Santa Clause, the Pirate.
Other gifts included an i-pod and a steak.
Wow, I'm sore...

No Pictures, Please

Biscuit the cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat is at it again:
he held a massacre in my bathroom- again.
There was blood all over the floor as well as pieces of, well... shudder... i just won't say.
This time we saw what he was sacrificing to the great cat in the sky.
I won't say what it was, except that, well, Mr. McGregor would be proud.

FOOTBALL!

Exam #1 Down

Today was the first exam in my current math class. It was easy 'cept a big old problem involving how many grains of sand in the Sahara desert. Oh my.... I'm pretty sure I got it right after a quick polling after class. I will let you know. My teacher lets us pick 6 out of 10 questions to answer. This is really cool but strange in that I seem to answer the ones that others don't wanna. Like doing the
graphs
(scatter plots, box 'n whiskers, etc).

I love stats!
Next we're studying probabilities.

Oh, and I volunteered to work a college information day today and had to wear
the
dorkiest blue T-shirt along w/ nice, shiny black pants.

Oh, the horror...

MuteMath

I've told some one you about the trip to Dallas to visit a band, "MuteMath" that Levi has been working and touring with for several months. I've also told some of you about the drummer and how he 'ducts tapes headphones to his head'. Tis true, folks:

We looked like this last night!

Do you do candy corn @ halloween?

I DO!

I love candy-corn!



I would eat it all year long only....

eeew!




I allow myself
one (1) bag
of
candy corn
a year-

on Halloween...







This is my view-point

the rest of the year:

Halloween Whiskers

Biscuit helped put up the decorations. They couldn't have done it w/out him!

Biscuit the Cat

The wonderful, wonderful HALLOWEEN cat!

mutemath

Participants included:

Levi
(bro's son)

Henry

Susan (sis)

Sydney
(sis's daughter)

me
(& my lazy eye)

Emperor's New Clothes?

Moving On Up!

Tenderfoot... it's a thing of the past!

Second-Class is the NEW Tenderfoot cuz Henry's made it!

Mind-Numbingly Boring

Update:
I attended Introduction to Outdoor Leadership Skills (IOLS) training for Boy Scouts. This training is designed to develop outdoor camping skills of scout leaders and focuses on troop structure, camping, scouting skills, outdoor cooking.
It also happens to be "mind-numbingly boring".

Me and my tent:

My first dutch-oven dish:

My patrol was called "Geezer Patrol" and was made up of me and 6 really old men... (they thought they were anyway). I refused to be a Geezer but agreed to make the flag (wool-felted, tutorial to follow...). Even though I was forced to use the dutch-oven, I refused to cook for my patrol but instead opted to clean after all meals (scout-style consisting of three tubs- hot soap, hot rinse and cold rinse w/ bleach). The Geezers seemed happy with this arrangement. It's amazing what a man can and will cook in the great outdoors...

I mastered lots of scout skills and received the only '100' in orienteering and was the first to make a true fire. Of course the Geezer flag won first place in the Flag Competition and the whole patrol took first in the Dutch-Oven Dessert Presentation Competition. Oh, and we had the Best Overall Campsite.

Am I overexaggerating? NO. Am I bragging? YES

Why? Because it was a weekend to be endured that began Friday afternoon and ended Sunday afternoon... Truly brutal when I should be/could be studying.

The only thing I have to say is that Henry had better become Eagle after this :)
Oh, and only 50% of the weekend was "mind-numbingly boring"...

Henry's Music

The musical artists on my 11 year old boy's
current Playlist:

(and other fave artists)

Beatles
Blink 182
Ozzy Osborne
AC/DC
Guns n Roses
Europe
Bon Jovi :(
Survivor
Beach Boys
Eric Johnson
Red Hot Chili Peppers
ZZ Top

Always, Sometimes, Never

Update: I ALWAYS am upset to see a moth.

WhiMsy love posted hers, here is mine:

I always:
talk to strangers
drink a diet coke for breakfast
stay up too late
dream of an 'art room'
love new music
forget my meds
am late sending birthday greetings
stumble

I sometimes:
volunteer
clean my house
wear purple (but only cuz i haveta)
think i am interesting
clean up squirrel massacres in my bathroom
dream of horse races
lose my keys
facebook

I never:
eat veal
take vitamins
smoke
listen to c&w music
wear high-heel shoes
put the butter back in the fridge
twitter

The Hearts Have It

My Kitty gif for the Day

For Sandra

Our long-lost Sandra is homesick so here is a present for her to remember Texas.

Football

Henry is playing

flag-football


His first game was
today!

He made a
"tackle"-

it's all worth it...

Joyful Friendships

For Some Very Nice Friends :)

CHEERS!!

Today's Doctor Visit

Doctor visits are usually the same every time. I enter the office with a sense of uncertainty- how long will the wait be, what will the diagnosis be, will there be lab work? You know it.

Today was no different. The wait in the initial waiting room was very long and very cold. There were odd conversations between an older gentleman with his meds in a plastic tackle box and a twenty year old army dude w/ flu-like symptoms. The older gentleman just knew he wouldn't be infected by the army guy but was quite taken aback by the intensity of my cough and backed away. So, to oblige him, I huddled in the corner coughing into my sleeve which is proper cold etiquette at schools nowadays.

After the older gentleman and the army dude were led to the back, it was my turn. The scale looms in the dark.... no comments here. The small sterile waiting room in the back became sort of a haven for me in that it was darker and much, much warmer than the previous room. The People mags were from April and August of this year (there were no New Yorkers) and were ratty and worn especially on the corners. All I learned was that Melissa Gilbert and Rob Lowe had dated after her Little House days and that Kate ( John and Kate plus Eight) spent $128 on a bathing suit during her beach vacay this summer. All of this information helped me to realize that I really didn't feel well and was still very cold. So I pulled my arms into my sleeves and curled up on the table. Sleep came quickly.

The doctor woke me with the usual pleasantries, asking how I was, how was my family, etc. He did seem to be surprised that I was asleep; however, I can sleep almost anywhere. He looked in my ears, nose, throat; listened to my chest and back and decided that I am suffering from "asthmatic bronchitis". He informed me that had I waited a day or two, my condition would most likely have deteriorated into pneumonia. The proverbial bullet had been dodged!

Now, after a list of prescriptions and a shot in my backside, it was off to the same old check-out desk. After my quick trip to the restrooms, I looked at my watch and realized that this doctor visit had been the same as all the others- uneventful (except for the nap).

Secret Admirer ??????

ok
now i am receiving anonymous text messages.
the message is simple enough:
"meow"

the meaning?
only 'he' can say
and,
there are more than texts...

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meow

The Bob Obsession Continues

Don't Ya Wish Your Family Had a Mom Like Me!

Scout Ranking

Henry earned his "Tenderfoot" ranking in Boy Scouts tonight.
He had his first board-of-revenue and passed without any hesitation.

Belly Blogs

So I just stumbled onto a website called
"The Belly Project"
which, yeah, you guessed it - shows pics of random women's bellies that they take themselves.

What with all the stitches (grapefruit-sized tumor removed) and staples (28) that I've had in my belly, I would think I should be quite embarrassed to show mine.

But after looking at these
"27 year old, no pregnancy" women's bellies,
No, actually, I think my belly looks pretty wicked considering.....

Oh there won't be any postings or pics of my belly on teh internets anytime soon unless you can find the rare footage that Lily collected some 4-5 days post-op!

Cornet Character

Like father like son. Like a kid in a candy store.

Like no one's business. Like white on rice.
Like there's no tomorrow. Like a moth to a flame:

lovin' the idioms today...

RocketMan

Space Shuttle STS-128

August 28, 2009

Friday, 10:59 CST

Frequent Flyers

so, who is looking?
thanks to the kincannons (k'in cany^ons)

Bob or Biscuit?

it's anyone's guess as to the identity of this
particular feline.

no fair cheatin'
(in other words, no looking at the carpet....:)

Silly Lily

Mademoiselle

Movie-Star Maxwell

Backyard Lily #2

I just found this ethereal picture of Lily on her internets.
Lovely!

Updated Peru Picture; Lily

lurve my photoshop!