Talk Like A Pirate Day- Ye Scalliwags!

Avast! It be talk like a pirate day today, if ye had not heerd. Grab yer sailor or yer lass and revel in all that is pirate! Yer supposed to let out yer inner pirate, what'er that means. Aye, I shall hoist my grog high and drain it to celebrate this vile day! I shall view the reviled pirate king, Johnny Depp, in his arrgggg, dvd videos thru the nite in adulation! Hear ye - raise up yer scabbard, get yer little rugrats to help ye and pass the word to Talk Like A Pirate today!

Haikus by My Daughter

Haikus (done in class for her own amusement) by Annie, Age 9. I think you'll see recurring themes here. Too bad it is not graded :) p.s. Orpheus and Elmo are both hamsters.

Orpheus is cool
He is a cool black hampster
Elmo is now dead

Lunch is real awesome!
I love lunch it is tasty!
It is almost time.

The bathroom stinks bad
The toilet is real dirty
It is real stinky!

God, I am tired!
I want to go to sleep now!
I am real sleepy!

The baby went Poop
He just pooped in his diaper
It is real stinky!

My class is crazy
We are extra superreally loud!
Save me from this place!!!

Math totally stinks!
So does reading and English.
Get me out of here.

Remembering 9/11

The memories are always fresh and I'll always have the memories of the last part of my pregnancy with Emily clouded by the horrors of 9/11. Please take the time to remember everyone who died that day, especially the innocent children on those planes.

My Daughter is Raising Money to Go To Space Camp!

My oldest daughter, Annie, is set on going to Space Camp this summer. She's a bright, motivated girl with interests in science, computer science and engineering for her future. We are fortunate to live right around the corner from Space Camp. We are not fortunate, in that because of our financial situation, we can't afford to send her there for that great opportunity.

Years of layoffs and the resulting excess debt still plague our family and we are digging out now that Tim is fully employed again. I am doing my best to manage being "mom" and working from home so I have time to take care of the needs of the the children. I have tried to get full-time work, but no one is calling me back, despite my years of human resources experience and banking experience. So here we are....

Annie is trying to raise money herself and increase her knowledge of space and general science by creating a blog called Send Me To Space Camp. We told her that she has a chance to work hard, learn more and create awareness about herself and her goals through this blog. It also gives readers a chance to support her and her goals by soliciting sponsorship and/or donations to help her fulfill her goal. Kind of like a virtual lemonade stand.

Take a look and give her feedback. She'll be adding new content weekly, so add her to your favorites list. Thanks for supporting the future scientist!

It's A Good Thing I Was The Lucky Egg!

I was commenting to Tim in front of Emily how nice it was to have such a cheerful, happy, child skipping around the house and that she is such a nice child. She turned to him and said, "it's a good thing I was the lucky egg!"

She knows that she was the last "egg" to come down the pike before I had my hysterectomy. Too funny! (note: Photo is a collage of the lucky eggs in our family by Annie)