I was about to tell you that I've been up to a whole lot of nuthin but apparently that hasn't been the case.
after Darly's show was over we had to hurry up and get her physical so that she can go to Girl Scout camp this summer. The doc says she's totally weird, but that shouldn't keep her out of camp. Sometimes our doc is cool, but I was a bit floored when she recommended that I get the HPV vaccine for Darly because it prevents cancer. She knows I don't vaccinate and I told her that the HPV vaccine was one of the main reasons I chose not to. She asked why that was and I told her how the manufacturer fought to have the HPV vaccine mandatory for all girls entering the 6th grade!!!!!!!!!!! She had forgotten about that. The reason I was shocked that she was recommending it is that she told my husband to not get the pneumonia vaccine (even though his other doc recommended it) because like the flu vaccine, it is made from last year's strand so it's worthless. @@
Then I had fun scanning and uploading all the documents onto the GS Camp registration website...only to get NO confirmation that they had all the info. So I emailed them and yes we're all set, she was supposed to send me a email by last Friday...didn't get it though. hummm
Next we had to get ready for Darly's very late birthday party. That was the one with the murder mystery. Everything went off very well. Hubby & I were the detectives and interrogated all the suspects. Then the kids voted on who they thought might have "dun it." It turned out that we had a tie vote...which meant they did it together. So I had to figure out HOW. LOL!
One of the guys had come here from London. He was a detective there but was unable to bring his gun with him...he said the gun was at home. The other guy was a mercenary (his character was based on a video game). So we surmised that Mr London tried to come here to murder our victim, but his gun was confiscated by TSA agents, so he hired Mr Mercenary to finish the job.
The very next day we had another birthday party for a friend of ours to go to. Her husband had won a Irish step dancing show and gave that to her for a present with the party.
The following weekend Darly, her youth group & I went to Lutheran Valley Retreat to help them with chores to prepare for their summer camping season. Darly & I helped strip and re-wax a floor (note we NEVER want to see another wax floor in our lives!) We also helped make dinner and cleaned more floors and bathrooms. so much fun, so much muscle pain!
We get to do this again here soon for the Girl Scout camp, but I'm sure they won't have us stripping another floor...normally we get tent set up duty. That should be a walk in the park compared to the mopping bonanza. lol
Praying for Oklahoma! Heard from OK Chick, she and her family are good. Just got a call this am from hubby's employer making sure that we're all okay...including family. I have a feeling that they'll be going down to help out.
Monday, May 20, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Facebook is censoring
Yesterday my friend posted the following article on her status http://keithhennessey.com/2013/04/24/smarter/
The timeline that she copied it from and hers both had the article deleted. Apparently Facebook found the article not in keeping with their TOS. We're still trying to figure out why as there isn't anything we can see that is against the TOS.
So if you're on FB share this like crazy! Let's drive them nuts!
The timeline that she copied it from and hers both had the article deleted. Apparently Facebook found the article not in keeping with their TOS. We're still trying to figure out why as there isn't anything we can see that is against the TOS.
So if you're on FB share this like crazy! Let's drive them nuts!
Monday, April 08, 2013
Costume Closures pros & cons
Okay, I need to figure out how I want to hold these costumes closed for our current play.
Well I can easily rule out buttons as 1) they don't go with the look we want and 2) are a pain to do.
options are:
Velcro:
pros: makes changing go quickly
cons: difficult to put in the costume, hooks tend to grab onto and mess up fabric, noisy, and gives out or comes out over time.
Zipper:
pros: easy to install, lasts a long time
cons: frustrating to young actors and can be expensive. Also tend to be tricky (grab fabric, etc)
Hook & Eye:
pros: easy to install, lasts a long time
cons: frustrating to young actors and easily ripped out (especially by young actors in a hurry)
Snaps:
pros: lasts a long time, easy for young actors to fasten
cons: time consuming to install
Honestly, I would like to just safety pin these! But I have to choose one of the options above.
Well I can easily rule out buttons as 1) they don't go with the look we want and 2) are a pain to do.
options are:
Velcro:
pros: makes changing go quickly
cons: difficult to put in the costume, hooks tend to grab onto and mess up fabric, noisy, and gives out or comes out over time.
Zipper:
pros: easy to install, lasts a long time
cons: frustrating to young actors and can be expensive. Also tend to be tricky (grab fabric, etc)
Hook & Eye:
pros: easy to install, lasts a long time
cons: frustrating to young actors and easily ripped out (especially by young actors in a hurry)
Snaps:
pros: lasts a long time, easy for young actors to fasten
cons: time consuming to install
Honestly, I would like to just safety pin these! But I have to choose one of the options above.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Pieces of Me - Review
My friend Eisley Jacobs had just released her latest book "Pieces of Me".
This Young Adult SciFi Thriller is very intriguing. The story is full of adventure, twists and turns that keep you interested ... so much that you might just read the entire book in one day like I did!
Here's a bit of the teaser on the book...
Imagine having amnesia. . . imagine having recurring amnesia. . . you have no recollection at all of your name, your family, the day before. . . imagine pieces of your life written on sticky notes in various locations ~ sticky notes to guide you through your day. . . because tomorrow you'll forget.
My disclaimer: I did not receive anything in exchange for this review. I bought the book, read it and gave you my honest review of it. However, I am trying to win a contest to get an autographed copy of the book because Darly refuses to read my epub version. ;o) I'm also trying to spread the word so my friend's book gets into more hands.
Here's a bit of the teaser on the book...
Imagine having amnesia. . . imagine having recurring amnesia. . . you have no recollection at all of your name, your family, the day before. . . imagine pieces of your life written on sticky notes in various locations ~ sticky notes to guide you through your day. . . because tomorrow you'll forget.
My disclaimer: I did not receive anything in exchange for this review. I bought the book, read it and gave you my honest review of it. However, I am trying to win a contest to get an autographed copy of the book because Darly refuses to read my epub version. ;o) I'm also trying to spread the word so my friend's book gets into more hands.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Dogs don't like to go to the store!
Today I saw again a car with an extra "alarm" of two poor hot dogs waiting while their owner went into the grocery store.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind folks that your car gets baking like an oven out there in the parking lot...all that heat can cook your poor puppy's brain.
Your dog is not happy to go shopping with you, they are stressed because they've been left alone in the car and all these strange people keep trying to come and steal your stuff.
Have you ever had to wait in the car while some other person said "I'll be right back"? No matter how fast they do come back it seems like FOREVER! This is what it is like for your dog and why they are so happy when you finally do come back.
While the car is in motion your poor dog is trying so hard to not fall over. An unrestrained animal in the car can become a projectile if you need to stop suddenly or are in a crash. I saw today a poor husky get his head stuck in the cracked window...if the driver had stopped quickly the dog could have been strangled, had his neck broke or worse.
Sure your dog acts like they love to go for rides in the car, they want to be with you. Even my Lilly runs for the car and jumps in, but as soon as we get going (with her secured in her crate) she starts whining because she does not like riding in the car.
Unless your dog suffers from separation anxiety they are much happier at home, doing their job of protecting your house from vicious mail carriers.
I would like to take this opportunity to remind folks that your car gets baking like an oven out there in the parking lot...all that heat can cook your poor puppy's brain.
Your dog is not happy to go shopping with you, they are stressed because they've been left alone in the car and all these strange people keep trying to come and steal your stuff.
Have you ever had to wait in the car while some other person said "I'll be right back"? No matter how fast they do come back it seems like FOREVER! This is what it is like for your dog and why they are so happy when you finally do come back.
While the car is in motion your poor dog is trying so hard to not fall over. An unrestrained animal in the car can become a projectile if you need to stop suddenly or are in a crash. I saw today a poor husky get his head stuck in the cracked window...if the driver had stopped quickly the dog could have been strangled, had his neck broke or worse.
Sure your dog acts like they love to go for rides in the car, they want to be with you. Even my Lilly runs for the car and jumps in, but as soon as we get going (with her secured in her crate) she starts whining because she does not like riding in the car.
Unless your dog suffers from separation anxiety they are much happier at home, doing their job of protecting your house from vicious mail carriers.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Birthday Plans
Darly's birthday is next month and she wanted to come up with something "epic" for her party. Surprisingly she wasn't at all interested in doing any of the go somewhere else type parties. Being highly sensitive to noise I can see how having her friends at home would be more appealing.
So after googling many versions of Fabulous Birthday Party Ideas we came across ...
Murder Mystery Party! She liked that right off the bat.
But she also wanted her friends to be able to dress up as any character they wanted to...not just the characters in the mystery. So we have...
Comic-Con Murder Mystery Party! and now her friends can be anything... but how to tie this in to the storyline?
Well we had to write our own story. Hummm that seems hard. So we did some more research trying to find a murder mystery kit that would fit in with our theme... um not so much.
And then we found where someone had their guests come up with their own character for the mystery. Ah HA!
So now the guests will come up with their own character, and name (so for the party they'll be 3 people... who they really are, their costume character, AND their mystery character) bwahaha! They will each write a brief bio of themselves with how they know the victim and then an alibi.
At the party each guest will read or act out their part and then we'll vote on who we think "dun-it" The person with the most votes is our killer!
DH asks: "What if there's a tie?" - they did it together!
"What if it's a 3 way tie?" - they hired a hitman!
"What if it's a 15 way tie?" - we'll have to provide more evidence and vote again.
The invites went out today and the guests are excited...most are involved in theater, so this should be really fun with all the drama!
Due to scheduling the party isn't until May... but I'll try to have pictures.
So after googling many versions of Fabulous Birthday Party Ideas we came across ...
Murder Mystery Party! She liked that right off the bat.
But she also wanted her friends to be able to dress up as any character they wanted to...not just the characters in the mystery. So we have...
Comic-Con Murder Mystery Party! and now her friends can be anything... but how to tie this in to the storyline?
Well we had to write our own story. Hummm that seems hard. So we did some more research trying to find a murder mystery kit that would fit in with our theme... um not so much.
And then we found where someone had their guests come up with their own character for the mystery. Ah HA!
So now the guests will come up with their own character, and name (so for the party they'll be 3 people... who they really are, their costume character, AND their mystery character) bwahaha! They will each write a brief bio of themselves with how they know the victim and then an alibi.
At the party each guest will read or act out their part and then we'll vote on who we think "dun-it" The person with the most votes is our killer!
DH asks: "What if there's a tie?" - they did it together!
"What if it's a 3 way tie?" - they hired a hitman!
"What if it's a 15 way tie?" - we'll have to provide more evidence and vote again.
The invites went out today and the guests are excited...most are involved in theater, so this should be really fun with all the drama!
Due to scheduling the party isn't until May... but I'll try to have pictures.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Flakers
Okay, I really wanted to stop being so negative on my blog, but I guess that just isn't going to happen.
Unfortunately I am exposed to a lot of people who are flakers. (yeah, my spell check doesn't like that word)
A flaker is someone who says that they will do something and then later either totally forgets about doing the thing they said they were going to do or just before they were supposed to do it, says they now can't (and the reason isn't very good).
I wonder if this is just a homeschooling phenomena or if this happens with other folks too?
It seems that we either get a lot of folks who will sign up for our homeschooling classes and either forget that they've signed up or they schedule to do something else and are no longer available to come. It gets really frustrating because as homeschoolers we struggle to be seen in the community as legitimate educators for our kids and when we get someone to give of their time it is easier to get them to do that if we have a sizable group, but if we say we are bringing a group of 20 kids + their parents and then the day comes and only 10 kids and parents actually show up it looks bad. Also frequently you need to have a large group to get the discounted price.
I know that many of my homeschooling friends feel my pain. I think that I get irritated by this so much because to me flaking is like lying. Or maybe it seems as if something better came along.
I understand having to cancel if your kid gets sick...trust me, if your kid is sick I want you to stay home because there is nothing I hate worse that someone who shares cold germs.
I understand other emergencies.
What I don't understand is setting up an appointment when you've already said you would do my class.
Unfortunately I am exposed to a lot of people who are flakers. (yeah, my spell check doesn't like that word)
A flaker is someone who says that they will do something and then later either totally forgets about doing the thing they said they were going to do or just before they were supposed to do it, says they now can't (and the reason isn't very good).
I wonder if this is just a homeschooling phenomena or if this happens with other folks too?
It seems that we either get a lot of folks who will sign up for our homeschooling classes and either forget that they've signed up or they schedule to do something else and are no longer available to come. It gets really frustrating because as homeschoolers we struggle to be seen in the community as legitimate educators for our kids and when we get someone to give of their time it is easier to get them to do that if we have a sizable group, but if we say we are bringing a group of 20 kids + their parents and then the day comes and only 10 kids and parents actually show up it looks bad. Also frequently you need to have a large group to get the discounted price.
I know that many of my homeschooling friends feel my pain. I think that I get irritated by this so much because to me flaking is like lying. Or maybe it seems as if something better came along.
I understand having to cancel if your kid gets sick...trust me, if your kid is sick I want you to stay home because there is nothing I hate worse that someone who shares cold germs.
I understand other emergencies.
What I don't understand is setting up an appointment when you've already said you would do my class.
Google reader
I visit most of my friends' blogs via google reader. But this week I was notified that reader is going away. :'(
apparently I was just barely accessing all the power of google reader. I learned that I could have been using it to do much more than just blogging. but alas, seeing as they're doing away with it...no point in figuring that out now.
However, never fear, I figured out how to continue to access everyone's blog updates. blogger let me subscribe to all of my reader feeds.
now to see how long blogger stays around. I guess if they do away with blogger then I'll have no blog. That will be a bummer.
apparently I was just barely accessing all the power of google reader. I learned that I could have been using it to do much more than just blogging. but alas, seeing as they're doing away with it...no point in figuring that out now.
However, never fear, I figured out how to continue to access everyone's blog updates. blogger let me subscribe to all of my reader feeds.
now to see how long blogger stays around. I guess if they do away with blogger then I'll have no blog. That will be a bummer.
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