by Sarah | Sep 19, 2010 | All About Denver, All About Family, All About Me, Photography, Weekly Winners
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XTi.
For week 9/12-9/18/10
Water Falls
Fish Swim
(Above is Nemo#1)
(and Pingu)
Fish can be replaced
Nemo#1 was “sick” and so flushed “Back to the sea” and so we have Nemo#2:
Hair Curls
Determination Wins
(He got 17th place this time! Moving up!!)
Teamwork is Everything
(The Team Won the Meet!)
Relaxation takes many forms…
At the Park:
With Friends
I Can Be Beautiful
(A lesson in progress, a piece at a time – this is my first piece)
********
That’s it for this week. Head on over to Lotus‘ digs to check out other, more worthy entrants!!
by Sarah | Sep 18, 2010 | All About Denver, All About Kennedy, All About Me, All About Molly, Cystic Fibrosis
Day 06 – Something You Hope You Never Have To Do
My biggest fear day in and day out.
I hope I never, ever, have to bury one of my children.
I hope that Brandon, destined to drive in just a few years, finds and uses common sense. That he has the same instincts I did to never use drugs, to not drink until he’s older. That nothing happens to mar is bright future.
I hope that Riley far outlives and outshines me and her father. That none of her issues cause her problems. That she grows to be a proud and strong young woman.
Above all I hope for a cure.
That Angel never has to wait for a lung transplant to save her life. That she doesn’t have to live her days hooked to machines that force breath into her failing lungs. That they find a cure for even her unique a-typical form of this horrible disease.
I never want to bury ANY of my children.
Yet daily I wonder if I will have to.
I hope to the heavens that I won’t ever face that.
by Sarah | Sep 17, 2010 | All About Kennedy, All About Learning, All About Me, All About Molly, Crap, Random
On occasion the random bullet-filled post is fun. Guess what you get today? The virtual grab-bag of crap…I mean, the bullet-list…so much less defined than a bucket-list 😀
* Riley got sick this week. I called her school on Monday at 10:45AM. Told them her name, her teacher, that she was in PM kindergarten – and said she was sick & not coming in. 2 hours later the school called wondering where she was. SOOOO not working in their favor.
* On that note, I have a copy of a withdrawal letter for her drafted. It’s not set in stone, but we’re meeting w/ her teacher on Monday. Might be an ‘exit interview’ to get our ducks in a row. Informational “what is happening in class” and “this is what’s happening at home” type of meeting. Not sure which way the pendulum will swing after that.
*Our town had it’s street fair this past weekend. Somehow Angel managed to get a pingpong ball into a little fishbowl TWICE. So, “Pingu” and “Nemo” are the new pets around here (pictures to follow soon). If they survive the week I’m going to need to get them a real fish bowl. Right now they’re managing, but I don’t have any proper materials so the water is getting filthy fast. Changing it out daily is not on my list of good times.
* The new season of GLEE is this coming week! YAY. Fall shows make me happy. GLEE, ANTM, Bones and Big Bang Theory I’m anxious to see again (okay, ANTM is already on, YAY). I’ve started watching Hellcats (don’t judge)…and I’m really looking forward to No Ordinary Family, Sh*t my Dad Says, and Blue Bloods (hello Donnie Wahlberg *sigh* – and my NKOTB love goes on – again, don’t judge, you know you loved them too).
* Speaking of shows…oh, how disappointed I am in True Blood. Alan Ball really took the show WAY off course – and BORED THE CRAP out of me this season. When you fast forward through 3/4 of the finale because you don’t give a sh*t about any of the characters – you know it’s bad. Shame on you, Alan Ball. SHAME ON YOU.
* I’m knitting again.
* And (sort of) writing again…more like editing my book based on some feedback I got. Once again I have confirmation from all that have read that my first chapter is great – but I’m still not getting my foot in that door. Oh well, I have a partial out once again (slightly rewritten from what it was), and I’m waiting to send out more until another time. At this time of year I stop pressuring myself to write so much, because it doesn’t flow as easy for me and there’s too much going on.
* Because of JENNIFER, I’ve started watching LOST. Yes, I’m WAY behind the ball, but so is she…and she mentioned it being on Netflix instant-play (which I’d noticed too) and commented that because she was late in watching she had no one to watch with. So, now I’m just about through the first season (would be completely but illness sent me to bed EARLY)…and annoyed at how hooked I am. Simple curiosity has me glued to my screen.
* I have more reviews coming. This will not turn into a review site, but some offers look interesting and I’m taking them when I can. At least one will go on my other site because it’s for a book, but occasionally you’ll see them here too!
* Did you know that there is now LESS than 100 days until Christmas? At the time of this post there will be 98 days until Christmas. Hey, don’t shoot the messenger! It’s a simple fact. How much shopping do you have done? I have probably 1/3-1/2 done already.
* I’ll shut up now. More random posts in the future.
**********
It wasn’t intentional, but this fits into the theme, so I’m tying it to Friday Fragments:
by Sarah | Sep 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Two years ago for Christmas we got Brandon two Hexbugs. The original (beetle-like) Hexbug and the crab. He loved them, and Archie & I thought they were pretty cool, too.
So when the email came from MomSelect offering up a Hexbug Nano party, I jumped at the chance to host. When I got the email confirming I’d been selected, I was more excited than my kids (probably because the girls are so young, they had no idea what I meant).
Within two weeks I had a swarm of kids over at the house. 7 kids (ages 2-9) and two of us Mom’s. Any concern I might have felt over whether we could handle it ws gone the second the kids saw the Nano’s.
I’d set up a handful of mini habitats, but apparently it wasn’t good enough. Soon they were attaching all the little habitats together, making a large habitat and ripping into their test tubes so fast we nearly lost half of the online codes inside!
In the end, all I can say is that the party – and the Nano’s were a total success. For every second of the party the kids did nothing but play with the Nano’s. The food hardly interested them (even though they did eat) – all they cared about was the toys. The fact that they each got to pick several of their own, plus pieces of habitat to take home just made their day.
Once the party was wrapped up, my girls stayed glued to the kitchen table playing with the “ants” for the next 3 days straight until the batteries ran out on their Nano’s (which lasted a good 24 hours total of straight on-time play-time). I do have spares, thankfully because I have a feeling this is going to be a popular toy for a while!!
By the way, for the party we had:
Worms
& Snails
For food…and the bugs, well…
They’re speedy little buggers:
But when they cause this look:
And cause such creative and excitable play as these did.
They are always welcome in my house.
**********************************************************************
**Disclaimer: I received the Nano’s and habitat pieces free from MomSelect & Hexbugs…but I couldn’t fake the kids reactions if I wanted to. So the free-nessity did not influence my review in any way.
by Sarah | Sep 15, 2010 | 100 Words, Writing
What Can’t Be Captured
Her legs swing beneath the chair, shiny black shoes tapping against each other with a faint squeak at each pass.
Chin on her hands, her brown eyes dart back and forth, up and down. In the jar before her the lights flicker bright, zooming in the confined space. In moments she morphs, frail and old, staring at the same jar, now filled up with lights.
One light flares bright, lighting up her face in a smile, her eyes shine in memory.
Around it so many dim and die – you can’t save every memory. Important ones shine while others fade away.
*************
The prompt of Jar immediately made me think of fireflies in a jar – but as one who never actually collected fireflies in a jar (I know, the horrors!!) – this is the 100 words that evolved.
Check out the other entries at Velvet’s place…
(Click above to find the challenge!)
(Above is Nemo#1)
(and Pingu)
