today Daddy found 10 and 01's.....everywhere

What does this mean?

This morning Seth found the sharpie pen again...

Dad took it away...Seth then was trying to use a gray colored pencil instead..doesn't work as well...

Dad noticed that Seth was drawing 10 and 01's all over everything....Dad pieced it together that it had something to do with Boba Fet....Boba Fet has an o1 on his back....actually a 011....I'm not telling him....

no school....haircut day

So sad....Jake doesn't have anymore ringlet curls... he said that he had a ringlet that would sway side to side in front of his face..that bugged him

I need to hide all the sharpie pens....

Mahatma Gandhi once said.....

"Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

For a while....

I've been wondering where all the pillow cases have gone....? Then I saw Joe 3's really thick pillow....He had 6 cases on it....

no school today....

Elizabeth paper mache'd a horse today..

It has a wire base...

note the left front leg...

piano pug

We found his piano!
Yay!

reinforcements

watchout ants!

Luke

Luke had all his toys lined up...

Did Batman join a new Justice League?
I hear Hippo's are actually pretty fierce.... you'd want him on your side!

HI-TEC's and Coke....

There was a hardcore Nike guy in the elevator at work this weekend…he asked me why I wasn’t wearing Nike's…and I told him that my Nike's weren’t as comfortable as my HI-TEC's…that must have made him mad because then he became very adamant about how Nike brings so much to Oregon’s economy…(he actually brought it up twice in the conversation)

Like Nike needs help…what about my feet…????

Reser's fine food is right next door to Nike and also adds to the local economy…am I supposed to eat more burritos?

I wonder what it is like to live in the city where Pepsi is made and be a Coke drinker? Much better to live in Atlanta….

http://www.hi-tec.com/

pug tail

monkey money

They won't always eat a banana, but they will always eat monkey money!

Cut banana into coin size pieces.........

I hate when this happens....

some odd thing makes it into the washer...

it is a stick....a clean stick now....still looks dirty....probably is...yuck

we bad....

I couldn't find any socks last night for work...so I had to go to the kids socks...I have no idea where these came from...but I like them..

husband's self portrait...

He wants to use the computer and doesn't know what to do while he is waiting....at least he didn't draw one of me...

This car has a nice smile....

http://www.saturn.com/saturn/vehicles/aura/colors.jsp

choose carbon flash and rotate to the back of the car

I saw one in the hotel parking lot last night...

Were you good today?

The beauty of tomorrow....

you have another chance...

maybe

What do you call it when.....

you get some extra money and you come up with some great plans for it...

then unexpectedly it gets sucked away....to something else....

If you didn't get the extra money....it wouldn't have got sucked? right?

Or are you lucky that you had the money to get sucked???

I think I'll consult the Urban Dictionary!

kid's art is the best!!!

Here is one of my favorite pictures by Carson....

I hope the plane makes it...yikes

Elizabeth's self portrait a couple years ago....

I think we were watching a lot of Wallace and Gromit back then..

note the dental work on the right side...

One February not too long ago.....

it was around President's Day.....

Elizabeth brought home this picture of a woman in a tall black hat.....hmmmm

I asked her.."Is that Abraham Lincoln?" and she said "yes." and giggled.

It still cracks me up....

Poor Abe....

I should have her do one of Bush....

What the .........

no one is eating the oatmeal raisin ones.....am I supposed to eat them?
Buying in bulk isn't always the best thing....

shepherd's pie and fillo dough.....

two great things together....I've been feeling bad that I haven't really made anything from scratch for dinner lately...so I made shepherd's pie encased in buttery salted fillo dough....Yum...at least I thought it was...my kids are weird...they didn't like it....at all...
so I ate it...Joe says he liked it too..

whatever....

They prefer.......

Notice the

party size...

There

are usually

no leftovers..

stair wall

We found these tonight....I don't know if I can ever paint over this.....Seth is the artist....I have been going to paint this wall for some time....I already have the paint...

I wish I had already painted the wall and we would have these wonderful pictures over a great color....dang

Tommorow I'm going to ask him who's who...should be funny

He used a scented pen....it smells like licorice....

Here is another puzzle I made.....

Start in the middle.... I am extremely claustrophobic

make your own @: http://www.puzzlemaker.com/

Puzzlemaker

Here is a wonderful program to make puzzles.....

You can click on the puzzle you want to make ...you don't have to buy CD

you can leave comments now.....

yikes

pug used to be fat....ter

This was him in 2005....he has lost about 10 lbs since then....

chillaxing....

I don't know if this is cool or stupid....

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=chillaxing

but beware if you check out more words...there are a lot of bad ones!!! just warning you...

pug does the splits

sort of.....

countdown to Halloween

Elizabeth

It's been raining...

He's wondering why I went outside...

What's up?

One of my many jobs at work is to pick people up from work and bring them back to the hotel....We have people from all over the world visiting...It is really fun talking to everyone and I love to teach them about America, whenever I can....

It is fun to say "Hi" in different ways....and watch them try to figure out what I am saying.....some of my favorites are:

Whats up?
What's happening?
How's it goin?
Howdy
Aloha
How's it hangin? (I haven't used this one yet)

"Goodbye"
Take it easy
See ya
Later days
Tootles
Peace out (I have never had the courage to say this one)

I know there are more.....

Hump Day

Today is Hump Day!!!.....

Last night while driving some Chinese fellows to dinner, I asked them if they knew what "hump day" was....they say they didn't....I explained to them (with the help of my sign language ability) each day of the work week.....and how Monday, Tuesday, the beginning of the week are the hardest because you have a long time till the week end...

and if you make it to Wednesday, it is all down hill from there...to the weekend...

And of course Friday is the best.....because "TGIF" (Thank God It's Friday)

I am hoping they are telling others at work about it being "hump day" today......

Mr. Big Paw

Zipper has 6 toes

super scary....

No head...no brain....

okay...this scares me...

orbs visit slumber party

I'm hoping that a great grandpa is just visiting....From Wikipedia:
The term orb is the popular name given to typically circular anomalies appearing in photographs. In photography and video, orbs appear to be balls, diamonds, or smears of light with an apparent size in the image ranging from a golfball to a basketball. Orbs sometimes appear to be in motion, leaving a trail behind them.
There are two main trains of thought regarding the cause of orbs in photographs. The first school sees it as a fairly clear-cut case of flash reflection off of dust, particles, insects, or moisture droplets in the air in front of the camera, i.e. they are naturalistic. The opposing school maintains that orbs are paranormal in nature, i.e. non-naturalistic and ghost like.
Some people claim that paranormal orbs are more likely to appear in certain locales, or are attracted to human actitivities, especially those involving children. The images on Internet fora devoted to orbs are taken in graveyards, backyards, attics, and kitchens, living rooms, as well as bars, convention centers, and city streets – in short, anywhere people may be taking photos. Locations in which orbs are frequently observed are often said to be associated with other 'supernatural activity' and haunting taking place.

the cat is eating my food again....

last night....

pot was wafting through the 2nd floor (which happens to be the smoking floor) of the hotel (where I work)....I can't believe that the person smoking it didn't think anyone would smell it...or they didn't care...or maybe it was just a cry for help...catch me! catch me!....

It is really stupid to smoke pot in a hotel.....

What's that quote..."life is tough, but it is tougher when you're stupid"

snake purse

I wanted to make a snake purse... since I was doing so many I-cords for handles I thought I would make an I-cord purse....I need to add some black beady eyes on the snake head....

my cat has a secret....

he eats dogfood....he prefers IAMS small bites..

pug lets him.....If you were a dog, would you let a cat eat your food?

I love to knit...

here is a wool scarf I'm knitting...notice the clump of knotted yarn...that is the F/P in me....(feeler/perceiver)

I find myself re-teaching myself to knit each time I work on something ...even if it the next day...because of my lousy memory...but it always comes back...The yarn I'm using is a wool and soy blend...I don't understand the soy part....isn't that food?

my latest find.....

in my caffeine addiction.....

Looks pretty innocent...

It states it has as much caffeine as a cup of coffee...

If I don't have enough caffeine during the day I get a really bad headache..It is really a struggle for me...I have done a "cleanse" before but it is 2 days of hell... I'm not quite ready for hell yet...

I read:

CAFFEINE WITHDRAWL HEADACHES are throbbing headaches caused by dilated blood vessels returning to normal size after large consumptions of caffeine.

From healthsquare.com:

Caffeine. This pervasive substance can be a friend or a foe. It is used as an ingredient in most pain relievers because it enhances intestinal absorption of the drug. But caffeine can also trigger headaches in sensitive people and in those who take too much.
You can get headaches from too much caffeine and from caffeine withdrawal. Withdrawal starts from 8 to 16 hours after the last ingestion, which explains why many people get a headache toward the end of their workday, or when they wake up in the morning.
Caffeine is a stimulant that affects the heart, lungs, blood vessels, muscles, stomach, kidneys, and overall metabolism. It can cause jitteriness, anxiety, agitation, gastrointestinal distress, sleep disturbances, and depression. Caffeine headaches are characterized by fatigue, grogginess, clouded thinking, and often throbbing pain.

YIKES....I got addicted orignally from taking excedrin and midol.....

http://www.healthsquare.com/headaches5.htm

http://blog.worldvillage.com/health/how_to_treat_caffeine_headaches.html

http://www.webmd.com/migraines-headaches/guide/triggers-caffeine

Oregon has.....

lots of cats with 6 toes.....see them....

WIERD...just thought I'd tell you that...

Katie, I need a caption.....

sorry...there's no cat in the picture...

Seth didn't want me to go to work...

Boy...I need to bleach my teeth!

It has been raining....a lot

The last 2 nights it has been raining....I am one of those people who love the rain...when people complain about it...I love to say that "rain makes things green".....

I also came up with a quote or future song lyrics...I think I need to develop it more...when I told Jake...he just smiled at me...

"I'm not crying...its just raining on my cheek"....It is either very deep or not very...

Twins-while I was looking...

When we were playing outside...Luke took off down the sidewalk...he ran up to the next door neighbor's house and tried to go in...but it was locked...thank goodness

Then he ran to the next house....tried the door....locked...whew

Ran to the next...tried the door...unlocked...he went in and shut the door...dang it

As I got closer to the house with Seth..the door opened with our neighbor and Luke...sorry

Luke took off again....to the next house...locked...yes

I finally caught up to him midway to the next house and picked him up and put him on my shoulders...caught him

Twins-things they have done when I wasn't looking....

I opened the stove to cook something and there were no oven racks in it....they were gone...I looked all over the kitchen....but found them in their room....

You may ask yourself..."where is that woman?" I know the pug thinks that as he is watching everything......I am right there all the time except when I take a shower or go to the bathroom....

They must have a plan ready to go when they hear the shower turn on....

my pug....

he checks on me when I've slept too long....

One day, I was putting away the boys clothes in their closets...I heard them turn up the cd player all the way blasting it in the dining room....Pug came through the door and nudged the door closed and sat there with me...I told him one of us was going to have to go turn it off..

Another time I was weighing myself in the bathroom and he came in and stood right next to me and looked at the numbers and then left...It was almost like he wasn't surprised...