Tuesday Titterings

Is titterings a word? I'm really liking the blog makeover! For those of you who have asked, I got the blogroll thingy from Courtney, and you can find it at www.blogrolling.com.

It's been an unusual week so far -- I had to go to Charlotte for work Monday so I only have four days at my office this week. I just picked up a new project that is going to slam me for a while. Today was our annual "cleanup" day -- they provide cleaning supplies, and extra trash bins for us to "clean". Tomorrow is my tenth wedding anniversary. It's hard to believe we've been married for that long -- I've been with Charles 1/4 of my life! We'll celebrate in the romantic manner of attending church fellowship dinner; both kids have choir practice tomorrow and sing in two more weeks, so we really can't skip.

Friday after work I leave to take Duncan on the Cub Scout Pack camping trip. We are going about 90 minutes away to a state park, and we'll camp for two nights. The pack doesn't show up til Saturday, but there are 3 or 4 families headed up Friday.

That's all the "titterings" I can think of for today. Catch y'all later in the week!

For My Friends That Scrap

I've been a member of a scrapbooking list since before Connor was born. We are getting together this year in Gatlinburg, TN. Here's the ticker for our trip!





I can hardly wait!!

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Favorite Survivors (In No Particular Order)! 1. Rupert 2. Brian 3. Elisabeth 4. Rob C. 5. Cirie 6. Kathy 7. Stephanie 8. Lea (Sarge) 9. Alicia 10. Teresa 11. Rodger 12. Rudy 13. Twila Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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Coming Soon....

to this blog is a new look! I just now have to get my customization in so it works. Right now it says "Your Blog Title" no matter what I do... so gotta figure that out. But soon!

Edited: I figured out the above problem -- it's a GIF I have to modify. But the new template is up with a few tweaks still to go! If you want to see where I got it, look at the left side for the "girliebits" link!

Temporary Makeover

OK, this is just temporary... I've found a free template I like and am waiting to see if the lady will let me have the code, but I couldn't stand the lighthouse another day.

It's back to status quo with both kids home -- fights about who sits where, which plate they get to eat off, etc.

Quickie

Duncan is home from spring break at Dot Dot's. It got warm enough here to turn on the air conditioning, and I have to go back to work tomorrow. I'm ready for another vacation week! Stay tuned for a better entry and a makeover of the blog, as soon as I figure out what I want. I did add a better link (using blogroll) so look for that to expand!

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things about my Camping Trip this week! 1. The kids had a marvelous time! 2. The new tent is great. 3. Jodi makes an awesome pork shoulder on the grill. 4. All five kids loved the jumping pillow at the playground. 5. I'll never EVER camp again without my air mattress. 6. You need to dress kids warmly to sleep even if they have good sleeping bags as they wiggle out during the night. 7. Don't presume that a campground that sells firewood will actually have any. 8. Fishing rocks, even if you haven't been for 25 years. 9. Fishing rocks even if you don't catch any. 10. I need to bring breakfast stuff for my kids -- they had a hard time waiting until the cooked breakfast was done. 11. There are bugs in April. 12. Being outdoors makes for great scrapbooking pictures. 13. I'm ready to go again. Links to other Thursday Thirteens!

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Quirky?

I have Courtney beat, but can't hold a candle to Melissa!

Your Quirk Factor: 55%

You're a pretty quirky person, but you're just normal enough to hide it. Congratulations - you've fooled other people into thinking you're just like them!

How Quirky Are You?

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things about my training class (4 Roles of Leadership) this week 1. Steven Covey is a very wise man. 2. Training always rejuvenates me about work, and helps bring back my focus. 3. People that you have "awe" about at work make some of the same mistakes you do when in training -- makes me feel NORMAL. 4. I really do have some great leadership qualities 5. Shaving one hour off my day by starting at 9am instead of 8am makes the day SOOO much shorter. 6. I have a great team -- when I'm away from the office I'm allowed to be "away" and not bugged. 7. I am capable of being a high performer, in the right job. 8. I'm not positive the new stuff I'm working on is the right job. 9. I REALLY need to talk to my boss about this when we get back to the office. 10. The cafeteria at the center building is better and cheaper than ours. 11. It's great to work for a company that is committed to growing my skills. 12. For the first time in a while, I'm looking forward to going to work on Friday. 13. Classes are always better when you get out a little early on the last day! Links to other Thursday Thirteens! 1. Melissa 2. Courtney

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The Nana

Please stop by The Nana's blog and wish her a speedy recovery; she had emergency surgery recently and is on the mend.

Home Page?

Suddenly I'm shopping for a new home page for when I launch my browser. I've used "My Lycos" for years -- I could add a list of links rather than storing them in my favorites... it showed news, movie listings etc. They suddenly discontinued the service yesterday. I'm SO annoyed. Anyone have any suggestions on another service that does that?

I had a killer grocery shopping day today. Food Lion had a sale on frozen pizzas... Tombstone Pizza was 5 for $10 -- thats a great deal when you have a pizza fiend in the house. Edy's Ice Cream, Klondike bars and something else were also on that sale. I got $214 worth of groceries for $154. I thought I did good!

Our weekend plans have shifted unexpectedly -- Charles was supposed to visit Lisa/Bob this afternoon and their son Connor has strep, so that fell through. Our friend Mike had his two year old in the emergency room for dehydration so he won't be in church tomorrow. It's such a lovely day though -- I had gotten up really early when Connor woke us up and then Charles snored and I couldn't get back to sleep so I took a lovely nap this afternoon with the windows open and the ceiling fan going.

Tonite I hope to match some Scrap Addict kits up with pictures -- I'm going to a big crop on 4/14 and I have nothing prepared.

And on a more somber, but uplifting note... ever since friend Shawn lost Reese to complications from a bone marrow transplant, I've followed several kids through the Caring Bridge network of sites about children in treatment. This is a sad one, but Cam's parents are so grounded, and so uplifting as they hold Cam close while he loses his battle with neuroblastoma... go read if you can handle it. These parents have taught me alot about what is important, and about enjoying what God gives you while you have it.

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Concerts Carolyn has seen I saw this list on another blog and it finally made me try Thursday 13... 1. Barry Manilow 2. Duran Duran 3. John Denver 4. Gloria Estefan 5. Miami Sound Machine 6. Bon Jovi 7. Pink Floyd 8. Michael Jackson ("Bad" Tour) 9. Neil Diamond 10. Julio Iglacias 11. Part Time Party Time Band 12. Riverdance 13. Some punk bad in Munich that my brother ACTUALLY recognized!

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My Easter Bunny Name

Easter Bunny Name Your Easter Bunny Name is Bugs Floppy Ears Get Your Easter Bunny Name at Quizopolis.com

A whole week?

Eeek, i'm sorry! It's been a busy one. Charles' bipolar has been bad this week, and the church musical and cub scouts this week... I'll write more soon. I'm here, just slammed!

IQ?

I found this on Courtney's blog. It made me feel a little smart...

Your IQ Is 125

Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Genius Your General Knowledge is Above Average

A Quick and Dirty IQ Test

Busy Weekend

We had a busy day on Saturday. Connor's best friend from pre-school, Adam, turned five on Friday and we were invited to his birthday party. Us and half the county I think, but a marvelous time was had by all. Adam's dad Mike made a great host, and my kids played HARD for 2.5 hours. Here's a picture of the cake moment:
Sunday the preschool choir sang at the 10:30 service. I think all of them are actually in this picture somewhere! They did really well. We made the kids play in the backyard Sunday afternoon. I'm glad now we did; it sleeted some today. What a way to bring in spring huh? We sat as a family and watched Dr. Who (the new show on Sci-Fi) -- Charles saw it Friday and he showed it to Duncan who liked it. Both kids were asleep by 7:15 pm last night!

The Tooth Fairy Cometh....

for Connor! He lost his first tooth today and he is so stinkin' proud. I will have a picture up tomorrow, I promise. With church tonite it just didn't get done. We are down two people tomorrow at work and I've just been so busy this week.

Hope everyone else had a good Ides of March. I'll post more later this week.

My Weekend

I don't know where to start to catch up my faithful audience on my busy weekend. The theme was "cub scouts etc"! Friday night Duncan had his long awaited sleepover at SciWorks. He and Charles went, had to be there at 6:00 p.m. They had a space theme planned for Duncan's age group -- they made a pinhole planetarium, saw a show in the real planetarium there, did balloon rockets and a bunch of other stuff. Late that evening Comfort's dad helped Charles and Duncan fix the wheels on Duncan's pinewood derby car. Why you ask? Because at 9am Saturday (the sleepover ended at 8am) the District Pinewood Derby race opened for checkin! Duncan & Comfort both wanted to go, so I met them w/Duncan at the race. We checked in, and then hung out til race time. They had 45 racers -- each got to run 8 heats, with 3 cars in each heat. After Duncan's car being horribly slow at our pack race, I was quite thrilled to see him running around 3.15 seconds each heat. He placed 2nd in most of his heats. While we didn't win any speed trophies, I was quite proud that he was 28 out of 45. Two of our pack won speed trophies, Caleb in 2nd, Ben in 7th. Then came the surprise... they boys all voted on the car they thought had the best design. They gave away 7 prizes (trophies) without designating order -- and Duncan won one!!! You can see the picture of all of Pack 752's winners on my photo blog!

Saturday afternoon we tried to go watch Comfort's brother race BMX, but they gave us the wrong time so we didn't make it. Sunday we went to Hanging Rock State Park for a picnic. I'm so tired!

Ha!

You Are Miss Piggy

A total princess and diva, you're totally in charge - even if people don't know it.You want to be loved, adored, and worshiped. And you won't settle for anything less.You're going to be a total star, and you won't let any of the "little people" get in your way.Just remember, piggy, never eat more than you can lift!

The Muppet Personality Test

Blog Nonsense -- Blame Courtney

You Are 18% Evil

You are good. So good, that you make evil people squirm. Just remember, you may need to turn to the dark side to get what you want!

How Evil Are You?