Trevor wants you to see this

My son has begged and pleaded for me to post a picture on my blog. A specific picture. He really, really, really wants to share it with all of you. I think, he thinks it makes him look daring, courageous and fearless. I think I am lucky that my very slow but capable camera actually got the shot he wanted.

If you feel so inclined maybe leave a comment for him. I know he will ask if anyone liked his picture. Thanks in advance for helping me create the future daredevil that seeks approval of others around him. Isn't that how most boys are wired? I am sure some girls are as well, just not my girls. I am sure I will regret this if he starts base jumping later in life. I will know where it all started. That one day he jumped off the sign... he was flying for just a second and it was so fun!

Is this cool or what-

Click the image to see it bigger

Maybe you have seen this before. It is like word soup. You go to this great sight Wordle and can type in whatever cool words you can think. If you cannot think of cool words you enter your website address and it gets your words off your blog for you then *POOF*, like magic you get something like this. All those words came off this blog. I checked~I think the swearing is minimal.

LOVE IT!

I made a second one just using the kids names and their description from my sidebar. Now that is my desktop background on my computer.


You must first display your Wordle at the desired size, then take a "screen shot" or "screen capture". Here's a link to a web site that gives instructions for creating screen shots on various kinds of computer take-a-screenshot.org.

Hey, lucky me...I WON!

My Mother and Mother-in-Law will be so happy. Many years I have been hearing little comments about why we have never gotten professional photos of our family. The timing is never right. You know how it goes. Always too busy. Fifteen more pounds to lose. I would have to buy some new clothes. Have you seen some of those boring pictures that all look the same...yuck! Never extra money to pay for the pictures. But guess what? I entered a give away at a fabulous blog that I regularly visit. They were giving away a 2 hour photo shoot with a great local photographer, Tots and Tails. You know what? I WON! My kids are a little bigger then tots and I think we will leave the tails out of the pictures. She does gorgeous outdoor photographs. I am so excited. The time is now!

The blog I follow is called Little Birdie Secrets . I love that they talk about the very same craft stores I go to because they live not that far away. I dig the super ideas they give me-even though I do not have time to craft as much as I would like. They inspire me to find my crafty self again. Just check them out...and read their most recent post--it talks about me being a BIG winner!

Thank you Little Birdie Secrets and Tots & Tails!

tree envy

I have always wanted a tree house. Since I was a little kid. I do not recall ever having one. My Dad was real handy, he built the house we lived in. Yet still my sister and I never had the joy of an awesome building above the ground to play in, camp in, pretend in. What gives Dad? Prime opportunity missed!

When we bought our current home, located in a more rural area, I remember looking at all the trees for a perfect home for a tree house. ZIP, NADA, NONE! Not one tree on over 1 acre of land that could hold a tree house. My kids need a tree house! My neighbor has a perfect tree. It is even already cut down at about 15 feet. It is ready to be made into a home in the sky...he has no kids. Again, what gives? That tree mocks me from across the fence. Damn dead tree stump!

I think this is my solution. What do you think my neighbor will think. Will it make his tree jealous?

Steampunk Tree House
The tree is 30' tall, 30' wide and weighs 8 tons. It was crafted from recycled and reclaimed materials by 60 artist from the Bay area. I know I cannot afford this particular tree house. Although I thought it was interesting that you can rent it. You need to have room for a crane to reassemble it though. They even went to all the trouble to haul it to Burning Man.

My ideal tree house would be wood and have a lot of branches that the wind could whistle through. A place to escape the chaos of a home and all the chores that live there. A home away from home. An escape. A get away.
What do you think?

Where was I?

Apparently when I am distracted my kids are working on developing their future skills as an abstract photographers. I happened to be sitting at my computer this morning and found a file of 460 pictures on the "photo booth" of my computer. I will share a few since I cannot think of anything witty, intriguing or scintillating to share today.

Think it is rough with 3 kids, how about 6? I love that they all look really happy in this picture.



Very dramatic


How did she know I really needed a picture of that littlest pet shop?


Ode to Gwen Stefani
B-A-N-A-N-A-S


Nintendogs anyone?

Which is better ? 4 eyes and no mouth or no eyes and 2 mouths?
I am torn.
Wait, how about 2 belly buttons. I have a picture of that too!

I think I need a nap, what do you bet when I come back to my computer I will have 100 more pictures!

P.S. One of my little blog followers noticed one of the BEST pictures was not included...here ya go Trevor


just some fighting arms

recovery is bliss?

Well, another school day has come and gone with a sick child still home...sick. I have not been to work in...let me look at the calendar...12 days. Thank goodness I had some days off scheduled for a fun mini-vacation-that worked out well. For 12 days I have been home dealing with sick children and been sick myself. I also have had a sick husband although he resists all suggestions so the dealing part is minimal- he is pretty good at quarantining himself and just plowing through.

The good news is that, I think, by tomorrow (knocking on my desk now) they will all be back at school. This is perfect timing because I HAVE to go back to work on Wednesday. At least a break from all this you may think. Those who may not know me personally may miss the humor I have to find in this situation. 12 days at home taking care of sick kids---tomorrow I go back to work and take care of more sick people. I will again be dosing them with Motrin, giving nebulizer treatments, taking temperatures and trying to assure them this truely will not last forever- even though it feels that way. Oh, the joys of being a nurse during the cold and flu season. At least they will pay me for my time - the bummer is I can't do it in my jammies.

2 thumbs up for healthy kids!

progress?

Well, 2 out of the 3 made it to school today. My little man and I are having a sick day. He currently is attempting to heat our home with his body heat alone. He woke up from a little morning nap at 103.6 degrees. A little Motrin (my new BFF) and a nebulizer treatment should help him out. I hope he takes another little nap so I can lay around and watch twighlight all by my lonesome.

I did get a laugh out of this, maybe you will enjoy it as well.

Stumbled across it on I Need A Martini Mom but she was honest enough to admit that she swiped it from Write On, Yo. Either way it gave me a little laugh on this morning when I feel like nothing much is funny. Love the E*trade baby--this is a cure for the usual boring dialogue he spews.