Archive for March, 2008

It looks like April is going to be the month of new music for me. I am so excited, two of my favorite artists have new albums coming out Kris Delmhorst and The Weepies both have new albums and I can’t wait. With artists like these, you can almost guarantee they are going to be good.
UPDATE: You can actually buy Kris’s new cd now on her website, yeah!

Sushi and a Sunset…

March 28, 2008

One of our nights at Disney we ate at this fantastic restaurant and had sushi, which was yummy to eat, even yummier to take pictures of. Then we went out on the roof top look out we got to see the sunset over the Magic Kingdom, it was absolutely stunning.

So I totally underestimated my kids going into this Disney trip. My boys are notoriously shy around strangers and never once sat on Santa’s lap, so I thought they would hate all the characters. Well was I ever surprised. Ben took on the nickname of “hugs a lot”, because every character that we met, he loved and hugged with full force. I am really surprised some of them could stay upright with the amount of excitement he put into his hugs. Jack also normally shy reserved guy, got everyone’s autograph and even hugged a few himself. Of course, Maddison had no problems, always the social one, enjoyed all the characters as well as the crazy roller coasters. We even got Jack and Ben on a couple of roller coasters, and I even rode the fastest one they have at Hollywood Studios and didn’t die from it. We had a great time and will treasure the memories we made forever. I am sure to have more pictures as I get them all downloaded, but here’s just a couple.

Ta Ta for Now!!!!

March 18, 2008

We are off to Disneyworld tomorrow!!! I do plan to take lots of pictures, but since this is a family vacation, I am not bringing my computer. I will be out of touch for a week, hopefully I can handle it. On another exciting note, I got my Holga today. Just in time for some fun, funky pics at Disney. Well hope everyone has a good week and a wonderful Easter.

Girls Rock!!!!

March 17, 2008

I wish I could have taken Maddison to see this movie. It sounds so empowering, I want to raise her to be a strong woman with a mind of her own. I think for the most part I’m doing okay, I just never want her to need some one elses approval to make her feel okay. There are days when I worry that she is a follower, but mostly I think she is a leader, even if sometimes she doesn’t necessarily lead in the direction I would prefer. I think this played at the True/False Film festival in Columbia, I wonder if it’s still playing.

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Here is a link to the movie website.

Well there actually are many reasons, but seriously a bigger threat than terrorism. This was on Fox News today and I just couldn’t help myself, anytime you have a headline like this one:
Oklahoma Rep. Sally Kern on YouTube Clip: Homosexuality Bigger Threat Than Terrorism Well read the article, it will make you laugh, or maybe cry. I mean it’s one thing to have different opinions on lifestyles, but agree or not, to clame someone is a bigger threat than terrorism just because of who they love it’s a little out there.

Sunday Randomness…..

March 16, 2008

Sunday afternoon and I thought I’d post some randomn thoughts. Like we haven’t gotten any further on finding our movie that I posted about earlier, which either means the person who has it doesn’t read my blog or they are just to guilty to admit having the movie for so long without returning it.

My allergies are killing me today, my eyes are almost swollen shut and my nose looks like Rudolph’s. Of course right before seeing folks from college that I haven’t seen in like 5 years I have to look like total ass. Karma.

Speaking of college friends, torrrow I am going to see a bunch of girls from college that I haven’t seen in years. A bonus is that it’s St. Patty’s day, so we are likely to drink green beer and be merry!!!

Also we are getting ready to embark on the vacation of a lifetime next week. Disneyworld here we come!!

My dog is the coolest, she has her own little form of sign language. When she wants something, she does this little bowing down, like she’s saying please, and if she wants it really bad, she’ll actually throw a little bark in for good measure.

I’m reading some awsome poetry by Mary Oliver, she might be my new favorite poet. Definetely right up there with Emily Dickenson.
Oh and I almost forgot, I am starting to volunteer for Open Arms Pregnancy center. I’m super excited about this, I’ve always thought I would like to help others in some way during an unexpected pregnancy since I’ve been there, and this just sort of happened.

The birds have finally taken to eating from my bird feeders, so I will soon have many pics of birds hopefully. Until then, here’s one just to sort of a teaser.

This was a great movie, tells a love story, feels like a documentary. I really enjoyed this, I’m glad I watched without Andrew, though, he would not have liked it at all. The only downside, is sometimes it’s hard to understand them with their accents.


Some pics of the momentous occasion. It was such a gorgeous night last night, we pretty much spent the whole evening outside. Ben thought he was doing something just as exciting as Jack, just letting him chase him around the cul-de-sac. It was great, and the look on Jack’s face was priceless.

Two Wheeling!!!!

March 15, 2008

We took the training wheels off my son’s bike last night. He did great, it was like he was born to ride. This was a really big deal for this guy, too, because is a very timid little guy, especially when it comes to trying new things.

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