Instant Messaging

I talked to my brother Erik, today, & he helped me set up an instant messaging account. --I actually had it a few years ago, but stopped using it. So.. .I got it up and running again, & hooked up my webcam to the computer. So... if anyone wants to sign up for AIM, we could instand message, & talk via video --and if you had a webcam also, then that'd be even more fun! :)

if you sign up, let me know, & i'll add you to my buddy list. :)

Barats And Bereta

heather sent me a fun video about mother's day, by a couple of guys named "Barats and Bereta" I'm not posting it, 'cause i'm guessing most of you have seen it.

but after watching that one, i went through & watched a bunch of other videos by the same guys. They were pretty funny. I especially enjoyed this one:

knock knock

A is for Apple

This week, in school, the kids are learning about apples. So when I was at the store today, I bought one of every kind of apple. Then I brought them home, and we tried a little bit of each. It was very fun. It's really interesting how different each apple tastes. Had a been a good homeschooling mom, we would have charted how they tasted, what they looked like, and which ones tasted best. But I didn't think of that until affter the apples had been eaten.

But here's what *I* found out, for any of you may be hunting for the perfect apple:

Royal Gala: Delish! :~P crisp and sweet, w/an extra fun little extra taste that I can't describe. My favorite.

Southern Rose: also crisp and sweet. my 2nd favorite

Braeburn: mildly sweet and sour. And not as crisp

Honey crisp: crisp and tart - but not like a Granny Smith.

Granny Smith: crisp and SOUR --Gideon's favorite. :)

Red Delicious: used to be my favorite until I tasted the first two. Compared to them, it's only a little bit sweet. --but on the bland side. Crisp.

Fuji: used to be another favorite, but compared to the others, it's soft and a little bland --just a touch of sweetness.

Pacific Rose: my least favorite. crisp but very bland. No point in tasting that one. --which was disappointing, since it was one of the most expensive in the store.

Gideon enjoys his Granny Smith

A challenge

I just joined a new group in flickr called "The Six Word Story" The idea is to title your picture with a six word story. Here's a clip from their page:


Ernest Hemingway was once prodded to compose a complete story in six words. His answer, personally felt to be his best prose ever, was "For sale: baby shoes, never used." Some people say it was to settle a bar bet. Others say it was a personal challenge directed at other famous authors.


This was very thought provoking to me. What great stories can *you* tell in six words?

The morning was full of promise.

Washing Instructions

Dad sent this to me awhile back. Thought it was funny. :)

it worked!

it rained this morning.

Tut-tut, it looks like rain...

it never rains here, which is very unfortunate for Chloe, because she love to play with her umbrella. This day, she got all dressed up in her rain coat & umbrella, so she could go play in the sun. :)

"Isn't it fine?" Shouted Winnie-the Pooh down to you. "What do I look like?"

"You look like a Bear holding on to a balloon," you said.

"Not--" said Pooh anxiously, "--not like a small black cloud in a blue sky?"

"Not very much."

"Ah well, perhaps from up here it looks different. And, as I say, you never can tell with bees."

There was no wind to blow him nearer to the tree so there he stayed. He could see the honey, he could smell the honey, but he couldn't quite reach the honey.

After a little while he called down to you.

"Christopher Robin!" he said in a loud whisper.

"Hallo!"

"I think the bees suspect something!"

"What sort of thing?"

"I don't know. but something tells me that they're suspicious!"

"Perhaps they think that you're after their honey."

"It may be that. You never can tell with bees."

There was another little silence, and then he called down to you again.

"Christopher robin!"

"Yes?"

"Have you an umbrella in your house?"

"I think so."

"I wish you would bring it out here, and walk up and down with it, and look up at me every now and then, and say 'Tut-tut, it looks like rain.' I think, if you did that, it would help the deception which we are practising on these bees."

Well, you laughed to yourself, "silly old Ber!" but you didn't say it aloud because you were so fond of him, and you went home for your umbrella.

"oh, there you are!" called down Winnie-the-Pooh, as soon as you got back to the tree. "I was beginning to get anxious. I have discovered that the bees are definitely Suspicious."

"Shall I put my umbrella up?" you said.

"Yes, but wait a moment. We must be practical. The important bee to deceive is the Queen Bee. Can you see which is the Queen Bee from down there?"

"No"

"A pity. Well, now if you walk up and down with your umbrella, saying, 'Tut-tut, it looks like rain,' I shall do what I can by singing a little Cloud Song such as a cloud might sing...Go!"

So while you walked up and down and wondered if it would rain, Winnie-the-Pooh sang a song.

From "The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh"

by A.A. Milne

More summer pics: Gideon's 5th birthday

summer photos

well, i've finally gotten around to going through some photos from this summer. I took all of these at swim lessons one day.

chloe does the backstroke:

Chloe swims!

Gideon LOVED his new goggles! he said he liked to look underwater at all the pretty bathing suits. :)

Zachy goes under

Zachy loved making big splashes!

Happy birthday to Grandma!

My grandma is 89 years old today!

Monday fun

You may recall my visit to the dentist last month, when I was told that Zachy would need his frendulum cut. Well, today, we took Gideon in to have his pallet expander adjusted, and they happened to have time to squeeze Zachy in as well. So, spur of the moment, poor little Zachary had a mini surgery done to his mouth. he'll be drinking shakes the rest of the day... :) i think I'll miss his cute little tongue.

so now his tongue is normal. he can move it up and down & way out just like ours.... but he can't. if we ask him to stick his tongue out, he still curves it down over his lip. And when we asked him to point it up, he couldn't figure out how. it was pretty funny. :)