When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. Mark Twain

I'm ready for mushrooms!
Wish we had some.

Isn't it funny how the word 'politics' is made up of the words 'poli' meaning 'many' in Latin, and 'tics' as in 'bloodsucking creatures’?

Friday Update

Today is Friday, Thomas found his new car and I only work a half day today. How awesome is that? I took the morning off from work to help get things taken care of with the new car. I can't wait to see it.

Ashley was excited this morning. Her new friend Britney from Minnesota contacted her by email and said she would be visiting Cornell today and would be free to do something after 1:30 this afternoon. Ashley is hoping she might be able to see her today.

Last night we all went to Squaw Creek Park and Doug gave us lessons for driving a manual transmission car. I remembered way more than I thought I would. I actually surprised myself and I think Doug was a little proud of me. Thomas is starting to get the hang of it and Ashley did very well. Starting from a stopped position is tricky. We also saw lots of wild life while in the park. Turkeys, a pheasant, a duck, a racoon and three deer.

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss

I just felt like posting a picture of Mao.

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.

~ Anthony J. D'Angelo

Tuesday Update

Yesterday the blogger was acting up and I thought my update was not posted. Today when I went to my blog the Monday update was there three times. So if you saw may blog yesterday, I really wasn't being that crazy.

Yesterday work started out slow and ended up being very busy after lunch. I hope we will be busy again today because it is really hard to stretch about an hours worth of work into eight hours. Last night we had ham, onion, spinach and cheese quiche for supper. It was some of the best quiche I have ever had. TV was pretty boring last night, but Mondays usually are. Anthony Bourdain: No Resevations was good though. Tony was in Sweden.

Something is bothering Mao this morning. He has run through the room a couple of times making his yowling sound. Although he is calm right now. He has curled up on Ashley's old computer chair and has his eyes closed.

Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by the dozen.

-- Michel Eyquem de Montaigne: (1553-1592) French essayist, courtier

Monday Update

It's Monday morning and I don't have a lot to say. The weekend went by too fast. Last night was tons of fun. The stir fry was wonderful even if it was a lot of work. I feel tired and icky this morning and wish I could go back to bed instead of going to work.

Sunday Update

This weekend is going by way too fast. Yesterday I went with Ashley to her hair appointment at Follicles, it was a blast watching her hair get put up on her head. And I"m sure it will be so much fun when we take it down. Ron used about a can of hair spray and he said, "Don't say I didn't tell you there would be tears. No pain, no gain." Her hair turned out beautiful for prom. When we got home around 2:00 Sam was already here to pick her up. They went to school to have pictures taken and then grand march was at 4. Thomas and I went to watch grand march. We were going to take pictures of Sam and Ashley in the gym after the march. However, while we were waiting for it to end, Ashley called and said, "Hi Mom, I'm already at home changing my clothes to go out to eat." No pictures were taken in the gym. She was already gone when we got home. After they ate at the Red Lantern she came home to get back into her dress and go to the dance. At 11 the dance was over and Ashley made one more appearance at home to change her clothes to go to post prom at the Marion YMCA.

Chloe had a busy evening as well. It was the final day for the Xavier play and then she went to the cast party afterwards. She was home earlier than we expect though. Thomas went to see Ice Age II with Diedre. Doug and I just stayed at home and didn't do much other than stay up to wait for kids. Ashley got home about 5:15 this moring and went straight to bed. She said post prom is very boring and they would have left early except they didn't want the parents woken up by a phone call and they wanted to see if they won a prize.

Today we will be busy cleaning house and preparing veggies and stuff for the stir fry this evening.

Friday Update

It seems Friday got here rather quickly this week, even though while at work some of the days seemed long. TV was very boring last night, nothing but reruns. We did have some very good twice baked potatoes for supper though. I hope the weather is nice this weekend. I need to get out in the yard and finish clearing sticks and leaves.

Bubble Magic

Thursday Update

I dislike Mediacom intensely right now. The Internet has been down this morning more than it has been working. It looks like I'm not the only one complaining. It is a wonder that I was able to update my blog at all this morning.

I am glad today is Thursday. It means the work week is almost over. I am sure Thomas will be glad when the weekend comes. It will mean that all of his tests are done. Ashley is looking forward to the weekend because of Prom. She will be beautiful in her Prom dress. Today my supervisor will be out for a vacation day. This means more responsibilities for me. I will be running some reports that she usually does and sending orders to the warehouse for processing.

The Internet is down again, so I don't know if this is even going to get posted this morning. AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday Update

Not much to write about today. Thomas has to go back to Wartburg to take some tests on Thursday and Friday. And then he will be back home for about another week. Ashley is waiting for this weekend because Prom is on Saturday.

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."

- Sir Stephen Henry Roberts (1901-1971)

Das Wort des Tages

German Word of the Day

die Kneipe (-n) bar, pub, saloon

Gestern haben wir eine Kneipentour gemacht.
Yesterday we went bar hopping. (Br., did a pub crawl)

Tuesday Update

Mediacom really blows. We had no cable or internet yesterday afternoon for about 4 hours and this morning when I got up it was down until 5:30. Well my long weekend is over and I have to go back to work today. At least it will only be a four day week.

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!"

- Will Rogers (1879-1935)