The Fantasy Football Season is Starting

The NFL season starts tonight, which means my fantasy team has yet another opportunity to match the .333 winning percentage I've notched so far this century. Yeehaw! Ah, but I shouldn't let it get me down. After all, "Nobody in the game of football should be called a genius. A genius is somebody like Norman Einstein". -Joe Theismann

Marathon: How One Battle Changed Western Civilization by Richard A Billows

I finished "Marathon: How one battle changed west. civ" by Richard A. Billows. It was good, but of the 200+ pgs, only 30 were about the battle, w/ the rest devoted to centuries of Greek/Persian history. Some background is always nice, but you don't need to know the history of bratwurst making to understand how Rommel fought, do you? So why should I care about similar minutiae in Greek history?

ISO

TIME SENSITIVE: Anyone out there have 12 old Sunday papers (or their equivalent in size) laying around? My wife needs them for a Girl Scout 'sit-upon' project. The other leader had her basement flood and the papers were ruined. The meeting is THIS AFTERNOON.

Big Love S2

We finished the second season of Big Love - a mighty fine show. It's become a favorite around here.

Junie's 1st Day on the School Bus

My scared baby takes the school bus for the first time.  - Lisa

She looks so cute in pink, and she is soooo scared...Miss independent - Grandma J

She was only like this for a second.....she'll be ok :)  - Lisa

I'm sure, she will be, but it is still soooooo sweet.  Grandma J

Yah, but did I hear it from her daddy! LOL.... - Lisa

I'm sure, Daddy was upset I'm sure   Grandma J

A change of heart after the bus ride home

OMG, so cute....took a nap and Dan didn't wake me for this [her return]?! Oh well, at least I have this awesome pic. She's at Fernwood for K-3 and then most likely will go to the girls (and now Smiley's) school. -Lisa

so cute, look at that smile..:) - Grandma J

Junie's Cake

Torchwood

I'm watching an old Torchwood episode. My cat is a better actor than John Barrowman, albeit not as handsome.

Jersey Shore

I'm watching Jersey Shore for the first time. It really is a shithole hour of tv. Plus Snooki is a bleepin dog. Jeesh.

Duh

Any job is better at time and a half.

LuLu's First Tomato!

Lulu's first tomato from her Topsy Turvy

My Godson

Me & my Godson TJ today on my front porch

Bad Luck

So my Escort got a flat last night when a friend borrowed it, returning it to my parking slab with the rim damaged. Sigh. This morning, the same car won't start. It is inevitable - my cars work only in summer. At the onset of cold weather I should just think ahead and buy a f*ing bus pass.

Smiley's Sunflower Plant

Smiley's sunflower plant (1 of 4)

Quote

Women are the repository of personal details in the lives of all who intersect their worlds - Sara Paretsky

it's a Problem

How you can tell Farmville has taken over your life: Lisa and I were in the produce section when she asked me if I'd ever heard of a sale item called an asian apple pear. I stared at her for a second in disbelief, then answered - unintentionally - in valley girl upspeak:   "Uhhhh, *yeah*,  I raise them on my farm."

They Sure Do

Don't believe that crap that you're as young as you feel. Your feelings lie.

Junie's First Day of School EVER!

Junie started K3 today and was super excited (even if she looked a little nervous in some of the photos!)

With her new friend Claire:

Big Love

Lisa and I just finished watching the complete first season of "Big Love", a drama about a polygamist family in Utah. It's well written with top notch acting. We'll be sure to watch the other seasons.

It's 3 in the morning and me, Lisa and her friend are sitting on the front porch watching the rain come down.

How Was School?

How was school? "it sucked, my shirt was wrong, my shorts too short, and the other girls mom's don't get their deodorant at the dollar store!".....ugh.....just once can what I do be good enough for this child? And.....I'm not buying top of the line deodorant for an 8 year old who doesn't need bleeping deodorant in the first place~!  Lisa

Awwww

True story: As you know Grace is my oldest, but her younger brother doesn't quite grasp the dictionary meaning of her name. When I said the Hail Mary with Parker the other day, he balked at the traditional wording and came back with "Hail Mary, full of Parker . . . "

The Automatic Detective by A Lee Martinez

Finished " The Automatic Detective" by A Lee Martinez; a fun read. I finished it here in a dr's waiting rm on a Nook. Answered several ?'s about the unit. Think I sold one, actually.

The First Day of School 2010

The kids leaving for the first day of the 2010/11 school year yest - Smiley's first day of K5 & his first day at his new school.

OMG....our kids are soooooooo cute! LOL - Lisa

AW soooo sweet, Smiley looks kind of scared. Was he?

Is it the picture or is he almost as tall as LuLu? - Grandma Jeanne 

No, he wasn't scared at all. This was the second or third shot I took, and he was getting antsy. He is less than an inch shorter than Lu, according to their last Dr. visit. 

As proof he wasn't scared, here's a pic ofSmiley on his first day of K5:

Drinking

It is now 403 am. If I am not hungover in teh morning, then I did something wrong.

No More Toddler Beds!

Lisa purchased, transported, and set up a twin bed set for Junie today while I was at work. [thanks!] That means we have a) no more bottles b) no more diapers c) no more cribs [the last of which was converted to a toddler bed for LK a year and a half ago]. All milestones, & all good news - but I must admit I got nostalgic walking thru the baby aisle at Pick 'N Save today.