Search This Blog
Saturday, May 11, 2013
The (official) Dance Portraits of 2012-2013
Here's my YaYa in her Thriller costume; she also performed in Let's Twist Again.
Young Junie danced to Lilo's and was gooooorrrrrgeous!
Finally, here's a group shot of Team Slap :)
This is LuLu in her Something to Dance For costume; this was taken ONE day after her tonsillectomy. All props to the tough chick.
Smiley danced in Locomotion
Finally, here's a group shot of Team Slap :)
Friday, May 10, 2013
Quote of the Day
I don't play role playing games, and I confess to a slight bias against the folks who do, but when I was reminded that the Wheel of Time, one of my favorite book series, had an RPG, I was intrigued.
I told Lisa I was thinking about buying it to play with some friends, and she stared at me quietly for a moment before delivering a classic zinger:
"You grow less attractive every year."
It reads kinda mean in print, but in person it was (literally) LOL.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
A Memory of Light
I finished the 14th and final Wheel of Time book "A Memory of Light". My vote? Eh. Not a bad book, but one of the weaker efforts of the series*. The writing seemed rushed, the dialogue was sometimes flat and clichéd, and I thought the Rand portion of the final battle was dull dull dull. That last chapter nearly rescued it though, and an average WOT is still better than most books. Grade: B
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Because no good deed goes unpunished, the man who rescued the three abducted women in Cleveland is being skewered on The Smoking Gun website after they dug up domestic violence issues from the '90's. What a pathetic use of the site. As one commenter said, "One of the greatest compliments a person can give you is to talk about what you USED to do". Kudos to him for his actions this week, and a big thumbs down to TSG.
Today, disaster: for the first time ever I took the kids out for ice cream cones and they finished them. Every. Single. Bite. What's the point of having kids unless there are leftovers to swipe for yourself? This is the reason I constantly made new ones, but now, with the supply of youngin's cut off, I'm going to have to start ordering my "own" food. LOL
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Gary's Mom's Burgers
~30 years ago I had a grade school assignment that involved telling the class how to do something, step by step. My classmate Gary Michalski repeated his Mom's recipe for baking hamburgers in the oven, and as a kid I thought that was so unheard of that it's stuck with me to this day. Fast fwd to yesterday, when I was pressed for time and had six mouths to feed. When that anecdote popped into my head for the zillioneth time I said WTH and tossed a dozen burgers in the oven. Half an hour later, with no fuss, no muss, and very little cleanup we sat down for dinner. The lesson? Gary's Mom knew her s**t, and all props to them both.
Monday, May 6, 2013
Poor girl
she's been so incredibly tough.....shes got a golden heart and such a strong will. She willed herself through so much crap the week after surgery...truly inspiring to watch!! Now she's just milking it though LOL - Lisa
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Ahhhh, success!
Mission accomplished. Work, recitals, First Communion, dinner and festival IN THE BOOKS. We even took a walk across the old railroad bridge near my childhood home. Busy busy weekend - but a great one too. Now: booze, TV, and chillin' with my lady.
Happy First Communion Smiley!
Congratulations Smiley! Personally love this shot...but looks like he's posing for Bop magazine, not a First Communion picture!! lol. - Lisa
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Whew. This'll be a weekend for the books
http://slapinions.blogspot.com/VERY busy weekend for #Team_Slap. Two birthday parties to attend, two 8 hr work shifts, three dance recitals, Smiley's 1st communion, a dinner out to celebrate, and a church festival. Zoinks!
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
This Weekend
Play season over, dance recital x FOUR, two birthday parties, and Smiley's First Communion this weekend. whew!!
Communion: Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish at 10:30 Sunday Mass.
Dance recital: Nathan Hale High School
11601 W. Lincoln Avenue Saturday, May 4th at 1:00pm and 7:00pm
Sunday, May 5th at 2:00pm - The only performance we're attending because the only one all 4 will be performing in.
Join us 🙂
- Lisa
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Death of the Messiah Volume 2
A couple of days ago I finished Raymond Brown's "The Death of the Messiah, From Gethsemane to the Grave, Volume 2: A Commentary on the Passion Narratives in the Four Gospels". It is a textual criticism that takes the PN's and dissects the language, translation, textual context, verisimilitude and historicity of each verse. An exhaustive scholarly work of over 1500 pages, I resorted to using multiple colors of highlighters to keep the information straight. It exhausted me mentally, and I am proud to say I finished it. A great work by a great scholar. Grade: A+
Friday, April 26, 2013
A TV kinda day
After a rough Wed, Thurs was pretty good. I spent the morning running errands, then watched "Sale of the Century", "Press Your Luck and "Psych" with Lisa, slept a bit, then walked home from school with Junie (the 3rd walk this week). I watched the newest Dr. Who, then cleaned out a corner of the basement that had taken in water during last weeks flooding here in Milwaukee. Then dinner, an hour nap, and off to work.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)