Don't have much time to write...as I am needed at the soccer fields. I already have sunburn from sitting through 2 games this afternoon . LOL
I thought it would be calming to sit here for a minute and listen to one of my favorite songs, " Whatever you're doing/ Something heavenly" by Sanctus real. ahhhhhhhhh Just in case you are curious, here is their video for that song on YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06AgY5Xoavw
Odd to most, but it's a calming song on a crazy day like today. :)
I just uploaded a video of Jake's birthday party and his very first soccer game.
He scored 4 goals in 6 minutes and also took a few other shots. He's pretty good...what can I say? Refresh the page if the new video's aren't showing up on youtube.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Pictures
I am trying to add a slideshow of my pictures on flicker...hoping one of my sisters will read this and give me a hand.
I added it as a new gadget...picked "user name" and then put in my flicker name...BUT I am only getting random pictures on here. Any clues?
I added it as a new gadget...picked "user name" and then put in my flicker name...BUT I am only getting random pictures on here. Any clues?
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Views on building
It's already time for Alex and Caleb to go back to college. I feel like we lost the whole summer somehow...how is it already August??
Yesterday, Pam, Micah, Eric, Jake, Haliegh and myself went to Alex's new apartment by YSU. You have to walk up 19 narrow steps to get to her apartment, which Micah and Eric felt was a competition. LOL Pam and I worked on a ginormous armoire that Alex got at Ikea last week.
So here is the "picture" ...for your mind. We put a fan in the window in the living room as it was the only window that doesn't have a brick wall directly outside and can provide a nice breeze. Jake and Haliegh played on cardboard boxes in the living room the entire time...so they were cool and comfy. Now, lets shove 3 or 4 adults into the bedroom to work on this jigsaw puzzle known as an armoire with no air flow. Sweat, sweat sweat...drip drip drip.
Pam and I would consider ourselves relatively intelligent people, but we were stumped for at least 30 minutes on STEP 1!!! We were supposed to stick 3 of the main giant pieces of wood together. There were at least 10 pieces with all varying degrees of holes and patterns of holes. We tried one direction...took it apart...tried another ...took it apart. Alex came in and said, "put that one there and this one here" . We did what she said and it appeared to work, so she left the room with her college brain giving her a high five. HOWEVER, when we moved on to step 2 we noticed that the piece with 45 holes in the pattern of the southern night sky was not lining up with the picture in the directions. We stood over these 3 pieces of wood with those directions and turned them upside down...sideways...backwards...sigh. Would it be so difficult to actually print a tiny letter on each piece of wood to identify them. You know, "place board A into board C"?
I stepped into the living room to get some air and discovered Jake and Haliegh throwing popcorn into the fan so that it would blow all over the living room and create a "snow storm". I had to put a stop to it, of course...as she doesn't own a vacuum yet. OOOPSIE. Haleigh said, "this is so cool. I wish I lived here". LOL KIDS!!
Then I went into the dining room to check on the progress of Micah and Eric as they were building a tiny bookshelf. In their 13 year old boy wisdom they rushed and split some of the wood with the nails that you drive into the back piece. They didn't feel the least bit concerned over that problem and decided to run around the house as fast as they could and throw things at each other . I decided to stop them and give them something to do. I made them move things from one room to another.
Back to the Ikea project...it was finally moving along as we had discovered the proper orientation of the first 3 pieces. Cut ahead two hours later and we have ourselves a finished project. I smashed my toe and got 2 cuts on my hands throughout the project, but it's all worth it. Alex got herself a lovely closet/dresser and her 2 little brothers and 2 cousins felt like they helped her in some way. I'm sad to see her move out again, but I'm proud that she is confident enough to take on the world and find her own apartment.
Now the mom side of me has to stop worrying about her living there. LOL
Yesterday, Pam, Micah, Eric, Jake, Haliegh and myself went to Alex's new apartment by YSU. You have to walk up 19 narrow steps to get to her apartment, which Micah and Eric felt was a competition. LOL Pam and I worked on a ginormous armoire that Alex got at Ikea last week.
So here is the "picture" ...for your mind. We put a fan in the window in the living room as it was the only window that doesn't have a brick wall directly outside and can provide a nice breeze. Jake and Haliegh played on cardboard boxes in the living room the entire time...so they were cool and comfy. Now, lets shove 3 or 4 adults into the bedroom to work on this jigsaw puzzle known as an armoire with no air flow. Sweat, sweat sweat...drip drip drip.
Pam and I would consider ourselves relatively intelligent people, but we were stumped for at least 30 minutes on STEP 1!!! We were supposed to stick 3 of the main giant pieces of wood together. There were at least 10 pieces with all varying degrees of holes and patterns of holes. We tried one direction...took it apart...tried another ...took it apart. Alex came in and said, "put that one there and this one here" . We did what she said and it appeared to work, so she left the room with her college brain giving her a high five. HOWEVER, when we moved on to step 2 we noticed that the piece with 45 holes in the pattern of the southern night sky was not lining up with the picture in the directions. We stood over these 3 pieces of wood with those directions and turned them upside down...sideways...backwards...sigh. Would it be so difficult to actually print a tiny letter on each piece of wood to identify them. You know, "place board A into board C"?
I stepped into the living room to get some air and discovered Jake and Haliegh throwing popcorn into the fan so that it would blow all over the living room and create a "snow storm". I had to put a stop to it, of course...as she doesn't own a vacuum yet. OOOPSIE. Haleigh said, "this is so cool. I wish I lived here". LOL KIDS!!
Then I went into the dining room to check on the progress of Micah and Eric as they were building a tiny bookshelf. In their 13 year old boy wisdom they rushed and split some of the wood with the nails that you drive into the back piece. They didn't feel the least bit concerned over that problem and decided to run around the house as fast as they could and throw things at each other . I decided to stop them and give them something to do. I made them move things from one room to another.
Back to the Ikea project...it was finally moving along as we had discovered the proper orientation of the first 3 pieces. Cut ahead two hours later and we have ourselves a finished project. I smashed my toe and got 2 cuts on my hands throughout the project, but it's all worth it. Alex got herself a lovely closet/dresser and her 2 little brothers and 2 cousins felt like they helped her in some way. I'm sad to see her move out again, but I'm proud that she is confident enough to take on the world and find her own apartment.
Now the mom side of me has to stop worrying about her living there. LOL
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