Like sands in the hourglass.....

no more are the BIGGEST two starts of Days of our Lives.

http://tv.yahoo.com/blog/are-daytime-soaps-doomed--43

I cant believe it....read it and weep, people. Marlena and John are GONE!! You DONT fire the two biggest soap stars in history....you just go ahead and can your show...i mean what is the point, really!!!!

November

We have a big oak in our front yard and one in the back so we get more then our fair share of leaves every fall and i just love it. This first picture the wolverine took...pretty cool. He made several and you can see various neighbors houses, our tree, his shoe in them...funny.



the bunny seems to really like being on the ground...future girl scout?

The guys working

Nothing like a little crunchy snack

Fall 2008 pt.3

And of course there is Halloween. We tricked and treated with some friends this year and had a great time. The kids were cute. I repeated last years costume of "me at 11 years old".

Fall 2008 continued

School Days

So far the wolverine is enjoying his two mornings a week at school. There is always something going on. I love the fact that as a cooperative there are always parents around.


Leaves are made for throwing

And rolling in

Dan Wu demonstrates parental involvement

The wolverine and sophia climb

Going where no wolverine has gone before

Fall 2008

Fall doesnt truly begin until we have done a festival.No fall is ever complete without Pumpkinfest, which is really just an excuse for the adults to eat fried apple pies. The wolverine is obsessed with the big slide at Boyd Orchards. He now sends his stuffed animals down the staircase which is the "big slide". We had a great time with good friends.

The petting zoo

Bunnys first pumpkinfest and she sleeps most of the way through

Maria and Melinda

Tim throws the wolverine to the hogs.

The kids notice a resemblance to their own homelife.

Coleman having fun

the grub

chowing down

Aint no mountain high enough

EXTREME!!!!

REAL education revolution

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20081107/us_time/shouldkidsbeabletograduateafter10thgrade

IM totally behind this idea. Other industrialized countries use similiar systems. This is the kind of sweeping change in our public school systems that is needed. If we are going to REALLY change we have to be willing to think outside the box and do something radically different to get the results we want.

Congratulations!!!!

Our dear friends, Rachel, T.C., and Jack welcomed a beautiful baby girl into the world on Saturday, November 1. They are resting at home and doing well.

Lucy Scout Hand has arrived and the world is a much better place for her being here.

We love you guys!!! Hope to meet her soon. The Bunny looks forward to meeting her new playmate.

Obama relative lives in U.S. illegally....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081101/ap_on_el_pr/obama_aunt;_ylt=Aum.npXulfwXk_GU0G8P32Jh24cA

This comes out just days before the election. It poses some interesting discussions....but is anyone willing to have them? What say ye?

This fear is funny.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70wGnx_lZio


Ive noticed how everyone is afraid this election cycle....Ive never heard so many adults saying that one candidate or the other TERRIFIES them??!!! What is up?!!! Since when did politicians strike such fear and loathing into the hearts of good citizens. What happened to our faith? Where did our hope and confidence go?

Family update

Granddaddy at 64 and the Bunny at 7 months old

Outside play at the grandparents

A Miracle is witnessed at the grandparents......

Here are some pictures taken over the last few weeks. A special hello to my cousin Cynthia!!! I heard from my mom that she keeps up with me and my sister through our blogs!!! Glad to know your out there....sorry i dont keep this more updated. And for actual intellectual content you better stick with Hopes blog......this mommy doesnt have the brain power her older sister does to put together thoughtful, insightful, interesting posts. Tell your two sisters hello also Cynthia...we love you gals.

Reuse, Recycle....

so what does a woman do in a major national financial crisis....well she goes shopping of course. My favorite store??? Well your garage sale. Reuse, Recycle. On a recent trip to visit the folks i went on an excursion with my mom and we found some incredible buys and now ive got the fever. Its amazing what you can find at a yard sale. You get something you need at an incredibly cheap price PLUS your helping your environment by reusing/recycling someone elses junk. I told the hubby that between yard sales, consignment shops, and really good sales at our favorite department stores there is NEVER a reason to buy anything full price. *although some items like a good car seat for your child you should never buy used.

Some of my favorite buys are the bouncer we bought for the bunny for $10. It is in brand new condition. I bought two awesome picture frames for 50 cents a piece. I bought a beveled mirror for $10. I found a wire bakers rack for $4.

Its been fun and inexpensive. The frames are such a great buy, ive found a few more. You all know how crazy expensive picture frames can be too.

You can also find great, barely used cheap toys for the kiddies....like the golf set for $3 i bought the wolverine. All those yucky, plastic toys that people buy for $40-50 end up in their garage sales....kitchens, cars, workbenches. Im still on the hunt for a couple of bookshelves.

The real fun is in finding the unexpected. If anyone out there likes the hunt you can always join me. Its my way of stretching our dollar and keeping things from being sent to a landfill all rolled up in one.