I found this posted on a freecycle list today :
My oldest son lost his privileges for having a tv in his room. Forever, unless he earns the money to buy a new one. Don't ask.
It just made me really sad for the boy. His mom actually gave his TV to someone on Freecycle against his wishes. And then wrote about it! That seems like such a cruel, petty thing to do. Whenever I hear stories like this I always think about how I would feel if my hubby (or even a friend) did the same thing to me. I would be furious if he gave away our TV without asking me. I would lose trust in him and in our relationship. I would feel more possessive of my stuff, for fear that he might take something else away from me without notice. I certainly wouldn't feel inclined to share my possessions, time or emotions with him.
I am so glad that in our house this wouldn't really happen. It just struck me because it is so far removed from something that would happen here. Blech.....
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Snapshot Sunday--Easter edition
Easter basket in the morning
Tulips
A friend in the garden
After the Hunt
Eating the spoilsSee Sarah to play
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Snapshot Sunday
Here is a glimpse of our day.
A little around the house and a visit to the Renaissance Faire to see my hubby.
flutterby
Stars Wars and super heroes
Ian's getting taller!
Ian got to do the Tin Man dance with the knights...
and was thrilled with himself afterward.
See Sarah to play!
A little around the house and a visit to the Renaissance Faire to see my hubby.
flutterby
Stars Wars and super heroes
Ian's getting taller!
Ian got to do the Tin Man dance with the knights...
and was thrilled with himself afterward.See Sarah to play!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Five people contest thingy from Mama P!
The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me. I will try to make these tailored to those five people. The restrictions and limitations:
*I will make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
*What I create will be just for you.
*You will have no clue what it will be
*The catch is that you have to post this as well, if you expect me to do something for you.
*I have to be able to afford the postage, if you live out of country. :)
Please link to your blog, if I don't know you, in case we are new friends.
*I will make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
*What I create will be just for you.
*You will have no clue what it will be
*The catch is that you have to post this as well, if you expect me to do something for you.
*I have to be able to afford the postage, if you live out of country. :)
Please link to your blog, if I don't know you, in case we are new friends.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Science Fair!
Okay, so first off I have to admit that I was really excited about coming up with a project and participating in the science fair.
Ian and I (well, mostly me really) got our idea from reading through a Usborne book about Ecology. I found this sidebar:
The sidebar talked about the presence of lichen and how it indicated the air quality in a given area. I got to thinking about it and wondered how much lichen we had at our house in the Raleigh area compared to my in-laws' house in Murphy (in the NC mountains). It also happened to be an extremely convenient project since I spent the last 10 days at their house!
First, I took pictures of lichen in Murphy:
I noted that I really didn't find much lichen on live trees. The really leafy colorful lichen that indicates good air quality was exclusively on dead tree material. In fact, most of the pictures that I took were from the fence posts in the horse corral. We breathed easy in Murphy knowing that we had clean air.
When we got back home we surveyed the trees in our backyard.
The only tree that had any lichen on it was alive. It was a silver maple that is probably 50 years old. I checked some dead limbs from the yard but they had no lichen. This leads me think that we have fairly polluted air here in Raleigh. We had a bit of the leafy stuff but almost no lichen at all on the newer trees and bushes. Yikes!
It was fun to take a small blurb in a book and really run with it and think about how it applies to our everyday life. Thanks for the great idea, Iain and Evie!!
Ian and I (well, mostly me really) got our idea from reading through a Usborne book about Ecology. I found this sidebar:
The sidebar talked about the presence of lichen and how it indicated the air quality in a given area. I got to thinking about it and wondered how much lichen we had at our house in the Raleigh area compared to my in-laws' house in Murphy (in the NC mountains). It also happened to be an extremely convenient project since I spent the last 10 days at their house!First, I took pictures of lichen in Murphy:
I noted that I really didn't find much lichen on live trees. The really leafy colorful lichen that indicates good air quality was exclusively on dead tree material. In fact, most of the pictures that I took were from the fence posts in the horse corral. We breathed easy in Murphy knowing that we had clean air.When we got back home we surveyed the trees in our backyard.
The only tree that had any lichen on it was alive. It was a silver maple that is probably 50 years old. I checked some dead limbs from the yard but they had no lichen. This leads me think that we have fairly polluted air here in Raleigh. We had a bit of the leafy stuff but almost no lichen at all on the newer trees and bushes. Yikes! It was fun to take a small blurb in a book and really run with it and think about how it applies to our everyday life. Thanks for the great idea, Iain and Evie!!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Happy Birthday Ian!
Tap, tap, is this thing on?
No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, I have just been really busy and crappy about writing.
In Februaury I scrambled to get all my doula reading done before my training at the end of the month. I also made it through my first Jensen D-Day fairly unscathed.
In March I spent a week with Ian and my father-in-law while my MIL was in NYC. I spent another week without internet service since we just ported our home phone number to one of our cell phones and so we had no line for DSL until AT&T could come out and fix it.
Today is a special day though because Ian is 4!
I can't believe my son is already four. He has so many wonderful ideas about life and the world. He likes "mushroom kisses" (a term he coined...I am still not 100% sure what it means) but he doesn't want me to kiss hurts anymore. He likes to be the leader but he still likes to hold my hand and stick by my side in new situations. He adores his dad but he still calls his room "Mama and my room."
I am so lucky to have him in my life. He keeps me on my toes and helps me want to be a better person. He melts my heart when he says, "Mom, we're best friends for-EVER!"
His Spiderman birthday party is on Saturday. This is the first year he has wanted to have a party with friends. We bought a bounce house. I think it will be fun.
No, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth, I have just been really busy and crappy about writing.
In Februaury I scrambled to get all my doula reading done before my training at the end of the month. I also made it through my first Jensen D-Day fairly unscathed.
In March I spent a week with Ian and my father-in-law while my MIL was in NYC. I spent another week without internet service since we just ported our home phone number to one of our cell phones and so we had no line for DSL until AT&T could come out and fix it.
Today is a special day though because Ian is 4!
I can't believe my son is already four. He has so many wonderful ideas about life and the world. He likes "mushroom kisses" (a term he coined...I am still not 100% sure what it means) but he doesn't want me to kiss hurts anymore. He likes to be the leader but he still likes to hold my hand and stick by my side in new situations. He adores his dad but he still calls his room "Mama and my room."
I am so lucky to have him in my life. He keeps me on my toes and helps me want to be a better person. He melts my heart when he says, "Mom, we're best friends for-EVER!"
His Spiderman birthday party is on Saturday. This is the first year he has wanted to have a party with friends. We bought a bounce house. I think it will be fun.
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