I love some of the kooky Japanese toys, and this is no exception. However, no matter how much I love it, my cats love it more, trust. And if you don't, you are welcome to see for yourself on some of my other pics!
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Busy again...
and too busy to blog apparently!
I have been in the midst of trying to get everything together for my next school stuff (online at www.rctc.edu for my AAS in HIT), which has been somewhat of a total and complete mess!!
I graduated, which I don't think I've blogged about either. It was wonderful yet sad at the same time. I made a lot of great friends over the last 2.5 years, and I'm really going to miss them!
Alex started back to school yesterday (5th grade, oh why doesn't the sky open up and swallow me?? I'm not ready for him to be this old!!) He got the teacher he wanted and is sitting right by one of his friends. His only downside is that his best friend is in the other 5th grade class. And yes, there really is only 2 5th grade classrooms at his school. He goes to the smallest elementary in the district, which I really like.
He's also going to try to be in the safety patrol. First he has to pass a test come Monday. Then we'll have to be at school somewhat earlier than normal. But thanks to the FlyLady, that will not be a problem!
More to come soon! I have gobs of pics and stuff to blog on!
I have been in the midst of trying to get everything together for my next school stuff (online at www.rctc.edu for my AAS in HIT), which has been somewhat of a total and complete mess!!
I graduated, which I don't think I've blogged about either. It was wonderful yet sad at the same time. I made a lot of great friends over the last 2.5 years, and I'm really going to miss them!
Alex started back to school yesterday (5th grade, oh why doesn't the sky open up and swallow me?? I'm not ready for him to be this old!!) He got the teacher he wanted and is sitting right by one of his friends. His only downside is that his best friend is in the other 5th grade class. And yes, there really is only 2 5th grade classrooms at his school. He goes to the smallest elementary in the district, which I really like.
He's also going to try to be in the safety patrol. First he has to pass a test come Monday. Then we'll have to be at school somewhat earlier than normal. But thanks to the FlyLady, that will not be a problem!
More to come soon! I have gobs of pics and stuff to blog on!
Monday, August 04, 2008
Graduation finally here!
I finally graduated with my Associates degree on Friday, August the 1st, 2008. It only took me almost 3 years to complete my education, and I'm glad I did, yet glad it's over at the same time.
For more pics go here.
I just realized that the slideshow doesnt have all 61 pics, only 36, so I must fix that. You can see all by clicking on the pic of me that is linked to flickr.com.
For more pics go here.
I just realized that the slideshow doesnt have all 61 pics, only 36, so I must fix that. You can see all by clicking on the pic of me that is linked to flickr.com.
Friday, August 01, 2008
Butterflies @ Ripley's Museum in Branson MO
I just had to share these. Yes, they were real...yes they are now dead and mounted for the enjoyment of the masses. I just think that they are spectacular and just had to share them with you guys. Plus, I'm behind on my blogging from being too busy, so extras to catch up!
These displays are in the hallway going to the bathroom, and some even in the womens bathroom (my dh informed me that there are a variety of pipes in the mens bathroom, not more butterflies/moths), which I did take a picture of.
I absolutely love the wings and how beautiful these things must have been in real life.
I have many more pics of these on flickr, so click and view!
These displays are in the hallway going to the bathroom, and some even in the womens bathroom (my dh informed me that there are a variety of pipes in the mens bathroom, not more butterflies/moths), which I did take a picture of.
I absolutely love the wings and how beautiful these things must have been in real life.
I have many more pics of these on flickr, so click and view!
Walking Stick of significance (to us anyway)
We had never seen one of these walking sticks before. Mostly we see the mottled brown or gray tree colored sticks. Maybe some green ones on occasion. But a yellow one with large areas of green and red? Heck no! we ain't never seen a christmas walking stick before!!
We searched the internet but discovered that there are only 2,500 different varieties of walking sticks (with more being found as we speak...), making an exact identification somewhat difficult. Luckily, we have friends. Friends with entomology degrees...
So we got hold of our entomologist buddy, sent a pic via email and got a response back from him. Too bad my hubby deleted it, cause it had the exact scientific name on it (which I'll never remember). I do know, however, that it is the male of the species, cause the female is even larger than it and that it prefers oak leaves and grape vine. If I remember correctly (and don't quote me on this), it's one of the larger species in North America.
Enjoy the pic, more on flickr if you'd like to see them!
We searched the internet but discovered that there are only 2,500 different varieties of walking sticks (with more being found as we speak...), making an exact identification somewhat difficult. Luckily, we have friends. Friends with entomology degrees...
So we got hold of our entomologist buddy, sent a pic via email and got a response back from him. Too bad my hubby deleted it, cause it had the exact scientific name on it (which I'll never remember). I do know, however, that it is the male of the species, cause the female is even larger than it and that it prefers oak leaves and grape vine. If I remember correctly (and don't quote me on this), it's one of the larger species in North America.
Enjoy the pic, more on flickr if you'd like to see them!
Slideshow of Bugs
I just finished with my small (only 7 pics) slideshow of some of the different bugs we saw over our vacation. Didn't want to overwhelm anyone with the craziness ya know.
enjoy!
enjoy!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Hickory Horned Devil Catterpillar
How beautiful is this thing? And HUGE!! I have several pictures of this in flickr, but since this one gives a good example of how large this thing is, I thought I'd use this one instead.
That is my DH's hand next to this thing. We spotted this large buggie specimen while visiting the Pea Ridge Civil War site in Arkansas during our vacation.
I'll try to get a "montage" of just this guys pics up soon, but for now, I'm just going to blog certain pics over the next couple of days so everyone can share in my vacation. I hope you like the selected pics!
That is my DH's hand next to this thing. We spotted this large buggie specimen while visiting the Pea Ridge Civil War site in Arkansas during our vacation.
I'll try to get a "montage" of just this guys pics up soon, but for now, I'm just going to blog certain pics over the next couple of days so everyone can share in my vacation. I hope you like the selected pics!
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Yup, I'm bored
I'm playing around on blogthings.com, so thought i'd share some of the silliness!
here's another one:
and one of my favorite ones (lol):
ok, thats it for tonight!
You Are 88% Feminist |
 You are a total feminist. This doesn't mean you're a man hater (in fact, you may be a man). You just think that men and women should be treated equally. It's a simple idea but somehow complicated for the world to put into action. |
here's another one:
You Should Vote for Barack Obama |
 Where you and Barack Obama agree: Abortion - Education - Immigration - Taxes Where you and Barack Obama disagree: Cuba - Global Warming - Health Care - The War in Iraq |
and one of my favorite ones (lol):
You're Not Exactly a Hippie... |
 While you're not a hippie, you've got the spirit of one. Like most hippies, you have deep beliefs and unusual interests. You may not buy into hippie fashions, music, or heavy drug use. But at heart, you are a free spirit and suspicious of the status quo. |
ok, thats it for tonight!
had to share!
You Are 46% Evil |
 You are evil, but you haven't yet mastered the dark side. Fear not though - you are on your way to world domination. |
Monday, July 07, 2008
Nanners?
Nanner peppers? Oh, they are soooo wonderful!! We picked off enough banana peppers to pickle 2 small jars of them. We are so pleased to be seeing the fruit of our labors. Hopefully the pickling is good, I used a fairly basic recipe.
It was just water, white vinegar, sea salt, fresh dill, and fresh garlic with the banana peppers. Here's hoping it turns out alright in about 3 to 4 weeks.
You should see the rest of our stuff that is now starting to come up like crazy, right when we are getting ready to leave for vacation! I did tell Sherri, Alex's step-mom who comes to look after the cats, that she could pick some if she wanted and they were ready. So hopefully any veggies won't get wasted while we're gone.
We also planted some new stuff. Our peas didn't do well so we ripped them out and our onions became waterlogged so they were gone too. We decided to plant some other stuff instead.
We've now added squash, romaine lettuce, and watermelon. Here's hoping it does well. On another note however:
Can any one id this plant??!!? We thought it was a cucumber plant, but it is now very readily apparent that it is NOT, but we don't know what it is!! This really is an accidental planting! Now just for comparisons sake, here is a pic of the cucumbers:
Yeesh, now what else could we possibly have grow in our garden. No cabbage, cause I don't want to cabbage patch kids, dammit!!
It was just water, white vinegar, sea salt, fresh dill, and fresh garlic with the banana peppers. Here's hoping it turns out alright in about 3 to 4 weeks.
You should see the rest of our stuff that is now starting to come up like crazy, right when we are getting ready to leave for vacation! I did tell Sherri, Alex's step-mom who comes to look after the cats, that she could pick some if she wanted and they were ready. So hopefully any veggies won't get wasted while we're gone.
We also planted some new stuff. Our peas didn't do well so we ripped them out and our onions became waterlogged so they were gone too. We decided to plant some other stuff instead.
We've now added squash, romaine lettuce, and watermelon. Here's hoping it does well. On another note however:
Can any one id this plant??!!? We thought it was a cucumber plant, but it is now very readily apparent that it is NOT, but we don't know what it is!! This really is an accidental planting! Now just for comparisons sake, here is a pic of the cucumbers:
Yeesh, now what else could we possibly have grow in our garden. No cabbage, cause I don't want to cabbage patch kids, dammit!!
Sunday, July 06, 2008
New clothes...
but only cause my hubby is TERRIFIED of me making any of my own. Silly man! But, hey, who am I to complain, I got new clothes outta the deal.
The pics suck, but they do look very nice IRL, including the plaid pants, which just isn't my normal style. But Mike picked them out and liked them immensely, and I really do have to say, I think I like it too.
The pics suck, but they do look very nice IRL, including the plaid pants, which just isn't my normal style. But Mike picked them out and liked them immensely, and I really do have to say, I think I like it too.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Red Velvet Cake Balls, thanks to Bakerella!!
I made these for a picnic with mikes dads side of the family, and just wanted to share all the pics I remembered to take, which wasn't many! They went very quickly and I didn't bring home a single one, either!! I was actually grateful for that, as I've been trying to avoid processed sugars and really didn't want to bring them home, as I would have to eat the rest of them!
Don't they look yummy? Mmmmm....must make some more soon!
Don't they look yummy? Mmmmm....must make some more soon!
Marching Kazoos?
Last weekend was the annual Kingdom Days/Street Fair stuff, and this is one of many parade pics that I have. I just picked this one cause it is too funny. The Futon Family Health Associates have some of the most uptight docs in town, so I'm glad to see at least someone there has a sense of humour!! How's that for hilarious? And yes, they really did march and play a kazoo. It was wonderful...maybe next year I'll ask to join in, just for the fun of it!
King Crab Goodness
Doesn't this look good?? My in-laws provided us with some of their king crab leg bounty (what they splurged on with their "economic stimulus") and we chowed down for fathers day on these big boys. They were FABULOUS!!
Go ahead and drool...just clean it up afterwards!
Go ahead and drool...just clean it up afterwards!
Friday, June 27, 2008
Garden pics, latest and greatest!
Here are some pics, finally of all our hard work. As you can see, we have lots of cool stuff coming up, and some stuff that isn't doing as well as we had hoped. But that's okay. You learn from your mistakes, and this picture taking frenzy of mine will also be a good tool for us to use this winter when we're planning out where everything will go and how we should plant the row, etc. All the stuff Mike is looking forward to working on this winter. Me, I just want to plant some unusual looking veggies, like thumbalina carrots or white carrots or asparagus green beans, there's just so many cool ones to plant!
Well, enjoy the pics! More to come soon!
Well, enjoy the pics! More to come soon!
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Our accidental plantings
We had no intention of planting these cucumbers where they are, they just wound up there! It actually happened due to a combination of too much rain, washing the seeds out of the furrows and my hubby re-tilling the walkways in order to get out more of the damn weeds.
So, when he took the weeds to fill in an indention in our back yard, what did we find a couple weeks later? Well, yup, cucumber sprouts!! Where they didn't really belong. However, I'm not transplanting the little sob-ing things, so we are just weeding them and put rocks around the area so we don't oopsie and mow them down!
Click on the pick to see all of our garden pics, updated just about weekly!! LOL!! I know, I'm obsessed! And Mike is even worse!
And I so need a banner for my backyard gardening efforts to add to this thing, not that I'd know how to do that...
So, when he took the weeds to fill in an indention in our back yard, what did we find a couple weeks later? Well, yup, cucumber sprouts!! Where they didn't really belong. However, I'm not transplanting the little sob-ing things, so we are just weeding them and put rocks around the area so we don't oopsie and mow them down!
Click on the pick to see all of our garden pics, updated just about weekly!! LOL!! I know, I'm obsessed! And Mike is even worse!
And I so need a banner for my backyard gardening efforts to add to this thing, not that I'd know how to do that...
Newest statuary in Jeff City
Here's one of my favorite pics from the new Lewis and Clark Memorial that was just finally completed not too long ago. Click on the pic to see more from there.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
HOLY COW!!
I actually get dressed up from time to time. What a miracle!!
Actually, it was our 6th anniversary, so dressing somewhat nice was definitely in order!
Actually, it was our 6th anniversary, so dressing somewhat nice was definitely in order!
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