yah, yah yah I know

I havent updated in a week. or so....

We went apple picking. I made apple butter and pear jam mmmmmmm was going to make apple jam but ran out of apples. We hope to go pick again. The pear jam is not quite thick enough but still tastes good. We didnt bother with the raspberries because they were really expensive....more so then the grocery store and we would have to do all that work and fight off the bees.

That Sunday we went skating....Ivan didnt skate...he had hurt his back earlier in the day. I clearly didnt skate enough as my legs did not hurt the next day.

That tuesday, I took Rebekah to the NP about the moles she is trying to scratch off. Got a referral to dermatology....that appt is this friday.

First GS meeting of the year that wednesday. And the building boys group. THe kids had fun. Ivan helped with the boys....Christine and I snuck out earlier for a dr appt for her....her hands/wrist have been bothering her...they were actually swelling last week.

Thursday was music for the little ones....they got new songs and we actually got there ALMOST on time. And it was Christine's bday. She opted to skip ASL that night.

Friday we went to the DMV in the morning, followed by the bakery, followed by science club at the pool. Then a friend of Christine's came over to spend the night. And Ivan, rebekah and I went to Costco for party food. And the washer broke.

Saturday was the party....fajitas, cheese, bananas foster....and good company. NIce time......somehow we ended up with more alcohol then we started with and no sodas left. Um ok....

Sundaywe drove to Santa Monica to meet up with Ivans friends from NY...they were in town for a wedding....we went over to Venice and saw some really strange sights. Then we attempted to go to Jerry's deli for dinner...we drove everywhere...finally asked a policeman for directions...he gave them to us and we found the deli. Sat down and looked at a far too large menu and discovered we were NOT at the location we had been searching for! We ate and took Dan and his wife back to the airport. And came home....

AND WATCHED AMAZING RACE

Monday was park day.....followed by bakery trip for the challah we ordered. Followed by bass lessons. Followed by a very very late night at Ivans parents.

Today I have been doing nothing but not really....I finished the sales tax and other large projects but have been left feeling like I didnt do much.

The rest of this week brings ortho tomorrow (I hope we can stop with the pallet expander expanding, music class, science club, dermatology appt, maybe disney and a Candy mountian bday party on sunday...so we prob wont skate this week but thats ok....the party will be a heck of alot more fun....isnt food always better then exercise?

I need to update my book list

update due

Where were we when I last updated???? Hmm who knows...

This past weekend we went on a friday to monday cruise on Royal Carribbean for my Inlaws 50th anniversary. It was fun. ALthough, I much preferred the almost identical cruise on Carnival to this one. But Carnival will not do Kosher meals for my brother in laws family....

We hope to do Alaska in June....FIL is leaning towards Holland America.....I lean toward Princess or Carnival...but Carnival is prob out for reason stated above....

I have not yet emptied my barely touched Camera from the Cruise....Christine has....perhaps she has posted pictures on her blog.....I know she posted them on Facebook.

Funny thing happened on the cruise. Everyone but Nathan, Ivan and I were up at the buffet the first day. The 3 of us were talking to the dining room mater'd (totally spelled wrong I am sure) about getting one large table for us, as opposed to the 2 small 6 people tables. We finish and walk to the elevator....where nathan procedes to dig in my bahama mama glass for an ice cube (it was empty...I wasnt boozin' the 5yr old up) And we strike up a conversation with another couple waiting. All of a sudden Ivan says "Are you Mark from Bud's appliance?" Mark stares blankly at Ivan who then introduces himself....when Mark is sure this isnt a complaining customer he says yes. Turns out a few other Appliance service companies are on the boat. Even funnier....there are 3 MAIN warranty servicers for this one appliance in Orange county....(there are 2 others but we are the big ones) and ALL of us are sitting on the boat. OOPPS hope there was no emergencies this past weekend. I actually told one of the guys...Oh you are here? My outgoing messages says we are out and to call you. His mouth dropped and I said I am kidding!

Otherwise nothing to exciting....Rebekah had a dr appt yesterday...she bruised her foot....on Wed and we wanted to make sure it wasnt broken. All is fine.

The kids missed music yesterday due to construction which caused us to be running so behind we would be rude.

Rebekahs's expander is going....slowly but going....

Christine opted out of her stage makeup class....time was bad and last minute switch in teachers.

They have their science today. And then tonight is the ASL/deaf night at the district. Roller skating on Sunday....we have been going every other sunday with some other Homeschool families. It is Holliday Skate in Orange from 630-830 for $5.50 per person including skate rental. Come on down and join us! Our family hits yougurt land on the way home and I have been craving some.

Oh we are going apple picking in Oak Glen on Saturday....once again JOIN US. Or not...but come on up with your family. It is fun. Currently, u-pick is available on Apples, pears, raspberry and maybe strawberries. I will be "jammin' on Sunday. Actually, going to make apple butter to pass out on Rosh Hashanah. There are a few groves open on sundays too but you really should go on a Saturday. Lots of fun.....good family activity....and some history in there too....

Ok need to get back to work! My Washer is done.

Books

Just realized, for my own reference I needed to update this

1) "Republic" by Plato (suggestion courtesy of will smith)
2) "The heart's Code" by Paul Pearsall
3) "At First Sight" by Nicolas sparks
4) "Japanese woman dont Get Old or Fat" by Naomi MOyarama
5) "flight from Heaven" by Jan Karon
6) "Ellis Island Interviews" by Peter Mortan Coan
7) "The parents guide to children's Congenital Heart Defect" by Kramer and Mauer
8) "Partners fo the Heart" by Vivien Thomas, autobiography
9) " 100 People who are screwing Up America (and al Franken is #37) by Bernard Goldberg
10) "Einstein Never Used Flash Cards" by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
11) "DaVinci for Dummies"
12) "Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited" by Aldous Huxley
13) "A Thomas Jefferson Education" by Oliver Van DeMile
14) "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards
15) "A Monk Swimming" by Malachy McCourt
16) "'Tis" by Frank McCourt
17) "two for the Dough" by Janet Evanovich
18)"The Kill Artist" by Daniel Silva
19) "The Faith Club" by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and PRiscilla Warner
20) "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
21) "The Omnivore's Dilemma" By Micahel Pollan
22) "Family Tree" by Barbar Delinksy
23) "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
24) "Stega" by Andrew Vachs
25) "Escape" by Carolyln Jessop
26) "the English Assassin" by Daniel Silva
27) "better" by Atul Gawande
28) "Digging to AMerica" By Anne Tyler
29) "Heat" by Bill Buford
30) "Three to Get Deadly" by Janet Evanovich
31)"Four To Score" by Janet Evanovich
32) "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Lutttrell
33) High Five by Janet
34) Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
35) Seven Up (A Stephanie Plum Novel) by Janet Evanovich
36) Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
37) Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
38) To the Nines: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich
39) "Ten big Ones" by Janet Evanovich
40)"Eleven On Top" by Janet Evanovich
41) "Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
42) Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich"
43) "The Confessor" by Daniel SIlva
44) "A Death in Vienna" by Daniel Silva
45) "Prince of Fire" by Daniel Silva
46) "Plum Lucky" by Janet Evanovich
47) "Fragile Innocence" by James Reston
48) "Stolen Innocence" by Elissa Wall
50) "The Nazi Officer's Wife" by Edith Hahn Beer
51) The Sunflower" by SImon Wiestenthal
52) "Zlata's Diary" by Zlata Filipovic
53) "Crunchy Cons" by Rod Dreher
54) "Working on the Edge" by Spike Walker
55) "Lean, Mean, Thirteen" by Janet evanovich
56) "Number the Stars" by Lois Lawry
57) "Perfectly Plum" by Leah Wilson

HI!

Yep here I am....

Just been really busy and havent felt much like blogging....because then it is all spelled out and seems like so much more.

"School" is in full swing effective today....Today all of Christine's classes will now be in session. Nathan does have a 3wk art class that starts tomorrow. Rebekah and Nathan have started their music class....I still need to get each a recorder.

Girl Scouts starts at the end of the month. We have begun to schedule some field trips. I need to find time to get to Bowers before the beginning of October....

Oh and my inlaws 50th anniversary cruise is this weekend. That is a whole 'nother headache....

And there is the ever looming 25yr reunion which I am the head of the committee for.

Camp

Rebekah headed off to Camp Del Corazon (www.campdelcorazon.org ) again this past week. This week was on Catalina Island. I forget the name of the actual camp ground but as I understand it, it is way on the tip. She left out of Marina del Rey Monday morning and got back Friday at 3pm. She had a blast as usual. She said Tom Arnold was there again this year. She knew her counselor from outside of camp. We actually attended Jeni's (aka ouch babe for camp purposes) wedding. Rebekah seems to have picked up a bit of a stuffy nose. And told tales of things she did at night....which make me want to cringe because that indicates, she was staying up.ggggrrr...I know how much of a pain she can be when she does that.

And as part of our tradition when we pick a kid up from camp, they get to pick dinner. So, last night we ate at Benihana's.

If you go to nursetv.com, there is a video there about the nurses at camp. At about 3 min 30 seconds you see the back of rebekah lol...pink polkadot shirt, short blond hair.

"I will Survive" Homeschool version

My dog

We have this dog who is about knee height with a purple tongue and a strangely mixed coat.
I dont know how to post pictures so, you will have to imagine
or WAIT!
You can see pictures here on this blog, belonging to someone who knows how to post pictures
http://myflyingcircus.blogspot.com/2006/10/vacation-to-yosemite.html

and

http://myflyingcircus.blogspot.com/2007/09/day-in-life-sept-18th.html

ANyhow, our vets office was offering "mixed breed testing" so, since they were already doing routine blood taking things, we said what the hey.

I havent received formal results yet but the vet just faxed over the one page report they got.
Our knee height dog is part Leonberger, Shiba Inu and trace amounts of Chow (hence the tongue) and Golden Retriever.

I have never heard of a Leonberger so, I googled it. It is a HUGE dog....hmm the markings are right, the coat is not....

Very interesting.

Um thanks for telling me

Just over a week ago, Blogger decided I **might** be a spam blog....whatever that is...so I followed their instructions to request a review of my blog.

Never heard a word

Last monday I could not post.....I could log in to comment but not make a post....

Today, I was updating the class reunion blog (LB Wilson Class of 89)and thought what the hey, lets see if I can log in AND post on mine...

And what do you know, it worked....

Thanks for letting me know....

books

Just realized, for my own reference I needed to update this

1) "Republic" by Plato (suggestion courtesy of will smith)
2) "The heart's Code" by Paul Pearsall
3) "At First Sight" by Nicolas sparks
4) "Japanese woman dont Get Old or Fat" by Naomi MOyarama
5) "flight from Heaven" by Jan Karon
6) "Ellis Island Interviews" by Peter Mortan Coan
7) "The parents guide to children's Congenital Heart Defect" by Kramer and Mauer
8) "Partners fo the Heart" by Vivien Thomas, autobiography
9) " 100 People who are screwing Up America (and al Franken is #37) by Bernard Goldberg
10) "Einstein Never Used Flash Cards" by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
11) "DaVinci for Dummies"
12) "Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited" by Aldous Huxley
13) "A Thomas Jefferson Education" by Oliver Van DeMile
14) "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards
15) "A Monk Swimming" by Malachy McCourt
16) "'Tis" by Frank McCourt
17) "two for the Dough" by Janet Evanovich
18)"The Kill Artist" by Daniel Silva
19) "The Faith Club" by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and PRiscilla Warner
20) "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
21) "The Omnivore's Dilemma" By Micahel Pollan
22) "Family Tree" by Barbar Delinksy
23) "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
24) "Stega" by Andrew Vachs
25) "Escape" by Carolyln Jessop
26) "the English Assassin" by Daniel Silva
27) "better" by Atul Gawande
28) "Digging to AMerica" By Anne Tyler
29) "Heat" by Bill Buford
30) "Three to Get Deadly" by Janet Evanovich
31)"Four To Score" by Janet Evanovich
32) "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Lutttrell
33) High Five by Janet
34) Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
35) Seven Up (A Stephanie Plum Novel) by Janet Evanovich
36) Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
37) Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
38) To the Nines: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich
39) "Ten big Ones" by Janet Evanovich
40)"Eleven On Top" by Janet Evanovich
41) "Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
42) Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich"
43) "The Confessor" by Daniel SIlva
44) "A Death in Vienna" by Daniel Silva
45) "Prince of Fire" by Daniel Silva
46) "Plum Lucky" by Janet Evanovich
47) "Fragile Innocence" by James Reston
48) "Stolen Innocence" by Elissa Wall
50) "The Nazi Officer's Wife" by Edith Hahn Beer
51) The Sunflower" by SImon Wiestenthal
52) "Zlata's Diary" by Zlata Filipovic
53) "Crunchy Cons" by Rod Dreher
54) "Working on the Edge" by Spike Walker
55) "Lean, Mean, Thirteen" by Janet evanovich
56) "Number the Stars" by Lois Lawry
57) "Perfectly Plum" by Leah Wilson

Where has time gone?

Well, July is more then half over and I can't tell you where it has gone.
I have sent kids to camp, organized the address lists for the reunion, settled current details that need to be settled for the reunion and done just general catch up.
(do you know how much laundry you suddenly have when one comes home from camp and dumps their bags????)

We went to the Getty center sometime in the recent past...(I dont want to get out my calendar so be happy with recent past) That place is awesome. I loved doing it with a class situation. It is so big I would never find my way around (evidenced by afterwards trying just to find the Renoirs and monets). The class was titled bodies in art...or something like that. We, er I mean the children, learned a little about materials in art, bodies and telling the stories from the bodies position and expressions....and roman mythology....they have some statues and paintings that tell the whole story of when venus was shot with cupids arrow....really neat place....I couldnt spend the day there only because the little ones loose patience...but they were really good for the class.

Next week we are going to the muzeo to see the Jane goodall display...should be good too.

We hope to get to the fair soon. And then the CHN expo is first weekend in august. The kids are already excited! They keep going on and on about Jim Weiss and his stories.

Sometime in the next couple of days christine has to register at Orange Coast College....then in august she will register for IVC. Her classes will be tue/th at IVC and wed at OCC. We hope sign 3 makes it this semester.

OH and bekah has an ortho consult on wednesday...I have put it off long enough. And I need to make her and I dentist appt on monday. I finally had a moment to do it on Friday and the office was closed, wouldnt you know it. And someday I will make an appt for me....I really need a physical, I havent had one in years.....ya' know moms are always last.....

Oh and we have read the first 2 books in the Kit book series. But, my personal reading has really been on the back burner....that is soooo bad.

And peter pan on stage now plays only every other day instead of daily in my house.

Am I done? perhaps....if I dont think of anything else before I hit publish. I am not going to re read...because then I will spend all day editing and fixing typos and such....and well, I have laundry to do!

my daughter says....

I need to update my blog so here it is.
Today I did laundry.....all caught up from Rebekah being at camp. Just in time for Christine to leave for camp....monday morning she has to be at the port of Long Beach at 8 am.....eeeegggaaaddds that is early. Not the 8 but the time we need to leave to get there.

I think she is almost packed.....needs a flashlight and book light she has told me.

She will be gone for a week.

I still need to unroll the sleeping bag from Rebekah at camp and put the flannel liner back in it for Christine.

hmm what else has happened in the last week? Prob a whole heck of alot of nothing.

My class reunion date has been chosen....July 18, 2009 at the Queen Mary....anyone reading go to Long Beach Wilson??? yah I didnt think so.....

I got the new Rainbow Resources catalog...havent had a chance to look thru it yet.....or even open it! The book is huge.

Nathan has been having frequent melt downs and is driving me crazy!!!! ANy suggestions???? He has been obsessively playing Chess....at least one game a day and is currently attempting to read "Chess for Dummies" I caught him re enacting one of the moves they show.

Dot aka Rebekah ( go to youtube, look up mad tv and dot) had a good time at camp and talked the entire ride home from Malibu She climbed the rock wall, went horseback riding and went in the pool 2 times she said. And wants to know when the next camp is.

Ok thats all....I need to find a pillow

books

Just my boring list sorry....


1) "Republic" by Plato (suggestion courtesy of will smith)
2) "The heart's Code" by Paul Pearsall
3) "At First Sight" by Nicolas sparks
4) "Japanese woman dont Get Old or Fat" by Naomi MOyarama
5) "flight from Heaven" by Jan Karon
6) "Ellis Island Interviews" by Peter Mortan Coan
7) "The parents guide to children's Congenital Heart Defect" by Kramer and Mauer
8) "Partners fo the Heart" by Vivien Thomas, autobiography
9) " 100 People who are screwing Up America (and al Franken is #37) by Bernard Goldberg
10) "Einstein Never Used Flash Cards" by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
11) "DaVinci for Dummies"
12) "Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited" by Aldous Huxley
13) "A Thomas Jefferson Education" by Oliver Van DeMile
14) "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards
15) "A Monk Swimming" by Malachy McCourt
16) "'Tis" by Frank McCourt
17) "two for the Dough" by Janet Evanovich
18)"The Kill Artist" by Daniel Silva
19) "The Faith Club" by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and PRiscilla Warner
20) "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
21) "The Omnivore's Dilemma" By Micahel Pollan
22) "Family Tree" by Barbar Delinksy
23) "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
24) "Stega" by Andrew Vachs
25) "Escape" by Carolyln Jessop
26) "the English Assassin" by Daniel Silva
27) "better" by Atul Gawande
28) "Digging to AMerica" By Anne Tyler
29) "Heat" by Bill Buford
30) "Three to Get Deadly" by Janet Evanovich
31)"Four To Score" by Janet Evanovich
32) "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Lutttrell
33) High Five by Janet
34) Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
35) Seven Up (A Stephanie Plum Novel) by Janet Evanovich
36) Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
37) Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
38) To the Nines: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich
39) "Ten big Ones" by Janet Evanovich
40)"Eleven On Top" by Janet Evanovich
41) "Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
42) Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich"
43) "The Confessor" by Daniel SIlva
44) "A Death in Vienna" by Daniel Silva
45) "Prince of Fire" by Daniel Silva
46) "Plum Lucky" by Janet Evanovich
47) "Fragile Innocence" by James Reston
48) "Stolen Innocence" by Elissa Wall
50) "The Nazi Officer's Wife" by Edith Hahn Beer
51) The Sunflower" by SImon Wiestenthal
52) "Zlata's Diary" by Zlata Filipovic
53) "Crunchy Cons" by Rod Dreher
54) "Working on the Edge" by Spike Walker
55) "Lean, Mean, Thirteen" by Janet evanovich

Camp etc (updated at 2:10pm)

Tomorrow, Rebekah heads out to Camp Del Corazon and so begins the summer. We drop her off at 10am-ish tomorrow and pick up at 1pm friday.
She can't wait. She was up at 7am this morning wanting to pack. That will make for one very long day today.....as the day wears on between the lack of sleep and the heat....she is going to be one cranky girl, which leads to one cranky mommmy.

So, today's to do list:

Take sleeping bag out of box. Set flannel liner aside (will be needed for Christine's camp and later Camp Del Corazon session both on Catalina but not for this one)
Fill out camp forms
pack
grocery shopping
guess I should make a shopping list first
make DH's route for tuesday (normally monday AM chore but no time and I need to call the people before we leave tomorrow)
cut the cat nails(because he decided bright and early this morning to try and scale my backside)
cat box

I have a hundred other little things I could also do....maybe I will get to them....
filing
parts orders
voice mail
paperwork DH is supposed to give to me
laundry of course (but cant be done til packing is done...I fold clothes on my bed....same surface is used for packing)
make jam (with fruit I will buy at store #2, if it is ripe, if not this will have to wait another day)

I would like to read but, can't decide what to read next.....

What else can I ramble about?
On Friday, we saw "The Bodies Exhibit 3" at the Science Center. This one focused on hearts, sorta.....It was actually very interesting.....including smoker's lung and LEG...I had no clue there was smoker's leg. As for hearts, they had Hypertrophied heart, a VSD, a heart and its pacemaker, the abiocor LVAD and the berlin heart. They also had some arteries with CAD. They had whole bodies with just the bones and all the vessels....wow we have alot of blood vessels! Nathan had to inspect all the models to determine which were boys and which were girls. And also decided to read LOUDLY the description of the testes on display. In the end, Nathan insisted we needed a video of the exhibit. I believe the video also talks about the process used for preservation.

Our next field trip is to the Getty Center in a few weeks. I have never been there so, it should be at least interesting. I have 2 that enjoy art....although Rebekah prefers pop art (the warhol exhibit in San Diego was a hit some time back)

After that we have one planned at the Muzeo that is on Jane Goodall and her chimps. None planned at the moment for after that.....I don't have a fall calendar...and I am not sure what days Christine will be in class in the fall. When that is settled, we can work on fall trips.

Books

I have been reading a bit lately....plowing thru the ones I have picked up while struggling my way thru "The Golden Compass"


1) "Republic" by Plato (suggestion courtesy of will smith)
2) "The heart's Code" by Paul Pearsall
3) "At First Sight" by Nicolas sparks
4) "Japanese woman dont Get Old or Fat" by Naomi MOyarama
5) "flight from Heaven" by Jan Karon
6) "Ellis Island Interviews" by Peter Mortan Coan
7) "The parents guide to children's Congenital Heart Defect" by Kramer and Mauer
8) "Partners fo the Heart" by Vivien Thomas, autobiography
9) " 100 People who are screwing Up America (and al Franken is #37) by Bernard Goldberg
10) "Einstein Never Used Flash Cards" by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
11) "DaVinci for Dummies"
12) "Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited" by Aldous Huxley
13) "A Thomas Jefferson Education" by Oliver Van DeMile
14) "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards
15) "A Monk Swimming" by Malachy McCourt
16) "'Tis" by Frank McCourt
17) "two for the Dough" by Janet Evanovich
18)"The Kill Artist" by Daniel Silva
19) "The Faith Club" by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and PRiscilla Warner
20) "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
21) "The Omnivore's Dilemma" By Micahel Pollan
22) "Family Tree" by Barbar Delinksy
23) "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
24) "Stega" by Andrew Vachs
25) "Escape" by Carolyln Jessop
26) "the English Assassin" by Daniel Silva
27) "better" by Atul Gawande
28) "Digging to AMerica" By Anne Tyler
29) "Heat" by Bill Buford
30) "Three to Get Deadly" by Janet Evanovich
31)"Four To Score" by Janet Evanovich
32) "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Lutttrell
33) High Five by Janet
34) Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
35) Seven Up (A Stephanie Plum Novel) by Janet Evanovich
36) Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
37) Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
38) To the Nines: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich
39) "Ten big Ones" by Janet Evanovich
40)"Eleven On Top" by Janet Evanovich
41) "Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
42) Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich"
43) "The Confessor" by Daniel SIlva
44) "A Death in Vienna" by Daniel Silva
45) "Prince of Fire" by Daniel Silva
46) "Plum Lucky" by Janet Evanovich
47) "Fragile Innocence" by James Reston
48) "Stolen Innocence" by Elissa Wall
50) "The Nazi Officer's Wife" by Edith Hahn Beer
51) The Sunflower" by SImon Wiestenthal
52) "Zlata's Diary" by Zlata Filipovic
53) "Crunchy Cons" by Rod Dreher
54) "Working on the Edge" by Spike Walker

5 things

from my darling daughter

Five Snacks I Enjoy:

- chex mix
- cheese
- see's candy
- spinach artichoke dips
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Five Things On My To-Do List Today:

- sales tax form
- finish the filing
- Laundry...always on the list
- balance the Fisher & Paykel statement
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Five Things I Would Do If I Were A Billionaire:

- buy a house with a yard
- travel
- plant a nice garden....
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Five Jobs I Have Had:

- pet store clerk
- hostess
- Children's photographer
- Receptionist
- Bank Teller

Five of My Bad Habits:

- Procrastinating
- Not finishing projects (see filing under things on to do list)
- yelling
- not taking as good of care of myself as I should
- getting REALLY frustrated with new technology

Five Places I’ve Lived:

- Lakewood
- Long beach
- Irvine
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Five Random Things:

- My dvr is catching "so you think you can dance" right now
- I have a rash from shaving at the moment
- I enjoy watching "The deadliest Catch"
- I rarely watch movies....I lack the attention for it and find myself thinking of everything else I could be doing besides sitting around watching a movie
- I have never shot a weapon of any kind....

Five People I Tag:

-Skammy
-Anna
-Michelle
-The other michelle (not sure if she actually reads my blog LOL)
-Nancy

updating

This will ramble....because....well life has been rambling...

I cant even recall when I last updated....
Rebekah's nose prob.
Dizzy spells are gone....
College is out for Christine for the summer....I have half of the fall forms in....working on the other half
Rebekahs dance recital is Saturday afternoon.....I wonder how long she will give me before she wants her hair cut short again.....they need it in a pony tail for the recital so, I wont let her cut it.
Gymnastics is going good. My kids love it.
Our annual picnic is over.....went really smoothly. I was happy
Rebekah learned to swim, demostrated it by spending 3hrs at a birthday party yesterday IN the water.
Nathan ran laps around the pool.....um ok...
We went to chinatown on friday for a field trip. It was a walking tour and meal. Christine tried a century egg. We have video. But she disabled embedding....check youtube for disneyschooling and then it is under her videos. The tour was alot of fun. And the meal was awesome.
We went to an angel game that night. Firework night. Nathan made a pig out of himself, eating two hot dogs.
I forgot to vote yesterday. Well I didnt know I was supposed to until DH reminded me about 530 or so....and I still managed to forget. Although I didnt really have a clue what it was on and figured it seemed like such a no brainer there must be things tacked on the propositions so prob good I didnt vote since I never read the propositions.
Rebekah's end of the year girlscout party is next week at the beach with tidepools. I have taken the kids there a few times. They enjoyed it. I liked it (not a beach person). Between a beach I am ok with and people I like, it will be fun....although a bit sad....I enjoy the adults at girl scouts.
hmmm what else have we been doing?
Oh yeah. I have been making jam....
I have blackberry and an apricot/peach/nectarine one....I want to make a berry one next (straw/rasp/blue) if my kids dont eat the berries. It is SOOOO easy! So now I make bread and jam....although I havent made the bread in awhile....maybe tomorrow....not sure in what time LOL....tomorrow is gymnastics.
My corn is growing nicely....I see tomatoes on my plants....my hot peppers FINALLY came up....now I have to thin them. Our early scorching heat killed all my radishes...and my mushrooms.
The plants we have out back in containers right now (we have no ground to put them in)
Lemon Cucs (supposed to be good for pickling, my next adventure lol)
oregano (not doing so hot)
Dill
basil
corn
carrots
tomatoes
bell peppers
hot peppers (assorted LOL...1 jalapeno...not sure what else because NOTHING else was growing so we just started throwing all the hot seed in there )
chives
Romanesco (a broc/cauliflower family veg)
and
my blueberry plant (usually takes 3yrs to get a "crop" so nothing yet)

Ok, I am out of time....
Have a nice day!

books get updated

ooops never got to last promised update...will work on that

1) "Republic" by Plato (suggestion courtesy of will smith)
2) "The heart's Code" by Paul Pearsall
3) "At First Sight" by Nicolas sparks
4) "Japanese woman dont Get Old or Fat" by Naomi MOyarama
5) "flight from Heaven" by Jan Karon
6) "Ellis Island Interviews" by Peter Mortan Coan
7) "The parents guide to children's Congenital Heart Defect" by Kramer and Mauer
8) "Partners fo the Heart" by Vivien Thomas, autobiography
9) " 100 People who are screwing Up America (and al Franken is #37) by Bernard Goldberg
10) "Einstein Never Used Flash Cards" by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
11) "DaVinci for Dummies"
12) "Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited" by Aldous Huxley
13) "A Thomas Jefferson Education" by Oliver Van DeMile
14) "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards
15) "A Monk Swimming" by Malachy McCourt
16) "'Tis" by Frank McCourt
17) "two for the Dough" by Janet Evanovich
18)"The Kill Artist" by Daniel Silva
19) "The Faith Club" by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and PRiscilla Warner
20) "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
21) "The Omnivore's Dilemma" By Micahel Pollan
22) "Family Tree" by Barbar Delinksy
23) "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
24) "Stega" by Andrew Vachs
25) "Escape" by Carolyln Jessop
26) "the English Assassin" by Daniel Silva
27) "better" by Atul Gawande
28) "Digging to AMerica" By Anne Tyler
29) "Heat" by Bill Buford
30) "Three to Get Deadly" by Janet Evanovich
31)"Four To Score" by Janet Evanovich
32) "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Lutttrell
33) High Five by Janet
34) Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
35) Seven Up (A Stephanie Plum Novel) by Janet Evanovich
36) Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
37) Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
38) To the Nines: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich
39) "Ten big Ones" by Janet Evanovich
40)"Eleven On Top" by Janet Evanovich
41) "Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
42) Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich"
43) "The Confessor" by Daniel SIlva
44) "A Death in Vienna" by Daniel Silva
45) "Prince of Fire" by Daniel Silva
46) "Plum Lucky" by Janet Evanovich

books

Updating list, will update blog at a later time

1) "Republic" by Plato (suggestion courtesy of will smith)
2) "The heart's Code" by Paul Pearsall
3) "At First Sight" by Nicolas sparks
4) "Japanese woman dont Get Old or Fat" by Naomi MOyarama
5) "flight from Heaven" by Jan Karon
6) "Ellis Island Interviews" by Peter Mortan Coan
7) "The parents guide to children's Congenital Heart Defect" by Kramer and Mauer
8) "Partners fo the Heart" by Vivien Thomas, autobiography
9) " 100 People who are screwing Up America (and al Franken is #37) by Bernard Goldberg
10) "Einstein Never Used Flash Cards" by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
11) "DaVinci for Dummies"
12) "Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited" by Aldous Huxley
13) "A Thomas Jefferson Education" by Oliver Van DeMile
14) "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards
15) "A Monk Swimming" by Malachy McCourt
16) "'Tis" by Frank McCourt
17) "two for the Dough" by Janet Evanovich
18)"The Kill Artist" by Daniel Silva
19) "The Faith Club" by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and PRiscilla Warner
20) "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
21) "The Omnivore's Dilemma" By Micahel Pollan
22) "Family Tree" by Barbar Delinksy
23) "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
24) "Stega" by Andrew Vachs
25) "Escape" by Carolyln Jessop
26) "the English Assassin" by Daniel Silva
27) "better" by Atul Gawande
28) "Digging to AMerica" By Anne Tyler
29) "Heat" by Bill Buford
30) "Three to Get Deadly" by Janet Evanovich
31)"Four To Score" by Janet Evanovich
32) "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Lutttrell
33) High Five by Janet
34) Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
35) Seven Up (A Stephanie Plum Novel) by Janet Evanovich
36) Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
37) Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
38) To the Nines: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich
39) "Ten big Ones" by Janet Evanovich
40)"Eleven On Top" by Janet Evanovich
41) "Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
42) Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich"
43) "The Confessor" by Daniel SIlva
44) "A Death in Vienna" by Daniel Silva
45) "Prince of Fire" by Daniel Silva
46) "Plum Lucky" by Janet Evanovich

book list

since the tag was about books.....updating the list

1) "Republic" by Plato (suggestion courtesy of will smith)
2) "The heart's Code" by Paul Pearsall
3) "At First Sight" by Nicolas sparks
4) "Japanese woman dont Get Old or Fat" by Naomi MOyarama
5) "flight from Heaven" by Jan Karon
6) "Ellis Island Interviews" by Peter Mortan Coan
7) "The parents guide to children's Congenital Heart Defect" by Kramer and Mauer
8) "Partners fo the Heart" by Vivien Thomas, autobiography
9) " 100 People who are screwing Up America (and al Franken is #37) by Bernard Goldberg
10) "Einstein Never Used Flash Cards" by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff
11) "DaVinci for Dummies"
12) "Brave New World & Brave New World Revisited" by Aldous Huxley
13) "A Thomas Jefferson Education" by Oliver Van DeMile
14) "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" by Kim Edwards
15) "A Monk Swimming" by Malachy McCourt
16) "'Tis" by Frank McCourt
17) "two for the Dough" by Janet Evanovich
18)"The Kill Artist" by Daniel Silva
19) "The Faith Club" by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and PRiscilla Warner
20) "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
21) "The Omnivore's Dilemma" By Micahel Pollan
22) "Family Tree" by Barbar Delinksy
23) "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
24) "Stega" by Andrew Vachs
25) "Escape" by Carolyln Jessop
26) "the English Assassin" by Daniel Silva
27) "better" by Atul Gawande
28) "Digging to AMerica" By Anne Tyler
29) "Heat" by Bill Buford
30) "Three to Get Deadly" by Janet Evanovich
31)"Four To Score" by Janet Evanovich
32) "Lone Survivor" by Marcus Lutttrell
33) High Five by Janet
34) Hot Six by Janet Evanovich
35) Seven Up (A Stephanie Plum Novel) by Janet Evanovich
36) Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
37) Visions of Sugar Plums by Janet Evanovich
38) To the Nines: A Stephanie Plum Novel by Janet Evanovich
39) "Ten big Ones" by Janet Evanovich
40)"Eleven On Top" by Janet Evanovich
41) "Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich
42) Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich"
43) "The Confessor" by Daniel SIlva
44) "A Death in Vienna" by Daniel Silva
45) "Prince of Fire" by Daniel Silva

Part 2 see previous weird post

oh wait I just laughed at neurology

did I mention in my rambling that while we were at CT scan...they called to set up appt when we got home I called them back
and I laughed at them, at the date they offered?
so they sent a message to the nurse to get her in sooner.

the nurse just called said I am so n so from dr so n sos office how can I help you?
I said I am sorry I have no idea who that dr is

she told me neurology

ah ok so I tell her and she says
yes get this one...
you are sitting down right??

oh they referred you to adult neurology, you need peds, I will message that doc
I told her I am sorry but at this point, it is all pretty darn funny