For the beauty of the earth, For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth Over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise This our grateful hymn of praise.

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Saturday, March 2, 2013

March 2, 2013, The Day upon Which nothing Went quite As planned

So, when my alarm went off at 4:30 I wondered a couple things. 1) Why on earth did I leave it on? 2) How can a person have a cold on only one half of their face.



But, life goes on. Today, life should have included Braniac participating in the city's once a year Track & Field program, and Spock and Mr. Great-heart attending ballet class. At some point, if we had a minute or two, we'd stop into the farm and see how the berry bushes and pomegranate trees were coming along.



Not quite.



Got to the park with Braniac and, as we walked to the area where the Track & Field events should be, I saw a large soccer game. Not that I have anything against the sport (no, that's a lie, I hate it :D) but this was a bit disconcerting. My immediate thought was that I had, yet again, misread information. But I swore I'd read that flier 20 times because it was just such a weird park to have the meet at. There's just not enough parking. So I had dh call over to the CC there and find out what was happening while I drove to the park where I thought it might be. He got a hold of me while I was on the freeway and told me that it had been cancelled at the last minute. Um, great. Thanks a lot City of Ontario. *sigh* So I told Braniac (who probably does not understand that by "cancelled" I mean he will never get to do it again...this was his last year) and I said, "Let's go to the farm."

(click to see the hawk)


In the midst of planting blackberry bushes I get a call from dh saying that the ballet bags, with the slippers in them, are apparently in the trunk of the car I was driving. *double-sigh* So he could take Mr. Great-heart if he came and and picked them up, but there was no way he could get Spock there in time. They drove down and came over to the blackberry planting, and that's when MG decided he'd rather plant bushes & trees than dance today thank-you-very-much.



Um...



So, Spock, MG, and I ended up spending the whole day at the farm (with a break for lunch) because one of the other volunteers brought her step-son who is Spock's age and the three of them played whole-heartedly together all morning and afternoon, with a brief break for MG to plant a tree.



Well, no matter, I still got a sunburn and a bit of dehydration. :)


Saturday, January 14, 2012

First Day of Basketball, and a New Codename

Been trying to figure out a new codename for H-F since, well, he really doesn't look like a hippie-freak anymore. At this very second I'm thinking Mr. Whiny might be fitting. ;) But, the kid's a genius so I guess I'll go with my first thought, Braniac. The Teenager was quick to remind me that Braniac is a robot and that instead we ought to call him "Big Head."  But Braniac has a nicer flow to it. I promise, though, I'll never root against Superman as a result of this decision. :)

Sooooo...

Today was Braniac's first day of Basketball. He's wanted to play for a while but, for some reason, last year they did away with the 3yo program. This year it's back, but we're 4 so who cares? ;) Of course, after such a long wait I think I was expecting a better response when we got there than this...


*SIGH*

After much cajoling, threatening, promising, etc., I finally got him out on the floor...The price? A donut from 7-11.  Hey, it's cheaper, and closer, than Chick-fil-A so I'm happy. :D


Finally on the court.


Finally in line.


Finally smiling.


Finally participating.


Finally behaving normally. :D

Over for now...until baseball...

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Last post for today, probably a while...until Saturday when we have the next birthday. :D

OK, for the surprise I mentioned on my Facebook earlier...

















It was a day over 2 years in the making....























A day I both hoped and feared....

























For those of you who guessed "pregnant" I just want to say....



























There's no need to call the psych ward and prep me a room...



























Coz I'm not...:D



























OK, now that I've tortured everyone who's made it this far...






























Yep, that's exactly what you're thinking. H-F's hair coming off.


And so it goes into the envelope and off to Locks of Love. With no intention of ever doing it again...sniff. ;)


Finished product. :)

PS Anyone need a bottle of de-tangler?