Gone But Never Forgotten

In the past week three big icons of my childhood have passed on.

I'm not going to go into detail. It's been said every way a person can say it a thousand times over. If you want details just do an internet search.

Rest in peace Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.

Father's Day

Yes, I know it's late, but my computer ate all of my pics.

My oldest son wanted to get hubby an Edible Arrangement for Father's Day. I was game. We love fruit. When I went to their website and got a look at the prices though, it was a little difficult to go through with it.

Honestly, for me, it's a little pricey when all you're getting is fruit. But, it is Father's Day and the boyos have declared it to be so.

Here's what we got.

Isn't it gorgeous! I was really surprised by how much we actually got. It came with a balloon too, but I didn't get a good picture of it. We dug in as soon as it was delivered.

I love the pineapple daisies and the apples were dipped in dark chocolate. Yum-oh.

And, this is what you get after four hungry boys dig in. Can you tell what it is? It's lettuce! They stuck a head of iceberg lettuce down in the cute little bucket and put pretty leafy greens on top. Then they used those plastic sticks to keep the fruit where they wanted it.

Will I get another one? Probably. After I quit coughing up a lung for this one. ;)

Back Up, Back Up, Back Up

Our computer crashed. We couldn't even get the blue screen of death to come up.

When Hubby woke my up Saturday to let me know the bad news it took me a few minutes to really grasp what this meant. When it finally sunk in I started panicking. We do have an external back up drive, but my hubby doesn't really back up that often and I don't know how to do it.

My pictures, my video, my iTunes...all gone. All of the work I've done on my mss...gone. In shock I struggled not to completely freak out.

Hubby had backed up two months ago. So, I didn't lose everything. Just the last two months. That's still a lot of memories to lose. Luckily, I had backed up my mss just a week ago to my flash drive.

There are places you can send your drive to get the information extracted. Clean labs. It's not cheap.

If you don't have a way to back up your stuff, get one. If you have one, back up often.

Monday Word Of The Day

Our word today is humidity. Anyone living in the South knows all about humidity.

Humidity~a measure of the amount of moisture in the air

Hair is a pretty good way to measure how humid it is. As humidity increases hair becomes longer, giving it a frizzy look (bad hair day). As humidity decreases hair becomes shorter (good hair day).

I live where it's humid 90% of the time. Thank the Good Lord for hair products! ;)

Friday Mythology

My favorite places to research mythology.

http://www.godchecker.com/ - for all cultures and religions
http://www.theoi.com/ - for the Greek
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythology - it's Wikipedia, it covers everything
http://www.pantheon.org/ - covers a wide variety, very organized
http://guardians.net/egypt/ - for all things Egyptian
http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/index.shtml - Viking knowledge


Happy researching!
ciao

Momology 101

Privacy or Protection?

Can we protect our children and still give them the privacy they want? Notice I did not say need. Oh, sure we all prefer to have some privacy, but is it needed? Is it a right?

It astounds me when a parent has to be told to be aware of what their child is doing, who they are friends with, and where they go. That there is any doubt as to whether or not it's right to go into a child's room and "snoop".

My boys are all too young to have their own computers or cell phones. But when they do have those things, hubby and I will know exactly what web pages they've gone to, what text messages they're getting, and by golly who they're chatting with on both devices. If they have a problem with this, they can hand over the computer and cell phone.

Do I sound strict? I guess I am in some ways. My goal is to keep an open line of communication so there isn't an issue to begin with. I'm not naive, I know there will be some secrets. But I hope that when it comes to the big stuff, they'll come to me because they know they can.

It's my job as a mom to protect my children. From strangers and from themselves until they are old enough to protect themselves. I won't be doing my job if I don't check up on them. Isn't it our role to guide our children? To teach them what is right and wrong?

I ask you, how can we teach and protect if we are ignorant as to what our children are doing?

Monday Word Of The Day

Relaxing

~to make less tense or rigid
~to make less severe or stringent
~to cast off social restraint, nervous tension, or anxiety
~to seek rest and recreation

During our first official weekend of the summer break, hubby and I took our three boyos to the beach.

Where hubby and I sat in beach chairs as the boyos built a new ocean front subdivision.Honestly, I don't know why we don't go to the beach more often. It's only a short forty-five minute drive. Everyone benefits from a little sun and surf.
Now this is how I like to relax! ;)

Momology 101

If there were no schools to take the children away from home part of the time, the insane asylums would be filled with mothers.
~Edgar W. Howe


Summer break started today.

My boys are thrilled.

I am too.

Really.

When my boys get along it's awesome. If they would just get along for extended periods of time it would be heaven.

Our summer will be filled with pool hopping, reading, school work (that's right, we do school work in the summer), movies, and museums.

It's going to be a wonderful summer.

How long is summer break? ;)

Blooms

One of the best things about living where I do, in my opinion, is the way the landscapers have planted all kinds of pretties around the neighborhood.

Now, I admit crepe myrtle trees are some of my favorite trees. Here they bloom for a good portion of the year and come in a variety of colors.

This pink color is my favorite though. It's so bright and vibrant, it just lifts my spirit.

One of my favorite places to go is the Rose Garden.
You can find roses in every color imaginable here.
This is one of my favorites. It reminds me of sherbet and sunsets. Depending on what kind of mood I'm in.

Take some time to stop and smell the roses today.

Just watch for the bees, they'll not thank you for sucking them up your nose. ;)