Skgp was in a gymnastics meet. DH did very well and was clearly the best floor routine.
Skgp went to a fancy restaurant with her teacher for winning a reading lottery.
Ejp speaks much better Spanish than me.
I interviewed with my friend Andrew's company Proofpoint for a QA job. I should hear back this week.
Rcp is over-scheduled butthe kids and I are lucky to have her.
Skgp has a piano recital this Saturday. She has picked it up quickly.
Lots of bad news with the economy and especially real estate.
Disneyland trip on January 23.
See Skgp gymnastics videos on you tube.
I finally watched the first lord of re rings movie. It was pretty good.
Being sick stinks. Ask anyone in my family. We've had all kinds of symptoms among us.
Ejp was Boba Fett and skgp was Hannah Montana for Halloween. I had a rat on my shoulder.
Skgp passed a multiplication test three times, so now she's working on division. Great for a third grader.
Ejp calls older kids "graders". He's a kinder.
Ejp likes to collect stuff. Like trash and pencils and money. Another kid gave him a dollar for a lollipop. (not a linder, a grader)
I am a girl scout now. All finger printed and forms submitted. They say I can't wear a sash.
I have done some volunteering at skgp's school, trying to wrangle traffic.
Ejp has a ton of homewrok each week I'm both languages. It's way too much.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Playdate
Ejp went over to a friend's house for the first time
Today. Apparantly he had a good time an was a good boy. His friend is James from his class.
Today. Apparantly he had a good time an was a good boy. His friend is James from his class.
Saturday, November 08, 2008
Offense of Marriage Act
(The time for defense is over -- take it on the offensive)
Marriage shall be defined as between a man and a woman, joined until parted by death.
Marriage shall be defined as between a man and a woman, joined until parted by death.
Defense of Language Act
Aardvark shall be defined as a large burrowing nocturnal animal.
Aba shall be defned as a course felted fabric woven of camel or goat hair.
Aback shall be defined as toward the back.
[...]
Aba shall be defned as a course felted fabric woven of camel or goat hair.
Aback shall be defined as toward the back.
[...]
The Defense of Sandwich Act
(Wraps are not sandwiches.)
A sandwich shall be defined as ingredients between two pieces of bread.
A sandwich shall be defined as ingredients between two pieces of bread.
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Vids Galore
This post is probably mostly for grandparents and other family members who want minutae about the kids...
I take a lot of pictures. I've got nearly 20,000 in my pictures folder. Its hard to organize this many photos, but for the most part, Google's Picasa is doing a good job. I wish I could share them all, but online sites don't make it easy to deal with that many photos. I'm using Picasa's web site now for most (especially the "Starred Photos"), although pictures taken from my phone go to Flickr. Both sites have RSS feeds, if you'd like to stay up-to-the-minute current.
However, neither of those sites deals with videos, which my camera also can create. So, I've turned to YouTube (which also has an RSS feed). I currently have almost 50 uploaded, with another 150 or so to go. I need to label and categorize and delete some of them still, which I'm working on. Feel free (please!) to add comments on what the videos contain to help me get the titles and such correct.
If you spend much time watching the videos, you will learn the value of the steady cam feature, which I don't have. Sorry if I make anyone carsick -- I tend to move around a lot.
I take a lot of pictures. I've got nearly 20,000 in my pictures folder. Its hard to organize this many photos, but for the most part, Google's Picasa is doing a good job. I wish I could share them all, but online sites don't make it easy to deal with that many photos. I'm using Picasa's web site now for most (especially the "Starred Photos"), although pictures taken from my phone go to Flickr. Both sites have RSS feeds, if you'd like to stay up-to-the-minute current.
However, neither of those sites deals with videos, which my camera also can create. So, I've turned to YouTube (which also has an RSS feed). I currently have almost 50 uploaded, with another 150 or so to go. I need to label and categorize and delete some of them still, which I'm working on. Feel free (please!) to add comments on what the videos contain to help me get the titles and such correct.
If you spend much time watching the videos, you will learn the value of the steady cam feature, which I don't have. Sorry if I make anyone carsick -- I tend to move around a lot.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
A Brief History of My Grandfather
Last night on our way to Gonzales, the radio in Dad's car stopped working. So, I learned some of my grandfather's life story. The brief version I got goes something like this:
Born in 1897, Eric Pace was the son of a butcher in Nova Scotia, Canada. He dropped out of school in 8th grade to help with the family business. He would drive cattle, run meat to the city, and all the other stuff involved in meat. Sometime in his twenties, he moved to Boston and got a job as a meat cutter for a hospital in Waltham, MA, a Boston suburb.
In the hospital's freezer, he got pneumonia, so he returned to Nova Scotia to die. Then he got better.
Using saved money from the Boston days, he bought a grocery store in Hackett's Cove in the early 1930's, where he worked for many years, with his sister Rae helping run the business. He was dating someone for many years, but he dumped her when my grandmother, Louise ("Grammy") Ayers, from Newfoundland came to visit her sister, Elizabeth.
Years and a couple kids later, he sold the grocery store in Hacketts Cove (6 miles from famous Peggys Cove) and bought another one in nearby Seabright. Then, in the early 1950's, after a couple heart attacks, Eric sold that store and moved to a house on MacDonald Street in Halifax, the big city.
He got a job as a government inspector, checking immigrants to ensure they did not illegally import merchandise. He rented out the lower part of the house.
Then, he sold that house and bought a house on Walnut Street in Halifax, where they lived at least until my father graduated college and got married in 1962.
Eric was also, at various times, an alderman and a coroner. He did not drink or smoke, and wouldn't play cards.
He passed away in 1994, at the age of 97.
Please add comments to correct or add to this post, people who know. Yes, this means you.
Thanks to GMP for his corrections.
Born in 1897, Eric Pace was the son of a butcher in Nova Scotia, Canada. He dropped out of school in 8th grade to help with the family business. He would drive cattle, run meat to the city, and all the other stuff involved in meat. Sometime in his twenties, he moved to Boston and got a job as a meat cutter for a hospital in Waltham, MA, a Boston suburb.
In the hospital's freezer, he got pneumonia, so he returned to Nova Scotia to die. Then he got better.
Using saved money from the Boston days, he bought a grocery store in Hackett's Cove in the early 1930's, where he worked for many years, with his sister Rae helping run the business. He was dating someone for many years, but he dumped her when my grandmother, Louise ("Grammy") Ayers, from Newfoundland came to visit her sister, Elizabeth.
Years and a couple kids later, he sold the grocery store in Hacketts Cove (6 miles from famous Peggys Cove) and bought another one in nearby Seabright. Then, in the early 1950's, after a couple heart attacks, Eric sold that store and moved to a house on MacDonald Street in Halifax, the big city.
He got a job as a government inspector, checking immigrants to ensure they did not illegally import merchandise. He rented out the lower part of the house.
Then, he sold that house and bought a house on Walnut Street in Halifax, where they lived at least until my father graduated college and got married in 1962.
Eric was also, at various times, an alderman and a coroner. He did not drink or smoke, and wouldn't play cards.
He passed away in 1994, at the age of 97.
Please add comments to correct or add to this post, people who know. Yes, this means you.
Thanks to GMP for his corrections.
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