Congratulatons MaryBeth!

Friday, May 28, 2010  MaryBeth graduated from Dayton School of Medical Massage.  She took the 9 month course, a very long 9 months it was for her.  I got many phone calls from her, some were good, some were bad.  I feel very lucky to have been able to be there for my sister every step of the way. 

Congratulations, Sis!!  I can't wait to see what the next chapter of your life will bring! 

Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues. ~Author Unknown

Long Lost Bracelet

Anyone who knows me and knows me well, has probably noticed that the above bracelet is not just another piece of jewelry I wear.  It is truly apart of me.  I bough this sterling silver cuff bracelet for $15 at an Art Show in Columbus, Ohio in 1995.  As I wondered up and down the aisles this bracelet caught my attention, I had to do a double take. I picked it up asked if I could try it on and instantly I fell in love with it.  For my small wrists it was a perfect fit.  I paid for it and happly walked away in search for my friends.  When I showed Jane, a dear friend who took me to the art show, she gasped and couldn't believe I bough her bracelet.  She also spotted it and was going to go back to get it.  There was only one and it was mine!!!

Well in 15 years this bracelet has been through it all with me.  High school, boyfriends, trips, heartbreaks, I was wearing it when I met Floyd, gave birth to Tarin and I wore it when we got married.  The stories it could tell.

Now I never "misplaced" it until about 2 years ago.  I was recovering from the flu and we were in the middle of moving.  Floyd's cousin Rob and his wife Missy came up to help us.  I had taken my bracelet off and placed it on my night stand.  Rob, thankfully placed the bracelet in a box but little did I know where that box was placed in the new house.  After a few days of looking I found it in a box out in the garage.  What a relief!  I called Missy and told her I found it.  I still can not thank them enough for helping us move! 

So I vowed never to take it off again...

Last summer Tarin and I would go to the beach and for some reason I took off my bracelet and placed it in a little bag that carried sunscreen and sunglasses for us.  Last Friday I was looking for shoes and found that bag and tucked in the side pocket was my bracelet.  I was so sure I lost the bracelet at the beach.  I won't vow to never take it off or misplace it but I will do better at placing in plane sight or with my other jewelry on my dresser!  I can't tell you how great it feels to have my bracelet hug my wrist again!!!

A woman wears her tears like jewelry. ~Author Unknown

Dressing Up!

Tarin dresses up all the time. This morning she came out as the Polka-Dot Butterfly Witch! It's amazing all the different fashions she comes up with. I do know that the butterfly wings are a key part of any dress up outfit!

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art. ~Oscar Wilde

1st Softball Game 2010

Tarin's first game was on May 20th.  She wasn't too happy that I made her tuck in her shirt and had already started taking pictures. 

The coach instructed the girls that they needed to cheer for whoever was up to bat!

"Let's Go Tarin (clap clap) Let's Go!"

"Run Tarin Run"

My pitcher caught me taking pictures!

"Mom! The game is almost over please stop taking pictures."

My reply "just one more!"

You learn softball, you learn to like softball, then you learn to love softball. ~Author Unknown

Neighborhood Friend

Tarin and Alisha have been riding the bus together for the last 2 years and quickly became friends. Alisha is 11 years old and is a great friend to Tarin.  With the warmer weather the girls have been getting together a lot more.  I'm thankful Tarin has someone to play with right here in the neighborhood, Tarin is almost the only child that lives on the island, so we usually have to "schedule" playdates with other friends that live in town or further out of town.  Tarin has been very lucky in having good friends no matter where they live.  Hoping this summer will be a fun-friendly summer for all of us!

"A circle is round it has no end, that's how long I want to be your friend!" ~Anonymous

Flowers

It takes a lot of this to get this:

oops missed a dandelion...

I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.

~Claude Monet

Casey the Cockatiel

 

Casey is almost 3 months old now and loves to be out of his cage.  We are not sure whether Casey is a boy or a girl, something we are suppose to be able to tell after first molt.  Casey is learning to wolf whistle.  About 8:30 every evening he loves to whistle, I believe he does it to get more attention, which successfully gets.  I have learned to open the cage door with caution if I am not wanting him/her out, Casey very quickly will be up my arm and to the top of the cage, as you see in the last picture.  Casey has brought alot of joy and smiles to our home!  Tarin plans on taking Casey when she moves out, which I am hoping she changes her mind by then.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. ~Lou Holtz

Science Central Field Trip

This year the 2nd graders field trip was to Science Central in Fort Wayne, Indiana and I got to chaperone!  Tarin loves science and was excited to get to go again so soon.

This is the Mars Rover exhibit, the kids used the controls to control the robot arms to pick up things just like Mars Rover.

Moonwalking was the favorite for our group!

Tilted Room was another favorite!

A new exhibit was the "telescope" as the group referred to it. It is actually called Hubble Space Telescope. It was my favorite exhibit. They had pictures of different galaxies, planets and of course hands on activities for the kids.

Riley, Brittany, Tarin, Elijah and Kaleb

After lunch the kids had time to play on a nearby playground before the hour and half ride home.

A day of Science, lunch, new playground to explore and a long bus ride wore my 2nd grader out!  It was an amazing day.  I'm thankful that I have had the oppurtunity to be homeroom parent this year and to get to know the kids. 

Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.

~Edwin Powell Hubble, The Nature of Science, 1954

Tarin Mop's!

Tarin came home from school to find our small kitchen to be empty. Right away she asked if she could help mop "since I've never done it before."  I handed her the mop, gave my instructions and stood back.  She asked for help to squeeze the water out and asked where to begin. She gave the mop a workout and the floor was squeaky clean!

My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors. ~Bette Midler