Blood Money Film Trailer

Happy Valentine's Day

Blue and Gold Banquet

They Grow Up So Fast?

Just a couple of random pictures that strike me as funny. The first is Rita and our neighbor Mason Nicholson, who is 12. Rose (Mason's mom) was over for tea and Mason was doing his homework at the table. Rita is quite fond of Mason, so she sat by him for a while and then decided to get a book like Mason and mimic what he was doing. In the second picture, Erin Donahue, 14, got caught on film playing with the magna doodle, the stacking doll and just happened to have her sister's sippy cup next to her. Still a child at heart, thank God!

I am a MWOM

It's happened again. I have turned my "nursery" into a kid room. The crib rails came off and the toddler rails went on today, turning the cribs into quasi toddler beds. One of the rocking chairs went down to the living room and toy drawers went into its place. Another lamp was added to provide light for the new play area and lastly, the monitor was removed, making me a "mother without monitor" or MWOM. I am somewhat proud that the twins are only two and a half and I initiated the giving up of the monitor. Brendan had passed his third birthday when Karl removed the monitor for me. That's when my friend, Tracy, and I started MWOM, because her son was almost four before her husband threw out the monitor. Their rationale for taking it away is that the kids can now walk and open the door if they need us. Our rationale for keeping our monitors is that giving them up lends a certain finality to the "babyhood" stage for us. The end and the beginning of wonderful new things.

How the News is Reported

An enlightening feature on how a news report comes together. Sounds about right to me.

Atheists "go postal" over new Mother Teresa stamp

Atheists "go postal" over new Mother Teresa stamp

I am all in favor of the Postal Service issuing a stamp for what the atheists honor and believe in, but I am not sure a blank stamp with the number 44 would sell very well.