Archive for February, 2009

We’re Off to Jamaica!

At work today, my students challenged me to get my hair braided in corn rows when I go to Jamaica tomorrow. They even took up a collection of money to pay for it.
A professor donated to the fund.
In a meeting this afternoon, my supervisor mentioned the collection and encouraged my co-workers to [...]

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Button Eyes

What do you think of my latest portrait? Charming, eh?
I stumbled across a site based upon a moving that will be coming out this week.  The movie, Coraline, is an animation for children. Supposedly.  I’m not sure if I would take my wee ones to see it.
Our youngest son, Tyler, historically has had nightmares [...]

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

42nd Book Read: Flyboys

I just finished reading the forty-second book since I started riding the UTA bus in mid-April 2008.  I’ve averaged a book a week.  That’s pretty good if you ask me.
Flyboys has been on my list for some time.  I read Flags of Our Fathers by the same author several years ago and enjoyed his writing [...]

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Tryin’ Something New

As you all know, I’m kinda into technology.  Kinda
Thought I’d try something new.  I have heard about Hub Pages and wanted to know more.  Wanted to know how it worked.  To do that, I had to sign up.  Had to write a few hub pages.  Here’s a recent post that I made: Great Widgets to [...]

Monday, February 16th, 2009

A Letter To Our Granddaughter

Dear Granddaughter-Yet-To-Be-Born,
I have thought of you.  Hoped for you.  And, last night, have now shopped for you.
As Grandpa and I were shopping last night at Deseret Industries (our mid-week fun with a vengence aactivity), I saw this pair of shoes.  I knew IMMEDIATELY that I just had to get them for you.  I know that [...]

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009