Thursday is the BIG day......when they announce the winners for the Quik Science Challenge...I can hardly wait.
I forgot to mention that the website states the finalists may be requested to come in for a personal team interview w/ the judges, well guess what? YES! The team was called in last week for an interview! That is a good sign that means they are probably finalists! The team is interviewed behind closed doors w/o the parent/teacher/mentor. I love the fact that ds has been involved in projects this year that require him & his team mates to represent themselves independently.
They REALLY enjoyed the process. What stood out in ds mind, (that he chose to share w/ me) was:
1) ALL the judges were female
2) they were very friendly & personable
3) they stated they had seen 'many' websites but ds got the impression that their team's really stood out to the judges.
They also saw another team while they were there, crisply dressed in ties even, but that they looked 'stiff'. Our team was relaxed, a bit 'crumpled' from the long drive, in Hawaiian shirts & t-shirts.
They stopped @ the Science Cetner before hand since the driver/mom smartly wanted to avoid traffic by going early @ a non-peak time. They had a special STAR WARS exhibit. I wish we all could have gone. It took nearkly 1.5 hours for ds to get home. Traffic!
They wanted to go to the Natural History Museum but it costs $$$$. That particular area has quite a few museums in one spot. I wish we lived closer but it's downtown, a bit of a drive & can have major traffic that *I* would never want to drive in by myself. So we have rarely gone.
We did go to a butterfly exhibit once, {an outing planned by my mom} it consisted of a covered outdoor atrium, filled w/ various butterfly species flitting about & then went into the Natural History Museum. It was my mom & dad, both grandma's, the ktbunch, my youngest brother & other brother & his family. It was a nice, memorable visit. I think it might have been for Mother's Day even. My mom thought my grandma would enjoy it. Maybe that was what inspired my mom to release butterflies @ grandma's funeral, which the whole thing ended up taking on a butterfly theme. ;)
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
I REALLY did it this time!
I RAN 5K!
Straight through w/o stopping. It took me just under 42 minutes. As I bent down to put the leash on the dog to do my cool down lap, I accidently hit the timer button on my phone & erased the time! I was so...aaarrrggghhh-ed! cause I was looking forward to posting my time & all. lol
I started out stating I'd do an 'increase day' & run 2 laps (2.2 mi) straight w/o stopping....but as I turned the corner (literally) @ about 1.5 miles, I suddenly felt better & easy & thought, hey why not do the whole 3 laps? It must've been a second wind cause I was not feeling that good just prior nor @ the 2.5 mi mark. lol
I truly never thought I'd get to this point. I hoped, but I was skeptical. I can distinctly remember my first night of 'training' where the plan was to run 2 min/walk 4min 5 times. I could BARELY get through that first 2 minutes. NOW I just ran/jogged almost 42 minutes! :D
I've never stuck w/ anything this long before (about 2 mos) besides my marriage & being a mom. lol I am PROUD of myself. :~O
Now I am seriously thinking I can surely do a 10k by October, right? AND/or maybe I can actually be competitive in the 5k? Who knows? the sky is the limit right?
The whole time all I could think of was my 'victory speech'. Coming home & writing on my blog how "I did it". Mind you this was not even @ the 2 mile mark. lol I thought of how excited I'd be to type out my time & all. I AM excited...but this is not the end. maybe? {eyes twinkling}
Some think I may be 'different', 'special' or even 'inspiring'. (I'll take inspiring ;) ) But I do not have any special power or anything. I am not a super woman or mom. I can't 'do it all' & never claim too. I make an AWFUL 'working mother', if you must know. lol
I am just a girl who misses her mom, really. A mom who DID always tell me I could do ANYTHING, but I never believed her. I still don't. lol I'll tell you a little secret...I ONLY attempt or try new things that I already believe I CAN do. AND I have a nasty little habit of underestimating the difficulty of many projects or new skills I take on. It has served me well though. ;)
Straight through w/o stopping. It took me just under 42 minutes. As I bent down to put the leash on the dog to do my cool down lap, I accidently hit the timer button on my phone & erased the time! I was so...aaarrrggghhh-ed! cause I was looking forward to posting my time & all. lol
I started out stating I'd do an 'increase day' & run 2 laps (2.2 mi) straight w/o stopping....but as I turned the corner (literally) @ about 1.5 miles, I suddenly felt better & easy & thought, hey why not do the whole 3 laps? It must've been a second wind cause I was not feeling that good just prior nor @ the 2.5 mi mark. lol
I truly never thought I'd get to this point. I hoped, but I was skeptical. I can distinctly remember my first night of 'training' where the plan was to run 2 min/walk 4min 5 times. I could BARELY get through that first 2 minutes. NOW I just ran/jogged almost 42 minutes! :D
I've never stuck w/ anything this long before (about 2 mos) besides my marriage & being a mom. lol I am PROUD of myself. :~O
Now I am seriously thinking I can surely do a 10k by October, right? AND/or maybe I can actually be competitive in the 5k? Who knows? the sky is the limit right?
The whole time all I could think of was my 'victory speech'. Coming home & writing on my blog how "I did it". Mind you this was not even @ the 2 mile mark. lol I thought of how excited I'd be to type out my time & all. I AM excited...but this is not the end. maybe? {eyes twinkling}
Some think I may be 'different', 'special' or even 'inspiring'. (I'll take inspiring ;) ) But I do not have any special power or anything. I am not a super woman or mom. I can't 'do it all' & never claim too. I make an AWFUL 'working mother', if you must know. lol
I am just a girl who misses her mom, really. A mom who DID always tell me I could do ANYTHING, but I never believed her. I still don't. lol I'll tell you a little secret...I ONLY attempt or try new things that I already believe I CAN do. AND I have a nasty little habit of underestimating the difficulty of many projects or new skills I take on. It has served me well though. ;)
15 minutes (more like seconds) of Fame!!!!
http://www.realfusion.com/
DS & his friend made a video for this site that does daily video 'devotionals'.
Thier's is the one for Friday Feb. 23.
The announcer guy is the associate pastor of our Sunday night church service. (Halogen) He is normally the 'host' of the dailies. lol
My son is the one in the blue shirt.
I think Real Fusion did some editting, but whatever! ;-) I haven't watched the original yet, bad mommy I know!!! lol
DS & his friend made a video for this site that does daily video 'devotionals'.
Thier's is the one for Friday Feb. 23.
The announcer guy is the associate pastor of our Sunday night church service. (Halogen) He is normally the 'host' of the dailies. lol
My son is the one in the blue shirt.
I think Real Fusion did some editting, but whatever! ;-) I haven't watched the original yet, bad mommy I know!!! lol
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
REVOLT!
ladies, Ladies, LADIES! WHAT? Just say NO! Please, don't give in to the 'Hooker Look'! Come on! TIGHT jeans & HEELS? There is a reason these went out of style in 1987! Remember?
No one could really fit in them? And the fact that unlike the movie 'Angel', there really ISN'T a 'respectable' woman studying to be a law student by day-hooking by night! ok?
I don't care if they have 'stretch' now. I will let you slide if you are 14 years old & you wear them w/ flats. But GROWN women, wearing them w/ heels? It should be against the law.
How is it that anorexic models are being banned from the run way BUT suddenly the 'skinny jean' is getting major exposure? Notice the contradiction?
Let me tell you a secret...it's NOT the jeans....if you're skinny, you will LOOK skinny, if you are not, you will look-er...HOOKER! get my drift?
If we ALL stick together & REFUSE to purchase, much less wear these jeans, they will die a sudden death like ...I don't know, beta videos? Let them fade away.....like an old towel left on a summer clothesline.
If this keeps up, the next thing you know we're gonna see a resurgence of 'stonewashed denim'! EEK! Or worse---> shoulder pads! yikesabee!
Bring back CLASS!
Sunday, February 18, 2007
What?
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Why Women Have Fewer Babies
Corey Binns
Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.com
Sat Feb 17, 9:15 AM ET
The number of children a woman in America has in her lifetime declined during the past two centuries, and it's not just because of the birth control pill.
Historians are closing in on the socio-economic and cultural factors in family downsizing, a trend also found in most of Western Europe.
"There are two reasons fertility rates can decline," said J. David Hacker, a SUNY Binghamton historian. "One explanation is that marriage declines. Not as many women get married, and if they do marry, they do so at a later age, so that there is less time to have children. The second explanation is that people consciously try to limit having children, which was revolutionary in the 19th century."
According to most census estimates, an American woman had on average seven to eight children in 1800. By 1900 the number dropped to about 3.5. That has fallen to slightly more than two today. Birth rates fell first in New England, and then among pioneers as they headed west. Internationally, France led the way to smaller families.
Reconstructing the intricacies of census data has been difficult for dates prior to 1933, when the National Birth Registration system was put into place. With grant money from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Hacker is taking a closer look at long-term census trends thanks to a new database developed by the Minnesota Population Center.
Family budgets
Modern economics have made smaller families a good investment, historians and economists agree.
Before the 1800s, children were educated at home or in church. Children became more expensive to care for and less helpful around the house once public schooling became available. At the same time, women were freed up from all-day children-rearing, allowing mothers to enter the paid labor force.
However, money isn't the only incentive for smaller families, experts say.
"We know for sure that you don't have to reach a high level of per capita income for fertility to decline, but we don't know exactly what sets it off," said historian George Atler at Indiana University. "Whether it's general change or attitudes about birth control is still a question debated among demographers today."
The dogma of most major Christian religions during the 1800s forbade abortion and divorce in the United States. And in 1873 the Comstock Act made it illegal to send any so-called obscene materials in the mail, including information about contraception.
Popular literature
Ironically, Hackler said, record sales of two family planning books published in the 1830s suggest that the public was eager to keep families small, regardless of religious or political pressure.
"There's a flurry of publications in the mid-19th century giving readers advice on how to control family size," Hacker told LiveScience.
"Moral Physiology" by Robert Dale Owen and Charles Knowlton's "The Fruits of Philosophy" became popular for advocating contraception methods. Owen described coitus interruptus, where a man ejaculates outside of the woman's body. Knowlton's book included instructions for women on how to wash with a spermicidal solution.
Hacker's research may better inform economists and policy makers about current worldwide trends toward smaller families.
"All nations are experiencing fertility declines," said Hacker. "It's becoming a social policy issue as countries face prospects of caring for an aging population."
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This article is SO open ended & answers NO question as the title implies! Good grief! Why don't I just pose & question & write an article that does NOT answer the question myself!
What kind of MATH is that, (the first boldened phrase) 3.5 children THEN "slightly more than 2"? What IS "slightly more than 2"? Isn't 3.5 slightly more than 2? What is 3.5? A dog?
Answer me THIS....how is a smaller family a good 'investment' if children become MORE expensive to care for once PUBLIC SCHOOLING BEGINS? & they become LESS helpful around the house? When did 'more expensive' = 'a good investment'?
Do you see the progression here? sending them to outside school + less children= LESS help in the home = more expensive to care for them??? + mom can go OUTSIDE the home to earn MORE $$$ Uh why? to make up for the difference lost when the children were NOT home.
Do you see what I mean here?
And citing a religious ban on abortion & divorce as a 'reason' for larger families? How about the promotion of family values within the church as a reason for larger families? duh! Maybe it was the decline in family values that led to abortion and divorce in the first place? Not the other way around.
What does care for the aging population have to do w/ it? Hhhmmmmm? is someone worried about WHO will care for the aging population? I bet if the 'aging population' had 8 children to choose from, it wouldn't be an issue...I'm sure @ least one of those kids would be happy too care for grandpa.
But now, w/ only "slightly more than two" options for care, & they both are in the workforce, everyone's too busy to care for grandpa!
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Why Women Have Fewer Babies
Corey Binns
Special to LiveScience
LiveScience.com
Sat Feb 17, 9:15 AM ET
The number of children a woman in America has in her lifetime declined during the past two centuries, and it's not just because of the birth control pill.
Historians are closing in on the socio-economic and cultural factors in family downsizing, a trend also found in most of Western Europe.
"There are two reasons fertility rates can decline," said J. David Hacker, a SUNY Binghamton historian. "One explanation is that marriage declines. Not as many women get married, and if they do marry, they do so at a later age, so that there is less time to have children. The second explanation is that people consciously try to limit having children, which was revolutionary in the 19th century."
According to most census estimates, an American woman had on average seven to eight children in 1800. By 1900 the number dropped to about 3.5. That has fallen to slightly more than two today. Birth rates fell first in New England, and then among pioneers as they headed west. Internationally, France led the way to smaller families.
Reconstructing the intricacies of census data has been difficult for dates prior to 1933, when the National Birth Registration system was put into place. With grant money from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Hacker is taking a closer look at long-term census trends thanks to a new database developed by the Minnesota Population Center.
Family budgets
Modern economics have made smaller families a good investment, historians and economists agree.
Before the 1800s, children were educated at home or in church. Children became more expensive to care for and less helpful around the house once public schooling became available. At the same time, women were freed up from all-day children-rearing, allowing mothers to enter the paid labor force.
However, money isn't the only incentive for smaller families, experts say.
"We know for sure that you don't have to reach a high level of per capita income for fertility to decline, but we don't know exactly what sets it off," said historian George Atler at Indiana University. "Whether it's general change or attitudes about birth control is still a question debated among demographers today."
The dogma of most major Christian religions during the 1800s forbade abortion and divorce in the United States. And in 1873 the Comstock Act made it illegal to send any so-called obscene materials in the mail, including information about contraception.
Popular literature
Ironically, Hackler said, record sales of two family planning books published in the 1830s suggest that the public was eager to keep families small, regardless of religious or political pressure.
"There's a flurry of publications in the mid-19th century giving readers advice on how to control family size," Hacker told LiveScience.
"Moral Physiology" by Robert Dale Owen and Charles Knowlton's "The Fruits of Philosophy" became popular for advocating contraception methods. Owen described coitus interruptus, where a man ejaculates outside of the woman's body. Knowlton's book included instructions for women on how to wash with a spermicidal solution.
Hacker's research may better inform economists and policy makers about current worldwide trends toward smaller families.
"All nations are experiencing fertility declines," said Hacker. "It's becoming a social policy issue as countries face prospects of caring for an aging population."
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This article is SO open ended & answers NO question as the title implies! Good grief! Why don't I just pose & question & write an article that does NOT answer the question myself!
What kind of MATH is that, (the first boldened phrase) 3.5 children THEN "slightly more than 2"? What IS "slightly more than 2"? Isn't 3.5 slightly more than 2? What is 3.5? A dog?
Answer me THIS....how is a smaller family a good 'investment' if children become MORE expensive to care for once PUBLIC SCHOOLING BEGINS? & they become LESS helpful around the house? When did 'more expensive' = 'a good investment'?
Do you see the progression here? sending them to outside school + less children= LESS help in the home = more expensive to care for them??? + mom can go OUTSIDE the home to earn MORE $$$ Uh why? to make up for the difference lost when the children were NOT home.
Do you see what I mean here?
And citing a religious ban on abortion & divorce as a 'reason' for larger families? How about the promotion of family values within the church as a reason for larger families? duh! Maybe it was the decline in family values that led to abortion and divorce in the first place? Not the other way around.
What does care for the aging population have to do w/ it? Hhhmmmmm? is someone worried about WHO will care for the aging population? I bet if the 'aging population' had 8 children to choose from, it wouldn't be an issue...I'm sure @ least one of those kids would be happy too care for grandpa.
But now, w/ only "slightly more than two" options for care, & they both are in the workforce, everyone's too busy to care for grandpa!
Thursday, February 15, 2007
It's true!
Remember when you were little, & you got new shoes & you believed they made you run faster?
Well, guess what? It's true! lol
I finally got some real running shoes. They are specefically made for running. They make all kinds of shoes for every sport & I was using my regular casual tennis shoes. I knew they weren't running shoes....but hey, I've got a budget! AND I'm 'frugal' I've never had a need for anything more than a normal tennis shoe. Running shoes are not cheap. A cheap knock off will never provide the comfort a specially designed & well made shoe will.
Most running shoes are ugly. Seriously, they just are. They have 'shocks' that look like rubber springs under the heel. *I* think that is so ugly. Some don't have those rubber shocks, they have air shocks. (think: Nike Air). The heel has a cushion of air in it. Plus, the running shoes are super light weight. Noticeably, light weight. Well, I found a pair that were totally *me* & not so ugly.
I wonder how many of us are attempting to accomplish tasks everyday & we are wearing the wrong foot wear? Maybe we're even trying to fill someone else's shoes! No wonder why we feel so uncomfortable. It's not our shoe to fill, right?
We wouldn't dare wear a high heel to run in, nor would we wear a combat boot to a ball, or running shoe to the opera. Special events call for special shoes.
These running shoes are designed specefically for the stress created by the act of running. They are not designed for swimming. They are not designed for football, baseball, bike riding or tennis.
Because there is a difference.
We each have our own 'race' to run, whatever race God has called you to. Are you trying to run your race in the wrong shoe? Are you ill equipped, wearing the wrong armor? Is it someone else's armor? You can't get the full benefits wearing armor or a shoe, meant for someone else.
Are we even in our own lane? Are we trying to run someone else's race? A race that was never meant for us? Only you & God can sort that out.
When I put that in persepctive, it sure does clear a few things up for me. God is training me for *my* race in this life, not yours. I have to make sure I am wearing the proper foot wear for *my* event, not yours.
I've got the right shoes, the good shoes, I'm in my own lane, but guess what.......*I* still have to do the running! ;-)
Well, guess what? It's true! lol
I finally got some real running shoes. They are specefically made for running. They make all kinds of shoes for every sport & I was using my regular casual tennis shoes. I knew they weren't running shoes....but hey, I've got a budget! AND I'm 'frugal' I've never had a need for anything more than a normal tennis shoe. Running shoes are not cheap. A cheap knock off will never provide the comfort a specially designed & well made shoe will.
Most running shoes are ugly. Seriously, they just are. They have 'shocks' that look like rubber springs under the heel. *I* think that is so ugly. Some don't have those rubber shocks, they have air shocks. (think: Nike Air). The heel has a cushion of air in it. Plus, the running shoes are super light weight. Noticeably, light weight. Well, I found a pair that were totally *me* & not so ugly.
I wonder how many of us are attempting to accomplish tasks everyday & we are wearing the wrong foot wear? Maybe we're even trying to fill someone else's shoes! No wonder why we feel so uncomfortable. It's not our shoe to fill, right?
We wouldn't dare wear a high heel to run in, nor would we wear a combat boot to a ball, or running shoe to the opera. Special events call for special shoes.
These running shoes are designed specefically for the stress created by the act of running. They are not designed for swimming. They are not designed for football, baseball, bike riding or tennis.
Because there is a difference.
We each have our own 'race' to run, whatever race God has called you to. Are you trying to run your race in the wrong shoe? Are you ill equipped, wearing the wrong armor? Is it someone else's armor? You can't get the full benefits wearing armor or a shoe, meant for someone else.
Are we even in our own lane? Are we trying to run someone else's race? A race that was never meant for us? Only you & God can sort that out.
When I put that in persepctive, it sure does clear a few things up for me. God is training me for *my* race in this life, not yours. I have to make sure I am wearing the proper foot wear for *my* event, not yours.
I've got the right shoes, the good shoes, I'm in my own lane, but guess what.......*I* still have to do the running! ;-)
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
I OBJECT!
Here is a nice list of various objections/thoughts in my head I have to overcome every time I RUN:
1. there's something stuck in my tooth.
2. my sock feels funny.
3. my boobs are crooked.
4. my sports bra has a kink in it.
5. I forgot to put vaseline on my lips.
6. it's too hot.
7. it's too cold.
8. my left knee hurts.
9. both my knees hurt.
10. my side aches.
11. this is stupid.
12. no one cares if I run.
13. I'm taking time away from my kids.
14. I'm too tired.
15. I'm breathing too hard.
16. I'm not running right.
17. I could go faster if I walked.
18. I can't do this.
19. I'll never be able to run long enough.
20. I'm thirsty.
Pretty random hanh? Everyday we are faced w/ a million negative thoughts & objections to overcome to do what ever it is we do. It is EASY to think of ALL the reasons we shoudl NOT be doing what we set out to do. Many of the reasons are lame----> as shown above. lol Some are real. SO what?
I read an interview w/ Will Smith recently. He said something like: the majority of people will ONLY give 87% & if you give 101%, you will ALWAYS beat them. BUT if you do as the majority, you will NEVER win. I thought it was rather inspiring & sounded very true.
It's very easy to 'give up'. There are a million GOOD reasons to 'give up'. It only takes ONE better reason to NOT give up. I have way more reasons to NOT run than I do to keep running. But I found what was important to ME.
The reason that keeps me running.
1. for the feeling I will feel when I am done & I record, online or on my calender, what I accomplished that day.
Pretty much that's it. I keep @ it, just so I can SAY that I kept @ it.
Sure I want to run that race in Oct., but I don't even want to win (but that might change lol). Wanting to run that race 9 mos away does not keep me going though. It's the every day I have to contend w/.
For some the 'big picture' is the ultimate goal but it's all those steps in between, all those brush strokes that make up the big picture, that need motivating. kwim?
That's how it works for me anyway. ;)
1. there's something stuck in my tooth.
2. my sock feels funny.
3. my boobs are crooked.
4. my sports bra has a kink in it.
5. I forgot to put vaseline on my lips.
6. it's too hot.
7. it's too cold.
8. my left knee hurts.
9. both my knees hurt.
10. my side aches.
11. this is stupid.
12. no one cares if I run.
13. I'm taking time away from my kids.
14. I'm too tired.
15. I'm breathing too hard.
16. I'm not running right.
17. I could go faster if I walked.
18. I can't do this.
19. I'll never be able to run long enough.
20. I'm thirsty.
Pretty random hanh? Everyday we are faced w/ a million negative thoughts & objections to overcome to do what ever it is we do. It is EASY to think of ALL the reasons we shoudl NOT be doing what we set out to do. Many of the reasons are lame----> as shown above. lol Some are real. SO what?
I read an interview w/ Will Smith recently. He said something like: the majority of people will ONLY give 87% & if you give 101%, you will ALWAYS beat them. BUT if you do as the majority, you will NEVER win. I thought it was rather inspiring & sounded very true.
It's very easy to 'give up'. There are a million GOOD reasons to 'give up'. It only takes ONE better reason to NOT give up. I have way more reasons to NOT run than I do to keep running. But I found what was important to ME.
The reason that keeps me running.
1. for the feeling I will feel when I am done & I record, online or on my calender, what I accomplished that day.
Pretty much that's it. I keep @ it, just so I can SAY that I kept @ it.
Sure I want to run that race in Oct., but I don't even want to win (but that might change lol). Wanting to run that race 9 mos away does not keep me going though. It's the every day I have to contend w/.
For some the 'big picture' is the ultimate goal but it's all those steps in between, all those brush strokes that make up the big picture, that need motivating. kwim?
That's how it works for me anyway. ;)
Monday, February 12, 2007
Quikscience Challenge
Remember I mentioned oldest ds was involved in another project?
Maybe you don't? lol Anyway, this time it was a science project team, for a contest sponsored by the surf clothing company Quiksilver. The meetings are over (yay!), the project is done & it's now up to the judges to decide.....
BUT.....you can check out thier website, designed, built & created by the TEAM of STUDENTS! YAY! Minimal parental involvement....seriously, ok so we did the 'driving' to & fro, trasported the team to meetings & 'funded' most of the project but NOT all....inspired the project itself, some of the 'students' have learned the value of 'recycling' & use the proceeds to fund the website.
See for yourself------> www.ssbesi.net
The main project challenge was to create a science lesson plan for younger grades. The winning team gets a trip to the British Virgin Isle & the 2nd place team wins a trip to Catalina to the marine institute or something like that.
It's been a very cool experience from my POV. The team members were great, most of the same students from the Lego League. The volunteer/community service opportunity was neat too.
Maybe you don't? lol Anyway, this time it was a science project team, for a contest sponsored by the surf clothing company Quiksilver. The meetings are over (yay!), the project is done & it's now up to the judges to decide.....
BUT.....you can check out thier website, designed, built & created by the TEAM of STUDENTS! YAY! Minimal parental involvement....seriously, ok so we did the 'driving' to & fro, trasported the team to meetings & 'funded' most of the project but NOT all....inspired the project itself, some of the 'students' have learned the value of 'recycling' & use the proceeds to fund the website.
See for yourself------> www.ssbesi.net
The main project challenge was to create a science lesson plan for younger grades. The winning team gets a trip to the British Virgin Isle & the 2nd place team wins a trip to Catalina to the marine institute or something like that.
It's been a very cool experience from my POV. The team members were great, most of the same students from the Lego League. The volunteer/community service opportunity was neat too.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
It's my payback....
Funny thing, after the stitches....I go to my dad's house & my brother is outside, I ask him..."How is it YOU have 2 boys but *I* am the one spending so much time in the ER?" His immediate response: "What happen to 'L'?" lol How'd he know it would be HER? lol
My oldest boy----NEVER had 'emergency situations', I guess his two little siblings are making up for it. :D
My oldest boy----NEVER had 'emergency situations', I guess his two little siblings are making up for it. :D
Monday, February 5, 2007
Just another Manic Monday!
Lil E is @ his science meeting again today.....I go outside w/ the littles....they have a dog (this is the same hosue S split his head on a stump last week) that is kinda big & friendly, you know the type that think they are still PUPPIES! lol
The mom is kinda nervous about the kids being out there w/ the dog because she is always afraid something might happen...but the ktbunch is used to dogs so NBD. Today I go out there w/ them anyway since S's head incident. lol
The dog starts getting playful & tries to jump on L & knocks her down, it wasn't even forceful, just playful & caught her off guard. L comes to me....NBD...UNTIL I see blood on her hand & there is blood from her EAR! Her earlobe has a gash/'laceration' across the bottom of it. It looks quite fleshy & I am not sure what to do about it but I'm calm, like usual. lolIt's not bleeding THAT much. I call for nurse advice but their 'response time' is 2-2.5 hours! Forget that...so I make an appointment w/ the peds cause the urgent care appointments are not until TONIGHT! Whatever. I go to the doc....(a little late) the receptionist tells me to go straight to urgent car for 'surgical care' says it needs stitches & not to bother seeing a ped. YAY!
We get there (back down stairs) & the receptionist there calls in immediately...I guess they take 'dog incidents' really serious, & we get seen right away!
The 'surgeon' offers 3 choices...says the laceration is about a centimeter & a half long....do nothing= ugly scar/use medical glue= less scar, easy to apply, requires less patient cooperation/ stitches/sutures= better looking scar, more patient cooperation+ injection to numb the ear + L being held down.......He lets me decide while he write out the antibiotic rx. I finally say: ok maybe it's vain, but I want it to look as best as it can so we'll take sutures! (for $400 please! lol that's a joke, it only cost the $5 co-pay) He says if it were HIS kid---he'd choose the SAME thing! WHEW!
It was a bit traumatic......they inject right into the cute in 3 different areas, the top, bottom & middle.....of couse she has lots of tears....they put her in one of those papoose things...I hate those things cause you can't hold your child's hand but they needed her to lie still.
Her ear blew up w/ whatever they injected.....things went ok for awhile then half way through she started crying really hard complaining that it hurt. I don't think the doc believed her but whatever. I just wanted them to get it done ASAP!
BEFORE
My Little Blue Burrito!
AFTER
Friday, February 2, 2007
out of the loop
My internet is down so I haven't been able to get my regular 'fix'! lol I'm only able to check sporadically from my dad's house....I have alot of *REPRESSED bloggage (that sounds kinda wierd hanh?) in me right now! lol
And I am unable to read everyone else's as much as I prefer for te same reasons....boohoo.
DS (oldest) turned the BIG 14 on Tuesday.......(there's a *repressed blog right there). I felt a bit teary over it...more than when he turned 13! We went to D-land & were "Year of a Million Dreams" winners! We were given a big button & a voucher for a free 5x7 of our choice from the pixthe park photograpehrs take through out the day. You ask them to take your pix & they give you a pass that you ahve each photogrpaher to scan & then you can access & email them online for FREE or have some or all printed @ the park. So we EACH got a voucher & I let the Ktbunch each choose their OWN favorite picture.
It was pretty cool. You can choose cute borders & special things like Mickey or Minnies (or any character) autograph. The 'cast member' helping us was impressed that I let the ktbunch choose their OWN picture. She said many parents choose what THEY want & don't let the kids pick. :(
It's been cold & almost rainy so there was NO ONE there on Tuesday. We literally WALKED onto each ride. It was cool. We also transferred my mom's pass to my brother. Tey 'cast members' when we went to do that were quite confused about what to do, even though there was a note on file & I ahdspoken to someone on the phone & knew it was ok. THey ahd to call 3 different 'managers' before they did it. They kept her pass & ti made me teary. I figured tey would so I took a picture of it....I would have liked to keep it for sentimental value of course & for our Disney scrapbook that I will finish someday. lol
As they were all confused & they thought it was MY pass that I was tranferring to my brother & I explained NO, it was my mom's & she DIED! Then they were a bit nicer & one manager actually offered her condolence. I'm sure it's not a situation they encounter very often.
We are actually going to pursue the Highschool of the Arts for DS for next year. There is some frustration w/ the current school situation & paperwork....arrrgggghhhhh (another *repressed blog) but whatever.
I am nervous he WILL get in & I am nervous he WON'T! The mama bear syndrome, I think. lol
He wants to only apply for the Visual Arts (drawing, painting, ceramics ect) conservatory but Dh (& I agree) thinks he should apply for the Integrated Arts Conservatory as well. That one includes acting, visual arts, film ect as opposed to JUST visual arts. Most students apply fr 2, since spaces are limited so it is a good thing to do anyway. I want him to be accepted where HE wants but as a parent, @ the same time, I do not want him to be limited either. He IS talented in acting too...but he states & I can see, that is 'passion' is visual arts: ie: drawing & painting. That IS what he does in his spare time. (when he is not playing video games! lol)
Last Sunday, ds (oldest) science team volunteered @ the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium for the Annual Whale Fiesta. It was fabulous! (*repressed blog). THe aquarium itself is marvelous. They ahd lots of free crafts for the kiddos & tons of educational information. We saw lots of wonderful sea creatures & although it was a long tiring day...it was worth it! And the aquarium even called the next day to THANK the kids for volunteering. The majority of the kids on the science team are the same from teh Lego LEague team. They are GREAT kids. I am so glad E (oldest ds) has had these opportunities to work w/ them & be involved in these teams & comunity service.
There are so many words & so little internet usage time! lol Check back soon (I hope) for all *repressed blogs to be expanded upon! lol ;)
And I am unable to read everyone else's as much as I prefer for te same reasons....boohoo.
DS (oldest) turned the BIG 14 on Tuesday.......(there's a *repressed blog right there). I felt a bit teary over it...more than when he turned 13! We went to D-land & were "Year of a Million Dreams" winners! We were given a big button & a voucher for a free 5x7 of our choice from the pixthe park photograpehrs take through out the day. You ask them to take your pix & they give you a pass that you ahve each photogrpaher to scan & then you can access & email them online for FREE or have some or all printed @ the park. So we EACH got a voucher & I let the Ktbunch each choose their OWN favorite picture.
It was pretty cool. You can choose cute borders & special things like Mickey or Minnies (or any character) autograph. The 'cast member' helping us was impressed that I let the ktbunch choose their OWN picture. She said many parents choose what THEY want & don't let the kids pick. :(
It's been cold & almost rainy so there was NO ONE there on Tuesday. We literally WALKED onto each ride. It was cool. We also transferred my mom's pass to my brother. Tey 'cast members' when we went to do that were quite confused about what to do, even though there was a note on file & I ahdspoken to someone on the phone & knew it was ok. THey ahd to call 3 different 'managers' before they did it. They kept her pass & ti made me teary. I figured tey would so I took a picture of it....I would have liked to keep it for sentimental value of course & for our Disney scrapbook that I will finish someday. lol
As they were all confused & they thought it was MY pass that I was tranferring to my brother & I explained NO, it was my mom's & she DIED! Then they were a bit nicer & one manager actually offered her condolence. I'm sure it's not a situation they encounter very often.
We are actually going to pursue the Highschool of the Arts for DS for next year. There is some frustration w/ the current school situation & paperwork....arrrgggghhhhh (another *repressed blog) but whatever.
I am nervous he WILL get in & I am nervous he WON'T! The mama bear syndrome, I think. lol
He wants to only apply for the Visual Arts (drawing, painting, ceramics ect) conservatory but Dh (& I agree) thinks he should apply for the Integrated Arts Conservatory as well. That one includes acting, visual arts, film ect as opposed to JUST visual arts. Most students apply fr 2, since spaces are limited so it is a good thing to do anyway. I want him to be accepted where HE wants but as a parent, @ the same time, I do not want him to be limited either. He IS talented in acting too...but he states & I can see, that is 'passion' is visual arts: ie: drawing & painting. That IS what he does in his spare time. (when he is not playing video games! lol)
Last Sunday, ds (oldest) science team volunteered @ the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium for the Annual Whale Fiesta. It was fabulous! (*repressed blog). THe aquarium itself is marvelous. They ahd lots of free crafts for the kiddos & tons of educational information. We saw lots of wonderful sea creatures & although it was a long tiring day...it was worth it! And the aquarium even called the next day to THANK the kids for volunteering. The majority of the kids on the science team are the same from teh Lego LEague team. They are GREAT kids. I am so glad E (oldest ds) has had these opportunities to work w/ them & be involved in these teams & comunity service.
There are so many words & so little internet usage time! lol Check back soon (I hope) for all *repressed blogs to be expanded upon! lol ;)
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