Archive - September 2008

New Camera!

I got a new digital camera!  My little point and shoot camera was no longer getting the job done like I wanted so it was time for an upgrade.  We got a Sony Cybershot DSC-H50.  It’s got lots of bells and whistles including the ability to manually set the F stop, aperture and ISO.  I don’t even know what that means, so I guess I need to read up on photography now.

I took my new toy outside to play with and took these pictures.

I can’t decide what I like best about my camera: the speed at which the flash is ready after each picture, the “fireworks” setting, or the ability to take a burst of shots 1/6 of a second apart.

Can I just officially thank my husband who didn’t bat an eyelash when I said I wanted a new camera.  He’s the Anakin to my Padme.

Without the whole going over to the dark side thing.

Me Like Alligators

Not too long ago, Boo, Pumpkin Girl and I were sitting on the couch doing school.  We were studying animals and Bip came up to us, peered over the edge of the book, saw what we were reading and said, “Me like alligators.  Hmph.”

I hadn’t known he likes alligators so much.  He likes to see them at the zoo, on TV, in books, anywhere.  So what’s a mama to do but knit her little boy an alligator scarf, in green, his favorite color.

How cool is that?

Love the face!

It only took me a couple of weeks to finish.  The whole time Bip would say, “You finish my alligator?”  I’d tell him I wasn’t quite done and he’d say, “No fair!”

Silly boy!  He was very happy when I showed him his finished scarf.  Now both of us can hardly wait for the colder weather to set in!

Looking Back At The Day


Tut tut, looks like Tropical Storm Hannah.


Don’t let me blow away, Pumpkin Girl!  (Wow, look at all that water collecting on the stree!)


Better to light a candle than to curse the power outage.


Even if it damages the computer’s power supply.


A victim of Hannah.


The storm rolls out in time to go to church.


And Boo gets to be an altar server for the first time.  He didn’t set the church on fire or spill anything, so all was well.

Pensive

It’s been a pensive kind of week.  It started when a 12 year old boy on base lost his battle with brain cancer.  I didn’t know him or his family, but I couldn’t help but be affected.  How could anyone not?  And since I’ve been there at the brink of insurmountable despair and grief…well, it causes one to be introspective.

And the weather took a turn for the warmer.  I think I have that Seasonal Affective Disorder, except its summer that gets me.  Summer bums me out and makes me want to hide away, so the warmer temps this week made me tired and listless.

Now I’m sitting here listening to the rain.  Not even half an hour ago it was falling gently, so I opened up our sliding glass door to hear it better.  Now it’s picked up quite a bit  -  it’s the rain bands of Tropical Storm Hannah here to drench our lawns and swell the Potomac. I’m hoping it doesn’t get too nasty today, but that depends on whether Hannah turns west or east of us.

Anyway, I realized that  I haven’t been my normal talkative self at all this week.  I’m sure that things will be back to normal any day now.

Labor Remembered

In celebration of Labor Day – here’s all you ever wanted to know about my labors.  If you feel the urge to push, er…share your labor stories, head on over to Rocks In My Dryer and read the instructions, then post your link in the Mr. Linky at the end of her post.

How long were your labors?

Boo: 7 hours, pushed 20 minutes
Pumpkin Girl: 3 hours, pushed twice
Becca:  1 hour 18 minutes, pushed 5 minutes
Bip: 1 hour, pushed about 3 times

I know, I know.  Go ahead and hate me.

How did you know you were in labor?

My water broke each time.

Where did you deliver?

1.  Civilian hospital in Texas
2.  Military hospital in Maryland
3.  Military hospital in Korea
4.  Really cool midwifery center in Virginia

Drugs?

Only with the first, who was an induction.

C-section?

No, thank God!

Who delivered?

Doctors for the first three and a midwife for number 4.

If you want to play along with this meme, just cut and paste the questions into your own blog, and leave your link here: Laborious.

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