Humanity

So have you seen the add on your 'dashboard' page on Blogger, telling you about the picture thing? Apparently, you can go to this site and it has an ongoing slide show of all the recently uploaded photos from everyones blog. Everyones. And if you want to go to the blog that the picture came from, you just have to click on the picture.
What do you think of this? I know some people would freak out to think random people could be looking at their pictures. (I think if you have your blog set up to be private, it doesn't work.)
I can see mischief coming of this, you know, people coming to your blog to write obnoxious or mean comments.
But on the other hand, I think its actually really cool. I watched it for a few minutes, and it just makes you feel more a part of the human race around us. You know, by seeing whats important to other people, and whats going on in their lives RIGHT NOW.
It kind of makes the world seem a smaller place, you know? I like it.

In other news...this is Elora reading to Joshua. I thought the funny thing about this was the page on her book says, "Being a big sister is the best!" Of course, the next day I took this picture:


Looks like Joshua is learning to defend himself from his sister's attacks! (Note the hair in his fist.)

5 things Meme

I stole this off someone elses blog, but I thought it was kind of fun.

5 things I was doing 10 years ago:

1. I was in my second year of college at Southern Utah University as an Art Major.
2. I was not dating anyone.
3. I was still living at home...wow, was my life boring or what?
4. I was 19 years old
5. I was taking some cool pictures for a self portrait I would paint later.




5 things on my to-do list today:

1. Be nice to Elora, maybe take her out to play.
2. Find out if Joseph can still register for a test, or if he still wants to.
3. Maybe go to store for Graham Crackers and Milk.
4. Email my dad back...he emails everyday.
5. Find out if the corn maze is still open this week.
(I think we've skipped the interesting part of my life, judging by this list.)

5 snacks I enjoy:

1. Ice cream, Ice cream, Ice cream. With jam or orange juice.
2. McFlurries with oreo
3. Apples
4. Strawberries....sometimes dipped in chocolate.
5. bananas

5 songs I know the lyrics to:

1. The hymns/ childrens song medly I sing to Elora every night for bedtime.
2. You're so Vain, by Carly Simon
3. American Pie, by Don McClean
4. Most oldies, because my dad worked at an oldies station and made tapes for our vacations.
5. "One Week" by Barenaked Ladies

5 things I would do if I were a Millionaire:

1. Save money for a killer retirement full of traveling.
2. Build, and furnish my dream house.
3. Put away money for my children’s education.
4. Give my mom money to buy a house, pay off my sisters debt
5. Not tell too many people because every one would hate me if I didn't give them some.

5 Bad habits ( I kept some of these from the other persons blog, as I'm guilty too.)

1. Letting my dishes sit in the sink to long.
2. Taking naps when the kids do instead of getting things done.
3. Not spending enough time playing with my children.
4. Being critical of others faults while ignoring my own
5. Downplaying my own talents.

5 things I'd never wear again

1. Tight jeans
2. my wedding dress...for one, I don't think it fits.
3. those little hoops to tie up the corner of a long t-shirt into a knot
4. My big glasses I wore in middle school. Thank goodness for stylish frames and contacts!


5. Fluorescent clothing.

5 favorite toys

1. My teddy bear named Playful
2. My pound puppy named Brownie
3. My Cabbage Patch Doll that my mom made..I'm sorry I took it to D.I. Mom!
4. My Pink Bike with the banana seat.
5. My Slip and Slide, even though it never worked very good and I always got hurt.

I am tagging Kiera, Cardine, and Julie. Or anyone else who wants to do it!

Fall Scenery

Before I continue my post, I want to draw your attention to the fact that Joseph has a blog now. He has been doing a comic for the school paper at his old community college, and now is contributing to the paper at the University he is at now. Anyway, there is a link in the sidebar here; its called "JTandTea". Please feel free to go see it, I'm sure it will make him happy!
Now, on with my own post.
Like my friend Julie, I too feel moved to talk about the Autumn season. I wanted to do something different than last year so...
When I was in high school and college, I used to fold paper in half and do little drawings during lectures,and usually during church too. Many of these were "Fall" inspired, and I thought I would post a few of them and some thoughts to go along with them. Here we go!

1999

• cool crisp air and overcast skies

Nothing beats the Fall weather. You would think I got enough of the skies in the Northwest but I still love clouds, especially in the fall.

1998

• The leaves

who doesn't love the leaves in the fall? Someday I would like to go back east during the Autumn months to view the famous foliage there.

1999

• Going on walks

I don't do this often enough in the fall, but what better way to take in the sights and smells. I recommend pumpkin patches and corn mazes for this particular pursuit.

1998

• Harvest time

Okay, I don't live on a farm or anywhere particularly rural, but I just love seeing pictures of harvested wheat, piles of pumpkins at the store, and general seasonal flora and fauna.

2000

• Apples

Along with harvest time, is apple time! True, these days you can get apples year round, but they seem better in the fall when they're supposed to be around. I like Braeburns, Fuji, Gala, and anything else thats not a Red Delicious.

2000

• Trees

Okay, I like trees all year long, and I'm sure you've gathered that I like drawing them in general. But there is something thrilling and mysterious about gnarled, leafless, halloween-inspired trees that seem to spring up in fall-type crafts and paintings. BTW, this is one of my favorite tree drawings I have.

1999

• Scarves and fall clothing

Alright, I don't generally wear scarves myself unless I'm freezing. But I love the idea of them, and I love seeing them on other people. Along with that, I love layers and sweaters and anything generally fall-like to wear. Especially in hues of orange and brown. Incidentally, I cheated on this picture. I drew the people, but the background is a combination of two printed papers I found at a craft store. I love the clouds, don't you?

1995

• Halloween

I admit I don't like Halloween as much as I did as a child. I don't get to go trick-or-treating, and when I think about it, it was never as fun as all the hype would suggest. But somehow Halloween has always been a fascination for me. You'll notice that most of these Halloween pictures are quite a bit older than the previous pictures. Here are a few more.

1997

That kid can see this isn't a good idea...why can 't she? H mmm.

1994

I was quite proud of these skeletons when I drew them at age 14 or 15. Obviously, I used to be into fantasy more when I was younger too. The only problem is, I think I drew this at church. Oops.

So here's to the many aspects of Fall! I hope you enjoyed it.

2002

Do you like my video?

Okay, our camera makes really really bad video, its not its main purpose, obviously. But at least you can hear how cute Joshua sounds at three months! I also have to post this very cute picture of Joseph and Joshua in the mirror. Aren't they just spitting images of one another?


Not much exciting is happening here, thus the absence of any new posts. Lets see...Elora has finally started using her potty chair again. The last two nights she was running around naked before bath time, and she came into the front room carrying the 'pot' and it was full! We were very surprised and she was quite proud of herself. Its still the only time of day she will go, but its a start!
For Labor Day weekend, we made a spur of the moment trip to see my parents. Now we live only six hours from them instead of twenty-two. In hindsite, it was probably nuts to leave our house at 8:30 at night to spend a day and drive straight back the next night, but the surprise factor was definitely worth it.
We called my brother right before we left and asked him to set up a crib in his room, and to expect us to be knocking on his window around 2:30 AM. We were glad we didn't wake our parents up too, but we did manage to arouse my 18 year old brother, who came into the livingroom carrying a bat. He thought we were robbers.
Elora was very excited to go see everyone again. She only had one moment around 10:00 at night on the drive down that she said she wanted to go home and "take a nap". But once she fell asleep it was smooth sailing.
We got to go to a parade and a county fair, which was much more fun than hanging around our house, which we would have done otherwise. Elora and Joshua and I went with my mom to the cemetary too. We used to go every Memorial Day, but since I've lived away for seven years it was nice to go see once again, even though it wasn't the right holiday. This bench was a memorial for my great aunt who recently passed away.



Sorry to everyone who lives there that we didn't visit....there just wasn't time. We will probably visit again around Christmas. How was everyone else's Labor Day?