Its Always Raining In My Head's Ramblings...

1st Place in STATE!! SHE WON AGAIN!

2008-04-26T23:09:00.006-06:00

~SHE WON!!~ 1st in the ACTE State competition for Web Page design!! How cool is that?? She won competing against all the 5th/6th graders in our 9 county region last month, then WHUPPED UP on the competition, winning 1st place at the State Level :).I'm not sure how many were competing, but there was a tie for 3rd, a 2nd place, and then her. There were a BUNCH of people thereThe judge (upper right

She WON!

2008-03-26T19:47:00.004-06:00

SHE WON 1st PLACE!!!WOOT!!! The littlest, My Mary, entered an area-wide competition called the Alabama Council for Technology in Education Fair or ACTE. Her category was Web Page Design and she competed against other 5th & 6th graders in our region. They had to create a webpage that was pertinent to education of their age group. Judged on creativity, continuity, understanding of the process (

Makings of a Pig

2008-02-17T17:07:00.003-06:00

Recently, my good friend Michele asked Mary to "make her a pig with wings".<--Begun before Christmas, Mary got caught up in the Christmas spirit and got back into it today! In Mary's words:"the making of the pig - it's no small feet"...Get it?? no small FEAT? hahahaha..." (she was making the splayed out little feet of PIG) heh.Thought I would share the moment!! :)~L

Rules of Grassball

2007-11-20T23:14:00.000-06:00

Found in the bottom of a box of "keepers" - developed by Roberto :)*Words italicized by me for "lol effect"Rules of "Grassball"Rule#1: Respect the rules.Rule#2: Treat them like your own children.Rule#3: Don't break them.Rule#4: On signal, players will throw balls to the grass.Rule#5: Players will launch at the same time.Rule#6: Players will launch ONE ball only.Rule#7: Players won't launch balls

A PhotoJournal...Story in Pictures

2007-11-20T22:59:00.001-06:00

A Story in pictures(byline courtesy of my youngest's fear and overabundance of creative ways to DEAL)And finally....

Halloween

2007-11-01T22:43:00.000-06:00

Guess what the youngest was this Halloween? ...... A STICKPERSON!!hahahahhahahahahahaahahaha

Beginnings

2007-10-14T22:52:00.000-06:00

Crept down to the shore in the cold pre-dawn darkness to waitWaiting ... watching the hues change...A lone star sat high above it all, keeping me company...The blush of dawn begins to peek above the horizon...As the boats head out to sea...Rising. .New day is born

2007-07-02T13:53:00.000-06:00

Saw this and thought I'd post it... seemed very appropriate!

From the Beach

2007-06-08T09:14:00.000-06:00

HELLO from the Gulf! :)Here's a few shot at sunset just for fun! See ya'll SOON!!!Muwha!~ST&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;a href="http://www.myphotoalbum.com"&amp;amp;amp;gt;MyPhotoAlbum free photo and video sharing&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;amp;gt;

Easter Greetings

2007-04-12T21:40:00.000-06:00

Music

2007-04-03T22:25:00.000-06:00

This is a test to see if this works!Enjoy them if you haven't heard them before.**NOTE: THE TRANSFER RATE IS LONG!!**~ST

NEW Personality Test-type Thingy....

2007-03-29T23:24:00.000-06:00

Ok, how SWEET is this? A personality predictor, based on visual rather than cognitive choices!Then it creates this NIFTY slideshow-style presentation...AND you can link back to my results and/or take the test yourself!Thanks c.a., for the site!~ST Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

Degrees of Separation - Such a small world....

2007-03-28T22:50:00.000-06:00

Check out THIS cool new thing!You click on "Add Yourself" and it maps anyone who does ...Just thought it was pretty...well, you know...S H I N Y!!! :P

New Place to Blog!

2007-03-13T17:37:00.000-06:00

A NEW place to post/blog!! YEA!!!!Just updating you...you know how LOQUACIOUS I have been accused of being? Yeah, well, going to keep it a bit simpler. Mostly. Well...sometimes.Ok, occasionally?FINE!Probably will continue to ramble on in thoughts and words, both here and there!!~Me

Holidays

2007-01-15T23:02:00.000-06:00

Helllllloooooo!Ok, so technically? Holidaze are over,BUT!We have PICS! We've been to the 'Ham...we went to Disney...we WOOHOO'ed into the New Year.Sa'll good, donchaknow?We're GOIN TO DISNEY! Tucker tuckers out on Christmas Christmas morning its the hatArriving at Magic KingdomDisney GREETERS (bettrn Walmart)Lets Go this WayCousins bring Poncho power

HEH...this is FUN!!

2006-12-11T23:14:00.000-06:00

TRY IT and tell me!Your Dominant Thinking Style: VisioningYou are very insightful and tend to make decisions based on your insights.You focus on how things should be - even if you haven't worked out the details.An idealist, thinking of the future helps you guide your path.You tend to give others long-term direction and momentum.What's Your Thinking Style?

Thanksgiving in B'ham

2006-12-04T08:56:00.000-06:00

Headed off to the HAM for ThanksgivingGot to see and visit the family, eat too much good food, watch football, play in the leaves, and enjoy some quality time with Famiglia!A few pictures!"ALWAYS FAMILY" Crashing into leaf piles Too much turkey?STRAIGHT CHILLIN

Gulf

2006-10-14T08:52:00.000-06:00

Sun Sets on Beach ChairsAfter 5 o'clock, the paying loungers lose the cushions and umbrellas for the day, freeing up the chairs for the opportunitsts like us to appreciate the sunsets.We arrived in mid afternoon on Saturday, too late for midday sun, but just right for grabbing the recently vacated rental chairs for a spectacular sunset! Nothing like good timing, no?On the ride down, we stopped

South

2006-10-06T22:59:00.000-06:00

Heading south again...will post from the white sand of the Gulf!! :DHOLLA!!

Naming of the Kitten

2006-08-08T10:01:00.000-06:00

TUCKER!!We are naming him Tucker...he tucks his head into any small space he can wiggle intoand goes and goes and goesuntil he falls over,all tuckered out!:)

New Dysfunctional Family Member

2006-07-30T22:22:00.000-06:00

This is the latest addition to the dysfunction here!Very active...very little...very nameless at this point.Working on a name for the lil guy!Gracie is NOT thrilled at having to share her people!

Silly :P

2006-07-07T15:44:00.000-06:00

Okay, I know this is silly as HELL, but I thought it was pretty funny. Course I havent really had much sleep.WHATEVER! Watch!!

R A N D O M..set to music! Check this out by Flickr

2006-07-05T22:41:00.000-06:00

Creative Commons licensed photos set to music by Jonathan Coulton. FREAKING HILARIOUS!!!

Whoa

2006-06-13T17:47:00.001-06:00

Whoa! I guess its been a long time since I blogged…didn’t realize how much time had passed. Rather than bore you to death with the details, I’m gonna just start again. Get back into the groove. See what, if anything, comes of it. SOooo… yessssssssss…… More later. Time to throw ingredients together and call it “dinner”.

"True" spirit of the holidays

2006-02-22T20:47:00.000-06:00

Long break from blogging...No REAL excuses, really...a hiatus, but I'm baaaaaack! (ah..run away! run away!)Christmas in My WorldIn my world, the annual kid's Christmas picture is a time-honored tradition that the kids dread like the first day of school after the holiday break! Over the years, it has evolved into the festival of dysfunction that we know and love today.Thankfully, we went