New eeePC Project

So I worked on this project all summer, and finally found a good image for the eees to run Ubuntu on the 900 series. With a school buying a large number of 700 series, looks like I will be back to the imaging board...although it looks like Lucy and Myra will help!

Pumpkin Turns to a Jack O'Lantern...

Busy weekend! Lots of fun though between walks, birthday parties, trips to Grammie's, and yes, the carving of our pumpkin. This was a total design by Myra and Lucy...can't wait to see how it looks with a candle.

Lucy's New Slippers

Thanks, Aunt Jenny!

Myra's New Slippers

I just wish it was cool enough for them right now.

Brrr...and Now Sweltering...

North Carolina in the fall, I suppose. After the awesome cool weather, this week temps were back in the high 70s/80s, and today, 70s with high humidity. Pretty windy out too, so hopefully the wind takes the humidity right on out of here.
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Interestingly wicked week here. I started at the doctor, a new one in Wake Forest, with a sinus infection. H1N1 spread through the girls preschool, and then Kerry's school. On the worst day, 8 kids were out. Now both our girls are sort of sick today. Pretty stuffy, but no fever, so hopefully we'll keep away from the pig flu.

Brrr....Fall is Here!

And we're loving it! Rainy, gray, and cold...my perfect weather. Busy week, but the weekened is just about here. One day! We can do it!
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Nana and PapPap brought down my old Atari 2600, Nintendo (old skool), and Sega Genesis. With an alcohol rub and some blowing out, the Nintendo games worked well. Pretty neat to have Lucy and Myra play Super Mario! Although they though L and M stood for Myra and Lucy instead of Mario and Luigi.

You Are Candy Corn

Your Halloween personality is whimsical, colorful, and creative. You see Halloween as a time to get your creative juices flowing. Each year, Halloween can't start soon enough for you. You tend to go all out for Halloween. You decorate like crazy and always dress up.

What Halloween Treat Are You?

Blogthings: Our Quizzes Weren't Written By Bored 12 Year Olds

Lucy's Birthday Month Continues...

It does seem like we keep celebrating. Nana and PapPap came down yesterday with a bunch of gifts, including the Ballet Barbie Lucy wanted. Funny! Now today we will go to Grammie and Grandpa's house for more! And also a family get-to-gether. Aidan and Maeve will fly in today, so we will definitely enjoy a fun day. Kerry and I may go for a run together on the Falls Lake Trail. I am pretty excited about that!

Party Done, Nap Time to Begin...

It really was a good time. Lucy had five of her little friends over for games, crafts, pizza, and an awesome princess cake that Kerry made. So cute to see all the girls interact, and both ours definitely enjoyed themselves. Now they are resting...probably for the afternoon, on a sugar crash! What awesome times, though, to share that with our girls!

Wow, I Was a Little Mad...

Rule of thumb...always go back and read over your mobile postings. Seems I appeared quite ticked off about the whole yuppy dad incident. For more clarification, I went off to zPizza to pick up the pizzas for Lucy's birthday party. Upon arrival, there were about 4 dads with cups of Starbucks in their hand. Some were standing there, others sitting at coffee tables. TWO were standing RIGHT IN FRONT of the zPizza door. Well, here I come, walking straight to them, and did they even move? No...eventually, through some divine inspiration, perhaps, they realized I wanted to get pizza.
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Now, I am not an angry person. Well, to rephrase, I am not outwardly angry. You better bet, however, in this case, they received some evil looks. It's all about manners, especially when you have children with you. Although, I doubt how much the children were 'with' them, as they were quite engrossed in their video games...

rudeness from yuppies

So I am mobile blogging from zpizza. Pretty frustrated, as I had to walk through a mass of yuppie dads sucking down starbucks right in front of the door. Grrrr! And they stand/sit there with about 5 of their kids sitting on the birm with video games. Really rude.

ALERT: Princess Party Imminent. Evacuate While You Can..

Yup, Lucy's Princess Birthday Party is today. On top of the 7 little girls invading our house, I also have to first go have a crown. Total day of torture! (-: No, it will be fun! Pictures coming soon!

Myra is a Baby Bumblebee!

No Surprises Here...

You Spread a Lot of Holiday Cheer

During the holidays, you represent the true spirit of Christmas. You give freely, and you enjoy this special time of the year. There's a good chance that you spread cheer every time of the year... not just during the holidays. You're kind, upbeat, and generous. Anyone who crosses your path is lucky.

Do You Spread Holiday Cheer?

Blogthings: Waste Time at Work!

Fall Is In the Air...

Definitely cooler today. Went for a short run and you can feel the coolness, although it is definitely very humid out! After really doing a great job in the past few weeks with sticking to my training, after the 8 miler last week, I think I may have had a stress fracture in my left foot. I did a lot of icing and heating this past week, did not run, and ran for the first time today. Just a short run, and did not feel any pain...I did overcompensate for it, so we will see how I wake up tomorrow.
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Fun weekend with the girls! Lucy's birthday is coming, and then CHRISTMAS!!

Our Blog

Just a quick little Wordle showing the most common words on our blog. The larger, the more they are used. Definitely not surprised to see the Love of My Life largest!

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http://www.wordle.net

More Lucyisms...

So more about Lucy this time...

Bobboli--no, not the pizza, but our cat (Barnaby)

Phobo Albums! (-:

And we have this little rock with some inspirational quote on it. I saw Lucy carrying it around one day, and watched from afar to see what she was using it for. Seems, my girl with the great imagination, used it to get into Dragontale land!

Shopping At the Lucy Store

So, as I finished typing the post below, Lucy apparently worked hard to open her new store. As you can see in the picture, she prepared the store, shelves, and arranged her goods. Funny!

New Home for Penguins in Pittsburgh

On our recent trip to Pittsburgh, I took a detour to see construction on the new home of the Penguins. Definitely coming along nicely!

Mr. Mom, Part Deux

Kerry spent a night without the girls for only the second time in five years. Yeah for her! She is attending the Flanigan Girls' Weekend Out at Hidden Lake. So I am hanging with the girls for the weekend. Lots of fun so far. Right now, they have the tunnel built from our bedroom into theirs. Just simple fun, I love it!
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I often wanted to record the Lucyisms and Myraism. They say so many things that make us smile. So I am going to take a minute to do just that!

Up'eee Up'eee-Myra's way to ask to be held. Love it!

En-nat--Whenever you ask Myra how something was (school, snack, treat, etc) and it was 'good,' en-nat is what you hear.
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Now just a cute story. Since they have shared a room, there was only one time we discovered them together--shortly after they began, Myra crawled into bed with Lucy. Until recently. The other day, Lucy crawled into bed with Myra. Reminds me of Christmas Eves where I was up early, and my sister 'contained' me until it was time to wake up.