No, No, No, not another post without pictures :(

Sorry folks, my lovely Canon SLR Digital Rebel has a defunct battery. I am in the process of researching the purchase of a replacement.

It seems that I can buy a Canon brand battery pack to replace it for between $50-$70 or I can buy an off-brand battery pack for $13-$40.

In the mean time, I've been taking video of Raleigh and I haven't had the time to edit and post it yet.

My heart aches every time I witness a photo-op and realize that I must rely on my memory alone to savor the moment.

I'm so ashamed...

...up until now, I had always referred to myself as a geek.

Little did I know:

35% Geek

This will take you to an online dating site if you click on it, I just went there for the geek test...and I failed horribly.

Josh's New Bass

My father in-law just finished the first of two Bass guitars for him and Josh. Here are the pictures. I'm not sure if this is Josh's or if this is Steve's. Supposedly, this little Bass is supposed to sound very similar to the upright big Bass exists.

Oh, and that's my father in-law, Steve, in the picture.

Long time no blog...

...or so it seems. Sadly, I have no new pictures to share with you all. That is...unless you want to see pictures of the wedding that I shot this weekend.

I've been a busy lady. I'm writing an article for a local magazine that is due tomorrow. I have wedding photos to photoshop so I can give the bride her photos tomorrow (I was supposed to give her them today, but I didn't finish altering some of them). I also have a Tupperware fundraiser that I have to finish processing.

Talk about a lot of stuff. And what am I doing now? Yes, I am writing a blog. This is definitely the procrastinator in me coming out.

And between this paragraph and the previous paragraph, my mother-in-law called and asked me if I wanted a Picture from IKEA, a bunch of good quality yarn, and a coffee table that my father-in-law made. I said yes to all of course. And that is the pack-rat in me coming out. I have this small house, and it keeps getting smaller because of all this stuff that we acquire.

So, anyway, I hope that you all have a happy Monday. I'll try to get some pictures for you soon and maybe a video.

More Playing in the Sand

When I came home from work today, I encountered the cutest thing on my deck.




Raleigh just may end up having feet like his daddy.

Help Raleigh Get the Best Education!

No matter political party affiliations, I think that most people would agree that our education system needs to be overhauled. I think that for one of the most developed countries in our world, our country is falling behind in education.

"Children our our future"...I'm not sure who came up with that slogan, but it is the perfect slogan. No one can argue with that. Repeat it a few times and really think about it.

If you are an older person reading this blog, I hope that you are one who looks not just to your future but also to the future of humanity. I think that one of the hardest things that someone can do is to be empathetic instead of sympathetic, think of the whole instead of the small picture, think of the greater good.

Education should be a high priority for all of us, and it should be a high priority for all of our political candidates in the 2008 election. Let's all try to voice our opinion about education. Hopefully, all of our political parties will embrace the need to enhance our education system so that whoever is elected, good things will happen to education in the U.S.

Read the following article about how a few billionaires are trying to get the word out on Education.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/education/25schools.html?_r=1&oref=slogin


"Eli Broad and Bill Gates, two of the most important philanthropists in American public education...are joining forces for a $60 million foray into politics in an effort to vault education high onto the agenda of the 2008 presidential race."

"Experts on campaign spending said the project would rank as one of the most expensive single-issue initiatives ever in a presidential race..."

Here is one of their printed ads:

Here is a link to this ad online:

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/national/20070425_eductionAD.pdf

Let's try to be a part of the solution and make education a non-partisan issue.

Already a Writer

As I was sitting at the computer with Raleigh tonight. He started banging on the keyboard. So, naturally...I opened up Microsoft Word.

And now I share with you his first typed letters.

Jhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhkkkgt n ngm \
M, gbumn h ; , nj:? 0

As you can see, he's very intelligent. Already, he's learned how to spell "bum". I would suggest that he work on his puncuation though :)

A Visit to the In-Laws

We had a wonderful visit with my in-laws last weekend. Jenna stayed home to watch Winnie. So once again, we were able to have a calm Winnie-free weekend.

She's gotten to be quite a whiny pup lately. She'll bark incessantly just to get attention some times.

Here are some pictures from the weekend. Raleigh sure had fun with Relatives :)

Raleigh is 20 weeks old today!!!

Enjoy these new video clips.



What?...a video and pictures in the same blog...I know...I'm spoiling you all. The pictures below are mostly of Raleigh's first sand box experience.

Now Who's the Sickie?

Raleigh seems to be getting better, but I have taken ill. Oh, doesn't that sound horrid? I probably just have my normal change-in-the-seasons cold. I'll get over it. Josh is already dreading when he's going to get it.

Here's Raleigh in a cute shorts outfit and handmade knitted booties that my mother-in-law made him.


Here's Raleigh after Bath time getting some tummy time.


Raleigh holding a bottle for his dad while mom was at work.