Monday, April 13, 2009
More Tornados
Last Friday, a major tornado hit middle Tennessee. Our area is okay, but there are many families in a nearby area who are not. Unfortunately one family was killed.
security breach
As a few of our readers noticed, we closed our blog to the public this past week. We did this because in checking who was reading our blog using site meter, we found that a reader had come to the blog from Blogged.com a web page that list blog sites. This was exactly the kind of random reader that we are absolutely trying to avoid and why we chose not to allow web browsers to crawl to our blog.
Our blog was listed by Blogged.com under blogs about roofing because of the entry on roofing the house. Although according to the site, only blogs asking to be registered are listed, this was obviously not the case. I sent an angry e-mail to the site, and they removed our blog from the site, and said they have taken steps to ensure it won't happen again, but we will be monitoring the situation closely for the next little while.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Our blog was listed by Blogged.com under blogs about roofing because of the entry on roofing the house. Although according to the site, only blogs asking to be registered are listed, this was obviously not the case. I sent an angry e-mail to the site, and they removed our blog from the site, and said they have taken steps to ensure it won't happen again, but we will be monitoring the situation closely for the next little while.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Freezing Temperature????
I was so excited that it is starting to feel like Spring....well my excitement disappear because of low temperatures here. From the 70's to the 30's. I covered all my beautiful tulips and other plants that are starting to bloom.....and hope they will be protected.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Sweet Home Alabama!!
We drove to Alabama for a baptism and visit our friend on March 29. Their daughter was baptized on her birthday. We had lunch and cake at their house.
After the baptism....hmm JA is very tall
A beautiful Lemon Cake with Raspberries
Leaning Tower of Florence
After the baptism....hmm JA is very tall
A beautiful Lemon Cake with Raspberries
Leaning Tower of Florence
Spring Has Sprung
I love flowers blooming in my yard and trees full of blooms and leaves. With this lovely season is the dreadful allergies. 
It is also TORNADO season.
And it's soccer time.... JP is a soccer referee and earning some $$.
It is also TORNADO season.
And it's soccer time.... JP is a soccer referee and earning some $$.More downhill after 40
What is your worst fear?
One of mine is a couple of hours at the dentist office. I gag extremely easily and even the simply act of having x-rays taken of my teeth usually causes me to dry vomit because of this reflex. Over the years I have avoided going to the dentist.
Last week, this caught up with me in a big way. Starting Friday, one of my teeth became incapacitatingly painful. Unfortunately, my dentist office was closed on Friday, and Tylenol and ibuprofen did little to dull the pain. Orajel did provide some relief. I kept thinking of the scene in Tom Hank's Castaway where he uses the old skate to remove his tooth and contemplated this option. I resolved not to eat again because every time I did, it would be an hour before I could do anything else but crawl up in a ball. (I finally found that pudding was a better option.) Oddly, by Sunday the pain started to be bearable.
Early Monday morning, I saw my dentist and he confirmed that I needed a root canal, but told me I would have to wait until Wednesday morning so that the antibiotics he prescribed had some time to work.
Early Wednesday morning, I submitted myself to the torture chamber. I had come down with a cold Tuesday, so the advice to "breath through my nose" was tragicomical. I must say that the dentist did an admirable job of putting up with my struggles, and because they used this little screen device to isolate the work area from the rest of my mouth, it was actually less of a struggle to avoid drowning in my own saliva than usual. But there were two times when for whatever reason, a large amount of fluid came streaming over the screen and the technician didn't suction this out before I gagged on it. At one point in time, my mouth actually began to shiver out of control for some reason. But finally, about an hour and a half later, they were finished. And we were quite a bit poorer.
The only upside of this rather painful episode is that I'm down to 217 lbs because of the lack of eating for the past week! Pudding diet anyone?
One of mine is a couple of hours at the dentist office. I gag extremely easily and even the simply act of having x-rays taken of my teeth usually causes me to dry vomit because of this reflex. Over the years I have avoided going to the dentist.
Last week, this caught up with me in a big way. Starting Friday, one of my teeth became incapacitatingly painful. Unfortunately, my dentist office was closed on Friday, and Tylenol and ibuprofen did little to dull the pain. Orajel did provide some relief. I kept thinking of the scene in Tom Hank's Castaway where he uses the old skate to remove his tooth and contemplated this option. I resolved not to eat again because every time I did, it would be an hour before I could do anything else but crawl up in a ball. (I finally found that pudding was a better option.) Oddly, by Sunday the pain started to be bearable.
Early Monday morning, I saw my dentist and he confirmed that I needed a root canal, but told me I would have to wait until Wednesday morning so that the antibiotics he prescribed had some time to work.
Early Wednesday morning, I submitted myself to the torture chamber. I had come down with a cold Tuesday, so the advice to "breath through my nose" was tragicomical. I must say that the dentist did an admirable job of putting up with my struggles, and because they used this little screen device to isolate the work area from the rest of my mouth, it was actually less of a struggle to avoid drowning in my own saliva than usual. But there were two times when for whatever reason, a large amount of fluid came streaming over the screen and the technician didn't suction this out before I gagged on it. At one point in time, my mouth actually began to shiver out of control for some reason. But finally, about an hour and a half later, they were finished. And we were quite a bit poorer.
The only upside of this rather painful episode is that I'm down to 217 lbs because of the lack of eating for the past week! Pudding diet anyone?
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Windy City!!!
JP and I (AM) went to Evanston and Chicago, Illinois for the Science trip during Spring Break, March 17 - 20. JP was one of twelve local kids chosen for all expense paid trip. As you can see on the picture, Southwest Airlines provided for the free round trip. I celebrated my birthday in the Windy City. El train and lots of walking were our main transportation in Chicago. We were able to have campus tour of Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Chicago and Northwestern University.
Leaving for the Windy City
Illinois Institute of Technology.....we saw a lot of this recycling container all over campus
University of Chicago
Millenium Park
Northwestern University
Engineering Lab
Deep Dish Pizza
MYX Performance Juggling Group at Evanston Ecology Center
Juggling Group consisted of families that are Filipinos
Northwestern University Library
Catching the el train to Midway Airport...heading back home
Leaving for the Windy CityArrived in Midway Airport
Illinois Institute of Technology.....we saw a lot of this recycling container all over campusUniversity of Chicago
Millenium ParkNorthwestern University
Engineering Lab
Deep Dish Pizza
MYX Performance Juggling Group at Evanston Ecology Center
Juggling Group consisted of families that are Filipinos
Northwestern University Library
Catching the el train to Midway Airport...heading back home