Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Sha's Photo Mosaic
























My friend Ellen pointed me to this fun diversion. See below for more details on how to join in on the fun.

Type your answer to each of the questions below into a Flickr search. Using only the first page of results, choose your favorite image, then copy and paste each of the URLs into the mosaic maker (3 columns, 4 rows). Let me know what you come up with!

The questions:

  1. What is your first name? (Sha)
  2. What is your favorite food? (Panang curry)
  3. What high school did you attend? (John Marshall, San Antonio...and yes, sadly someone posted a photo of those horrid band uniforms!)
  4. What is your favorite color? (eggplant...so this isn't really eggplant the color, but a cool photo OF an eggplant the vegetable!)
  5. Who is your celebrity crush? (Ashley Judd)
  6. Favorite drink? (coffee)
  7. Dream vacation? (Scotland)
  8. Favorite dessert? (creme brule)
  9. What do you want to be when you grow up? (astronaut)
  10. What do you love most in life? (family)
  11. One word to describe you. (introspective)
  12. Your Flickr name. (sha_towers)

8/11-13/08 happiness is...

the whole family in the same room (sometimes!) :-)
random nuggets of wisdom from my five year old
cooing baby
just a tiny hint, maybe for only a few minutes, of cooler weather (it won’t last, but it was nice!)
watching Ann and Max sleep

8/13/08 spending time with my guys

tonight Carter and i watched some olympics together, played wii, and then he helped me give Max a bath.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

8/10/08 spending time with my guys

sitting outside with baby Max watching him quietly look around in wonder at everything…soaking it all in. also watching him fall asleep in my arms.

playing ninja turtles with Carter and baking coffee cup cakes (they were actually gross, but a lot of fun to watch growing up out of the mug like those snake fireworks!) also enjoyed reading books to him before bed.

8/10/08 happiness is...

rearranging furniture
making dinner together
visit from friends
getting to watch a movie together (rare occurrence with a 5 y.o. and a 2 month old!)

Saturday, August 09, 2008

dissecting a macbook

today i disassembled the spacebar on ann's macbook because it was sticking. after i had it all apart, a local five year old confessed to spilling yogurt on it and not telling us because he didn't want us to be mad! after a handful of pieces (who knew a spacebar could be so complicated?) and lots of cleaning, it's back together and functioning as good as new. so i'm thinking about opening up a side business specializing in macbook spacebar repairs for yogurt-based offenses. don't worry, i'm not quitting my day job....yet.


8/8/08 spending time

so i guess i should title this spending time with carter and max now that i have two sons! though the time is pretty different, as one is five and one is two months!
the three of us are hanging out this morning while mom gets some much needed sleep. huh…just realized, all the guys are in the kitchen awake, and all the girls (including our two great danes) are asleep in the bedroom. not sure what gender the hermit crabs are, but they’re probably asleep too!)

8/9/08 happiness is...

a pleasant saturday morning with my two little guys
a happy baby
good coffee

8/8/08 happiness is...

time with friends
a good night’s sleep
fridays (the day!)
discovering new music

Friday, August 08, 2008

so i was grocery shopping last night and i see Christi Proctor, designer on TLC's "Trading Spaces, slogging her cart around just like me (did you know people on tv actually buy groceries?). So i'm thinking, if she shops here, and she's famous, that must make the store a famous grocery store, and since i shop there, that must make me famous...by association, ya know.  (i bet she knows Kevin Bacon, too). :-)

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Tuesday, August 05, 2008

#13 pet peeve: vehicular pride

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

this is related to pet peeve #12, but what drives people to be so excited about the brand of their vehicle that they put super dumb stickers on their car, for which the whole point is to argue that their make is better than another? prime example is that stupid Calvinesque character peeing on another automaker’s name or emblem. “here’s what i’m all about…telling everyone that [ford] is way cooler than [chevy]!” (MORON!!!) who cares about this??? and is that really the best you can do? is there NOTHING else you feel strongly about that you could stick all over your car i think even nascar stickers on your car is a step up from this.

#12 pet peeve: redundant advertising

list 43 pet peeves and then try to forget about them:

why do some people feel the need to add stickers, etc. to their vehicle which tells you what kind of vehicle it is? “hey, i know there’s a chevy symbol on the back of my car/truck, but you know what would be really cool? if i put a gigantic chevy emblem decal in my rear window!”

pet peeve #11 crabby people

i’m not talking about people who have crabby moments (we’re ALL in that group!), but people who are perpetually crabby and negative. for some it’s because of circumstances others might not know about or understand, but for some it’s just a nasty habit. they’ve become what they say and do. maybe when i encounter such people, they can serve as a reminder for me not to go down that road, or to appreciate people who spread happiness more.

8/4/08 spending time with carter

recently carter and i had a good time racing matchbox cars on the kind of track i remember from my childhood. still just as fun! we’ve also had fun recently building a lego rocketship, playing hulabaloo, wii, and watching a couple lightning storms.

Sunday, August 03, 2008