Archives for January 2008

Sean Qualifies For Math Counts Competition

Over the last couple of weeks, Sean has been taking a series of tests at his school in an attempt to qualify for the school team competing in the Math Counts County competition. The competition is open to teams with students in grades 6 – 8. Earlier this week, we received word that he had […]

Next Cruise

Well, it didn’t take too long. We thought we would skip a cruise this year because of two family reunions that we already have planned. Now, I am not sure that is going to happen. Cruising is our favorite way to spend a vacation and the thought of not doing one this year has not […]

Some Landscaping For The House

I mentioned in a Tweet early this week that we were getting the house appraised today in order to refinance it. Interest rates have really dropped recently and its a really good opportunity to do so. Well, Suzanne has been hard at work getting the house ready for the appraiser to come by. One of […]

Sean Wins School Spelling Bee – Again

Today, for the third consecutive year, Sean won the Elgin School Spelling Bee. He actually did a bit better this year, as the last two years he won the 3rd Grade – 6th Grade age of the spelling bee. This year, despite only being in 6th Grade, he won the entire school spelling bee, beating […]

Transformers Movie

This past weekend, we finally got around to watching the Transformers movie. We have had it from Netflix for a while, but I kept putting off watching it as I was not very interested in the movie. I remember the transformers from my younger days and it was very hokey to say the least. So, […]

Savannah’s Birthday Party

Savannah’s Birthday was this past Wednesday. Tomorrow, we will have a big Birthday bash for her. We usually have fairly big Birthday parties for each of the kids every other year. On the off years, we usually have a more reserved family party or go out for a nice dinner. This year, Savannah wanted a […]

American Idol

Oh boy, tonight the new seventh season of American Idol debuted – lucky me. Suzanne and Savannah are die hard fans of the show. Sean sometimes gets caught up in the show. Me, I don’t like it, but am constantly coerced to watch it. Usually, I flat out refuse and bury myself back in the […]

Sean Still Cheering His Patriots To Hopefully A Perfect Season

Our son Sean is a HUGE New England Patriots football fan. Last August, Sean’s room got a complete makeover themed in Patriots stuff. It was out with the western theme and in with the Patriots. He’s got Patriots curtains, bedding, pennants and wall hangings. He’s even got a deluxe Tedi Bruschi #54 pennant and Bruschi […]

Sean’s Ski Report

Sean had a fantastic time during his ski trip at Mt. Lemmon Ski Valley yesterday. Mt. Lemmon is in the Catalina Mountains above Tucson. One of his friends from school was going up there on Sunday to ski and asked if Sean wanted to go along. This was Sean’s second time skiing. So, he again […]

Everybody’s Famous For 15 Minutes (or more) on YawpBox

I had a goofy friend in college who thought Andy Warhol was the most visionary artist ever. My friends even cried the day he died. Maybe my friend was just as visionary, because Warhol’s famous saying that everyone is famous for 15 minutes seems more true today than ever. That saying reflected Warhol’s ability to […]