Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
The cats and I have been entertained this AM. Amber is still up on her new bird viewing post: From there she gets a 'birds eye' view of some house finches checking out the front porch overhang for a nesting spot: Then we were entertained in the back yard by the song stylings ofthe Bewick's... Continue Reading →
I just read on CNN that Attorney General Mukasey has refused to investigate and follow up on contempt proceedings against two former White House aides who are refusing to honor subpeonas in the investigation of the 2006 firings of several U.S. attorneys (including San Diego's Carol Lam who just happened to be the one to... Continue Reading →
First Spring Training game being broadcast on the radio. The sounds of bat on ball. The cheers of the crowd. Even sitting here at my desk in the basement I can smell the grass and cotton candy and hot dogs and feel the sun on my face. Mmmmmmm...life is good!
So, let's see how I did. Predictions were Jason Y and Luke for the guys and Kady and Alaina for the girls. Click below for actual results (hidden for those who have not watched their DVR yet) I went 2 for 4 again! Alaina and Alexandrea went for the girls. I am a bit shocked... Continue Reading →
First off I should apologize to all my friends in the snowbound areas of the country. I am not trying to rub your noses in our gorgeous weather. It's just..too pretty not to photograph some days! From the drive up to Montrose on Tuesday. Somewhere along the 15 freeway just north of Lake Elsinore, these... Continue Reading →
Getting to watch this tonight so I'll just do something brief. Knowing of course that you can go here for a far superior run down 🙂 Carly Smithson - Crazy on You - well she just looked so comfortable in this song. She said it was her dream to sing on AI, and I can... Continue Reading →
Hah - faked you out! I'm not writing it up. Here's Miss Greeblemonkey with her most awesome write up which I happen to agree with 100%. Just watched the guys on my DVR. All I can add is that while sitting in the board meeting last night my phone buzzed with an email and it... Continue Reading →
I was all set to share some gorgeous pictures from yesterday. Those will have to wait. At 7:15am we had another parent-teacher conference for SportsBoy. He had to lead it this time which is standard procedure for Feb conferences for 6th graders. His part was OK. He had filled out a self evaluation and properly... Continue Reading →
Let's play another round of A Day In The Life, shall we? 6:00am - alarm goes off to morning radio show. Let it stay on because SportsBoy is taking a shower first (remember, only one at a time!) 6:40am - rouse self from Nyquil induced sleep (cough stage of a cold is So Much Fun!)... Continue Reading →
You know what the Silly Season is, right? That time in a campaign when it pretty much devolves into silliness. Not substance. Just innuendo and rumor and spin and well...lies. Barack Obama referred to it at the last debate when a question was posed about the tone of some ads and statements between the campaigns.... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 