Random Saturday

Here are random thoughts & photos from the past two weeks. [I know you love when I post multiple topics in one post... but I've been a little short on time!]

PUPPY RESEARCH:
This is my favorite puppy that I've seen online so far... which one you ask? The pink one! ... wait a minute... that's not a puppy, it's a piglet with a Dachsund mommy!

TEXAS SNOW (March 6):

This was from the 2nd snowy day in one week!

BAPTISM (March 8):

Our friends Jim & Shar from small group were baptized last Saturday night at church. It was a very exciting evening for their family!

OPEN HOUSE (March 13):

The boys had an open house a their school. It was fun to see all of the things they are learning this year. They get so embarassed when I take photos of them with their teachers!

TRAINING (March 15):

Now that we officially have a dog, we are all in training... Tommie, me, the boys and the dog. We are attempting to train the dog not to jump on us or on the furniture - our first challenge. Training the kids on how to behave around a dog is the 2nd biggest challenge. Here's a picture of Elfy (her eyes look glowing because of the flash):

Dog!!

Today, we begin our "doggie trial"... a good friend of mine is loaning us her dog over spring break to see if we want to adopt her. If we do not adopt her, we plan to get a puppy soon. We love Beagles and my friend's dog is a puggle (pug/beagle mix). Whether we keep the dog or not, we will certainly get some good practice at doggie parenting skills this week.

The fence dudes are outside working on our fence. It is supposed to be finished tomorrow!

Tagged again!

My friend Amanda tagged me with a Book meme: Here's how she explains the rules: "Look up from the computer, look around the room where you're sitting and pick up the closest book. And closest really means closest. No cheating by running upstairs to unearth your pink-highlighted college copy of The Critique of Pure Reason or the Prolegomena. Open the book, turn to page 123, count down to the fifth sentence on that page, and then post the next three sentences."

Well, it was a toss up between my insurance manual (which is technically more of a folder) and this:

The Children's Dinosaur Encyclopedia

After I took the 250 piece jigsaw puzzle off of the cover (which is why it was so close on my desk), I opened it and discovered that there are only 95 pages...

The 2nd closest book (with over 123 pages) is: Trading Paint: Dale Earnhardt vs. Jeff Gordon (I guess I sit too close to the children's books - the mom & dad books are across the room). Page 123 is a photo only - no text. It's a pretty picture and you know, pictures paint a thousand words.

Okay, so I looked over to my right and saw some other books within reach - computer manuals. The closest one is: How to Program C. Page 123 reads:

"Figure 4.15 shows the precedence and associativity of the various C operators introduced to this point. The operators are shown from top to bottom in decreasing order of precendence. 4.11 Confusing Equality (==) and Assignment (=) Operators There is one type of error that C programmers, no matter how experienced, tend to make so frequently that we felt it was worth a separate section."

Oh my... I think I'm asleep after only 3 sentences.

I tag: Michelle, Julie, and Elizabeth.

How often do you actually laugh out loud?

I was skimming through a blog that makes me laugh when I came across this post that actually had me laughing out loud.

Dog Humor

Paint & Pinewood

The boys are getting ready for the Adventure Guides Pinewood Derby on Friday. It is their first time competing, so they are experimenting with various colors and styles. Tommie has been great at creating the balance between helping them and letting them do it themselves. I cannot wait to see if they win!!

What we've been up to...

• Enjoying the crazy Texas weather - hot one day, raining the next, snowing the next, warm again and now the threat of snow again...
• Signing a contract to get our fence fixed!!! By Spring Break, our fence should be built!
• Planning and preparing to adopt a puppy or dog. I've read more books about dogs in the past 2 weeks than in the past 10 years!
• Moving our turtles to their new home with our friends' kids
• Attending a volunteer training at church
• Work, work, work - Tommie & Amy
• School, school, school - the boys
• Attending a fundraiser for Amy's friends who participate in the 3 Day Breast Cancer Walk
• Tommie & Franklin going to see the "Alvin & the Chipmunks" movie
• Catching up on the laundry
• Having friends over for dinner & playing the Wii
• Finally recovering from all illnesses and having energy to do everything else - YIPPEE!!!!

Snow!