A Present for Me?!?!

A friend of mine told me that she had a present for me.  She said that she saw it and thought it was perfect for me.  She said that she got it before Christmas but didn't give it to me then because it wasn't a Christmas present.  It was just a random present.  Because she saw it and thought it was perfect for me.

Can I just say that a) I have been known to buy presents right before Christmas because I see it and hold it until after for the same reason and b) I love to buy random things that I see when I'm out just because "it reminds me of you". 

So anyway, I guess you're wondering what "it" was.

"It" is the most perfect present ever.  She so totally pegged me.

First, it's a super cute charm necklace.  I love cute!  I love charms!  They're just so personal.  And so fun!

Second, check out the charms.  They are so totally perfect for me!

One is a tennis racquet.  One is a princess crown and the third is a happy smiley face holding a star septor and it has a flower as a hairbow.

I LOVE MY FRIEND!  She is so awesome and such a good egg. 

The Inner Planets by Shane

Anyone want to learn a little bit about the planets?  Here's a video presentation that Shane put together for his science teacher on the planets.  Be sure to watch the ending credits.  =)



Happy Friday!

An inventor? A Dreamer? A Bit of Both?

Shane is obsessed with time travel and time space continum.  He watches all kinds of shows about space, planetary weather and when he can catch shows about Steven Hawkings, he's all over it.  He spends his time doing mathematical calculations trying to figure it out.

The science channel is, as you probably guessed it, his favorite channel.

In conjunction with the time space continum, he is also obsessed with inventing stuff.  His inventions aren't always related to time-space continum.  They do, however, always have a mathematical component that include specific detailed drawings about how the invention will work.

I love it when I come across his drawings.

I'm pretty sure that I was never this inquisitive and I know that I'm still not this smart. So is he an inventor?  A dreamer or a bit of both?  I can't wait to see where he ends up.  I'm betting engineering of some sort.  What do you think?

What's Important to You?

Everyone has something that is important to them.

As we all know, Owen would die without football.  Well.  Maybe not die but his life would be so much more boring.

And apparently today is a big day in football.  It's the day when the playoff brackets are finalized.  (Or something like that.  ;)).

As soon as Owen woke up, he headed straight for the TV remote and turned on ESPN to Sports Center, got a piece of paper and a pencil and got to work.

This is what I found after he left for school.

I guess we know what's important to Owen.  The NFL playoffs.

I :heart: that kid.  :)

A Time Capsule

I'm a packrat.  I admit it.  I have my blanket and teddy bear from when I was little, old newspapers from my high school and junior high and records from when I was young. 

And cassette tapes. Yes.  Cassette tapes.  I guess I just dated myself.

Even back then, I was apparently obsessed with the label machine.  And I wanted everyone to know that they better back off of my tape.

Because that was my special, favorite tape.  Don't be making fun of my Air Supply tape.  You know you had one too so stop judging.  lol  

Pretty sure Susan wore this tape out. 

That was back in the day where the record labels put the lyrics to the songs inside the tape cover. 

And you actually got a warranty on your tape.  Check out the price of the tape.  And I'm pretty sure that I had to save up to buy it.

And if you grew up in my era, you probably had several of these little babies below so you could record songs off of the radio.  I would listen to my "boom box" when I went to bed and I would hang my hand over the side and hit the "play and record" buttons (together of course!) every time a song came on that I liked.

I love it when I find these little time capsules in the storage.  I forgot completely that I had the tapes.  It was fun looking through them.  It made me smile.  :)