Photo of the Day - Friday August 28th, 2009

I tried to get some photos at the dog track last night (haven't been there in years) but apparently they don't allow flash photography due to scaring the dogs. Just to keep up with my photo of the day, I took pictures of Mo picking the first of the fruits of her labor (literally) out of her garden. Why she decided to pick them at just about midnight is beyond me.

For centuries men have been obsessed with shootin guns, titties and beer. Fortunately in today's world, we have video games. Men still get to go shootin and still get to see titties (ever played "Backyard Wrestling"?) but as far as the beer, well that's still real world style. It's not beer with your horses anymore. Today it's beer with your video games. So, last night when we came home from the track, it was cold beers and a round of "Big Game Hunter" on the Wii. So here's a photo to prove men never grow up. A pic of my biggest kid playing his videos. :)

Dumbass Comments of the Day

Well, today the Dumbass Comments of the Day are courtesy of my sister Mo and brother-in-law Drew. Will and I took a trip out to their house over night so that Drew could take a look at my car. Recently it has been making a loud whizzing sound coming from the back end. Drew and I took a drive in it before he had to go to the airport this morning to pick someone up. It was an hour or so later when my sister and I were out running errands that I told her what he had said about the car and that is when it dawned on me exactly what he had said. The conversation went like this:

Me to Mo: "Drew asked me if I had ever had new fluids put in my rearend". We both looked at each other and started cracking up. To which I then replied "I should have told him I had never had fluids put in my rearend, but I've had a lot of them come out!"

Later on that same trip after we had gone into a store and come out, I had taken a quick puff off a smoke and then put it out so we could leave. I proceeded to have it in my hand when I got into her truck to which she exclaimed "I can smell your butt". Of course the laughter continued.

I told these were to good not to post. Kudos to both of them for contributing to Dumbass of the Day :)

Funny/Dumbass Statement of the Day

FACT: Sarah has been in trouble lately. BIG trouble. She has not been putting in the necessary time she needs to at school and has not found a job yet.
FACT: She has been on strict house arrest because of this. She is not allowed to go anywhere, for any reason with anyone except to school and out looking for a job.
FACT: There is a concert tonight that Sarah really wanted to go to.
FACT: There is no way she is going.
STORY & STATEMENT: So we were joking around and Sarah told me to smell Will's toes. At which point I stated that perhaps that would be her new punishment, smelling Will's feet. She came right back at me with the statement "I will if it will get me me to that concert tonight". At which point papa came right back at her with the classic "We wouldn't let you go to that concert if you were willing to eat a turd!".

Papa - 1
Sarah - 0

Arizona State University (Photo of the Day for yesterday!)

You all know by now that I am a student at Arizona State University (GO SUNDEVILS!) and have been there for just over 4 years. What you may not know is that last year I transferred into a brand new school at ASU, The Global Institute of Sustainability. This school is the very first school of it's kind in the United States offering the very first degrees in Sustainability. This past May, they just had their first graduating class from the School of Sustainability, with a whole 13 people. No other University has done this as of yet. Leave it to ASU to lead the way, and leave it to me to see an opportunity I just could not pass up.

Everyone today is 'going green'. It's all about being sustainable and learning about what encompasses the whole 'reduce, reuse, recycle' saying. It's all about hybrid cars, harnessing the sun's power, hydroelectric and nuclear energy. Green stuff. ASU is no different. In fact they have been named one of the greenest universities in the country by Princeton Review. They are turning to cutting edge technologies, not only with the formation of the new school and in their teachings but also in their research and on campus.

So....some facts about ASU. ASU's School of Sustainability and some of it's faculty members have received awards for environmental education and communication. ASU researchers are studying global climate change. ASU is working in conjuction with the University of Arkansas and Wal-Mart to develop a sustainable product index. New buildings at ASU are LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certified. We have parking garages and buildings that are now powered by solar and wind power, their own power plants so to speak. We have recycling bins and solar compactors all over campus. We have toilets that you can flush two way, up for 'water waste' and down for 'solid waste' and all low flow water fixtures (sinks, showers etc.). They are even planning on installing a grey water system sometime in the future. We have fruit and nut trees and a campus garden that provides many of the eateries with fresh fruits and veggies. They have started a composting initiative and they don't even use leaf blowers on campus! We have Students moving out of residence halls even participate in a "Ditch the Dumpster" campaign at the end of each semester when they are moving out, whereby they donate things that can be used or recycled instead of just throwing them away. ASU is completely and totally going green!

I encourage you to read up about this cutting edge University and all the wonderful things happening at my school. You can find the School of Sustainability at http://sustainability.asu.edu/. Take a look!

Sustainability - it's our future!

My husband calls me 'hippie', my sister and brother in law refer to me as 'Captain Planet'. Truth is, I am trying my hardest to to help our planet by being somewhat green. We recycle, I have eco bulbs in my lamps and a half gallon of water stuck in the tank of the toilet. I only water my plants every other day and never, ever wash down the driveway. I only wash laundry and dishes when I have full loads and always after 9pm. I bring my own bags to the grocery store and never take plastic if I only have a few items that can be carried in my hands. I buy stuff at the Goodwill, refuse to buy water bottles (except on occasion) and reuse anything and everything I can more than once. I use cottage cheese and sour cream containers to send home left overs with my kids. I use milk jugs for sun tea. Colored glass bottles (from beer or other drinkables) I turn into root starter bottles for my plants. I have a composter in the backyard and chickens that will hopefully produce eggs for us soon. While my garden is still 'in progress', hopefully I will be able to grow my own veggies all pesticide free someday. Why you ask? Because I am trying to be more sustainable, because it's the right thing to do!

 

We as American have gotten so spoiled that we pay no mind to where things come from or how they are disposed. You wheel your trash to the curb each week and don't worry about anything other than if the can is empty. But we are Americans! We should be proud! And what do we have to be proud of? Americans are the biggest wasteful society on the planet. We keep thinking that someday, technology will catch up with the problems that we are creating and that we will be able to 'fix' everything. Like the landfill and waste problems, pollution in our waterways, global warming, a lack of natural resources, species dying off, the icecaps melting and our oceans rising. Nature is being continually destroyed by the 'smart' species of the planet. But I have to ask myself, why do we continue down this path of destruction when it is not necessary? Why must we continue spending to replace completely good items, just to be in style and have the newest and greatest? Do you know that we actually ship our e-waste to other countries? Some of them being so poor, they accept our waste for money. So in other words, we are not even keeping our trash here, but we are shipping it elsewhere now and destroying the lands of others? It's just all wrong.

I don't know about you, but there is nothing better to me than enjoying the great outdoors. I love traveling to new places, going camping, boating, fishing and diving.   Doing whatever  I can whenever I can to see what there is to see out there in the big world and in our oceans. I love taking pictures of the flowers and the trees, our natural waterways and formations. I love hearing the birds sing and seeing wildlife in it's natural habitat. It's all beautiful, natures most natural wonders. What I don't like seeing is broken bottles, cigarette butts, dirty diaper and trash littering our forests and camping spots. Plastic bottles and cans underwater. I don't like seeing spray paint on the rocks or old furniture that has been dumped there. Every time I go, I pick up all of our trash, including my cigarette butts. Nothing is left behind. That's how it should be. Leave nothing behind but footprints in the sand.

My dad always told me "leave a place better than you found it" and I have taken this to heart over the years. It is so true! How much effort does it take to haul out your own trash and add a little of someone else's as well? My kids will tell you when we have gone tubing down the Salt River, I have a rule. Everyone is required to pick up 10 pieces of trash that are not their own and haul it out. On average, there is about 10 of us who go. That's 100 pieces that we have picked up with no effort at all. Just think - this could make a HUGE impact if everyone did it. Bottom line is, no matter where you are in the wild, please think about this when you see someone else's mess. You can bend it over and pick it up, or you can just say "it's not my mess". Choose right and be the better person.

While you may laugh at my little efforts now, you won't be laughing later when we are living like people in Water World. Every little bit helps and I know that if everyone made a small effort like me, all of those little efforts will add up to make a BIG difference and it will help and it does matter. It will be people like me who train tomorrows youth these ways and that is what will eventually save Mother Earth and the human race.

And I will be proud. And that will be something to smile about :)

A Trip Down Memory Lane (Yesterday's Photos)

Well, so I am a little late on this one. I did take the photos yesterday, but had school and studies to attend to so this is getting up a day late. Just know that I am still on track for my photo of the day project.

I just love antiques. To me, there is nothing better than going into an antique shop and looking at all the wonderful things from our past. Antiques take us back to bygone eras and show us the history behind our great country and it's inhabitants and our way of life.

 

Our friend Greggy has an awesome house filled with nostalgic stuff that I just love. Toasters, chairs, lamps, a bar. He's got a little bit of it all. I just wanted you all to get a little taste of what kinds of neat things he has in his home and so I have decided to share some photos I took while visiting the other night.

This painting is one of my favorites. It was left to him by a friend who passed on. He had told the guy how much he liked the painting and the guy's sister was kind enough to let him have it. It's an actual painting of the old Arizona Motel sign and it now hangs above his couch. It's actually very large and takes up nearly half of his wall. I think I think it's a classic as I know I have seen something with a picture of this sign on it somewhere else before and I just recently saw the design in a curio shop on a picture frame in Prescott. Whatever the case, it's really awesome and I am diggin it more and more since he has put it up.

Remember some of this old stuff? Like Google, Funny Face Kool Aide stuff, Spaghetti O's and Twinkies? Or am I the only one out there that remembers these items?

Remember the old movie posters from all the 'B' movies'? Classics! Love em! Artwork back then was so awesome. Not the high tech photography stills we have today. Back then it was true art!

  

For all you closed rockers out there, he has a KISS room. Yes, a whole room. He had so many collectables of KISS at one time that his wife told him he was going to have to get rid of some of the "Kissa stuff". Half of it is now in a closet. Then again Greggy, those VERY large KISS dolls are ugly and a bit scary. I'd want them out too! This particular piece is the original artwork for a poster (I believe). He also has an original picture and pick that he took at a 1970 KISS concert, the front of an old KISS pinball machine, a clock, cups, toys, t-shirts, tennis shoes and more. HUGE Kiss fan as you can tell!

Some pieces I think never really go out of style and this has got to be one of them. The bar and couches are both classic Leopard print. He also has a classic yellow and chrome kitchen table set from the 50's (see it in the background of the photo above?). He's got an old bubble gum machine with Lil Abner on it I think. Look at those damn Zebra print chairs! Who wouldn't like them? And just to think, there are stories behind all this cool stuff. Where did it originate? Who's house was it in? Was it sold at a garage sale many, many moons ago? How the heck did it end up here in Arizona?

  

As all of you know, I collect Marilyn stuff.  I have books, pictures, calendars, Wine, (Marilyn Merlot) lighters,  T-shirts and what not. And of course he has  to have the one I piece I would love to own - the classic nude Marilyn Monroe liquor store calendar. 

 

But there is  still one piece in his collection that I love even more than Marilyn (which I had never seen before going to Greg's) and that is by far the Sputnik lamp (your leaving that one to me, right Greggy?). The Sputnik it chrome with little bulb covers made of blown glass that remind me of little star bursts. I believe this use to hang in a theater somewhere with a bunch of others. This lamp is awesome!

I just love antique stuff! Someday I want a houseful of it. I can already think of several things I would like to have in my (future) collection. Like the old lucite grapes that sit on the table (Grandma had these - does anyone still have them?). And a couple of colored glass swag lamps. But collecting takes time, money, room and a bunch of stuff I just don't have right now. Until then, at least I have my goddess rain lamp ;)

Late Night

Twenty minutes late tonight. And it is going to be a LATE night for me so this will be fairly quick.

I spent most of the day shopping for school items and work clothes today. Did not have much time for photos today so you are getting the few that I clicked. I noticed when I was driving that their were Thunderheads completely surrounding the valley this afternoon. Funny thing is that it was only suppose to be 100 today with no chance of rain. It's suppose to shoot back up to 107-110 by the weekend. That's gonna suck (as usual). So anyway, I probably should not be taking photos on the road, but I do on occasion. Like a good friend, my camera is always riding shot gun no matter where I am going or what I am doing. It's there for me just in case I see something interesting which I often do.

I did notice today when I was over at Tempe Marketplace that the planes fly right over that place and right over ASU stadium. One after the other, they were coming in right over me. So I tried to catch a few. Not very good shots but I think the battery was real low. So here they are. Just to be true to the "Photo of the Day".

Dumbass move of the day - Some lady decided to flip a U-ey she couldn't make on a main street, in a truck while hauling a washer and dryer, and then proceeded to back up in the middle of the street with me flying right at her. Being the courteous driver I am, I stopped and waited. Then she decided that she liked driving in the middle of both lanes for a while. She finally settled on staying directly in front of me all the way to Tempe Marketplace. The thing that pissed me off the most was during this display of her completely crappy driving, I noticed the whole way there that not once did she use a blinker for any reason. I was beginning to think perhaps she was a foreigner and did not know the rules of the road here, but I finally came to the conclusion that it was more likely she was just a complete dumbass. I was so mad I should of pulled the dumb bitch over and told her she needed to go to driving school, but I didn't. I figured my road rage would do nothing but upset me further.

Anyway, pretty boring post but there you go. And here I go. On to studying until 2am. Sweet Dreams to all you early sleepers and goodnight to all you night owls!

Peace and Love and all that crap!

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Todays Stuff

Today was the beginning of classes at ASU and for me. While I love school, I am not quite ready to give up my free time to studying. Summer just seemed to go by so quickly and it was way to short. The only things that gets me through each semester is knowing I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. Finally. I know graduation is coming soon. After 20+ years of college on and off (yes, I am on the 25 year plan), you can understand why I can't wait to finally walk down the aisle. Some people that have known me for that long tell me to face it, I'm a career student. Well...that may be so. I found myself thinking tonight (in class) that I should just go ahead and continue on into the Masters program (my husband is going to kill me). What the hell? It's been this long already and I'm thousands of dollars in debt, I may as well be making as much money as I can. Truth is, most Bachelor's degrees today are like HS diplomas were for us 20 years ago. You gotta have one to have a minimal job. I hate to even think about what it is going to be like for my kids soon. Anyway, I am back to hitting the books (starting like, right now) so my posts may be a bit shorter each night. I know you are all thinking "good, she needs to shut the hell up sometimes", right? SORRY. I like to write just about as much as I like to talk (which is a LOT).

So, here's the days scoop on pics. First thing this morning I was taking the girls to school and just so happened to look up while getting into my car. And the site was awesome. It was a beautiful day. I had to go get my camera and take a couple of photos. One thing I have to tell you about Arizona is that we have some of the most amazing sunrises, sunsets, lightning storms and cloud formations that I have ever seen. This picture was the best of the three I took (I got the corners of the houses in the others). It looks almost ethereal doesn't it? I caught it at just the right moment. Not bad for seeing it, running in to get the camera and then snapping a couple quick ones all on the way to take the kids to school (and they were late today).

Well, just so happened while I was taking these photos that my neighbor gave me an idea for my "Dumbass of the Day" comment for this evenings blog.  I think it was the only "dumbass" thing that happened to me all day today, which for me is pretty rare. Usually there is more than one a day. Oh! Except for the "dumbass" comment that Will and I heard on this show this evening (see brief below). Soooo... I decided instead of just "Dumbass Question of the Day, it should probably be altered to encompass "Dumbass Question, Comment, Statement, Look or Action of the Day. Figure that should probably cover all the bases pretty well. If you can think of anymore, let me know.

Anyhow, he sees me looking up taking the photo and says to me "Your gonna blind yourself taking photos of the sun" at which point I could only think to myself "I'm not looking at the sun you DUMBASS. If you would bother to look up, you would see that the clouds are clearly beautiful because they are covering the sun!". Then again, I don't think he is use to seeing the sun and probably does not remember what it is. He seems to be up all night doing god knows what, in and out of his house. At least I have a legitimate excuse - I am up every night until like 2am studying. I've seen him after midnight on numerous occasions (through the cracks in my back fence) BBQing, working on cars, welding and moving shit in and out of the backyard. I swear, people never cease to amaze me. It's amazing that we are actually all part of the same race (human).

The other one was a simple statement made on a Forensics show (gotta love 'em!) that Will and I heard just after I returned from school this evening. In the story they stated that someone had found a skull in a forest thinking it was a Turtle shell. I turned to Will and asked, "Now how the hell do you mistake a SKULL for a turtle shell?". We both got a good laugh off of that comment.

The other photo here is one I took while rushing to class over at ASU's main campus in Tempe. It's the little church directly across the street from the new Sustainability building on University. I've always thought the church was very beautiful. I have photographed it once before but decided it might make a nice Black and White and decided I would try out the B & W setting on my digital. Not bad if I do say so myself! Perfect timing considering it was in between all the cars and people rushing to get to their first day of class or home from work at 5:30 in the afternoon.

Well, with that, I will leave you for now. Gotta finish doing some school stuff and looking forward to bed - before 2 am.

Peace and Love to you all :)

Photo of the Day

Good evening! Well, only 20 minutes until it's a new day so I thought I'd better post this. Don't wanna blow my photo of the day on only the second day! Today was a really boring day. Needless to say during the middle of summer with no pool, there is not a lot of action going on at our house to be able to photograph fun stuff. Truth is, I played on the net, went to the grocery store and played cabbie to the kids for a trip to the library. Other than that, it was a lazy Sunday for sure. So I tried to make the best of it and get a few photos of something. But I warn you - they are extremely boring!

The first photo is just the girls looking all too thrilled about going to the library. They asked to go of course (wow, being grounded does have benefits!), but the by the expressions on their faces, you would think I was forcing them to research and write a report or somethin. At 3:00 in the afternoon, they pretty much spent a whopping 15 minutes there tops. They told me an hour. We live 5 miles from the Tempe library. When I got home from dropping them off, Will told me they had called and were ready to be picked up. PLEASE! Tell me you can't figure out how to burn at least an hour in the library. So I had to turn my ass right around, get back in my golden oven (my car) and get my ass back to the library. ASAP before the brats decided to do something stupid - like maybe hitchhike or somethin (wishful thinking on my part).

Anyway, on the way to drop them off, I passed over a freeway overpass that had a walking bridge over it. I thought perhaps I might get a good photo or two of the thunderheads brewing in the East Valley over the freeway. Sounded good, right? Nope. No such luck. As you can see, the fence was way to thick and the photos came out looking like I was taking them from inside a cell at San Quentin. Not so great. I did, however, find and interesting shot of the walking bridge. See?

I also found something very interesting ON the bridge. Now call me crazy for taking this stupid photo, but just how the hell did this get there in the first place? Were some unruly teenagers actually trying to have sex looking over the freeway at night? Or did it just fall out of some unsuspecting businessmans wallet? Did someone open it and then drop it? All I know is it caused a lot of unwanted questions to swarm my brain. Usually when and if you find these, they are used thrown in a parking lot (disgusting people please! at least throw that shit in a trash can), or you find the wrappers with nothing in them (perhaps he wore it home?) or you find them full and closed (oops! someone will be missing it later). Never have I seen one unused and open in the street. Come on - admit it - neither have you. Anyway, I just had to take the photo. I think it was the most interesting thing I saw all day.

Hopefully tomorrow holds some better photos. Until then, at least I kept true to the new "Photo of the Day".

Peace and Love and all that crap!

~ Tee

Dumbass Question of the Day

Okay, so I decided that this was a must read and it needs to be posted when they arise, which is commonly on a daily basis. Just about every other day (sometimes once a day) I overhear or am asked one "Dumbass Question", whether it be from my kids, family members, friends or complete strangers. Things that make you go "Hmmmmmmmmm".With that said, I am posting the first "Dumbass" remarks made to me by my children yesterday and today. Sometimes I will attach a short story, sometimes I will post my replies, sometimes both. I am sure it is just not me that will be left befuddled and bewildered by these statements. You be the judge.

Yesterday:

FACT: Sarah had a job interview scheduled between 2 and 3 pm. It was a group interview and she and her friend Candice were both invited to participate.
FACT: I think I have met Candice-once.
FACT: Candice just got her drivers license last week. She has been borrowing her mom's car for the past few days so that she and Sarah can look for jobs. Sarah has no drivers license, nor will she for a while at the rate she is going.
FACT: Candice's mom was getting an oil change and they had just started. It was 2:35pm.
DUMBASS QUESTION: Sarah tells me that she is going to be late to the interview and proceeds to say: "So mom, I was wondering, Candice knows how to drive a stick so can we take your car?"
FACT: Only three people have ever driven my car besides me - Miranda, Suzy and Loren. With the exception of the mechanic, Will pulling it in and out of the driveway and teaching John how to drive a stick around the block.
ANSWER: HELL NO!

TODAY:

Allie had asked me last night to take her to the library to get some books today. I agreed. I drove her and Sarah there. In the car on the way there, she finds an old lipstick that had melted into the cap in my purse. She tells me about it, at which point I tell her to throw it away. And I shit you not at that moment she looks at Sarah's cracked windown and replies "Now? Out the window?". My reply - "Yea Allie, throw that .99 cent lipstick out the window so I can get a $500 ticket!".

Asshole

Sometimes I can be a real asshole and today is just one of those days. You know the kind of day where nothing goes right and you just want to crawl back into bed and start the day completely over. I've been in a foul mood just about all morning due to the numerous little irritating things that have a way of pissing me off. I have no patience for the family's little bullshit maneuvers today.

The kids left ramen noodles all over the ground outback, thus the ants that proceeded up my legs and went on to bite me. The ant trap box was put back underneath the sink where it belongs (for once), but with a slight problem - no ant traps in it! I can't believe someone has the energy to put the box back underneath the sink, but not to walk about 3 feet to the recycling bin.

Both bathrooms have empty cardboard left on the roller for me to replace because everyone is too fucking lazy to open a drawer and replace the old roll. I don't know, call me wrong and insane for this posting, but seriously, do you think anyone would be happy about wiping their ass with cardboard? Me neither. Maybe I should just leave it. Problem is, I'll go back later, forget about it and there still won't be one friggin square for me and I will (literally) be shit out of luck. To top it off, it will just leave a disgusting thought in my head making me wonder what the hell my family had been wiping their asses with all day.

In addition, there is a karaoke machine, cord and all, on the floor of the hall bath. I've heard of singing in the shower, but don't you think this is taking it just a little too far? So now when I go in there, mom can trip and hit her head on the bathtub. Maybe that's just wishful thinking. At this point I am wishing for something to put me out of my misery!

I wanted three minute eggs this morning, but of course that got messed up too. Twice.  I cooked them and (as usual) forgot, ending up with 6 hard boiled eggs that I won't eat. Dog food I suppose.

Hubby came home from a night of partying with friends, but he's not just hung over, he's still drunk! Just not in the mood to deal with that at ALL right now. We were suppose to finish the side yard in back for the chickens today when he got home. Looks like that ain't happenin due to a potential nap coming on to sober up. Guess my garden and the chickens will have to wait another 5 months. My garden was started before my sister's was months ago (April 9th to be exact) and now she has veggies growing and I have...dirt. Dry, crumbling dirt. With a few weeds thrown in for good measure. And when I have asked him how many times I have asked to finish it, he has just said 'numerous' and that 'we will for sure get it done tomorrow'. Yeah right! Like I am suppose to believe the King of Stalling, Mr. Postpone. Hey, maybe I'll have veggies in 2010. Then again, maybe not.


And they want to know why I am in a bad mood. Huh. That's amazing. I must be living with blind people if they can't see the shit that I do. But hey, there is always tomorrow I suppose. Another day, another several hundred things to bitch about.

Thanks for letting me vent. I feel much better!

Photo A Day

So back in January I decided I was going to take a photo a day for the whole year just to see what kinds of things I could capture. Needless to say, I fell off that wagon just as soon as I got on it. The first week went great and while I am sure I had some good shots, needless to say they are buried in the 100+ folders of photos I have so far in 2009. At any rate, I have decided to resurrect the project in hopes that I can stick to my guns and take a photo a day for one year. I figured this blog might be the perfect place to post my progress.

Sooooo....sometimes you might get the boring family photos, sometimes funny ones, some vacation ones, or some of us just hanging out. Sometimes there will be scenic ones and sometimes odd ones. Sometimes ones will be taken of things I find interesting, beautiful or of just the mundane. Whatever the case, you are my audience and your opinion matters! Please let me know what you think by posting comments freely. Do not be afraid to give suggestions or tell me you don't like something! I take criticism quite well. With that said, here we go...

Intro

Hello! Well, I decided it was time to create a blog about my life. Not that I have a very interesting life, but I do have a lot of funny things that happen to me, I go on some awesome adventures and love to take photos! I have a lot to say and a lot on my mind. Things I like to share with my friends and family but can't at times due to the numerous people in my life who don't answer their phones, check messages or never call me back (Mo! Miranda!). Anyway, I hope that you will find as much humor in my life as I try too and hope you like reading about this crazy family.

Happy Reading!