Elizabethan Garden - A Memorial for the Lost Colony

The ghostly tulips dancing for the sun.

ShamUhOH

Pic Courtesy of TSG

What a mess. He's going to need a ShamWoW for that.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0408091sham1.html

I'm BACK!

After having been eaten by the midterm monster, I'm back. Yeah, maybe 22 credits wasn't the brightest idea, but I want to get through school as quickly as possible. At my age, I should be finished with my masters and kicking some butt in my field, but I got sidetracked along the way. Life happens. Instead, I'm listening to some 19 year old country boys talking about taking M-14's to any gays they might find when they enter the military. Can you believe the teacher heard that and just smiled! WTFubar Yah, for local country schools. Can't wait to transfer to a 4 year in a semester. NC State couldn't take me until I had one college level math course. Soon...so soon.

Anyhow, Steve and I are nearing completion of our investment property. Got some paint on the walls, stain going down on the hardwoods next week, tile and carpet after that. I have to get some before and after pics up. The transformation is ridiculous. Just getting the paneling off the walls did wonders.

Alex is scared of shadows now! Awww. He says they eat the doors. I asked him what the shadows look like and he said, "like a shadow, Mommy, " with such exasperation. I put a lamp in his room and put a star covered sheet over it to give him protection against the shadow monsters and he smiled so sweetly and went to sleep. In the morning, he looked at my concoction up close and said, "blanket," and laughed, as if to say, "nice try Mommy, you goof." He's ridiculously funny.

I wish I had some pics to share, but I lost my camera battery. After Steve traveled around 35 miles roundtrip to find one for me after my other one broke. I also lost a dinner gift card an awesome person gave me for my b-day the next day. My mind is scattered from school. Or maybe, I just suck. :)

Hugs to you all.

Ooh la la hair

Loving these hair colors and styles:


Reddish brown and flowing.

Warm golden mahogany.

A hint of punk.

I dyed my hair black, but it does not look classic, shiny and wonder evoking like this.


Or exotic and mysterious like this soft black.

Delicious red.
I love this haircut.

Maybe peekaboo highlights.


Or maybe I should just leave my hair alone since its about ready to fall out from all the dye I've used on it.

Alex world art

My favorite artpiece by Alex. The scanner didn't do it justice. It's very vibrant and complex. Lots of different colors and mediums. If you click on it, it'll enlarge.



Artwork given to Alex by his best friend (8 year old girlfriend?) Makaela. I want to get a picture of them together. They're so cute!

Bunny Photo

Pre-haircut! Aww

Valentines Recap

There were other kids at Alex's table, but they were getting their hands washed. The 1's and the 2's combined and had a blast!

Diana, the lead teacher, had the students put the glitter on these oh-so-cute heart flower pots and gave them to the moms and dads to take home.
Yummo! Carrots, apples, cupcakes, pears, sugar cookies, organic chips and cheese puffs (provided by Steve and I), cheese squares and Hi-C to top it off.Here's a card that I made for Alex to give to his classmates. It didn't scan properly, but you get the gist of it! He's holding/hugging icicles in the pic. :)At the end of the day Alex ended up making off with a ton of loot (aka valentine's) from his classmates and friends