Friday, October 31, 2008

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!



For Adeline's first Halloween we went reverse trick or treating. We visited a few friends on the street and handed out candy. No we did not throw her onto the ice but we did have to explain our outfits to a few people.
For those of you who are not hockey fans or from Michigan it is the tradition at a Red Wings game to throw an octopus onto the ice when the Wings are doing well or just need some motivation. It all started many years ago when a hockey team needed to win eight games to win the Stanley cup. A seafood store owner in Detroit decided an octopus on the ice would be the perfect "rally call" and the rest is very stinky and messy history.

Thursday, October 30, 2008

I dunno. I guess coming from a family who are both environmentalist and who both love cultures from all over the world, one being an educator, one being a healer, we feel comparing the good points makes the decision for us.

Get out an vote this Tuesday.

Monday, October 27, 2008

In Bloom

I am proud to announce that after growing orchids for more than 5 years with plenty of new growth but never a flower I now have one orchid in bloom (my phalenopsis) and 2 more in "spike" which will bloom soon.

In addition the Hibiscus hasn't stopped blooming since August and I even have flowers on my african violet. I am very good at keeping plants alive and getting them to grow but I have never been able to get anything to bloom. I don't know what's going on but I love it!



OK so it bloomed sideways. I'm not picky!

ps thank you to my wonderfully greenthumbed husband for teaching me everything I know.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

8 MONTHS!!!!!

How do you like me now?

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

More Boston

The last post was added in a hurry. Now it's the weekend and I thought I'd add a little more about our adventure to Boston. I also added some to the movie. We had a great time. Dela made her first plane trip with ease. She fussed a little on the way out there, but slept for the entire plane ride on the way home. Her battle with Lob-lob must have worn her out. Sarah enjoyed many conference talks about various medical things and Adeline and I enjoyed the town. One day Dela and I went to the Boston community gardens right near Fenway Park. I was really neat to see all those small garden plots competing to look their best. As a whole family we went down to the New England Aquarium and watched lots of sea life doing their thing. Then we walked next door to Local Sea Food and ate lots of sea life. On Saturday we rented a Cadillac. (Well actually we rented a "Ford Aveo or similar" but the car company screwed up our reservation and only had a nice souped up Caddie for us.) So we took our pimped ride up to Concord, NH to see our friends Sean and Sadie. They moved out there this summer from Ohio, and we miss them already. They are expecting their first little boy on Halloween. Unfortunately we forgot the camera when we went up their. All in all we had a great time in Boston. One thing we didn't anticipate is with a little kid along for the ride, you can't leave your hotel room after she goes to bed...7 pm. So next time we go up, Dela's going to visit some grandparents, so Sarah and I can check out Boston's night life.