“A woman is often measured by the things she cannot control. She is measured by the way her body curves or does not curve, by where she is flat or straight or round. She is measured by 36-24-36 and inches and ages and numbers. By all the outside things that don’t ever add up to who she is on the inside. And so if a woman is to be measured, let her be measured by the things she can control. By who she is and who she is trying to become. Because as every woman knows, measurements are only s...

I just took some pictures at a wedding on Saturday....7/7/07 at 7pm. Let me know what you think...This was my first ever paid wedding.

So I'm sitting here, reading my email with a bowl of plain ol' Cheerios. There is a generous handful of fresh blueberries floating in them. As I try to get a bite of cereal with only one or two blueberries (so they last through the whole bowl) I am struck with a flashback. As a child, I grew up on KI Sawyer AFB in the UP (Upper Peninsula of Michigan) and there were so many blueberries in the woods around post. The best berries were around the base lake, where you had to fight hoards o...

So tonight was the last day that Trapeze-experience was going to be in Austin. I was signed up for the very last class at 7 pm. A friend of mine was bringing a friend from out of town with us to fly as well. We all loaded into her little bitty car. The kids and I crammed into the back seat. For those who don't know or don't' remember, I was in a fairly serious car wreck about a year ago. My back still spasms and aches if I am in a car too long. A tiny back seat is NOT the best w...

Link I'm in the paper....#5 on the slideshow and apparently a huge pic in the paper...I wish I could have snagged a copy....even though it shows off my lousy form, in fact, I think I didn't actually make that catch....You can also see me and Connor standing on the ground in pic #2************EDIT*******************I'm adding a pic from class cause I didn't want to use up a whole article just for that...

Class wasn't as bad tonight.....I did do a "pulloff" though. That's when a trick goes wrong and you can't hold the bar any longer. Actually, that's how I tore my my right hand. The left was from hesitating instead of poping into a back ended bird's nest. sigh. I WILL get this. you can't actually see me pull off, but you hear the gasp.... and one of the few times I pulled it off (admitedly bad form...)

Have you ever completed an amazingly hard physical challenge and had the scars to show at the end? Even though your feet are blistered from running a marathon or your body just aches, it's okay...the pain is a badge of pride and just shows how hard you worked.... Today wasn't one of those days. After a little more than a week off, I had the chance to jump back in and fly some more. Everything was off....my takeoff was lousy: I kept jumping out instead of up, my sweepback was short i...

This is just a bunch of random stuff that makes me happy to be a mom.... Connor was playing a friend's house last week. He decided to teach his friend to to trapeze tricks....in the bedroom closet, on the clothes rod. They were frustrated by the shelf that "made us not go upside down" but still had a blast doing tricks. *big grin* I love my kid! Maddy said prayer before breakfast this morning. Her personality is definetely making an appearance in her prayer style. "Dear Heav'nly ...

Connor is so brave..he has really started to conquer his fears!

"Pictured is a student holding a self-made picket sign as part of a protest to disallow students that failed the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills exam (TAKS) from taking part in graduation ceremonies." The same thing is happening in Killeen and I am disgusted. Why should a student who has not completed the requirements receive the honor? Yet in Killeen, they voted to allow non-graduating seniors (who failed the TAKS test) to participate in graduation ceremonies. One parent to...

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So I teach my kids about strangers and all the typical warnings that accompany the lecture. I never thought of myself as a stranger though. On the way to school, I spy a kid I see all the time. He's probably 1st grade at most and usually walks with his brother. He is sitting alone, on the corner, crying his eyes out. I don't see his brother anywhere and this kid is too young to just be out alone. I stop the car (blocking traffic) and go up to see if he is okay. He starts crying abo...

As most of you know, I am taking flying trapeze lessons. My son, Connor loves it too. He got to do a trick the other day and was thrilled. He also had a blast seeing a children's theater production of Peter Pan. The owner of the trapeze is named Peter Gold. (I swear I couldn't stop myself) I explained to my son that Peter is really Peter Pan all grown up. See, when he left Never Never Land, Tinkerbell didnt' want to come so he doesn't have any pixie dust and can't fly anymore. So h...

I'm putting my son to sleep and he tells me..."Mom, we need to move soon." I was thinking about all his friends who are PCSing, but I wondered where he thought we should move to. "Austin" "Why Austin?" "'Cause then we would be near the Trapeze and we could get there ZAM like THAT!" I love my kid. *BIG GRIN* I should point out that the last class he asked if he could try going on the trapeze but I told him I didn't know because he isn't 6 yet. They will fly kids younger than that,...

So I learned layouts last night. WOO HOOO!!!! I won't bore you with the embarassing blunders from my first two times...I chickened out and didn't let go.....I forgot to kick back hard and didn't have enough power....and then flew off the bar....*hangs head in shame* BUT...I DID GET IT! and an almost catch, I should have gone for it, but I didn't think I was ready. Adam was so close....he said that I could have gone for it. I wish I knew he was going to be there...I might ha...