Pogo- sticking for Peace

We had the best day yesterday. We left early- 5:20am- to head down to D.C. for the giant Peace rally. It was amazing! I took tons of pictures- I'll post them tomorrow- I walked (for two minutes) right next to Cindy Sheehan. Griffin wowed the crowd with his flipping sweet pogo-sticking skills (Napoleon Dynamite reference). The link below is to a forty second clip of him right in front of the White House.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WDee5OQBrqc

Today Tim, Griffin and Riley are doing archery demos at a local Ren-Faire and I'm watching Johnno pack for England. We leave in four hours for the airport!!!!!!!!!!
More tomorrow.

Z is for Zombies

37%

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O.K. so Zombies are a pet peeve of mine- can't stand 'em. Still- I think I should have better than a 37% chance of surviving a zombie attack. If only we lived in the country or owned a gun- but really the reason my score is so low is I would always try to get to my loved ones and I could never- ever kill any zombie family member. As long as there was even just a one in a million chance of some secret government agency - deep underground- working on a zombie cure- I could never do it. Well- Tim scored higher than me and guess why- (like we don't have enough real life stuff to argue about). After more than 21 years of marriage he would take a shovel to my zombie head so fast. You think you know someone- I told him I would imprison him if he ever turned zombie and feed him stray cats. For better or worse- I told him- those vows should mean something. So he changed his answer- but I don't know- anyway I'm allergic to cats.

Clink on the red square to take the test yourself.

107 shopping days 'til Xmas

Yet another party! Yippee! A good time was had by all- O.K. , Yeah I'm pushing it with the Y thing. And 107 shopping days 'til Xmas ?- it's a bit of a stretch -still, this Encyclopedia of Me Meme has been fun and a good introduction to blogging. Thanks Bella Dia for the great idea!
The party was great- how do you like the look of that s'more bar? And chocolate marshmallows! I was embarrassingly excited to find those. I was at a flea market a few months back and found glow sticks and light up necklaces for 10 cents each. These were a big hit with ALL ages. From my mom to my 3 year old niece- everybody was wearing them. Griffin and Riley brought out their boom box and put on a Lynyrd Skynyrd Greatest Hits CD- the perfect music for a Bonfire.

Work is a four letter word.

Working around the house-- Party Three for Riley!!! I guess one party isn't enough when your youngest baby turns lucky thirteen! We're having a bonfire -weenie roast- s'more making blowout with all their cousins on my side. As we were cleaning up the house and yard for this big event , Riley and I were singing the song and doing the dance from this you tube video. Do you remember that one? Gotta get back to work- I'll post party pix tomorrow.

U.V. Rays

U is for Ultimate Beach Day!!
V is for Very good surfing lesson!

Today was the "Not Back to School Beach Day" for homeschoolers at Belmar Beach. Griffin's good friend brought his surf board and gave Griffin a lesson. He was thrilled- he loves to bellyboard and has wanted to try surfing for some time now. The water was perfect- low tide and not too cold. Griffin got super banged up- scrapes on his shoulder, knee and a long one down his chest. Still, he can't wait to do it again and is thinking about buying a surfboard of his own. Riley spent the day in the water, also. He didn't want to try surfing but he rode the bellyboard and jumped waves. Lots of families were there- I was able to catch up with a few friends of my own. We brought some old hot dog rolls for feeding the seagulls- it was like something out of a Hitchcock movie!

T is for Tim

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T is for Tim- My handsome hubby of over 21 1/2 years. Tim is a technical writer although his major in college was for graphic arts. His hobbies include- fiction writing (he's writing his second book now!), playing video games with his boys, watching the Giants play with his dad, doing the puzzles in the newspaper and longbow archery (at targets only).

S is for Studio

S is for Studio- I'm gonna call it a "Before" picture- but it's actually "after" I moved things around a bit.
It's been a crazy week- Tim was on travel all last week (to California!). It was Rileys and my Birthday. We had a sleepover party. I found little ants in my pantry, our toaster broke and Johnno got in a car accident. He's fine and our car is mostly fine but the neighbor's car is gonna need some work. So I alone dealt with bugs, teenage boys and insurance companies.
Well, this weekend is looking up- today I went to the Ocean Grove Craft Show and tomorrow I plan on crafting with my friend, Laura.