FOB2Y - How fast can you type?

I did pretty well I think for first thing in the morning. LOL This was fun and addicting and I'm sure I'll be trying again and again to improve my score. :)

73 words

Typingtest

So how fast can you type?

FOB2Y - Apparently I could be a vampire!

Who knew? No wonder I liked the Twilight series so much! :)

You Could Be a Vampire... If You Had To

Like most people, the thought of being a vampire has crossed your mind. But you're not sure if you'd do it, even if you could. Living forever doesn't sound half bad, if you could live forever with the people you love the most. But do vampires even love? And would the vampire version of you even be you? It's all too much to contemplate. Luckily, the chances of you ever becoming a vampire are astronomically low. What you would like best about being a vampire: Living forever What you would like least about being a vampire: Blood stained teeth

Could You Be a Vampire?

I'm hacked.

I was going to blog about this last night but I decided I'd better let myself cool down a bit before I started in. lol So yesterday morning I heard from our babysitter that a third grade student had brought a gun to school on Wednesday. No way, she must be mistaken, right? When I dropped Camryn off at preschool, one of the teachers who also happens to be the mom of twin girls in Corbin's first grade class, asked me if I'd heard about the gun being brought to school on Wednesday. Ummmm, NO! Apparently there were a bunch of parents at the school Thursday morning because they'd heard through the grapevine what had happened. Oh, and better yet, it was on the NEWS already!

Anyway, Corbin came home from school yesterday with a note from the principal. It basically read like this: We had a weapons violation at the school on Wednesday. An unloaded BB gun was found in the backpack of a third grader. We have met with the third and fourth grade classes and the parents of the involved students. The gun was turned over to the proper authorities, SRS was called and the matter is being handled in the manner lined out in the student handbook.

That's it. The End.

WTF??? I'm sorry, but as a parent, this just isn't good enough for me. Why were the parents not informed of this the DAY it happened instead of having to hear it on the NEWS and through the grapevine around town? No freaking wonder there were parents at the school on Thursday morning! This is a small town and the principal could have saved himself a lot of headache if he'd have gotten on the ball and sent that letter home on Wednesday. At this point, I'm really just pissed because I heard it on the street. Now I know no one was hurt and no one was any wiser that it happened and it was an unloaded bb gun and not a rifle and the kid wasn't making malicious threats or anything, but it makes me wonder if we'd have ever found out about it had the rumor mill not been working. This is scary stuff people and IMO anything of this nature should be taken seriously.

I've calmed down a bit about it today, can you tell? lol Imagine what this would have looked like yesterday if I'd have typed it after reading the letter. lol

A new look . . .

I'm working on a new look for my blog. I finally decided if I was going to give this blogging thing a shot then I might as well have a pretty one. :) A big thanks to Traci for okaying the use of her awesome kit "Be the Change."

I still can't figure out how to get everything sized correctly but this is a start. If anyone reads this and can point me in the right direction I'd love them forever! :) I had a blast designing the header last night and would love to get my background switched out to match and to get some cute little header tags to coordinate. What do you think so far?

Truthful Tuesday

A new category for me - maybe it'll get me blogging more! :)

My truth for the day? Here goes. I'm having a rotten mommy day. We were rushed this morning to get ready because my 3 year old wouldn't do what she was told. I asked her four times to get her clothes on. She finally did that and then it took another 3 times before she got her shoes on. All the while, I was finishing getting myself and my one year old dressed and ready to go out the door. By the time I got ready she STILL hadn't put her shoes on completely and I just lost it. She got a swat and I yelled just a little bit too much (okay, a LOT too much). We did all finally get in the car and headed to town and I was ONLY 15 minutes late for work. *sigh* Of course now I'm feeling guilty for overreacting at such a small thing. But when you're in the moment it just seems like the only thing, kwim?

Rough starts at our house just seem like they make for rough days. I'm trying to get better about that adn to not let my attitude ruin the rest of the day. Today is preschool day so I think I'll take those two hours to relax with Callan and de-stress so we'll have a good evening. Please tell me I'm not the only one out there that has rotten mommy moments.

How real am I?

You Are 77% Real

You know who you are, and you're pretty darn comfortable with yourself. Like everyone, you struggle with the parts of yourself that aren't so great... But you're good at accepting who you are and not dwelling on your faults. As a result, you're confident, optimistic, and very real.

How Real Are You?

Reflections

Today is September 11. It's been 7 years since the World Trade Center collapsed. Unbelievable. I remember vividly what we were doing that morning. Paul and I had both taken the day off work so we could attend the state fair with my mom & dad. I was in the living room getting ready when the footage started rolling. I remember Harry Smith on CBS asking a woman on the phone why she thought a plane ran into the WTC because he couldn't see the footage we were seeing - which was obviously a plane hitting the building. :( We were glued to the TV and then to the radio on our way to the fair. Unbelievable.

This day also brings back memories of finding out we were expecting our first child. Corbin just happens to be a "9/11" baby even though we'd been trying for months to get pregnant. It was a coincidence that we finally succeeded so close to 9/11. I remember thinking when we found out that we were pregnant that it was God's way of helping us deal with the tragedies that were going on in the world. To give us hope of a better tomorrow.

My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those who lost or gave their lives in the 9/11 tragedy.

Crayola Color Challenge

How well do you know your crayon names? I thought I knew mine pretty well - but wow! There are some interesting names of crayons these days. :) I managed to get them all with 28 mistakes. I thought I was never going to get them all named! :) Give it a try!

Can you spell?

Okay, I'll admit it, I'm a spelling nerd. I hate misspelling words, I hate to see words misspelled. Always have, always will. I think it dates back to the spelling bees in junior high. Or at least that's what I'm blaming it on. And can I say that I obviously missed one and I can NOT figure out which one it was. It's driving me nuts.

Your Common Spelling Mistake Score: 95% Correct

Your spelling is excellent. You don't fall for common spelling pitfalls, and you spell almost everything correctly.

Do You Make Common Spelling Mistakes?