Day 272

Gunnar gets the Academic Acheivment Award





Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

~Albert Einstein

Day 271

A smile is happiness you'll find right under your nose.

~Tom Wilson

Day 270

A man is like a cat; chase him and he will run - sit still and ignore him and he'll come purring at your feet.

~Helen Rowland

Day 269

In 2002 My sister Rocky gave me a book called Spider Sisters by John Trent. Today is Rocky's birthday. I love you sis!

***

If you think I love my sister, then you are right in what you hear,

For she's full of fun and giggles, and always has a listening ear.

When I'm sad, she's always there to help me dry my tears,

And when I hit my first home run, she led the loudest cheers.

~John Trent, Spider Sisters

Day 268

Life is like a roller coaster, live it, be happy, enjoy life.

~Avril Lavigne

Day 267

Chance's Big Show

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Day 266

Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits.

~Robert Brault

Day 265

Statue in Puyallup

When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Day 264

When the world says, "Give up,"Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown

Day 263

Open your eyes, look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?

~Bob Marley

Day 262

Puyallup Fair


It's been a rollercoaster of a life but it hasn't been boring.

~Cynthia Payne

Day 261

Coby watching Chance's band perform.


After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

~Aldous Huxley

Day 260

Tyler, Jenn, and Erik watching Chance perform at the fair.

Fans made me. The fans gave me a chance, and they made me.

~Puff Daddy

Day 259

Jaime, Sara, and Kendra

(photographer Amber... with my camera)

Kendra and I danced aaaaallll night.

Dance:

To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically.

***
To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.

***
The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music.

Day 258

No picture today...so sad.

Isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be part of it?

~Richard Dawkins

Day 257

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

~Henri Matisse

Day 256

Gunnar and I had our very own candlelight dinner.


It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Day 255

Society's Voice

Chance, Zach, Sean, and Chris

As good as I am, I'm nothing without my band.

~Steven Tyler

Day 254

Spider under my car


She was in a class by herself. It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend.

~Wilbur from Charlotte's Web (1973) by E.B White speaking of Charlotte

Day 254

Nice catch Coby!

I have seen women walk right past a TV set with a football game on and - this always amazes me - not stop to watch, even if the TV is showing replays of what we call a "good hit," which is a tackle that causes at least one major internal organ to actually fly out of a player's body.

~Dave Barry

Day 253

Chance's band, Society's Voice, had 9 shows at the Puyallup Fair this year.

Show #1

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.

~Kurt Cobain

Day 252

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.

~Lillian Dickson

Day 251

Last book in the Hunger Games Trilogy by Suzanne Collins...SO GOOD!

"Because that's what you and I do. Protect each other."

~Katniss/Suzanne Collins author of Mockingjay

Day 250

I'm sick :(


If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want.

~Elbert Hubbard

Day 249

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't.

~Richard Bach

Day 248

I am not sure why Coby is in Gunnar's carseat (or why he is using the wrong seatbelt).



Better a thousand times careful than once dead.

~Proverb

Day 247

For you see, each day I love you more.
Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow.



~Rosemonde Gerard

Day 246

Downtown Tacoma

Until we're educating every kid in a fantastic way, until every inner city is cleaned up, there is no shortage of things to do.

~Bill Gates

Day 245

1st Day of School

Twas the Night Before School Starts

T'was the night before school starts

And all through the place,

Not a smile was seen

On any kid's face.

Our bags were all stuffed

With our notebooks brand new,

And rulers and pencils

With erasers to chew.

Mournfully we

All crawled into bed,

Knowing too well

That the 'good life' was dead.

Then mom came in whistling

And kissed us goodnight,

With a bright cheery voice

That didn't seem right.

The night dragged on slowlyI just couldn't sleep,

For fear that my math teacher

Would be a real creep.

Or maybe a bully

Would give me a shove,

Or even more evil things

Than I could think of.

When from in the next room

There arose such a clummer,

My mom yelled, "I'm FREE!"

"I'm free 'till next summer!"

This must be a plot

By conspiring moms,

Who just want a break

To experience 'calm.'

Oh, must I go through it?!

How can I go on?

I want to escape

Run off to Saigon!

Nine months is too long

To suffer through school

The classes so rough

And teachers who're cruel.

"Come Donald! Come Conner!

Come Henry VanStation!

Come up to the board,Do your multiplication!"

"And Julie, stop talking!

And Jimmy, wake up!

And Mary, right now,Don't do your makeup!"

Teachers ever are hounding

They just never quit.

You do something wrong,

They go into a fit.

And so every year

About this same time,

I lie in bed sleepless

And just moan and whine.

Until morning comes,

And I hear my mom say,

"Good luck with your school!

And have a nice day!"

~ Ron Yorgason

Day 244

Bennett, Coby and Grant


Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.

~Sai Baba