cute picture

cute picture of Renick

Brangelina's baby's footprint...

This is the foot of the most famous baby in the world!!!! Isn't it cute??

Kitchy-Koo...this little piggy went to market, and so on...

Arm rest development ...

I sent out a photo of Champ some time ago that showed him with one of his paws on the arm rest. Now it putting both paws on the arm rest and sits on his behind ... um ... this is getting creepy ...

good use of a lunch hour, Indie...

I have few books at home b/c I either lost them to thieves, gave them away, took them to Gardner's, or sold them (!). I love this exercise, Katie.

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
(The Time Traveler’s Wife) - Audrey Niffenegger
(His Dark Materials )- Philip Pullman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince "listened!"
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
RED:The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien "saw!"
(RED:The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time)
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
1984 - George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban "listened!"
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
RED:One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
RED:Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
RED: Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
(RED: Cloud Atlas) - David Mitchell
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Atonement - Ian McEwan
(RED: The Shadow of The Wind) - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
RED: The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
(The Handmaid’s Tale) - Margaret Atwood
RED: The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
RED: Dune - Frank Herbert
Sula by Toni Morrison
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
RED: The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
RED: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Love this IndieKate! The computer I am on is not allowing me to write in red so I just wrote IN RED to represent books I am not planning on reading ...
See Will's list for books on the shelf ...

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams (read half)
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
IN RED: The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
(His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman)
IN RED:Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling
IN RED: The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
IN RED: The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
1984 - George Orwell
IN RED: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling
IN RED: The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
IN RED: Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden (tried)
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
IN RED: The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides (should have read this)
(Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell)
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Atonement - Ian McEwan
(The Shadow of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon)
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
RED: The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood (tried)
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Dune - Frank Herbert
IN RED:Sula by Toni Morrison
IN RED: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (tried)
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
IN RED: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Time Traveler’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger - (Sounds intriguing)
(His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman) (good title)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel (I read some but didn't buy it... it was good)
Animal Farm: A Fairy Story - George Orwell (Is it really titled "a fairy story"?)
Catch 22 - Joseph Heller (Must do this one someday)(On my shelf)
The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon (Saw this on the shelf, read 2 pages and didn't budge, was it good?)
Lord of the Flies - William Golding
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
1984 - George Orwell
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J. K. Rowling
The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown (Won't read unless I decide to study what makes a quadruple platinum seller)
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
(The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini)
(The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold)
Slaughterhouse 5 - Kurt Vonnegut
The Secret History - Donna Tartt (Read about 25%-35% and could do it)
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
(Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides)
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (was this worth it?)
Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
Atonement - Ian McEwan (might get around to it.)
The Shadow of The Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon (Anything by a Carlos sounds readable)
The Old Man and the Sea - Ernest Hemingway
The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
(Dune - Frank Herbert) (On my shelf) (Meant to read it, but maybe it's not on my shelf anymore)
Sula by Toni Morrison
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo
(White Teeth by Zadie Smith)
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Michelle will confirm what is on our shelf. We may have some of these others.

Has anyone read March by Geraldine Brooks, this years fiction Pulitzer Prize winner? It sounds like a great idea for a book ... anyone? anyone?

I'm ready to just bite a tail off...

Tax day..................not happy about this at all...but love this grand old country of ours and if I have to support it all by myself...it's a small price to pay

What up, yo

Katie ... I have lost track on what Jordan is doing. Is he home now or is he gone already? Did you two get to spend Easter together? We had a nice Easter at the bar in the backyard. My mom and your mom and Jesse came and we ate pie. I was going to do an Easter egg hunt for the dogs but I could not hide the treats without them following me. I guess I should have considered their excellent smelling abilities before I planned that one. Next time you come home you won't believe what your brother has done with the bar ... it really is getting bigger and better. Pretty soon I am going to start charging admission and checking ID at the door. =)

cool...amazing, in fact...

Happy Trails...

Just remember we will miss you, Megan...enjoy your adventure and sell, sell, sell ...remember the famous trade show discount....but no mao tai while contract-signing!! We'll hold down the fort for you...we shouldn't make too many mistakes....

Say "Hay" to all our CISA friends...

your CCM-Ukranian Team...

Ann's back on the dating circuit...

My mom has had an admirer, Bill, for many yrs. He told everyone that if he could find a "girl" like Ann, he would marry her. Recently, mom was called by Bill to go to a party together, and, even tho mom wasn't sure that Bill could drive at night, she said "yes". A few days later, mom's friend, Sarah called and told mom that Sarah and Jack would pick up both Ann and Bill b/c Bill sometimes gets "confused".

Bill comes to Ann's door and they get in the car full of oldsters for the ride to the party. Once at the party, Bill ignores mom completely.

Later, mom and Bill join Sarah and Jack for dinner at a restaurant with the group of friends from the party. As they were leaving the restaurant, Sarah told mom: Mid-way through the dinner, Bill turned to Sarah and asked Ann's name. My mom laughed so hard she had to run to the restroom...old age dating isn't for sissies.

After all, we come from good stock...

Scots are brave and never fear humiliation.........no matter what the circumstances are...

The thing I love about this family is we maintain our sense of humor...

God knows, we've been thrown some ringers, but, all in all...we're doing OK. I hear so many sad stories from friends and the guys at Rebos that I thank God every day that we all have our health and sanity (???)...after all, it's most important to stay in the game..."No matter what is going on, never give up. Develop the heart. Too much energy is spent developing the mind instead of the heart....and I say again, never give up, no matter what is happening, no matter what is going on around you, never give up."
H.H. the XIV Dalai Lama

Is it just me??????????????

Hasn't this week been stressful? It seems like everything has gone wrong. What happened to the good old days when all I had to worry about was driving carpools? Would I get there on time? Would I remember everyone's kids? I sorta long for the simple lives we had back then.

Yes, I was up early....and, yes, I went to bed late...just don't need as much sleep as I once did. Wish I could be more productive during the hours between 4 & 8 am, and 9 and midnight...got any ideas???

The real "Big Love":

Is this couple happy? I'd say so. They are a pure, true American Dream Couple....we love you, Katie & Jordan....

oh my ....

OK ... for the first time I am starting to think that maybe there is something to those Katie's baby is fake rumors .... there is something that does not look right about this. Sue, as the only person on the blog who has given birth can you tell us if a pregnant woman can look like this?

when it rains it pours...

Will, Mayor Taylor would appreciate your voting style...she's the one who advocates 2 votes per person...however, your 1 vote per candidate she wouldn't like.

Glad to see so many blogging...it was lonely for a while. For those of us who have a 'not so big' life...we're really attached to the blog. And for those of us who have an addictive personality, we need to blog too. And for those of us with abandonment issues, we need not to be left with no blogs to read. See how sick I am??? Only just discovering it...and it's not pretty...but I'm in recovery :)...

It was an easy victory for Taylor. I voted for her. Megan didn't. I went twice. Once as Megan and once as William. They asked why I had a “I Voted” sticker on. I said, “I always wear this shirt when I vote… I’m superstitious.”

I knew LaFortune was going to need a vote, that's why Megan voted for Lafortune.

I told the old ladies that Megan was a boy's name too.

Big Love

That is a GREAT shot of Jordan! He looks older ... not age wise but wisdom-wise. I guess the experience he has just been thru would do that to anyone. After watching Jarhead the other night I have a whole new respect for what he went thru.
I have seen every episode of Big Love but I think I am going to give it up. I feel like the story idea is ingenuous ... the acting wonderful and is an all around worthy program. For me there is just something missing from it ... I just don't care about the characters, even though I think they are so well written and to me it has a touch of Desperate Housewives in it, which I don't care for. I might stick with it if I was not already caught up in The Sopranos, Huff and American Idol ... adding another show is just to much TV. But I would love to hear what everyone thinks. I do agree Megan that the husband is just running around all the time putting out fires.

hurray!

welcome back everyone.

Yay for Jordan!

Yes, I'm watching "Big Love"...very dark....what a quirky idea for a show...leave it to HBO...love the acting...

Yay for Kathy T.!!! That show is called "Big Victory"...

Big Love

Is anyone watching Big Love on HBO?

I missed the first episodes but am now DVRing. I saw one and I don't know how I feel about it. I can't tell what the thing is from just the episode I've watched. His family is off the compound and seem modern. But do they believe in the Polygamy they are practicing? I assume so. It seems to be just Bill Paxton running around like a headless chicken to a different wife every night.

Thoughts?

Where is everyone?