Abby blowing bubbles with Petunia.
Too cold for me, but not for Abby so I was videotaping through kitchen door window.
Abby with Petunia, our 7 months old lab.
I finally went outside to do a close up!.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Monday, March 24, 2008
Spring is here...or is it??
Spring is here finally! I have been seeing birds everywhere for the last several days! I don't have a tree in my yard, but my next door neighbor has one in her backyard. There are many birds living in that tree, and they're all black birds, the ones you usually see in a big number. On our the walks with Petunia, we are seeing those birds with orange chests. Petunia is very interested in them, always watching them and very alert!
There are 2 nests in my awning by my front door/ porch. If anyone of you have experience with this, please tell me what I should do! I don't want them there because of their droppings on my porch!! Someone told me to move them, but they are warm and "at home" in those nests, I don't want to disrupt them. Anybody have advice?????
I need to learn the names of the birds because I'm going to be teaching Abby about classifications of insects, rocks, plants, birds, and etc in home school soon!
Today, it has been very sunny and beautiful all day. I let Petunia out several times, on a leash-line that is 20 feet long. That will work for now till I get a fence installed sometimes before the summer.
All of the windows in my house are covered with curtains because of my Chiari Malformation which causes hypersensitivity to bright light. The only window that has nothing on it happens to be my door in the kitchen. I can handle it because the sun rises and sets from the front of my house to the back of my house, but the kitchen door is on the side.
Anyway, I am not 100% comfortable with leaving Petunia outside by herself on the leash-line in fear that she could wiggle out of her collar or something so I'm always watching her through that window. More than two times today I saw this....
Flurries!
There are 2 nests in my awning by my front door/ porch. If anyone of you have experience with this, please tell me what I should do! I don't want them there because of their droppings on my porch!! Someone told me to move them, but they are warm and "at home" in those nests, I don't want to disrupt them. Anybody have advice?????
I need to learn the names of the birds because I'm going to be teaching Abby about classifications of insects, rocks, plants, birds, and etc in home school soon!
Today, it has been very sunny and beautiful all day. I let Petunia out several times, on a leash-line that is 20 feet long. That will work for now till I get a fence installed sometimes before the summer.
All of the windows in my house are covered with curtains because of my Chiari Malformation which causes hypersensitivity to bright light. The only window that has nothing on it happens to be my door in the kitchen. I can handle it because the sun rises and sets from the front of my house to the back of my house, but the kitchen door is on the side.
Anyway, I am not 100% comfortable with leaving Petunia outside by herself on the leash-line in fear that she could wiggle out of her collar or something so I'm always watching her through that window. More than two times today I saw this....
Flurries!(Originally, I tried to post a video clip of Petunia playing in the snow, but this blog spot won't let me post it for some reason. When I showed the clip to Abby, she said "What are those white spots on Petunia?") Snow! They're not staying on the ground or anything, just flurries flying along with the wind.
Since I can't post the video, I am showing you the picture of my neighbor's backyard with the tree. You can see her Basset Hound, Rosco. He's so sweet and likes Petunia even though she's overly hyper! I'm hoping that Petunia will calm down pretty soon so that the two of them can play together when the weather gets warmer. Petunia is bigger than Rosco, so I worry about her smothering him or something, ha. She likes him too, she gets excited to see him!
Let's hope the warm weather comes SOON!
Good Morning America and Marlee Matlin, KDES, MSSD
http://blog.deafread.com/mishkazena/2008/03/24/good-morning-america-today-marlee-matlin-and-mssd-performing-arts-company/
I found this blog from deafread and it has a link where you can see today's clip of Good Morning America with Marlee Matlin about Dancing with Stars. They also showed some clips of deaf children from KDES dancing on stage, and high school deaf kids from MSSD dancing too.
I missed the show this morning, it starts at 7am! Impossible for me!
So I was glad that someone found the clip and posted it on deafread, now I can see it. Only problem is that it's not closed captioned, but you can at least see some people signing so I was able to follow the show somehow.
When I lived at Gallaudet, I lived at the KDES apartment complex which is on the 4th floor but right below us was the KDES elementary school. I went there many times for my education major courses to observe classes, teachers, and etc. I also went there to pick up kids for my friends who were either stuck at work or in class. Most important of all, some of these kids used to hang out with Abby. It was really great to see some of these kids on the show!
Check out the link and watch the show!
I found this blog from deafread and it has a link where you can see today's clip of Good Morning America with Marlee Matlin about Dancing with Stars. They also showed some clips of deaf children from KDES dancing on stage, and high school deaf kids from MSSD dancing too.
I missed the show this morning, it starts at 7am! Impossible for me!
So I was glad that someone found the clip and posted it on deafread, now I can see it. Only problem is that it's not closed captioned, but you can at least see some people signing so I was able to follow the show somehow.
When I lived at Gallaudet, I lived at the KDES apartment complex which is on the 4th floor but right below us was the KDES elementary school. I went there many times for my education major courses to observe classes, teachers, and etc. I also went there to pick up kids for my friends who were either stuck at work or in class. Most important of all, some of these kids used to hang out with Abby. It was really great to see some of these kids on the show!
Check out the link and watch the show!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Survey
I got an e-mail with a survey from my sister. I thought, why not post it on my blog. I used to do that kind of stuff all the time on www.myspace.com but I don't visit that site as much anymore.
name- Tiffany
1. Name someone who made you smile today? Abby, she was excitedly telling me all about why we should make a smoothie on our own versus following a recipe. A creative gal!
2. What were you doing at 8:00 this morning? Turning over in my bed to avoid the sunlight from my window so I could go back to sleep!
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? I was at my neighbor's house and realized I forgot something so I ran back home and saw another neighbor at my front door. She had an huge Easter basket for Abby! That was very sweet of her, so we exchanged phone numbers and chatted some more. Then I ran back to my next door's house and saw their cute little boy with a big smile!
4. Name something that happened to you in 2000? Abby and I flew to Texas to be in my best friend's wedding! Abby was 12 months old at that time.
5. When is your birthday? June 21st, officially the first day of Summer!
6. Four words to explain why you last threw up? flu after a date
7. What color is your hairbrush? Navy blue
8. What was the last thing you bought? dinner at McDonald's with my sister and her kids, Tues.
9. Where do you keep your money? in my wallet
10. What was the weather like today? sunny but chilly : (
11. Where did your last hug take place? in the kitchen
12. What are you excited about? The warmer weather
13. Do you want to cut your hair? yes, but not yet
14. Are you over the age of 25? yup
15. Do you talk a lot? too much
16. Do you watch The O.C.? no interest whatsoever.
17. Does your screen name have an "x" in it? no
18. Do you know anyone named Kelsey? no
19. Do you make up your own words? yes, to make Abby laugh
20. Are you ticklish? Yes, but Abby can't seem to find the ticklish spots so I pretend to be : )
21. Are you typically a jealous person? Sometimes if I see other moms make their kids obey with ease!
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter "C": Cindy
23. Who's the last person to call you? unknown, he/she hung up
24. Do you chew on your straws? sometimes
25. Do you have curly hair? never have, my sister and Abby both had curls as toddlers, but they grew out.
26. What is the next concert you're going to? None
27.Where did you go today? No car, so I went to my next door by foot.
28. What is something you say a lot? "Abby come here!"
29. Have you seen the movie I am Legend? Not yet, will wait for Netflix for the subtitles.
30. Do you have to work tomorrow? Taking care of the Abby, Petunia and homeschooling
31. Who was the last person you said "I love you" to? Abby
32. What should you be doing right now? DECLUTTERING
33. Do you have a nickname? Tiff / mommy / Aunt Tiffany
34. Are you a heavy sleeper? Yes
35. What are you listening to? Literally nothing.
36. What is the best movie you've seen in the past two weeks? Evan Almighty, it was funny
37. What are you reading? Harry Potter, the first book, with Abby
38. When was the last time you did the dishes? Last night, started the dishwasher
39. Did you cry today? Nope
name- Tiffany
1. Name someone who made you smile today? Abby, she was excitedly telling me all about why we should make a smoothie on our own versus following a recipe. A creative gal!
2. What were you doing at 8:00 this morning? Turning over in my bed to avoid the sunlight from my window so I could go back to sleep!
3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago? I was at my neighbor's house and realized I forgot something so I ran back home and saw another neighbor at my front door. She had an huge Easter basket for Abby! That was very sweet of her, so we exchanged phone numbers and chatted some more. Then I ran back to my next door's house and saw their cute little boy with a big smile!
4. Name something that happened to you in 2000? Abby and I flew to Texas to be in my best friend's wedding! Abby was 12 months old at that time.
5. When is your birthday? June 21st, officially the first day of Summer!
6. Four words to explain why you last threw up? flu after a date
7. What color is your hairbrush? Navy blue
8. What was the last thing you bought? dinner at McDonald's with my sister and her kids, Tues.
9. Where do you keep your money? in my wallet
10. What was the weather like today? sunny but chilly : (
11. Where did your last hug take place? in the kitchen
12. What are you excited about? The warmer weather
13. Do you want to cut your hair? yes, but not yet
14. Are you over the age of 25? yup
15. Do you talk a lot? too much
16. Do you watch The O.C.? no interest whatsoever.
17. Does your screen name have an "x" in it? no
18. Do you know anyone named Kelsey? no
19. Do you make up your own words? yes, to make Abby laugh
20. Are you ticklish? Yes, but Abby can't seem to find the ticklish spots so I pretend to be : )
21. Are you typically a jealous person? Sometimes if I see other moms make their kids obey with ease!
22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter "C": Cindy
23. Who's the last person to call you? unknown, he/she hung up
24. Do you chew on your straws? sometimes
25. Do you have curly hair? never have, my sister and Abby both had curls as toddlers, but they grew out.
26. What is the next concert you're going to? None
27.Where did you go today? No car, so I went to my next door by foot.
28. What is something you say a lot? "Abby come here!"
29. Have you seen the movie I am Legend? Not yet, will wait for Netflix for the subtitles.
30. Do you have to work tomorrow? Taking care of the Abby, Petunia and homeschooling
31. Who was the last person you said "I love you" to? Abby
32. What should you be doing right now? DECLUTTERING
33. Do you have a nickname? Tiff / mommy / Aunt Tiffany
34. Are you a heavy sleeper? Yes
35. What are you listening to? Literally nothing.
36. What is the best movie you've seen in the past two weeks? Evan Almighty, it was funny
37. What are you reading? Harry Potter, the first book, with Abby
38. When was the last time you did the dishes? Last night, started the dishwasher
39. Did you cry today? Nope
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