Kode Needs a New Home!!!

If anyone is looking for a funny dog or knows someone who is please check out this guy!
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/pet/697399169.html

Owen Comment of the Day

Last night as it was growing later, Owen's silliness was becoming deliberately goofy and Toms says to Owen:

"You really need to hang out more often with your Aunt Marvia. You two have a lot in common."

Owen: "I bet I could beat her at most common things."

So there you go. A challenge, Marvia. :)

Beautiful Mother's Day

Our Sunday afternoon was spent with the Moore's sharing a lovely dinner making new friends. Lilian and I made a trip downtown to the Flower Market on Saturday and found some fun flowers for the 'Wedding Urns'. We decided shopping for flowers was far too much fun to only do once in awhile and I think it will be a treat for ourselves at least every other month or so. I thought I would share some pics (especially for Mom) of the arrangements I did. They turned out pretty nice, if I do say so myself...

Owen Comment of the Day

This morning as we were getting started, Tom and I were in a snuggled embrace and Tom says to a nearby Owen, "I kinda like her".

Owen: "No. You love her. That's why you married her, duh."

Tom: "I do love her...(whispers) even more than my guns."

Owen: "Well that's just wrong".

The Work in Progress at 2470

Here's some of the things going on at 2470. Most of these aren't new, and I will get some good ones of the kitchen and laundry up soon! Check back!

Owen's Crusade

Colony Collapse Disorder - Save the Diasppearing Bees

Did you know that every third bite of food we eat depends on bees for pollination? You might not have given much thought to the role honeybees play in our ecosystem. But fact is, 30% of the fruit- and vegetable-producing plants we rely on to feed our families need honeybee pollination to thrive. ...

My 8 year old son, Owen, has found a cause. He is determined to help people realize how important bees are to our world. He wants to spread the messege so that other children and adults can do their part in helping to save these little heros.

"If the bees disappeared off of the globe then man would only have four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man." - Albert Einstien

Do your part and visit these helpful sites: http://www.helpthehoneybees.com/ where Haagen-Dazs ice cream is leading a campaign to fund research on CCD. They have a new ice cream flavor that will generate proceeds for research and you can download screensavers, order cool t-shirts, and learn about planting bee attracting gardens.

http://www.burtsbees.com/ will send a free packet of wildflowers for you to plant to attract native bees to your own little corner of the world. They also have a great little video clip that tells a bit about CCD and if you can get past the narrator with the lisp..it's cute.

By saving the bees, we save a lot more than the bees.

Be involved. For The Greater Good.

Moving, Marriage or Metabolism?

Whatever the excuse or reason, lately I'm feeling a little more Botticelli than Top Model. So what, I've got curves, right? WRONG...why does my 30 something self still think I should have that 20 year old body? How come I can't look in the mirror and recognize myself for the woman that I am - a wife, a mother, a teacher. Someone who has seen the bottom and continues to strive for the top? This is my psycho-physio struggle, trying to love me during all stages of 'me'...yet never seeming to be satisfied.