pictures from emma's office

Just a couple of pictures of her workplace that Emma sent.


I'm guessing that one above is a picture of the plotters...



And a steam-shovel! er, um, I mean, a back-hoe. ;-)

It's not like I would have voted for him anyway...

...but this story shows a surprising lack of judgment, even for a Mormon!

"The reporter intended the anecdote that opened part four of the Boston Globe's profile of Mitt Romney to illustrate, as the story said, "emotion-free crisis management": Father deals with minor — but gross — incident during a 1983 family vacation, and saves the day. But the details of the event are more than unseemly — they may, in fact, be illegal.

The incident: dog excrement found on the roof and windows of the Romney station wagon. How it got there: Romney strapped a dog carrier — with the family dog Seamus, an Irish Setter, in it — to the roof of the family station wagon for a twelve hour drive from Boston to Ontario, which the family apparently completed, despite Seamus's rather visceral protest."

Can you imagine?!! What if I strapped Choppy, in his carrier, to the roof of my car and drove to Pennsylvania!! Unbelievable!

I guess he can kiss the PETA vote good-bye!

Bonnaroo

I wanted to post some pictures from Bonnaroo...
It was a great time, despite the heat and dust. Here are just a few pictures that I have.













(Among many different pieces of art there was a giant zippo lighter that released a flaming smoke ring every so often. We saw this one during the White Stripes concert)

I know what i want for Graduation.

My camera fixed. Yes it broke. :(

NYC

Well, I don't have a spectacular view, but I'm in the greatest city in the world.

Last night I walked around, stopping outside a few different places. Many were closed or too high-priced. I found myself on 46th near 5th outside of a small place called "Via Italia." Reading the menu, I didn't notice the old man with white hair and red suspenders. He said to me, "Itsa the best!"

I was sold.

I enjoyed a delicious caesar salad, some authentic Italian bread and butter, a bowl of penne pasta arrabiata (hot marinara sauce,) and I washed it all down with a glass of chianti.

Delissioso.

San Diego

Well, I tried to upload some pictures that I took myself, but the ones on my cell phone were lame, and I can't seem to send the ones on my Palm Pilot. So I'm posting two that I found on-line. I can see the San Diego Bay and Coronado Bridge (top pic). I am on the 11th floor and it really is pretty spectacular.

Here are my bad pictures:

But I don't feel too badly because even the professional photos don't do it justice.

How would y'all feel about moving to California?? ;-)

Meanwhile, maybe I should take lessons from Emma on how to take pictures with your cell phone. Here is a picture she sent me from Bonnaroo. Upfront in a crowd of 80,000 at the Police concert!!

Sheraton San Diego Marina

Here's a picture of the hotel I am staying at next week in San Diego...

I'm learning to use a compass!

So, I have been meaning to post more old family pictures but at the moment I am at my desk at work.
I wanted to post a few pictures that I took on some job sites last week. Maybe it will give everyone a better idea what I do.

See the pink flag in this picture? Basically when I am in the field go around placing these pink flags in the ground to tell the drillers where to take soil samples. And usually I have to be within a few feet of where the spot was marked on a map. Sometimes, when you are in the middle of a field, it is very hard to find anything to reference to tell you where you are and/or how far you have to go.


Here is a nice view of another area on that same site in Calhoun. I didn't like having to go inside the abandoned chicken houses.


This is a picture of the woods in Buford that I spent all of my friday stomping through. If it is hard to locate a spot in the middle of a field, it is 100 times harder to find a specific dot on a map in a forest. Anyone who was around on Friday got to see the cuts on my arms. But I didn't get bitten by any ticks (even though there was one on both me and Marty) and only came in close contact with one snake so I think I was pretty lucky.



On this site, while marking the spots for holes, I also had to direct a bulldozer through the woods. Here you can see the trail (and the raindrops on the lense and doofy Marty). The bulldozer wasn't very expereinced and at one point his key even broke off in the ignition of the dozer.

After doing all that I have to put together driving directions for the drillers to get to the site, and make up maps, and look at the samples once they are drilled...etc, etc.

That is most of my excitment! Like mom said I am planning the trip to Bonnaroo on Thursday. I have to pack 4 days worth of food/snacks for me and two boys. But I get to see the Police! It will be awesome.

Stay tuned for family pics sometime later today...

Goings on

Well, with everyone home from college things have been kind of hectic. But in good way.

Twila started her internship on Monday, and so far it seems to be going well. It took a few days for her to get a PC at work, but she has it now. I haven't seen her since she was over for dinner last week. Think it was Tuesday. I'll urge her to update the blog, if I can get a hold of her!

Kacie moved in last week. It's quite nice having a little more company around here, with Mike out of town so much of the time. She's working hard at the magazine --- watch for the new issue of "Pregnancy & Newborn" coming to a news stand near you! and when you find it, look for "Kacie Versace" in the masthead. She's also looking for a second job, so if you hear of anything, let her know!

George is now in PA, at Grandma & Grandpas house. We took him to the airport early Saturday morning, and I have to say I miss him already! I wonder if he will read the blog, now that he's away? Meanwhile, I'm sure his buddies back home miss him. I saw poor Skylar in the neighborhood today. I felt a little sorry for him, with George out of town. By the way George; let me know if you need to access your gtmcconnell@earthlink.net email account. I can help.

Emma is getting ready for Bonnaroo. She has got a SERIOUS amount of cooking to do between now and the three day music fest. So be watching for that blur in an apron!

Veronica has been scarcer than hen's teeth, what with that boyfriend taking up so much time! They went to six flags today. And who has time to post with so much to do? She didn't even post the biggest news of all: SHE GOT HER LICENSE last weekend. Congratulations Veronica!

And Cheyenne is spending the night tonight. She will be making her way to college in just a few weeks. She's been working a lot and saving money. I am so excited for her; I can't wait!

Next Sunday I will be leaving for San Diego. I've never been there before, so I'm kind of excited about it.

And OF COURSE WHO COULD FORGET: TOMORROW IS DADDYMIKE'S 50th birthday!!!!!!!!!! so DO NOT forget to wish him well! He will be in Reston Virginia, but he won't be alone. He is going to have dinner with an old buddy of his who was born the same exact day! They celebrated their 18th birthday together, and now they will celebrate their 50th together. Hmmmm, I wonder which will be more fun?

I know you are not that ecstatic about turning 50. But look at it this way --- you are still younger than Play-Doh!

How about that!

June & October are tied for first place. Fans of June, here it is! Make the best of it.

Favorite Month
What's your favorite month?
January 0% 0

February 0% 0

March 0% 0

April 0% 0

May 0% 0

June 42.9% 3

July 0% 0

August 0% 0

September 14.3% 1

October 42.9% 3

November 0% 0

December 0% 0

total votes: 7

The Judge was a Beatles fan...

Apparently this is for real...

Twila's got herself a job!

Well, as some of you may know, I had an interview this past Wednesday of which the outcome was: I'm hired! It's a bit interesting considering they called me back the next day, but I'm not complaining.
The company is called AdvanceMe and they're about to launch a huge financial website of which I don't remember the name currently but there is some possibility for copy-writing on it. It's out on Chastian - in that new office complex they built right off 575. So it's a 15 minute ride for me against the traffic, which is sweet.
It's currently only for 10 weeks and there seems like there's going to be a lot of tedious work (archiving files, etc) but the web guy seemed to really like me in our little chit chat interview - he said he was just like me when he was my age - so maybe he'll steal me away from a bit of the boring stuff.
And, well, Rubbermaid called me today for an interview and I had to turn them down saying I took another position. That was a pretty cool first for me.
I start Monday so I'm pretty excited!
And that's about that, for me.

We'll be Able to Walk Through the World of Harry Potter!!!

OMG!!! Doesn' this look awesome?? It is going to open in Islands Of Adventure in Universal! Its set to open in early 2010! Its going to include Hogwarts Castle, Hogmeade, and the Forbidden Forest! Isn't it cool???

busy week!!

It sure has been busy around here lately. Here are some of the highlights:

Of course, number one, congratulations to Cheyenne for graduating High School! We had a nice dinner at Magic Wok on Friday night to celebrate, and then Mike & I went to the graduation ceremony on Saturday. Despite the fact that she had to wait through 500 names till they got to the V's, Cheyenne sure was beaming when they finally called her and she walked across that stage! To top things off, she got a 4.0 on her final semester report card. So she had lots to be proud of.

Also, Veronica was on stage too; she sang with the chorus during the ceremony. And she got an excellent report card as well. We did a little shopping to celebrate!

Speaking of Veronica, only another week till she takes her driver's test... We all wish her luck!

Emma has been busy in her new co-op job. She's having lots of fun, getting to organize dirt and such. No hard hat for her yet! But she did get to drive a big truck to Carrolton and measure a hole!

A nice surprise tonight, Shauna was over for a visit! I'm very pleased to say she seems to be doing GREAT. She looked so well, and is taking good care of things for herself, working and making plans for the future. It was so nice to see her doing well.

Kacie has been busy trying to keep up with school and her internship at the magazine. It's not easy, with a 90-mile commute and no car! She'll be over tomorrow night for dinner with Adam, since he is kindly driving her back and forth tomorrow. I can't wait to see one of the issues she worked on, and hear the behind the scenes story!

Twila was over last night for a Memorial Day cookout. It was great to see her, since it seems she's been pretty scarce lately. She's managing well, keeping up her search for a job. Too bad they don't have internships for puzzle-building --- Cheyenne will be excited to hear that Twi managed to get almost halfway through that very hard jigsaw puzzle in a couple of hours! It was truly amazing.

George is out of school and already enjoying the summer vacation. He's been playing football, swimming, biking and I also saw him carrying tennis rackets out the door --- and that was all just today!

Mike is in Houston today, but he will be back tomorrow. A short week, because of the holiday. He will have three weeks on the road after this, but then he has a week of jury duty; then it's VACATION!!!! I have to get on to updating the travel schedule; time flies so fast that before I get it posted, it's over and done.

What else... oh, pic of the week, found while searching on "Summer Vacation":

Mom's day poll

Mother's Day Poll
What's the best thing about being a mom?
Audience of toddlers thinks you sing well! 50% 4

Finally get to try out all those stain-removal remedies. 25% 2

Powerful feeling of omnipotence. 25% 2

Housecleaning has deeper meaning of "motherly love". 0% 0

Midnight vomit cleanup duty. 0% 0

Meals, meals and more meals! 0% 0

Older kids get, more sleepless nights. 0% 0

Overwhelming feeling of inadequacy. 0% 0

total votes: 8

Foster Piglets

See more here.

My co-op job!

So I finished my first week as a co-op student!

It took a little getting used to but I am into the swing of things at Geo-Hydro Engineers. I've been out to different sites, walked in the woods in Dawsonville to choose places to take soil samples (and ended up getting a tick), learned to use auto CADD, classified soil that comes from many feet down in the ground, seen a drill rig, and organized the dirt in the workshop. Hopefully soon I will get to do seismic refraction tests.

Some of the guys are still getting used to there being a girl around, but I have been holding my own. I think including me there are 5 females at the company but I am the only female engineer. I have a nerdy mentor (he is in his 30's and plays World of Warcraft) named Brian and an awesome young, Tech alumni supervisor named Marty. I went out to lunch with the guys every day this week and didn't have to pay once. I sat next to the CEO and founder of the company (Milt) at Buckhead Burrito today. It is a very friendly, relaxed place to work.

I just wanted you all to get the 411 on my job!
But it sure is exhausting!

How Would You Like To Work Here?

Vewonica!!!

Just wondering how Veronica has been. We didn't see her this weekend; I hope she is coming over tomorrow!

Choppy a Dead Head?

Well, it came out to a tie, and while we have to admit that Choppy WOULD like the Beatles, it's all too easy to imagine him wearing a tie dye kerchief, wagging his tail behind Jerry Garcia & Phil Lesh, waiting for a bit of blueberry biscuit to drop from the rock icon's fat furry fingers...

If Choppy were a kid, what would be his favorite band?

The Beatles	30.8%	4
The Grateful Dead	30.8%	4
Red Hot Chili Peppers	23.1%	3
Cold Play	7.7%	1
The Rolling Stones	7.7%	1
Primus	0%	0
John Mayer	0%	0
XTC	0%	0

To Grandma!!

I'll be calling a little later when things are settled down here!!!

Natalie Dee

There is a pretty stupid comic that I read everyday. It is by a woman name Natalie Dee. I thought someone might appreciate/enjoy/get a kick out of the one from yesterday.
It was titled, "New Excuses for Not Eating Broccoli."



hehe...

$9444

$9444 - that is approximately what we will be saving in one semester with ALL FOUR of you eleigible for the Hope Scholarship in the fall!! Great work girls, I am REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU! It's really an accomplishment to have four kids in college, and even without the Hope, I would be pleased and proud.

But WITH the HOPE, we have the money for a trip for two to the Dominican Republic!! THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THAT WORK! We needed a break!

We'll miss you!!!!

love mom & dad

Funny Picture!

I thought I should point out, Twila got all A's! WOO! Go Twila!

Date: October 15, 2004
Location: Marietta
Who: Mike and George

OH BOY!

I kept the Hope Scholarship!
I got 2 "B"'s in Physics and Organic Chemistry, an "A" in English and a "C" Calculus III, and I squeaked by with a 3.0 GPA.
Still hanging on to that free education...by a thin thread!

Hope everyone is well. See some of you tomorrow night!
<3 Em

Prom Picture

This is just the first one so you guys dont have to wait until Wednesday to see the rest.

This Cat Can Play!

Find A Dentist

Twila needs a new dentist. Here is the link to find one:

Find a Dentist. (There is a link at the lower right hand border that says "Find a PDP dentist," under "Quick Links.")

Pictures for Grandma

I've been meaning to post a picture of the new living room furniture so that Grandma can see it. Now that I have a picture phone that actually works I can finally do it, though the pictures aren't that great...

YAY Finals are over!

Hey again!

I am in a really good mood now that I finished my finals! What a relief! My organic chemistry final this morning was 22 pages...and none of it was multiple choice. But yes, I wanted to post another old picture! This one is from the same Disney trip as the first picture.

When: 5/24/2004
Where: At the Disney World Resort bus stop
Who: Mike, George, Connie, Twila



HAH!

<3 Happy Thursday to everyone!

New Pirates Movie Coming To A Country Near You

Hey family, guess what I'm doing?

Sitting at a desk at my INTERNSHIP. Doing internship stuff! I have already received a phone call!!! I have finished all my work for the day, adn now I ma just witing for emails. It's so fun.

love you guys!!

Old Photos

Hi guys!
I was just going through the pictures on my computer and I found a lot of funny ones. Since I have so many that I think everyone probably hasn't seen, maybe I will post one every week?

So...since a lot of the pictures I have might be embarrassing for some people, I will start by embarrassing myself! I don't remember looking this stupid...I guess it is nice to see how much I've changed, right? Click the picture for a larger version!

Date: May 24, 2004
Location: Disney World, outside the Rockin' Roller Coaster
People: Mike and Emma



NOW...EVERYBODY COMMENT!
Anyone have a funny caption for this picture???

Check back next week for another <3

Just an update

Hi family,

I hope all the college kids are doing well on finals. Mom told me Twila finished today...lucky!
So far I have studied calculus for 7 total hours today. If you don't believe that is possible, just ask me to elaborate on what I exactly I was studying and I will ease your doubts! I am not kidding. I actually have this strange pain in my back and I think there is some correlation.

I wanted to post the times for Twila and my flight to PA on Saturday because Grandma needed to know!

On the way there it is flight 204 which leaves ATL at 8:15 AM and is set to arrive at 9:57 AM.

On the way back on May 9 I can probably tell you when I get there, but just for good measure. We are on flight 213 that leaves OH at 5:49 PM and arrives at 7:30 PM.

Alrighty. I think that is it.

Oh wait...one more thing that should make everyone happy:


:D Love you all

My First Task as Editor

Wow. Sorry, I just have to get this off my chest.
Apparently, my first job as editor is going to be firing someone over plagiarizing. Yippie.
Unfortunately, he's plagiarized indirectly before. But the last editor who discovered it let him go. I just don't think I can. I mean, he mentioned his sources name, but said that the original author just "outlined" the concept and that he was going to take some of the same Bible verses that the original author used as examples. But really, he just changed the words of the original author's ideas and re-wrote the guy's work completely. -_-!
This is why you shouldn't home school your kids. They just don't get it.

The Great Cellphone Kerfuffle Comes to an End

Mom is pleased to have her new "phone" up and running. Look at that thing!

It was long night last night. First we went to the Verizon Store, and the wireless geek told us that since we bought the phone over the internet, he couldn't help us. Separate sales channel. In other words, "We didn't get the commission."

So Mom and I headed over to Rocco's and had an unhealthy but delicious dinner. When we got home, Mom called the Verizon Customer Support line, and they proceeded to activate her phone with Emma's number. 2 Hours, one bath and a couple of mumbled curses later Mom's phone had her number, Emma's had hers, and I got my number activated on Mom's old/new or new/old phone...



I'm in New Jersey next week, but then home again the week after. Have a great weekend everybody!

I just saw this at this website and had to share it.

happenings...

Well, let me see if I can remember what's been happening the last two weeks...

First of all, Kacie was awesome at the CURO Symposium at UGA. Aunt Boonya and I were in attendance; we were both very proud of her. Apparently we weren't the only ones impressed with her reading; a fellow poet who also presented that day (and is quite cute btw) seemed to like her presentation quite well too...

Of course, the next day we had to leave for New York. It was a taxing trip by all accounts. A funeral is always hard, but it was good to see the family.

While we were gone, Twi stayed at the house, keeping track of George. She did quite a good job too, and neither one seemed worse for the wear. Thanks Twi!!

Thanks to Twi, too, for her post earlier on, letting Kacie know about a local magazine internship. Kacie interviewed for it and it looks like she has a good chance of getting it. She should find out this week. Good Luck Kacie!

Schedule-wise, all of the college students have this last week of classes before finals. I'll be thinking about all of you!

Emma was here this weekend cooking up a storm. She's quite a hit with the kids at the Southern Poly School of Architecture, and I don't just mean one in particular! Midnight cupcakes the week before finals are a very welcome treat! So if you see her zipping around in her little "silver comet" stay out of the way... there may be goodies to deliver...

It's not going to be long before we're waving bye to Cheyenne as she heads off for GCSU in early July! Of course, first she will have to work her way through a bad case of "Senioritis" --- I'm sure the rest of you older girls can relate to that. Those last couple of weeks of high school sure drag on and on.

Veronica has a controversial new beau in the wings... although, since the consensus around town is that the boy is really a nice kid, we'll overlook his advanced age and give the fellow a chance... One question for Veronica though --- did he let you win at miniature golf?

Poor Aunt Boonya has been sick with a bad cold all last week. Let's hope she is feeling better now! Let's hope Uncle Sid doesn't get it too.

As for Mike, he is home this week. His schedule is looking a little less hectic. I will try to get it posted soon.

Speaking of Mike, as most of you know, he lost his cell phone today. But since I HATE my new phone, we're going to swap. I found a phone I like better and as soon as it gets here we are going to swap them. In the meantime, you will be able to reach him on my cell phone, and I'm going to use my Palm Treo from work as a phone till my new one comes. If you don't know the number, Mike can give it to you.

Finally, in case you were wondering, it is warm enough weather now for swimming... just ask George. He and a couple of friends spent the afternoon yesterday swimming in the Chattahoochee!

Pic of the Week : Another use for cupcakes!!

Shopping Poll...

Well, I was able to guess which two of you picked "groceries"! Does anyone else know?

Shopping fun Which of these is the most fun to shop for?
Shoes & Purses	22.2%	2
Electronics	22.2%	2
Groceries	22.2%	2
Kitchen stuff	22.2%	2
Clothes	11.1%	1
Jewelry	0%	0
Presents for other people	0%	0
total votes: 9
powered by blogpoll

Sorry Everyone!!!!!!

Sorry I've been neglecting the blog. Seems like I'm just now getting caught up from our trip to New York. But lots has been going on so I'm getting ready to post "happenings"(hopefully tonight), I have an idea for a new poll; plus I have updates to Mike's travel schedule I'm trying to do to. And, I've gotten a few requests to "re-invite" some people who have forgotten their logins!

I promise I'll be more attentive in the future!

luv mum

No one has posted in a while...

Hey Family,

I just had a few things I thought I would tell you about.

The first is that I got a 6 person apartment for the fall semester. It is going to be kind of wild living with 5 other girls, but we have three bathrooms and two full sized refridgerators...so I guess we will see? I already know one of my roommates because she is a civil engineer and we had orientation together.
Here is a picture of my floor. I am room 233 B which is on the left side of that short part that juts out of the L. Click the pic for a bigger view.

There is a huge Earth Day celebration going on at my campus today. There are a lot of hobos here getting the free stuff. And tomorrow I will be leading a group of 20 volunteers in mulching along a 600 foot wall by the baseball field!
In the spirit of Earth Day I wanted to share an application for your computer that helps conserve energy. It is called Local Cooling (click for link to website). In a nut shell, "the 100% Free LocalCooling Application automatically optimizes your PC's power consumption by using a more effective power save mode." I especially think the PC's at home should have this, because they are always left on. But I encourage everyone to go to the website and check it out! Al Gore would want you too!

And lastly, I went to a concert earlier in the week. I especially like one of the artists, Kevin Devine. I think everyone in the family would be happy to know that I found yet another popular musician with a blatent anti-war message. I don't know if everyone would like his music, but here is a particularly powerful excerpt from his song "No Time Flat"

"You say support the troops; I do.
I want them all brought back,
and every building that you bombed raised from the ground.
If you really go and reinstate the draft,
you'll straight away just split the country straight in half,
so try arresting everyone who sends their draft cards back.
I'll be returning mine in no time flat."

It just wanted to share that and how happy it made me!

I will be around with Ethan this weekend. So...I guess I will see you then?

For Kacie

I don't know what you're doing this summer, but I found this on Craigs List and thought you might be interested. I don't really have any interest in going into magizine and since I don't read them, couldn't even list three I liked the most. O_o

Reply to: job-302548625@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-03-29, 1:38PM EDT

A national women's fashion and lifestyle magazine based in Atlanta is seeking summer and fall interns. You must be organized, detail-oriented and passionate about magazines. We're a small, hard-working staff, so while we'll certainly ask you to do some of the typical intern stuff, like calling in products and assisting on photo shoots, there's also plenty of opportunity to score some nice bylines and really contribute. (No coffee runs or dry cleaning pick-ups for our interns.) We're looking for someone who's available 20 or so hours per week - some work can be done from home, but you will need to be in our office (just off Windy Hill) some of the time, too. We're looking for someone to start as soon as possible. Please send a letter of interest explaining why you think you'd be a great candidate, your most current resume and tell us about your three favorite magazines and why you love them.

• Location: Atlanta
• Compensation: Stipend
• This is a part-time job.
• This is an internship job
• Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
• Please, no phone calls about this job!
• Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.

PostingID: 302548625

Sorry. I would've e-mailed this directly to you, but I don't know you're e-mail. :/

GO KACIE!

Good luck today Kacie!

Make us proud!

I can't wait to hear how it went!

Saturday?

Hey family,

I just wanted to tell everyone (and mom specifically) that Ethan and I will probably be coming around for dinner on Saturday night. I was thinking about making some General Tso's Tofu...but if you folks had plans we could squeeze into then maybe we would do whatever you were doing.

Okay...that's about it.

Emma

Twila Rules Quirkdom!

"Quirky" Poll Who is "quirkiest"?
Twila	50%	4
DaddyMike	25%	2
Emma	25%	2
ConnieMom	0%	0
Kacie	0%	0
Cheyenne	0%	0
George	0%	0
Veronica	0%	0
total votes: 8

Hey Family!

So guess what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Ok, I'll tell you! I got accepted into the Georgia College and State University Bridge Scholars Program! Yay! I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo excited!



YAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cell phone problem!

Hey family,

The display on my cell phone has stopped working! I'm ordering a new one, but in the meantime, if you try to call me and I miss the call, I won't know it; it still rings but I can't see missed calls or text messages or voicemails, etc. Nor can I phone you back in an instant because I can't see my address book either. So if you need to reach me and I don't pick up, my advice is to try again. Or email. Or post a message here.

Also, my trip to California last week has been cancelled --- yay!!! Twi, give me a call; I tried to call you today but didn't reach you.

And Kacie; we are on for Monday. We might make it dinner rather than lunch because Julia and I might both need to work half a day.

Cheyenne & Veronica --- see you tomorrow.


luv, Mum

trouble for harry potter fans

I just read on Yahoo that the release of "Deathly Hallows" might be delayed for three months or more. Seems there is some kind of dispute between JK Rowlings and the publisher over merchandising that the publisher approved without her consent. They are reporting that unless they come to an agreement within the next week or two, there could be legal proceedings that might delay the release. Read more about it here.

Something new in the driveway...

So...you might notice something new in the driveway if you come by the house. That would be my Silver 2000 Honda Civic! Yay!
I will definatly be paying Mom back for a long while. I got some picture for everyone who isn't here to see it.

The last owner put in some cool, fancy tail lights...
It has a moon roof!
This is just me showing off my new sunglasses.

BTW...all of these pictures were taken with the camera on my phone. If anyone wants to know how I uploaded them, you can either ask me or just get an account at Flickr.com.

In other news, last night Ethan and I made ourselves pancakes for dinner. After expressing to mom the sad fact that all of the vegan pancakes I try to make from scratch come out bad, Aunt Boonya gave me a box of organic pancake mix. I just wanted to let her know that they came out REALLY tasty! Thank you so much for finally helping me complete my dream of having delicious vegan pancakes. Ethan scarfed them up as well...
This is how he felt about them:
<3 Emma

Ps. No one better get any ideas about my car when I am away at school!