a few vacation days

march 12, 13 & 14 No work - all play!

Day 1 - visited a familiar landmark to all Birminghamians. not even going to say what, but you will recognize his lovely features in the pics.

also worked in a visit to the Botanical Gardens. plan was to find a lovely swing and just swing, look at the sky and relax. of course we had to walk to the Japanese Garden area to see if the cherry trees were in bloom (they were not). we did find a lovely swing which i was truly enjoying until i looked at DH's face and realized he was bored silly. snapped a few pics of some tulips and left.

Day 2 - movie day - i had picked out 10 movies that are currently out that i thought we should see. DH picked a dud..."10,000 B.C.". it was ok but not a must-see.

Day 3 - lovely thunderstorms abounded so i got to pick the movie for the day. i chose "Spiderwick Chronicles". we both agreed that this one was much better than Tuesday's flick. (popcorn almost got us though...don't know how many points movie popcorn is, but we were strong and did not succomb to that lovely smell. it usually smells better than it tastes though.)

today is Saturday and i'm feeling like the vacation is over. still a little rainy out so i think i'll attempt to do a little cleaning today.

never really thought much about the subject of lobotomies...

i spend an hour traveling to work and back home Monday through Friday and enjoy listening to audio books rather than the radio or cds. i listen to all kinds of stuff - usually fiction romance, sci-fi or whatever else gets my attention at the library. i just finished listening to what i thought was fiction, but turned out to be a biography by Howard Dully called My Lobotomy. i don't think i'll ever use the term lobotomy to be funny again. i have been totally blown away by this book. this man describes his life from childhood to adulthood. he was given a lobotomy at the age of 12, because his step mother could not control him and his father was too complacent to object. the lobotomy did not "work" to the step mother's satisfaction so she talked his father in to giving him up as a ward of the state. it's amazing that this man turned out so well. he is in his 50s now and is doing well. i would love to meet him personally and just give him a hug. he worked with Sound Portraits on a documentary of his life which aired on NPR in Novemeber 2005. take a listen - it will take you out of your comfort zone and make you think a little.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014080

There are TWO of them!

Abby and Cary are having TWINS! I am so excited for them (and me). Babies to arrive in August!

happy birthday, abby! January 5, 1979

You look maavalus hun!!!

friends

Christa, April, Sheila, Jennifer - these girls are the best. They have enriched my life through laughter, tears, prayer, work, play and many other ways. I hope I can be as inspiring and supportive to them as they are to me.

Pinky's Rule!