Ballerina

Texas State Fair

Riding the dart to Fair park with grandma

A merry-go-round is all a Ginger needs to be happy
We should all have this same expression when we're about to eat "fried chocolate"
Going up in the big Texas star Ferris wheel
Smooth rider
Pink cars also make Ginger happy

Princess Ginger

Landform Map Project

Sterling has received his first big project of the year. He (and parents) has to make a 3D landform map. This map has to include a myriad of landforms such as mountains, plain, lakes, oceans etc. At first I was determined to hand the responsibility of this project over to Joe, but today it seemed like the perfect excuse to get out of sitting on the couch for conference. Instead, I used my new computer, and listened to a live audio stream. To me, it's actually easier to focus on the conference talks when my body is occupied with something else. When I just sit on the couch to listen, my mind often starts to wander.

The instructions said to build the landforms out of a home-made dough, on a piece of cardboard. Being the perfectionist that I am, I decided we could make it stronger by using a piece of fiberboard for the base, and using little wooden blocks to make the base for mountains and hills. It worked great, and it became much easier to build tall mountains. We also used 3x the amount of dough called for. Phase 1 of the project is finished: the basic shape of the landforms. The next phase will include painting and labeling. But we'll have to be patient, and wait for the dough to dry completely.

Cocoons

I never thought I'd see my mother-in-law's house look like this

The kitchen remodel started and progressed fast, at first. We got the cabinets painted just 2 days after we decided to start. Then the granite came in a few more days after that. However, since that, we've had a few snags. After the new texture was put on the wall, and they were primed, we found that the texture needed to be redone. That added an extra 3 days. (flatten texture, new texture, and primer) The ceilings also needed some drywall repairs, which is why these "cocoons" were set up. Generally I function fairly well in chaos, but only if the chaos is organized. It has gotten to the point that items have been misplaced, or simply can't be reached through the construction. All we can do right now is keep working, and hopefully soon the mess can get smaller rather than bigger.

Cheat

I'm going to cheat this first day, by posting a picture I took a few weeks ago. Just HAD to show off my super cute cub scout!

A picture a day

Since my blog is lacking some luster, and I haven't had the inspiration or desire to do much photography, I thought I'd spruce it up with a new picture each day. You know,... of every day things. I will commit to putting up a new picture each day for the next week. I might try to keep going for the whole month of October, but I'm not making any commitment. Tomorrow will be kick-off day