Yearly Archives: 2008

Yoshi Egg Piñata

Posted on December 31, 2008 by velda — 9 Comments ↓

If you hadn’t gathered it from my other article, my kids LOVE Mario. Ethan wants another Mario birthday party this year.. we may even do a combined birthday party for both kids since Mary’s birthday is in the summer (when…

Chinese Clematis

Posted on December 31, 2008 by velda — No Comments ↓

Update: We figured out what this is called! And it’s bad news! But I still think it looks pretty neat. Name that Plant! What wild flower (read: interesting weed) starts out as a curly vine, sports lantern-shape buds that blossom…

Tagged with: flower, mystery
Posted in Photography

“I’d like a box of pompoms for Christmas..”

Posted on December 19, 2008 by velda — No Comments ↓

Of all the random things for Mary to wish for, right? I found out why when she was singing “Little Drummer Boy” “Come, they told me. Wrap up a pom-pom!”

Tagged with: family, misheard lyrics
Posted in Etcetera

Piano Hero & the Realistic Frets

Posted on November 10, 2008 by velda — 4 Comments ↓

So when I first heard about Guitar Hero years ago I thought the concept was SO COOL… not because this nerdy girl has really ever wanted to be a rock star, but because I thought it was pure genius to…

Tagged with: education, guitar, learning, music, piano
Posted in Stories of My Life

Beta Delta

Posted on October 14, 2008 by velda — No Comments ↓

I just got off the phone with Delta’s customer service and am feeling extraordinarily irked. In some ways I can’t believe my own silliness. Here for nearly two months now, I’ve been thinking I had a return flight at on…

Tagged with: delta, rant
Posted in Stories of My Life