Ordinary Life

TEN YEARS, can you believe it? Someday it will seem but a drop in the bucket, I know...but I remember vividly those " Where will you be in 10?" questions, and I never really knew But I am glad you held the doughnuts and glad you finally asked and most of all I am glad that my last 10 has included you. Ten years ago today... Little Man Yellow (incidentally matching that notorious nail polish) Villa Europa (the first of many occasions in which you'd help me make up my mind) & ( beating you . . . i know, i know you let me (not) The Devil's Advocate (what an omen that turned out to be!) (I'd have posted a video clip here, if it wasn't such a trashy movie that you took me to :) and the best promise I never kept: "Just one date..." Happy 10 th Pumpkin Day, princeCharming (thanks again for not taking me to that kegger )

Chandler got his first call back- he's to be an orphan in SCT's "Oliver!" The kids went to their first ever auditions last week, in which they had to sing & dance. Both were a little timid, but only because it was new and so many people around... they have no shame amongst family :) Chan is already toying with the idea of being a professional comedian (heaven help us!) and wants to know how to become one of those lucky kids on t.v. Thanks to homeschooling, we feel better knowing that at least one Chatham County teacher is not pulling her hair out over Chan's h-am bitions to be funny. I Blame His Father for this disposition (see lines #16, #17, #18) ** I informed Chan that he will be relocated to River Street, in order to use the Method approach to prepare for his role... He embraces this idea fully and even adds " I won't be far from the house, but I'll just hang out in the yard and I can dig in the trash, please keep the police from getting...

Found the Dawgs picture card yesterday that we were given a few weeks ago at the SC/GA game in Athens... they snapped our photo in hopes we would buy a print of it...this is what they took: (I'll pass on purchasing) Before I could marry princeC , I had to denounce my homeland (GA), burn anything with UGA on it and promise never, ever to spell the word dog: "D-A-W-G", before performing the sacred Carolina conversion ceremony, of which I can only say blood sacrifice is indeed required. But if that hadn't been the case- if I were still a native Dawgs fan, I would consider Sanford Stadium an excellent homeland to make fall football pilgrimages to. Athens was a lot of fun. To be honest, I am not there for the game... I am there for funnel cakes, Bavarian cashews, and the quiet sport of people watching. The only person I cheer audibly is the cotton candy vendor " One more flight...You Can Do It!... I Can Tip !!" And in that arena, Athens was on top of their ga...

Footage from our October trip to Charlotte for BoJangle's Pole Night. ( more family friendly than a real race) Included is the "real" Transformer- ish vehicle Robosaurus . It "ate" a car, then set the car ( and the field) on fire. Chandler pulled for Dale Jr. , Clay pulled for Gordon. Fisher pulled for both of them and the transformer. Logan just tried to stay warm and I found the "bucket of fries" concession stall to be my favorite event, opting for Ranch seasoning with a sprinkling of malt vinegar. After the trivial pole events had passed, the serious racing began- junk cars pulling boat trailers followed by a few rousing laps between junked school buses... boogedy boogedy , as they say. We drove from Savannah to Charlotte and got out of our car dressed completely wrong for the air up there... it was chilly to say the least. Everyone got a souvenir as a result- in order to try and stay warm ( forget gas money to get back home... give me a shirt a...

Jello Fruit , originally uploaded by kellybrewer . Step:1 Scoop out the nutritious stuff Step 2: Replace with Jell-o Step 3: Chill... We were reminded about doing this project when we happened across Raven~Symone' Presents on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsxZp7t4KAw

Aletheia Academy (ie; The Brew Crew) held Home Ec the other day- we made Caramel Apples... not long after, Chandler lost a silver crown. On Monday, Aletheia takes a field trip to the Dentist's Office!

MY birthday Cake(s) , originally uploaded by kellybrewer . A couple of weeks ago: Clay and the kids each decorated a miniture cake for me...the kids each decorated one for themselves, too.

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"...three times you can bite me..."