Saturday, April 26, 2008
An Open Invitation
Maggie turns 8 on Thursday and she will be getting baptized next Saturday May 3rd. We think somewhere around 4:00. More info to follow but all are invited.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Po-tay-to Po-tah-to (annoying how there's not really a good way to write that.)
It’s spring(ish) when a young man’s fancy to thoughts of bugs. Yes, it’s a magical time, a time when Maggie and Aidan delight in playing in the yard, in riding their bikes up and down the street, and in pulling up my paving stones and the rock edges of my flower beds, leaving them strewn haphazardly about the yard, and finding potato bugs.
When I was a kid we called them roly-polies. I’m not sure if the difference is a location thing or a timing issue (probably location, I also drink soda, not pop. Well, I don't drink either but that's not the point) But I looked them up (what would I do without google and wikipedia?) and found out that they’re actually woodlice.
Let me tell you how stoked I am to have my children bringing lice of any kind into my home.
Not very.
Actually I’m not sure if they’re technically woodlice or pill millipedes, having not checked whether they have two sets of legs per body segment (millipede) or just one (woodlouse). Now that I think about it, given the sheer volume of discovered, and captured, insect life, we probably have both.
We also have worms.
Now, I’m not particularly squeamish, although now that I’ve put the woodlice name on the potato bugs I find that I like them a lot less, (a woodlouse by any other name...) but I did finally have to banish the bugs, the “new pets,” outside (as I would any real pet) when I caught the kids taking them out of the jar and letting them crawl up their arms.
And dropping them.
I don’t really need them crawling around my living room.
On a completely unrelated note, today Maggie informed Aidan that Hannah Montana was the “most famous pop-star.” Oy vey.
When I was a kid we called them roly-polies. I’m not sure if the difference is a location thing or a timing issue (probably location, I also drink soda, not pop. Well, I don't drink either but that's not the point) But I looked them up (what would I do without google and wikipedia?) and found out that they’re actually woodlice.
Let me tell you how stoked I am to have my children bringing lice of any kind into my home.
Not very.
Actually I’m not sure if they’re technically woodlice or pill millipedes, having not checked whether they have two sets of legs per body segment (millipede) or just one (woodlouse). Now that I think about it, given the sheer volume of discovered, and captured, insect life, we probably have both.We also have worms.
Now, I’m not particularly squeamish, although now that I’ve put the woodlice name on the potato bugs I find that I like them a lot less, (a woodlouse by any other name...) but I did finally have to banish the bugs, the “new pets,” outside (as I would any real pet) when I caught the kids taking them out of the jar and letting them crawl up their arms.
And dropping them.
I don’t really need them crawling around my living room.
On a completely unrelated note, today Maggie informed Aidan that Hannah Montana was the “most famous pop-star.” Oy vey.
Friday, April 11, 2008
Talking out of turn
I hope I'm not talking put of turn or being too presumptuous by posting as me and not as "family" but I made myself an approved contributor rather than using the generic family account. Blogger just already knows who I am and it's easier for me this way. If anyone else wants to do the same I'd be happy to help you out (or you can probably figure it out on your own, if I can you can) as long as JB doesn't object.
Anyway, Alison Wonderland is the current nom de guerre for Allison Flannery and I imagine that most stuff for the Flannerys (er, young Flannerys? Shaun Flannerys? Salt Lake Flannerys?) will be posted under that name. (See? At the bottom.)
As far as interesting things to tell you, I got nothing, we're just all dying of the plague at my house.
Anyway, Alison Wonderland is the current nom de guerre for Allison Flannery and I imagine that most stuff for the Flannerys (er, young Flannerys? Shaun Flannerys? Salt Lake Flannerys?) will be posted under that name. (See? At the bottom.)
As far as interesting things to tell you, I got nothing, we're just all dying of the plague at my house.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Poore-Gavin's hope for the future
Yesterday I was talking with Gavin. He looked at me and said, "Mom, when I grow up will I have kids?" "Sure," I replied, "when you grow up, you can get married and have kids if you want." "Good," he said, "then I can tell them what to do!" He is soooo funny!
-Molly
-Molly
Friday, April 4, 2008
J.B. starting early in the month.
My Aunt Virginia called me today to tell me about the death of my cousin John Hawkins' son Spencer. I guess he was in his teens but had had health problems since birth. I went to the viewing - saw John and his ex-wife and their 2 girls - also another one of my cousins - John's brother who lives in Modesto, California and just happened to be up here for conference. It is only April 4th - so I plan to edit this post and keep adding to it thru-out the month and hope that others do also!!
4/8 - Hooray for Molly - she becomes the 1st other than Jabe and myself to post to the Washburn Wanderer. Hopefully many others will follow suit - soon AND often!! As you can see, it is easy to post early in the month and then add to your original post by logging in and editing rather than starting a new entry!!
4/11 - We were trying to go to Blanding this weekend but I have 2 offers on a house I have been trying to sell for awhile, so we are staying closer so I can hopefully get it sold. We may go down by Green River with our Lone Peak 4 Wheelers Jeep Club if all goes smoothly. More later.
4/25 - We did go to Temple Mountain on that Saturday and did Little Wild Horse Canyon and Muddy Creek. One of our guys buried his Cherokee to the axles crossing Muddy Creek and we had quite the adventure getting him unstuck. It took us over an hour but he finally did winch himself out - We took his 125 foot winch cable plus a 20 foot strap which let us reach over a sand ridge - then I dug a hole aiming under the ridge and back toward his Jeep and we buried his Handyman Jack in the hole with the strap wrapped around the bottom - as he winched it just buried the jack deeper and deeper!! After we got him out he had to come around and winch the other way to pull the jack out of the ground. I went a lot faster than he did and got across with no problem.
As we continued south toward Hanksville, we found a space capsule called the Mars Desert Experiment. We arrived at the only time we could have and get to talk to them - otherwise they would have been inside and could only come out in space suits, but they were changing teams the next day so they were out and about - if you want to read some interesting stuff, just Google them and you can read all about it. This is an excerpt from what I found on Google.
March 11, 2005
The Mars Society of Canada is now accepting applications for Expedition Beta ÿ a two-week training and research mission to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah. The purpose of Expedition Beta is to certify new recruits for participation in future large-scale research expeditions, to expose researchers to the facilities and environment typically available in a Mars analog setting, and to cross-train participants in several areas including geology, biology, technology and operations as they pertain to human Mars exploration. The two-week expedition will take place in December 2005 or early 2006.
Expedition Beta will be the Mars Society of Canadaÿs second training mission, building on the success of last yearÿs Expedition Alpha to MDRS that featured studies involving the local geology, crewmember physiology, field-testing of new fieldwork protocols, EVA traverse planning, and work-study task and procedure analysis. With both Expedition One to MDRS and Expedition Two to Arkaroola, Australia having been successfully completed, successful participants of Expedition Beta will have the chance to contribute to future large-scale expeditions being planned for the Canadian Arctic, Iceland and the Atacama Desert in Chile, among other locations. Individuals who have not participated in either a Training or prior Research Expedition will not b e eligible to take part in future full-scale expeditions led by the Mars Society of Canada.
4/8 - Hooray for Molly - she becomes the 1st other than Jabe and myself to post to the Washburn Wanderer. Hopefully many others will follow suit - soon AND often!! As you can see, it is easy to post early in the month and then add to your original post by logging in and editing rather than starting a new entry!!
4/11 - We were trying to go to Blanding this weekend but I have 2 offers on a house I have been trying to sell for awhile, so we are staying closer so I can hopefully get it sold. We may go down by Green River with our Lone Peak 4 Wheelers Jeep Club if all goes smoothly. More later.
4/25 - We did go to Temple Mountain on that Saturday and did Little Wild Horse Canyon and Muddy Creek. One of our guys buried his Cherokee to the axles crossing Muddy Creek and we had quite the adventure getting him unstuck. It took us over an hour but he finally did winch himself out - We took his 125 foot winch cable plus a 20 foot strap which let us reach over a sand ridge - then I dug a hole aiming under the ridge and back toward his Jeep and we buried his Handyman Jack in the hole with the strap wrapped around the bottom - as he winched it just buried the jack deeper and deeper!! After we got him out he had to come around and winch the other way to pull the jack out of the ground. I went a lot faster than he did and got across with no problem.
As we continued south toward Hanksville, we found a space capsule called the Mars Desert Experiment. We arrived at the only time we could have and get to talk to them - otherwise they would have been inside and could only come out in space suits, but they were changing teams the next day so they were out and about - if you want to read some interesting stuff, just Google them and you can read all about it. This is an excerpt from what I found on Google.
March 11, 2005
The Mars Society of Canada is now accepting applications for Expedition Beta ÿ a two-week training and research mission to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah. The purpose of Expedition Beta is to certify new recruits for participation in future large-scale research expeditions, to expose researchers to the facilities and environment typically available in a Mars analog setting, and to cross-train participants in several areas including geology, biology, technology and operations as they pertain to human Mars exploration. The two-week expedition will take place in December 2005 or early 2006.
Expedition Beta will be the Mars Society of Canadaÿs second training mission, building on the success of last yearÿs Expedition Alpha to MDRS that featured studies involving the local geology, crewmember physiology, field-testing of new fieldwork protocols, EVA traverse planning, and work-study task and procedure analysis. With both Expedition One to MDRS and Expedition Two to Arkaroola, Australia having been successfully completed, successful participants of Expedition Beta will have the chance to contribute to future large-scale expeditions being planned for the Canadian Arctic, Iceland and the Atacama Desert in Chile, among other locations. Individuals who have not participated in either a Training or prior Research Expedition will not b e eligible to take part in future full-scale expeditions led by the Mars Society of Canada.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Sample Newsletter Post - Jabe
So I guess we're going to start using this blog to post our newsletter stuff each month. If you're not familiar with this site, it's really pretty easy to use. All you have to do is click the Sign In link in the top right hand corner. Then you sign in, using the user name and password that has been emailed to you. Once you are signed in, you just click on New Post and you'll get a
template for typing anything you want to enter. Along the top of the template there are icons that let you do various things. If you hover the mouse pointer over an icon, a text box will show you what the icon does. At the right end of these icons are an icon that lets you insert pictures and another that lets you insert video. It's pretty user-friendly, but it is fairly limited in what it can do. These pictures are "small" of the choices in the picture applet. So, there you have it...New Beginnings - J.B.
Today is April 1st and the April edition of the Washburn Wanderer is in the mail. We had a great list of contributors this month and ended up with 6 double-sided pages!! So now the new experiment starts. Hopefully we will get great response this way - I know we have some bloggers out there that we can hear from on a regular basis. The theory is that all family members that have internet access will be able to login and post to the blog with pictures and whatever else they want to add. Not sure how that will all work, but since it is an experiment we will all find out together.
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