Hi! Just got back from the beach! Olivia and I got down there around11am and we wandered around the beach. It was a nice day although a bit foggy down by the water. Olivia was a little freaked out by the water, giving a little scream everytime the water came up close to her. It was pretty funny. There was one wave that snuck up on us and got our feet all wet! Of course, I was wearing my sneakers! Olivia was wearing her water shoes so she was ok. I took a bunch of pictures and I will post them up later. Oh - we also saw the MTV beach house. Nothing going on there but a lot of security and cops just hanging around. Gee - and I was hoping to see P. Doody or Diddy or whatever his name is today ::snicker::

I started work on my family tree last night. HOLY crap - I have a LOT of work to do! Thank goodness I have a lot of it written dowm. I wonder how I can (IF I can) search the Iranian databases. I will have to try to get my cousins or my uncles email addresses so I can get more information.

I picked up the new Harry Potter widescreen DVD for $14.97! Yeehaa! I know what I will be watching tomorrow night! I also bought Family Tree Maker so I will be starting to work on MY family tree and I want to attach Paul's extended family (which is BIG!) to it as well. I hope I am able to do that. Anyone use this program yet? I had class tonight. Jeff, the instructor, is really a nice guy. I like him. He gets off into some serious tech jargon every once in a while but we manage to veer him back on track. Not much else new tonight. Olivia is sleeping.. thank God. Moira, on the other hand sounded gross as I was leaving for school. I hope she is ok in the morning.

Liz aka The CandleLady is on hiatus. I will miss you sweetie. Keep in touch!

There is a man who attended the same HS as I (graduated 2 1 year ahead of me) who is being charged for aggrevated sexual assault of a child. Disgusting. I know of this person. I was friends (at one time) with his sister. I want to vomit. Scumbag

Around 1245am last night, I was having a grand old chat with Erin when Olivia woke up again. I gave her a second breathing treatment (during which she fell asleep) and finally got her back into bed by 2am. I woke up again at 715am to wake up Moira for school. Paul was home this morning so he took Moira to the bus stop and I went back to bed. Olivia woke up around 915am and then my Dad called. I am so glad I managed to get a little more sleep (I am yawning as I type) because I have class tonight.

Comedian Bob Hope is 99. Happy Birthday Bob.

A friend of mine who lives in the middle of Silicone Valley, CA just emailed me regarding a huge underground explosion at a large company, Novellus.She said she lives about a block away! I hope things are ok with her and her family. I have been checking the online news sources and there is no information as of yet.

Oh my God - I will be ::gulp:: 32! Or, as I like to say "20-12" or "I will be celebrating my 12th anniversary of being 20." ::sigh::

I wonder if my comments are now updated. I had a bunch of error messages before...

Just got Olivia into bed about 20 minutes ago.. the past 4 hours were filled with crying. The sad pathetic type of crying... the kind that breaks apart your heart and makes you want to do anything to fix whatever is wrong....

We just got back from the doctor's office. I took Olivia in just to be sure. I was right - post nasal drip. Lungs clear, ears clear. Damn - this is SO frustrating. Basically, she has a cold.

I was busy all day yesterday and by the end of the day, I felt so gross. I must have caught a cold from the kidlets (the little plague carriers). My nose was all stuffy and I had a sore throat. Olivia must have had those plus she has an awful post-nasal drip that is making her cough so hard she gags. Poor baby. She had a tough night last night. She coughed for a while before we finally got her up and sat her out with us. Olivia sat and watched Trading Spaces with us and got a nebulizer treatment. She coughed so much that she was wheezing. We got her back into bed around midnight. Paul is still working on our room. It's been a difficult process because we cannot empty the room. I have nowhere to put the furniture. Plus, the walls are pretty messed up. He had a LOT of spackling and patching to do around the room. So, he would alternate between painting, priming, spackling and sanding. At one point, he painted a happy face one of the unpainted wall and the kids went NUTS! They thought that was the coolest thing!

I just finished watching the HBO special about the Twin Towers. A very well done tribute. I cried through most of it. Listening to the messages left on people's machines was just so horrible.. I couldn't even imagine the pain the family members must be feeling... I just remember how scared I was when I didn't know where my brother was or if he was safe.

I hope everyone tonight watches the HBO special at 9pm, "In Memoriam:New York City". There is another extremely moving article written about the Towers from the NY Times. Read about it here.

I cleaned Moira's room today - this kid has a LOT of stuff. It was so bad that I couldn't make her do it - she would have had no idea where to start. I carted out 1 1/2 garbage bags of little crappy bits (broken toys, junk papers, tattered books, etc). My kid is a pack rat! Her room looks SO much nicer now. She is able to actually SIT at her desk. She is playing on her computer now. I figure next year - Olivia will get Moira's computer (Pentium 166 but great for the kiddie games like Reader Rabbit, etc) and we will buy her a new monitor. Moira will get our current system and we get a new one! Wheeeee! I am already debating what to get - laptop or tower. I do have a scanner albeit 600 dpi but it works. If I get a laptop, I would have to get a docking station for it and that seems like a pain in the ass. I think I will just get a tower with a nice 17 LCD :::rubbing hands gleefully::: and I am hoping we will have high speed access in our area! Well - I have to do some more work around the house. Paul is painting in our room and it's looking really good! I am so excited that my bedroom will be SO nice! YAY!

From Susan - hints and tips from the Trading Spaces gang. Thanks Susan! ::smile::

I have been watching Trading Spaces and laughing my ass off. The last home owner, upon opening his eyes, said "Oh Sh*t", followed up with "Where is the God Damn ceiling fan?" Geez buddy, you just got your entire room redecorated for free and you have the balls to bitch about a crappy fan? Putz.

So tired.. long day Went food shopping and stopped back at Home Depot for more flowers and dirt. Paul put up my new mailbox (pics to follow later), trimmed some dead tree branches and rotated our stockade fence (per Township code regulations - the previous owner put the fence up backwards - on purpose). I planted the rest of my flowers and did a bunch of laundry. BBQ'ed some chicken and made pasta salad... I might post more later.. depends if I fall asleep or not ::grin::

For all you Hello Kitty fans out there (Suzie), I found this link off Quinn's blog. Too funny!