Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday - new house!

Well, sort of. We just had our house painted!

Wordless Wednesday - house painting

Wordless Wednesday - my books

We've been working on getting our books unpacked and organized. Here's a few pictures of our progress so far:

The kids have one large bookcase in each of their rooms that's mostly full. I think we'll be on the lookout for more bookshelves...

Wordless Wednesday - goofy youtube videos

OK, I was letting my oldest look up Bionicle videos on youtube when we came across this:



Too funny!!

Wordless Wednesday - funny cats

Playing with my iPod - Broken Open

1. Put your entire music library on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag some people.


IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY?" YOU SAY?
Let's Go Crazy - Prince

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Ebudae - Enya

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Swords Crossed - Klaus Badelt - Pirates of the Caribbean 1

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
After the Flesh - My Life With The Thrill Kill Cult - The Crow

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Summertime Blues - Rush, Feedback

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
For What It's Worth - Rush, Feedback

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Between Sun & Moon - Rush

WHAT IS 2+2?
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Take 6

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Tractor Tippin' - Randy Newman, Cars

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Closer To The Heart - Rush, Rush In Rio

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
The Spirit of Radio - Rush, R30

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GROW UP
Gaia Shekinah Nama Om (relaxation/meditation music)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Run-Around - Blues Traveler

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
The Hall of Prophecies - Nicholas Hooper, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Koolen - Eric Serra, The Fifth Element

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
2112: Soliloquy - Rush, Different Stages Live

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Pride (In The Name of Love) - U2

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Memory - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon - Primus

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Distant Early Warning - Rush, Rush In Rio (ok this is kind of creepy if you know the song)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Tao - Richard Warner

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Come On, Come On - Velvet Revolver, Fantastic 4

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
The Jellicle Ball - Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
O the Holly She Bears a Berry - The Chieftains

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
God So Loved The World - Glad

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Amaranth - Nightwish

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
In The End - Rush, All The World's A Stage

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Broken Open - Kip Winger

Thursday Thirteen - yet more tips for a better life!

1. What other people think of you is none of your business.

2. Remember, faith can heal everything.

3. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

5. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.

6. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

7. The best is yet to come.

8. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.

9. Do the right thing!!

10. Call your family often (or email them to death!)

11. Each night before you go to bed, complete tyhe following statements: I am thankful for __________. Today I accomplished _______________.

12. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.

13. Enjoy the ride. Remember this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life, so make the most of it and enjoy the ride!

Wordless Wednesday - weather

This is what I came out of work on Tuesday morning to see:

Too bad the "storm" didn't actually drop much in the way of real moisture...

Birthday Calculator

A friend sent this to me so I decided to play around with it:

4 September 1973

Your date of conception was on or about 12 December 1972 which was a Tuesday.

You were born on a Tuesday
under the astrological sign Virgo.
Your Life path number is 6.

Your fortune cookie reads:
You are talented in many ways.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 3, 6 & 9.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 8, 11 & 22.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2441929.5.
The golden number for 1973 is 17.
The epact number for 1973 is 25.
The year 1973 was not a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/3/1973 and ending 1/22/1974.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Ox.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Bear; your plant is Violets.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Hathys, the third month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 7 Elul 5733.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 8 Elul 5733.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.0.2.5 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 0 tun 2 uinal 5 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Tuesday, 6 Sha'ban 1393 (1393-8-6).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 22 April 1973.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 29 April 1973.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 7 March 1973.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 10 June 1973.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 17 June 1973.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Thursday, 27 September 1973.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Tuesday, 17 April 1973.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 6 March 1973.

As of 3/6/2009 7:37:58 PM EST
You are 35 years old.
You are 426 months old.
You are 1,852 weeks old.
You are 12,967 days old.
You are 311,227 hours old.
You are 18,673,657 minutes old.
You are 1,120,419,478 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:

Beyonc‚ Knowles (1981)	Dan Miller (1980)	Jason David Frank (1973)
Ione Skye (1970)	Mike Piazza (1968)	Damon Wayans (1960)
Dr. Drew Pinsky (1958)	Tom Watson (1949)	Mitzi Gaynor (1930)
Paul Harvey (1918)	Henry Ford II (1917)	Richard Wright (1908)

Top songs of 1973

Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree by Dawn
My Love by Paul McCartney & Wings	You're So Vain by Carly Simon
Crocodile Rock by Elton John	Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
Keep On Truckin' by Eddie Kendricks	Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce
Top of the World by Carpenters	Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 5.07514677103718 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

Your lucky day is Wednesday.
Your lucky number is 5.
Your ruling planet(s) is Mercury.
Your lucky dates are 5th, 14th, 23rd.
Your opposition sign is Pisces.
Your opposition number(s) is 3.

Today is not one of your lucky days!

There are 182 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 36 candles.

Those 36 candles produce 36 BTUs,
or 9,072 calories of heat (that's only 9.0720 food Calories!) .
You can boil 4.11 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1973 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1973 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1973 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1973 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1973 the population of Australia was approximately 13,614,344.
In 1973 there were approximately 247,670 births in Australia.
In 1973 in Australia there were approximately 112,700 marriages and 16,195 divorces.
In 1973 in Australia there were approximately 110,822 deaths.


Your birthstone is Sapphire

The Mystical properties of Sapphire

Though not meant to replace traditional medical treatment, Sapphire is used for clear thinking.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Agate, Moonstone, Lapis Lazuli

Your birth tree is

Weeping Willow, the Melancholy

Beautiful but full of melancholy, attractive, very empathic, loves anything beautiful and tasteful, loves to travel, dreamer, restless, capricious, honest, can be influenced but is not easy to live with, demanding, good intuition, suffers in love but finds sometimes an anchoring partner.

There are 294 days till Christmas 2009!
There are 307 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waxing crescent.