Monday, October 31, 2005

PRIMARY READER
Lesson Number 1

Students are encouraged to click on thumbnails to enlarge.

Baby Baby.
Baby and Cat Baby and Cat.
Baby and Rug Baby and Rug.
Orb on Cat Orb on Cat.
Cat on Rug Cat on Rug.
Baby on Rug Baby on Rug.
Baby and Cat and Orb Baby and Cat and Orb.
Baby and Cat and Two Orbs Baby and Cat and Two Orbs.

Two Orbs?!! That's it, I'm outta here...



This concludes today's reading lesson.

Happy Halloween!

Thursday, October 27, 2005

LOVE THINE ENEMY

Awww....


Spammers be warned.

I may be too busy to post regularly and bloghop these days, but I am making a special exception for you poor misguided souls.

In thanks for the flood of blessings The Lord has sent my way of late, I have pledged to redirect all spam in my TagBoards to THIS site.

As for the particularly nasty ones, I reserve the right to change the text to reflect messages more in line with my faith.

So keep the spam coming.

I welcome any opportunity to praise my Lord and Savior.

Amen.

Tuesday, October 25, 2005

COLOR MY WORLD

painting in the family room


We've added a few touches of color since our last home improvement UPDATE.


WHITE trim...

All done! new front view
new side view new view from the side


RED door...

Red door...the finishing touch view from the inside


...and BLACK cat.

Halloween special: translucent orb against black cat


Presenting the latest addition to Lorenzo and Renee's household...

Lance and Troy's soul sister...
Reanna's sidekick...
and Spot the Pit Bull's new nemesis...

a six-month-old POLYDACTYL kitten whom we adopted from the pound.


Her name is Tabitha Clementine Sereno, but we call her
Trouble.

(Which doesn't necessarily mean there aren't others in the household more deserving of the monicker...

...but I won't mention any names!)


Here comes Trouble!

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Thursday, October 06, 2005

SIMPLY BOO-TIFUL

Batgirl begins...


Here's a sure-fire recipe for fall family fun.

Materials needed:

one picture-perfect family
one picture-perfect pumpkin

jack o' lantern grins

one corkscrew
one POTTERY BARN KIDS pumpkin decorating kit

pottery barn kids pumpkin decorating kit


and one Daddy...

positioning the face a corkscrew helps
...who's willing to do all the work.


Put them all together and what have you got?

Four picture-perfect smiles
One picture-perfect
jack-o'-lantern

say cheese!

And zero mess.

Monday, October 03, 2005

WEEKEND WARRIORS: A NEW HUE

Saturday, October 1, 2005
to Sunday, October 2, 2005
an undisclosed address
Modesto, CA


This past weekend was a time of renewal.

Out with the grey...

old side view front detail
... the ol' grey garage old front view



And in with the blue.

side detail new side view
new front view bluer than blue

Feast your eyes on "
Blue Suede Shoes", our family home's funky new shade.

White trim to follow.

Stay tuned.


(PLUGGING: More "Home Improvements" in SERENITY. Also, "Paying it Forward", an expression of gratitude at 87 GENTLE STREET, and orbs caught on camera after "Circus Gatti" in SIGHTINGS.)