Aloha August

The princess had a great time at her friends luau party. By far one of the best kids parties we've attended. 30 or so wahinis dancing the hula.

By the sea

Yes, we actually did get to the beach this summer.

Caber toss

Live from the Long Island Scottish Games at Old Westbury Gardens.

The princess tries to toss a caber. Lively dance and music,delicious food and lots of fun for all. Can't wait for next year.

BTW she has discovered theat McDonalds is not Scottish food. LOL

What's up next?

An action packed weekend is store.

Scottish Games Saturday www.liscots.org
Real men wear kilts

Mets game Sunday

Maybe the mets should practice throwing cabers and putting the stone LOL
A tartan in mets colors might be interesting.

;-)

Pink marble notebooks

I was starting to believe the princess would begin the school year with last years backpack filled with broken crayons,dried out markers and partly filled composition books. Each time I planned to go shopping I found myself detoured by some semi crisis.

This evening I announced that if I didn't get there she was taking the leftovers from the ghosts of school years past. We made our annual pilgrimage to walmart sans list. Got everything except composition books.

Next stop was kmart but the price was far more than I was willing to shell out.$2.59. not in my weakest moment. I'll get some tomorrow.

;-)

The dentist

Took the princess for her check up; things got a bit more complicated than I expected. Root canal. Tell you she's a tough little kid. I revised our plans for the remainder fo the day. Barbie videos instead of shopping.

Rosemary beads

Went to the post office to check the box. There was a small package addressed to my father. It was from one of the religious organizations he used to send donations to.

The princess was curious about the contents so I told her she could have it. There was a set of rosary beads.

Of course she had many questions. Why were they called Rosemary beads? Why didn't grandpa need these ones? (He passed when she was a newborn.)

And what do you do with these anyway and why didn't I use them. Told her to ask grandma P how to use Rosemary beads.

21 days and counting...

Yes,it's true just three more weeks until the princess returns to school. Camp is over at weeks end. So that means there are two weeks for me to fill with adventure.

Oh don't get me wrong I look forward to spending some time not following a schedule. Just thinking about what we can do.

;-)

Old school Mrs Potato Head

From yesterdays day camp festivities.

Summerfest

The princess' dream car LOL 61 vette

Puter tales

Today I have a most important mission before me. I'm seeking a replacement for the lap top I use for work. One of the hinges had been funky for a while. There are just so many choices it,s hard to decide.

Yesterday I was on a field assignment and to make a long story short the other hinge gave put causing the lid to flop over on to the conference table.

The machine while still usable in a stationary setting is no longer practical for use in the field unless I improvise with things to keep the cover propped up, yesterday that was possible during my meeting but I am not always afforded the luxury of a 18" high stack of reports to lean on. Wasn't easy but I made it work. You see I needed to review reports on each stack,five in all. Then move them around while keeping the laptop open. I'm not sure if anyone observed me moving the documents and keeping the lid from flopping over.

I did manage to gather the information required,hopefully I won't have to make too many revisions.

Once I returned home I found a few flash drives and backed up the information I wanted just on case the thing shorts out.

The blue screen of death might have been simpler.
;-)

The great pillow case mystery

It started about a week ago. One morning I found a pillow case on floor the princess' sleeping chamber. I shook it off and put it back on the pillow. The next morning I found the same pillow case on the floor. Once again I returned it to the pillow and went about my day.

Later I asked the princess was she discarding the pillow case for a reason? Had she spilled something on it? She told me the googly bug eyes of the Power Puff girls kept freaking her out during the night. I replaced the pillow case with some thing a little calmer; Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and friends. next morning I discover the replacement pillow case on the floor.

Tonight she's got Hello Kitty and something with roses on it. Will let you know what transpires.