Another Easter Scrapbook page

The boys coloring Easter eggs.

Aren't they cute?

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Easter layout.

I know Easter was awhile ago, but I finally got a layout finished.

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The first Interview of my Interview Series, my son Cody

Today when Cody came home from school I told him that I had a project I needed him to do. I handed him a sheet of paper and asked him to answer all the questions. I told him he had to read them one at a time and answer them without reading all the way through, and NO I wouldn't read the to him and yes he had to write down the answers. He rolled his eyes a few times and then got to work. The result is my first ever blog interview and a pretty sneaky mommy prank.

April 22nd 2009

Cody,

This is a questionaire I made, I would like you to answer these questions for me ok?

1. How old are you right now? (major eyeing rolling and a HUH)? 10

2. What grade are you in? 4th

3. What is your favorite class at school? Math

4. What is your LEAST favorite class? Reading

5. What are you reading right now? Cyberia

Do you like it? Alittle

6. What is your favorite song on your Ipod? Love lockdown (kanye west), So what (pink)

on the radio? Love lockdown

7. What is your favorite movie? (all of them mom.....) Babylon AD

8. What is your favorite TV show? George Lopez

9. What is your favorite Video game? gta IV, cod4, cod5 (for those of you who don't speak video game that would be Grand Theft Auto 4, Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty 5

10. What do you want to be when you grow up? No clue....

11. Hey do you remember when I asked you to write down 10 things about being 10 so I could make a scrapbook page about it? Have you done it yet? In my head

12. I think you have now ;-) Thanks. I love you.

~Mom

(oh MOM that is so cheap)!!!!!!!!! complete with eye rolling and head shaking.

Yep, it was pretty cheap, and sneaky too.

It's good to be the Mom.

I hope you enjoyed my first interview. I plan to have many more, and not all of them will be family members LOL.

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Have I mentioned I hate 10?

Not just any Ten.
The AGE ten.
I have decided that Ten is not a very good age in boy years. What happened to my sweet little Cody? Remember him? He was so sweet and cute and funny, he liked to play with his brother.
That Cody is looooong gone and I miss him.
In his place is the this new Cody, he is moody and sassy and will NOT be nice to his brother at all. And he eats ALL THE TIME!!! This morning for breakfast he had a glass of chocolate milk, 2 scrambled eggs, 3 pieces of bacon, 6 large strawberries, a piece of toast and 3 chocolate chip cookies!!!!!!
Yesterday he got all grumpy because Kip and I decided to go to Costco. Cody grumped all the way there (he never wants to leave the house anymore) and when Kip said he was starting to be a pain Cody said "yeah so are YOU".
What?
At conferences the other day his teacher told me (like they always do) what a sweet, quiet, sensitive boy he is. I wish he was still like that at home. I suppose I should be happy that he is at least still acting human while with other people.

The other day we set up a new email address for him. I signed into it and added all the family email addresses to his contact list. While I was there I sent an email to myself so we could test it out. It said
"Hi mom.
I love you.
Cody"
While he was at school the next day I replied to the email. I wrote
"Even though I know I wrote this email it still made me feel good to think it came from you.
Mom"

How sad that the only way my son tells me he loves me know is if I email it to myself. LOL.

Ok, I guess that isn't completely true. The other night when I was leaving for work I told them I loved them (like I always do before I leave) and I heard him say "love you too".
Maybe I should've taped that huh?

I heard a rumor that it's only going to get worse as they get older.

Maybe it is time to get that puppy....

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12 ways to use your camera as a tool

If you don't love photojojo yet, you will after you read this.

http://photojojo.com/content/tips/12-alternative-uses-for-camera/?utm_source=Oempro4&utm_medium=Email&utm_term=http%3A%2F%2Fphotojojo.com%2Fcontent%2Ftips%2F12-alternative-uses-for-camera%2F&utm_content=Subscriber%20%2384648&utm_campaign=12%20Ways%20to%20Use%20Your%20Camera%20As%20a%20Tool

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Oops I dried the cat!!!!

I didn't mean to, I was doing the laundry and talking to my mom on the phone. I got distracted. I had opened the dryer but the clothes were too wrinkly, I must had turned around for a minute, when I started the dryer I heard this horrible clunking noise. I was so mad, that dryer is only a few months old. I shut the dryer off right away and opened the door (so I could see what was going on) and the cat jumped out!!!!!

Poor Tiger.

BTW in case you were wondering, cats are LOUD in the dryer....

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More about my love of Kindle LOL

So I've had some responses to my love story and I wanted to answer some questions.

Reading on the Kindle does NOT cause eye strain. It is not backlit like a computer monitor, so unlike staring at a computer screen all day (or night) and feeling all wonky afterwards it is more like reading a book.

Yes I too love the feel and smell of paper, remember I have a bookworm tattoo ok? I love books, I'm sure I always will. I still have books all around my house. I won't get rid of paper books I am sure, but I also love the feel and smell of TREES which have to die in large quantities to mass produce books. I also am sick of lugging books around with me where ever I go. Spring is right around the corner and I'm sure I will be spending plenty of time at the park, my sexy little kindle weighs alot less then a pile of books LOL.

Another thing I like is the built in dictionary and wikipedia access. I can see how this is going to be helpful for my children. My oldest in particular, when he reads, as he comes across a word he isn't familiar with he just skips it. With the kindle you can place the cursor in front of the word and the definition pops up on the bottom of the screen. You can also access wikipedia so you can do research or whatever right from within the book. You can also highlight text and write notes. I really think that the potential for textbooks with this device is HUGE. I have already heard of people saving money on textbooks and also saving their backs not having to carry around huge backpacks. I think for our children who were raised with the internet this will be really helpful.

Another aspect of the Kindle which I hadn't considered until I bought one was the world of self publishing. Lots of people turn the books they have written into kindle books. I'm sure it is a much cheaper and easier way to get your novel out to the public.

The kindle 2 can hold about 1500 books, magazines, newspapers and blogs at one time. I love that I can have all of that with me at anytime.

I personally am also enjoying the free classics. I might actually read Pride and Prejudice now
LOL.

Oh and don't forget, I am a gadget girl. I love my ipod, treo, laptop, DSLR camera and now my kindle.

I don't think it will ever replace books and I certainly hope that the price will eventually come down. I know that lots of the converted are selling their Kindle 1's on ebay and craigslist as they upgrade.

Ok, that's all for today.
Have a great day and Happy reading to you, no matter what format you are reading in. :-)

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