Ultranormal

Author: jclawver

  • Hurray for hydrocodone!

    I had a major toothache attack while in Florida, and my dentist came to the rescue with a prescription to tide me over until I could get an appointment with the Big Drill Guy. I was surprised she has prescription-writing privileges for out-of-state, but am really grateful she does. And no matter the reality, I maintain I was a trooper and didn’t let my pain ruin our vacation. 🙂

    The beach was really relaxing and beautiful. I took my book with me each day, but never bothered opening it. It was just a joy to doze on the chaise and not really do anything. I highly recommend it.

    We ran into a convention of four hundred Red Hat Ladies. They were a hoot to see. My favorite was one of the husbands who was wearing a purple shirt and a red hat too, though no sparkles. I can totally tell I am going to fit right in with them in a couple of decades. 😀

  • Mississippi Fun Time!

    I hope I don’t kill y’all’s computers. More cute pics! While visiting my parents, we went to Pep’s Point which has water slides, a river to swim in, canoeing, a couple of docks to jump from, and various other games. Since I wasn’t swimming with them, I made each kid wear a life jacket. They were good sports about it and I got some cool shots:

    Brian:

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    Max:

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    Brian’s hair cut before the Avatar one. I really like the cut, but it’s being overshadowed by the awesomeness of the arrow!

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    Brian with glasses. We don’t have many of these. Brian looks so great with them on, don’tcha think?

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    The boys being silly:

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  • Too cute not to post

    More Brian-as-Avatar photos:\
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  • Lookie!

    Look at this picture Kevin took. Aren’t the colors gorgeous? I love the bits of white poking up sharply at the bottom.\
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    Things like this is why I have such a hard time decorating our bedroom. I am very drawn to modern art, like above and my other favorite picture from Kevin:

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    And I love this one:

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    and this bokeh:

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    But I usually end up going for something more soothing (and boring).

    At least the pictures aren’t going anywhere and when we eventually buy a house, I’ll have lots of fun choices!!

  • Before and After

    Before we went to visit my parents in Mississippi, Brian’s hair looked like this:

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    Less than 24-hours after getting there, my dad buzzed Brian’s hair off. It was pretty short and made his beautiful blue eyes stand out:

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    But then! We went to see The Last Airbender and this happened (Brian’s doing Airbender moves here):

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    When Kevin picked us up at the airport, Brian made sure to have the arrow covered by his hands so Kevin wouldn’t see the new cut right away. Brian lifted his hands and said, “Surprise!” Kevin loved it, as I knew he would. We’re all really impressed with the great job my dad did and how well Brian sat still for it!

  • Family wedding

    Kevin’s youngest brother got married on Friday. Here are some pics from the day:

    Brian fell asleep on the ten-minute car ride to the ceremony:

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    The groom:

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    Max and Kevin’s sister:

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    Kevin and me:

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    Kevin posted others here.

  • They’re preaching to the choir here…

    But still funny and worth watching (NOT SAFE FOR WORK):

  • Forgotten kidlets

    The school bus has forgotten one of my kids at school twice this year! What’s up with that? When asked, I tell people how much I like the school and how surprised I am to find it better than the vaunted Northern Virginia school system we left. Stop making me out to be a liar, school bus driver!

  • Random question time

    When the host on Clean House is trying to get a homeowner to give up sentimental but useless clutter, how come she never suggests taking pictures of the items before getting rid of them? Usually a person in this situation is holding on to things from a recently deceased loved one, things the homeowner doesn’t particularly care for except as a way to keep the deceased close. The latest example of this is a collection of painted eggs. The homeowner simply had them in a basket, stuck on top of a bunch of other clutter. She didn’t really have a use for them, nor was she displaying them, but she just couldn’t get rid of them. It seems having a picture of each egg and them grouped together would have helped her get rid of them more easily. The show let her keep one, and nicely displayed it in her living room, by the way. So that was nice, But I still maintain pictures would’ve helped her get there faster.

    Just wondering.

    PS- Remind me of this if and when I start screaming, “No, no, no, over my dead body” about my mom’s sheep collection, some of which are almost life-size. 😛

  • Happy June!

    There are so many great things happening this month.

    • The kids get out of school.
    • My oldest nephew comes home from Afghanistan. \0/
    • Kevin’s youngest brother is getting married. Woot.
    • Kevin’s grandma is having the first of her 80th birthday parties while we’re all together for the wedding.
    • Kevin’s other brother, who is in the Air Force, completes his psychiatry residency and moves to his first real assignment. Making this even better, he got orders to his first choice base, which is near his wife’s family. YAY!