The time on the thermometer is correct. It was nearly 9PM and still 93 degrees outside, with the high for the day being 111 and the low 80.
Oh, have I mentioned? It is HOT! When is Fall going to be here???
TexasTanya
Aug 222010
Aug 222010
Since I started the project, I’ve been true to take a picture every day (even if I don’t do the processing and posting every day.)
Somehow, my brain fogged and, today, I completely forgot to do a photo. So here’s a proxy photo – I just really like this one, and if you need to know, it was taken on the 14th. 
Back in May, I mentioned that we were Putting the Kids to Work when we started Financial Peace Jr. with the boys. Well, after nearly four months they have finally earned enough money to buy the items they were saving for. Tigger saved $100 for the Lego Pirate Ship. Woody saved $90 for his Indiana Jones Lego kit. I’m so proud of them! I have the best kids on the planet.
Town Hall Meeting hosted by Congressman Joe Barton
Hubby, the boys and I attended another Town Hall Meeting hosted by Congressman Joe Barton. This year the attendance was about 1/20th of the attendance of last year’s gathering. The four of us brought the average age down just a bit. I told Hubby that judging by, the color and/or lack of, hair – we were among the youngest people present. A fact which I find pretty depressing…
Aug 222010
Alternate Title: She’s Not Dead
My parent’s beagle, Dixie, taking a nap.
Of course, that’s about all she does, with the exception of eating…
Aug 222010
Murray at his grandparents house.
We went on a really cool field trip today! A friend in the local homeschool group coordinated a trip to the Star-Telegram Printing Facility. I wanted to make sure the boys could see how newspapers are printed. In this day of internet/immediate news, I’m not sure how much longer we’ll see printed newspapers.
We saw the Star-Telegram museum, huge vats of ink, immense rolls of paper (that weigh as much as a VW bug, and hold over 9 miles of paper), robots that fetch said rolls of paper, the aluminum printing plates being made, the printing press, and an amazing conveyor belt that wound through out the enormous assembly room. It was truly a sight to behold. I’m so glad we were able to do this field trip.
Near the end of the trip, the tour guide asked if any of the children had questions. I silently cringed when Tigger raised his hand, because he has a tendency to ask completely-off-the-wall, random questions just so he can feel like he is participating. Historically, we’d hear something along the lines of “Do you like strawberries?” But today, he asked a relevant question! He asked how many newspapers were printed in a day. In case you want to know the answer, the tour guide said they print 220,000 Monday – Saturday papers and 400,000 Sunday papers.
