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PHOTO: Courtesy of Oda Momma

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Orange is the Color

Hey, guess what?

The other day, before life began to end as we know it. I put my name into the hat (so to speak) for a "Bloggy Giveaway". I won and now, Oda Mae is expecting THIS in the mail in a few days.

Now, the reason we chose Tennessee was not because they are the best team or we really like them or anything like that. We chose them because their uniforms were the most orange. Like all good cheerleaders, we are mostly concerned with fashion and how we look. :) Oda Mae looks good in orange.

We'll take pictures when it comes in.

BTW: you should definitely go over to "Bloggy Giveaway" and post comments to win stuff. No shipping or anything!

DV,

-OD

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Uh, ohhhh....

Oda Momma was in a car accident this morning on the way to work. Some fool was not paying attention to what he was doing and ran a red light. (This is not uncommon in downtown Fort Worth.)

The good thing is that Oda Momma is okay. She has some soreness in her neck/shoulder and hand, but hopefully will be fine.

The car (1997 Toyota Corolla w/ nearly 200,000 miles) that was completely payed off was not so fine...

Currently, we're going through the whole "Insurance" process, but I don't have a good feeling. Looks like we may be car shopping next week.

Yep.... "Repairs to 97 TOYOTA COROLLA Details: Vehicle has been deemed a total loss"

DV,
-OD

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Oda Mae's first day of school...

Yes, it came and went. Monday was Oda Mae's first day of "school". Last week you'll remember we visited a local church to check out their parent's day out program. Everything looked good and Oda Mae seemed to enjoy being there, so we signed her up.

Monday morning I packed her lunch...

PB&J, Goldfish Crackers, Apple Slices, Animal Crackers, and Juice.

After a little photo shoot, we said goodbye to Oda Momma and headed out the door. Oda Mae was very excited. When we got there I signed her in and off she went to her class. When she went in she was off into her own little world. I tried to get her to come back and give me a hug and kiss, but she said, "Daaaaaad, GO! You're crampin' my style." I gave her a hug and kiss anyway and told her I'd be back after nite, nite.

All morning I kept waiting for the PDO Director to call me to come get her. Nothing happened. I did however get the house cleaned up and managed to watch a photography video. 1:45 came waaaay too fast. I had to go pick her up.

When I got there she was going potty. When she came out she ran up and gave me a big ol' hug. That was one of the best hugs I've ever had! Her teacher said that she did very well. She didn't cry except while she was asleep. ?????????????????? And she didn't really talk. After her teacher gave her some sweet tarts, I told her to tell her teacher thank you. When she did her teacher said, "That's the first thing she's said all day!" They were also surprised that she is already potty trained. Kudos to us!

All-in-all the first day was a success!

DV,
-OD

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PHOTOHUNTER: PLASTIC

I have a new project that I'm going to start working on. It's called "Photohunter". tnchick.com started the project and apparently it's taking off pretty well. It's an interesting group of people who "hunt" for a different type of photo opportunity every week. My first photo begins this week with PLASTIC.

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Oda Mae's Tiger

We are finishing up a week of learning about Jungles! Oda Mae got to color and glue a tiger into a jungle. Everybody have a good weekend!

Just the Facts...

-It is 3:06 am, yes AM in the morning.
-I've been awake for just over an hour.
-Oda Mae did not wake me up. Just opened my eyes and there I was, wide awake.
-Oda Mae did however call "Daden, Daden, Daden, Daden" progressively getting louder about 15 minutes ago.
-There was nothing wrong, just covered her up and came back.
-I've gone through all of my late night surfing links, blogs, etc., checked on the bank account (tomorrow's today's payday)...nothing yet.
-I'm still not sleepy.
-I'm gonna be sleepy........:(
-Probably gonna go read.
-If I go back to bed I'll probably lay there for at least 30-45 minutes with some horrible "Toddler Tune" stuck in my head.
-All of this is NOT a rare occurrence; I usually just don't post about it.
-Maybe I'll start. Might be a fun adventure. Maybe I'll see you all again tomorrow night as well.

Sweet dreams,

DV,
-OD

Ringworm....ringworm....aaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

The last week and a half Oda Mae has had this little irritation on her face just below and to the right of her eye. At first we thought it was some kind of preschool pimple or a mosquito bite. It started out kind of small then got bigger. Then she started scratching it and then it got worse. Then it got better. We tried neosporin and then we thought maybe it was eczema which she has had on her arms and legs. Then it just didn't go away.

Today we went to the Dr. to find out what it was. Turns out to be ringworm. Consequently, ringworm has nothing to do with worms. (I was secretly disapointed...bummer.) It's just a fungus that she could have gotten anywhere. We got some free cream and hopefully she'll be good as new in no time at all.

I got my blood test and have to go back Tuesday morning between 8 and 9 (DON'T LET ME FORGET!) to get the results. This was for my fungus, but you don't want to know about that!

DV,

-OD

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Tomatoes, Trips, and Togas

Well I would have had some cool antique car pics for you guys today, but Oda Momma tripped the day before the big show and I ended up having to do other things last Sunday. We had to take Oda Momma to the emergency room Sunday morning cause she could hardly walk from the night before. Turns out everything is fine, just really hurts is all. She's doing much better now after having been on crutches for a couple of days. Oda Mae and I took care of her for one day. The rule around here is that you only get one sick day where people pity you. After that you're on your own. Usually makes everyone get better a lot quicker. :)

The other day, I tried my hand at making some homemade tomato soup. Real tomatoes and everything. I have to say, if you've never made your own and have only eaten the canned stuff; you're missing out! That stuff was gooooooooood. We also had three cheese grilled cheezy samiches to go with it. Double gooooooood.

Today Oda Mae and I went to tour a parents day out program at a church near us. It was really nice and the people were friendly. There were only 6 kids in her class and two teachers watching after them. We're going to sign up and start going 9-2 on Mondays. This parent can't wait to have a day out! Oda Mae was playing with the kitchen with some other little kids when we had to leave. She was not happy. I think she'll enjoy being social and stuff. In honor of starting a pre-school we had a toga party the other day. CHECK IT OUT!

Looking forward to a restful weekend. Before that though, Oda Mae and I both have Dr. appointments tomorrow. Wish us luck!

DV,

-OD

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Oda Mae's Cow

As promised, here is the cow that Oda Mae made from squares. She had a good time putting it together this morning. Tomorrow we're going to the antique car show at the stockyards. We might just see some cows there as well. Anybody who wants to come is welcome. They start at 9am and go 'till 4. There will be a "cattle drive" at 11:30, we'll be there!

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Photo Shoot Gone Bad

So tonight, I took Oda Mae and Oda Momma out to the garden for a little evening photo shoot. I was really hoping to get some good pictures. Unfortunately, my "little" camera doesn't like taking photos in low light without the flash. The graininess (Is that a word?) if really awful! Kind of ticks me off. Anybody know how to fix this? In the "auto" mode it doesn't let me set the ISO setting myself. Maybe I'll try manual next time. Then things will probably go horribly wrong.

Some of the shots I got were pretty fun (they just look like crap up close). The best one for the evening made its way to AREA 365. See next post. ;)

This week Oda Mae started "School" again. Our theme for the first week was "Cows". Tomorrow morning after breakfast we'll finish off by making a cow out of squares (that was the shape of the week). I'll post a picture of it here for all to see. Our favorite cow book this week was "Calico Cows" by Arlene Dubanevich. Nice little story about the leader cow, Bertha, who goes to the fair. All of her cow friends get into trouble while she's gone.

Time to go to bed now and see how many cows pop up in my dreams tonight.

DV, -OD

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Trying to get going again...

As some of you may have noticed, I'm trying to get caught up on the Area 365 photos. If you want to look at them all without scrolling through the blog, don't forget you can click on the Flickr page over there to the left. You can also read my comments on each photo.

Before we go any further, I have to admit that I thought all of the really stupid people in the world had gone away...

See the little girl in the back seat of the pick-up behind me? These two ladies were just driving along behind me when I noticed the little girl. She was not in any kind of car seat or seat belt. I know this because she was constantly jumping up and down and going from one side of the truck to the other. Now, maybe it was a friends truck and they didn't have a car seat with them. Okay. Seat belts?!!!! How bout one of those stupid ladies sit in the back seat with the kid and make sure she doesn't fly out the window in case of a wreck? I'm all for a rule that says that some people should not be allowed to have children.

Okay, I'm done.

Did I mention that Oda Mae is now fully potty trained? Woo Hoo!!!!!! She's been doing very well for at least 2 or 3 weeks now. She had an accident last weekend, but she was too shy around some new people to tell anyone she needed to go. We haven't had a bed wetting at all and she is really good at telling us when she needs to go. Now if she'll learn to hold it over night. She comes in once or twice a night while banging our bedroom door against the wall (very loudly) and whispers, "Daden, I need to go tee tee..." Thanks Oda Mae for being so polite and not shouting.

More next time.

DV,

-OD

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