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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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Why, it's a major award!!!!

Several months ago, Aunt LovePicasso and Uncle Nonchalantsavant were trying to get me to enter some of my photographs into the creative arts contest at the State Fair of Texas. I promptly told them in my best imitation of Oda Mae, "Silly people." Most of the pictures I take are really pretty bad. Every once in a while I get a good shot via the gods of luck.

Last month I decided that I would humor them and go ahead and enter the fair's "pre-judged" photography contests. I already had a couple of pictures that I though were kind of nice and it was only $4.00 each to enter. What the heck. Lo and behold....I got a letter in the mail today telling me that I won 2nd place in the "Black and White: Texas Architectural/Features/Monuments/Buildings" category.

Here it is...


It will be on display until the end of the fair. I haven't been to the fair in years. I guess maybe I'll head over there this year and look at the other winners. Anyone who wants to come with us is welcome. We'll all get together and set a date to go out there. MMmmmmmm, fried things to eat......

DV,

-OD

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The Dog Days of Summer

Well, summer is starting to come to an end. It's been VERY mild here in Texas. We didn't have 100 degree heat until just last week. This Texas boy has been very pleased with the weather this year!

Today was the first day of The Little Gym for the Fall semester. Guess that means that things are going to get back to normal. Yep, I'll start posting again. I just needed to take a little vacation. Me and Oda Mae, we had stuff to do. Oda Momma will be happy too. I don't think I've actually prepared more than 4 meals in the last month and a half. I'm not sure what we've been eating.

I'll let you know what we've been up too. All the good stuff is for another post on another day though. Just know that I'm still here, but I'd still rather be at the water park. It's gonna take some time to get back into the swing of things.

Here's a picture of Oda Mae on our DATE DAY. We went out to eat together and got a squishy ball from one of the machines behind her.


Dominus Vobiscum,

-OD

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The Long, Long Day

Ever had one of these days?


Today was mine.

That's all I'm saying.

-OD

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What we did today...

Two Adult Season Passes to the Water Park....$140.00

One Parking Pass to Said Water Park....$50.00

The Afternoon Off After Oda Mae Passes Out from Exhaustion....PRICELESS!!



-OD

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