Oh boy, what a day! This morning I had a second interview for a job I applied for awhile back. It went well, I think. But the head honcho started talking to me about web design, and we had a lenghty conversation about it. He asked me who I’ve done sites for, and I directed him to my portfolio. He went there and started looking… from a Mac. So, here’s the thing. Since I met Rich and he started nagging me teaching me about web standards, I’ve been very careful to make sure the sites I build are XHTML compliant, CSS compliant, and work in several web browsers. I thought I was doing well. Until this morning, when I saw a couple of my sites from a mac computer.

I have one word…… ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH.

Most of my sites looked ok on the mac, but there were a couple there were just terribly out of whack! Embarassed, I said “Well, that’s not supposed to look like that.” The man chuckled and said something like “Yeah, you’d be surprised how different some sites look on a mac.” Well, yeah. I was surprised. But what to do, what to do? I mean, if the site is XHTML and CSS compliant, and looks great on every browser on my PC, and I don’t have a MAC? Even if I DID have a MAC, if everything is compliant and I know it’s correct, what can I change? How to cater to that? Web designers, TELL ME!

Anyway, I still think the job interview went great, and I wasn’t really there for my web design skills (or non-skills), it was just a subject we got on. I really hope to get this job. I really wanted it when I applied a month or so ago, and someone else got it. But now they’re adding another person in addition to that one, same shift, so I was called back. I haven’t actually applied for any other jobs since then, that’s how much I wanted THIS job. Wish me luck.

OK SO on to the rest of my day!

I came home, talked to Rich for a bit on MSN. Even though he knows way more than I do about CSS, he was stumped about why something he’s working on isn’t working, so I looked at it and also tried to figure it out. OF COURSE I didn’t figure it out, but got just as frustrated as he was, even though he messed with it all day yesterday, too. I had to leave because Sara had an orthodontist appointment…. and I see now that Rich did indeed get it figured out! Looks great, Rich!

Sara’s ortho appointment: She had braces for a little over a year, and has now had just the retainer for nearly a year. She was told to start wearing the retainer only at night starting in February. As soon as she started doing that, her jaw started popping. After a couple of weeks of that, her jaw got stuck, kinda. Now she can’t open her mouth quite wide enough to get a bite out of a hamburger or an apple, and is back to cutting up her food, just like when she first got braces. So I took her to the orthodontist. He thinks it will loosen up eventually, but if it doesn’t within 4 months, she’ll need a splint.

After the orthodontist, Sara and I decided to treat ourselves to Chili’s. Ever since I went with Diane to Denver, where a certain crazy lady treated us to Chili’s, I’ve loved their Southwestern Eggrolls. I don’t often go to Chili’s because they’re rather expensive, but the few times I’ve been since Denver, that’s what I’ve gotten. These southwest eggrolls have black beans, corn, spinach and some other unidentifiable stuff, and they come with a dip, and just ask Diane, they are DEEE-LISH! So I got them again today. YUM!

After we stuffed our faces, we did a little window shopping in this “snooty” neighborhood. Yeah, window shopping is all we could do! For instance, in one store called “Beyond Cotton,” a flimsy little flowy cotton shirt was on sale - half-price … a bargin at $120.00. PUUUUUH LEEEEEAAASE! I’ve seen better quality at Wal-Mart for under 20 bucks! Then the jeans, they were 180 and up. Oh and let’s not forget that cute little tweed jacket for $340. Yeah. We didn’t stay there long.

On the way home, we stopped at a couple of other places. Sara was acting silly, causing me to act silly, and we laughed so hard for so long that at one point I almost had to pull over because the tears were blurring my vision. WOOOOOOO, I love my kids.

Came home, zombied out in front of the TV for a bit, and that’s about it. Good times!

***Note from Mel: This post was written by Ann. If you’d like to post an article on this blog, feel free to do so, on any topic***

I don’t remember being disrespectful to my parents when I was a teenager, other than not considering they would worry when I disappeared for hours or days at a time. I mean in their face, screaming what lousy parents they were, calling them names and letting them know I thought everything they stood for sucked. I don’t remember doing anything like that, and that’s probably because I would of been back-handed into the following week if I had. If you try to do something like that to your kids in today’s world you’re likely as not going to find yourself in jail accused of child abuse. No matter if they deserve or NEED to get the happy crappy slapped out of them.

I had to go pick my son up from school today because he was “suspected” of being on drugs. He was slurring, staggering, his blood pressure was off, and a teacher overheard him claiming to be on “bars”. I go up to the school to get him and I don’t need to be convinced or have him drug tested to tell that he is indeed on something. He ranted all through the halls, all through the parking lot, refused to get in the car, all the time claiming he was innocent, totally sober, he’d just been acting the fool in school. He was still slurring his words and his pupils were almost invisible. I finally talked him into the car, he tried to jump out twice on the way home, and when we did get home he started throwing a fit about the injustice of it all. When his dad told him to just STFU it was obvious he was on “something” he came totally unglued and attacked him. I broke that up and told him to just go lay down, sleep it off, anything, but he was totally enraged by this time. He went and packed a bag and left out the front door.

I warned him before he left if he did I’d be calling the police so when he went I followed him and as he was walking out into the middle of the street I yelled to him and told him LAST CHANCE! I’ll do it. He gave me the finger and screamed F**K YOU, so I came back into the house and called the police.

They found him and returned to the house to speak with me and asked me what had occurred here and I related the events that had passed since the phone call from the school. They then told me that he was under arrest for a Class C misdemeanor as he had drug paraphenalia on his person. It figures, he packs a few things and manages to remember a pipe. They explained about bail and when he would go to court. As he is now 17 he’s classified as an adult so what I do from this point is strictly voluntary. The officer also explained that the fine for his crime is $320.00 so if he’s not bailed out he will most likely spend at least 3 days in jail. At this point I think 3 days in jail will do him a world of good. I do wish he’d had something more than a t-shirt on though…it’s cold as hell there.actraiser mp3 fillmoremp3 auskunft achmedinformacion actualizar archivo mp3achraf mp3 khaynaacu lukas mp3achtung mp3 achtungnation mp3 acumenachuvinde amma mp3 Map

Conversation with my 14 year old after school:

ME: How was your day?
HER: Tiring.
ME: Everything ok?
HER: I’m tired.
ME: What did you do today?
HER: Nothing
ME: Surely that’s not true.
HER: I went to classes, went to lunch, went back to classes. Nothing.
ME: What did you do in your classes?
HER: Nothing.
ME: What did you learn?
HER: Nothing.

Hmmm, why does that sound so familiar? Oh yes, I had the same conversation many times with my mother when I was a teenager. I just didn’t know it drove her nuts. Or did I?
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Why am I so broke? Because I just bought school supplies! JEEZ LOUISE! Now that Sara’s in high school, she gets a different school supply list from each teacher. Even with everything being on “back-to-school” sale at Staples, I still spent nearly $110. It would have been nearly twice that if I had gotten the Ti83 calculator. The calculator was on her list but not required, only recommended for home use, as they have them in the algebra classrooms for in-school use. It was on her list last year and she did fine without one. If she tells me later that she really needs one then I’ll get it.

The amount I spent does include the mesh backpack (so she can’t hide weapons and drugs in it), the required book covers (which I had to buy to protect THEIR books), and the first book on the required reading list in English (which were always LENT to us when I was in school). But still, $110 is a bit much for school supplies, in my opinion.

I’m reminded of Rich’s post about buying kids laptops, in which he asked whatever happened to a pen and paper? I’d like to know the same thing! When I was in school, that was ALL I had for school supplies… paper, pens, pencils. I didn’t even have a standard calculator, since (showing my age now) they were considered a luxury back then, and even if you were a rich kid and had one, they weren’t ALLOWED in any math class. business small 7a loanconsolidating student loans abouthome loan adelaideaircraft rates loan interestcompany american loan onlineloan 100,000 businessloan 123 llc20 default loan student Map

Diane posted in her blog recently about back to prison.. I mean school, so here’s my post about it. Sara starts in high school Friday, but today was freshman orientation, both for students and parents. One thing I was very pleased to hear (and Diane will understand my appreciation) is that the school now has EDLINE in place. EDLINE is a website that parents and students can go to, log in, and see their students grades, updated WEEKLY. They can also see absences, so you’ll know if your kid skipped school. Another great thing on EDLINE is a long list of email addys, home phones, cell phones, etc for every teacher at the school.

It’s about time!

I took my daughter Sara today to high-school registration. The nurse told Sara that if she brought tylenol or anything like it to school it had to be in the bottle, and if she gave one to a friend it was considered drug dealing and she’d be arrested.

In the words of Diane… GIVE ME A BREAK!

Yes, it’s another “SARA POST”

As some of you know, my 14 year old daughter Sara makes things out of duct tape… roses, purses, bookbags, wallets (Diane can show you a rose we sent her). She sells these items at school and church and is often called by her family and friends the Duct Tape Sensei.

I just wanted to show her latest creation, a duct tape tie that she made to wear to a concert last weekend. I got a kick out of it.

I can’t resist. I MUST show this video clip to everyone who has the patience to wait just a minute for it to load.

This is my daughter Julie and her boyfriend, wearing hula skirts, acting out a play fight. You have to watch the entire thing because the best part is what the dog does at the very end. Don’t worry, it’s just a couple of minutes.

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Credits:
Good Guy: Terry
Bad Guy: Julie
Bad Dog: Oscar
Director: Sara (using cam she got for her birthday)

HAPPY 4th of JULY!!!!!

Not only am I saying Happy Birthday America, but Happy 14th Birthday to my daughter SARA!!! She was almost born on the 3rd, because when I went into the hospital screaming the nurses told me, “You’re so close, if you would just have the baby naturually, it will be here at any time now.” But I screamed louder, “IT HURRRRRRRRRTS GIVE ME DRUGS NOW!!!!!” They told me the epidural would slow the labor way down, but MY GOD how it hurt. I told them that I didn’t care if the baby didn’t come out for three more days, just make me not feel anything! So the epidural was administered, and 14 hours later, July 4th, Sara Jade was born. I nearly named her LIBERTY in my drug induced state, but my mother told the person filling out the birth certificate info to come back when I had a clear head.

NOTE: Written by Sara

Ok so I’m going to Church Camp in Hot Springs in 3 days. My mom really had to ask if I was excited. Just so she’s convinced, heres a list I made.

Things Church Camp ‘05 is and will be cooler than:

1.Your Mom
2.Your Face
3.Your Mom’s Face
4. Any combination comparing the coolness of one of your relatives faces to Camp
5.Definently Your Pants
6. Your Dog
7.You
8.Yoda
9.Star Wars
10.Hot Guys
11.Hot Girls
12.Hot Guys dating Hot Girls
13.Your Skateboard
14.If you don’t have a skateboard, then your friends skateboard
15.If you don’t have a friend with a skateboard, then Camp is cooler than the fact that I have skateboard owning friends and you don’t
16.Flip Flops
17.Napoleon Dynamite
18.AIM
19.AOL
20.Your Grandma
21.Your Grandmas orthopedic shoes
22.Music
23.People who listen to Music
24.Music listening people who listen to music with fellow music listeners
25.Mixed Tapes
26.Your Guitar
27.If you don’t have a guitar, then Camp is cooler than my guitar
28.Girl Pants
29.Guys who wear girl pants
30.The Black Friday Tour (Blindside with The Showdown and Showbread! July 15th at Juanitas in Little Rock, @rkansas)
31.Shameless Promotion of Cool Concerts

Hee Hee…Ok I so officially have no life. But that’s ok. Because I’m good enough, smart enough, and gosh darnit…People Like Me! <3 Sararingtone ctu samsung cellular a900 24ringtone krauss alisonback with adrian arrington wolverineslines barrington il all insurancealltel ringtone dragracingtorrington ct litchfield st 780achmed ringtonea of milf diary alexi carrington Mapmovies licker assbeastility moviesbestiality forum moviestits movies natural bigbondage stockings free moviesbriana movie banks freesex cheerleader moviestheaters colorado movie springs Map