A picture of Tony sewing a neck cooler http://www.watersorb.com/polymer_cool_neck_bands.htm
one of many he'll be sewing for Dustin's platoon, on our new sewing machine that we got precisely so Tony could do this.
It's already getting up over 100 degrees in Iraq on some days, and it's not unusual for temps to be 120 to 130 degrees in the summer.
Well, we're home. Had a great time on our 'mini-honeymoon', after we dropped the daughter off at 5 AM! on Saturday, for Her trip to Hawaii, we set off for Ohio. Went through some Snow on the way, which startled me,lol....we've had so little snow in Virginia that I guess I just forgot that other parts of the country were still experiencing Winter.
As usual, I Forgot to take pictures of the snow as we were passing through PA and OH :)
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame was, I'm sorry, pretty darn disappointing to both of us. Tony is still astonished that they had Nothing whatsoever about Woodstock, for pete's sake....and although sister Tracy asked for pictures? we discovered when we got there that you're Not Allowed to take pictures. (and it would have been way cool, for example,to take a pic of us standing next to the ZZ Top Eliminator car!)
They had tons of security people all over the place, you had to check your camera in and leave it at the coat check stand. Tony asked me 'wonder why they don't check cell phones,too? what about camera phones?" and later, we saw a security guy yelling at someone taking a pic with a cell phone.
So,here's our big 3 pictures that we took on That part of the trip:
We ended up not even Buying anything in their store....the only memento we got was a picture they take when you first come in.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame was Much more fun :) and you Can take pictures in there,yay:)
We bought several memento's there, and I mentioned to the girl at their shop that we'd disappointed by the Other Hall of Fame, and she said we're Not the first folks that had said that.
All in all ,though, a fun trip! :) and now, here's a picture of something we came across on a back road in West Virginia while coming home....amazing.
It's been a Looonnnggg week....worked night shift all this week, and never seemed to get enough sleep, so even though I'm off today, I still feel like I'm not awake,lol.
Took April shopping with a family friend this past Weds, for her to get clothes for the Hawaii trip. As always, we 'channel surf' about 7 different radio stations while riding in the car, why stick to just one?
So, I come across an Eminem song, and turn it up...April looks at me and lifts an eyebrow and says "seriously,Mom? you Like that?"
I'm like "oh yeah, I like ole Marshall Mathers....he's a Dee-troit boy, gotta love 'em." so April is texting to her friend 'my mom is So weird',lol.
after that song, April is surfing stations and comes across Deep Purple "Smoke on the Water" and says 'Woo Hoo!' and turns the volume up. I say to her "April, that song is from back in My day.....I think we are seriously mixed up here, you've got the Mom cranking up the rap song, and the daughter cranking up the oldies." :)
We had a Great time shopping, and she got some Great clothes :) just need to get a few more odds and ends! and then it's Hello Hawaii for our girl,
(and Hello Rock & Roll and Pro Football Hall of Fame for her parents :)
She had a choir concert Thursday night,and after we got home, she said "oh darn, I meant to ask you to stop so I could get a pie for tomorrow." I'm like "why in the heck is March 14th 'take a pie to school day?" and she replies "Mom.....3 point 1-4?"
The light dawns,and I'm like...."Oh....Pi day!!" and it just struck me funny, so I started laughing....which started April laughing....so, we're both in the kitchen bent over cracking up so hard that I have tears running down my face. Tony comes in and looks at us, and I manage to finally gasp "gee honey, do you know what tomorrow is? it's Pi day" and then "three point one four" and go off into gales of laughter again.
He just shook his head and left the kitchen,LOL.
I've mentioned before that the dear daughter needs 40 hours of driving time with the 'rents,lol, Before she takes on-the-road driver training at school. (clearly, ha ha, a plan designed to give Me more gray hair?)
In order to help her get the hours, one of the things I try to do when I work 3-11 shift, is to get up at 7 am so she can drive to school that morning, because it's also the only time I see her that day. (and this helps my heart rate in the morning,too!)
So,yesterday was another day I did that (and I ended up working from 3 pm yesterday until 7 am This morning, but that's another story) and while we were on the way to school, we heard sirens in the distance. Turns out, it was a school bus accident:
