I'm trying something new tonight - mobile blogging from my cell phone. If this works I might post more often...maybe.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Heroes of Fredericksburg
Let me introduce you to Ramone and Frankie. We were at the pool in Virginia last weekend and beach towels became super hero capes. These capes went everywhere with us the rest of the day. Later we were at the gym and the boys had run off, our description: "Have you seen two little boys; one black and one white. They are wearing capes." Every time we asked some one had spotted this recognizable duo.
Friday, June 06, 2008
Passed!
In May, Kenyon successfully completed his Emergency Management course. Now on to his State board exam scheduled for June 20...then, hopefully, a job!
Interesting International Facts
A couple of nights ago I was hosting a dinner for work. The attendees were from Uganda, Ecuador, the UK, Canada and Baltimore. We had some great conversations about all sorts of topics. I sat closest to the Executive Director of the UK affiliate office. He's originally from Wales and now lives in the London area, he said he's found speaking Welsh to be completely useless in his line of work (international relief and development). Which made me laugh. Imagine coming in to Uganda and speaking Welsh - your lucky to find an English speaker in most of the countries I visit. Anyway, that isn't the interesting fact I learned.
Did you know?
Those who live in England would not consider themselves European even though they are part of the continent of Europe. He said when asked where Europe is, they would say, "over there."
Which led to the next question, "what would those living in England consider themselves?"
His answer, "British."
Then someone at the dinner table asked, "what would the Irish consider themselves?"
His reply, "European."
Followed by the question, "what about Scotland?"
Answer, "Scottish."
I don't really have an explanation for these classifications, but I found it to be an interesting conversation. In the United States, we call ourselves "American" and often forget that Canadians and those residing in Central and South America are also American. We just claim all of America as our own. I hope you enjoyed this entry of Interesting International Facts...
Did you know?
Those who live in England would not consider themselves European even though they are part of the continent of Europe. He said when asked where Europe is, they would say, "over there."
Which led to the next question, "what would those living in England consider themselves?"
His answer, "British."
Then someone at the dinner table asked, "what would the Irish consider themselves?"
His reply, "European."
Followed by the question, "what about Scotland?"
Answer, "Scottish."
I don't really have an explanation for these classifications, but I found it to be an interesting conversation. In the United States, we call ourselves "American" and often forget that Canadians and those residing in Central and South America are also American. We just claim all of America as our own. I hope you enjoyed this entry of Interesting International Facts...
return of the Blue Ant
The "blue ant" is what I call my little zoom, zoom car. Why? Because it is bright blue and tiny. Soon after I bought it in Kansas City, a friend told me she was looking out the window and saw my car, she thought, "it's so small, it's like a little ant." Hence the name.
In April the blue ant was crushed in a car accident. It had to be towed from the site and the outcome didn't look good. Due to the wonders of technology and the frugality of my insurance company - they fixed it. I recently returned from Asia and Africa and the blue ant is back. I'm kind of relieved, it gets great gas mileage and these days that is a wonderful thing. I also had no desire to go car shopping. In our small, mountain town the blue ant is very unique. One of my co-workers recently told me she loved my car, every time she saw it around town she knew it was me or Kenyon because there isn't another like it...recognizable and one of kind. The return of the blue ant.
In April the blue ant was crushed in a car accident. It had to be towed from the site and the outcome didn't look good. Due to the wonders of technology and the frugality of my insurance company - they fixed it. I recently returned from Asia and Africa and the blue ant is back. I'm kind of relieved, it gets great gas mileage and these days that is a wonderful thing. I also had no desire to go car shopping. In our small, mountain town the blue ant is very unique. One of my co-workers recently told me she loved my car, every time she saw it around town she knew it was me or Kenyon because there isn't another like it...recognizable and one of kind. The return of the blue ant.
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