Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year! Hope 2009 is a fabulous one for all of us

Love you! xoxo

New addition?

New Rock Band

:) MM

Christmas

Christmas is a time for Parades(charlie trumpet),Naps-Julian,and our Tree (via tree sales by the band boosters).Hope everyone had a great day.We enjoyed Olive Garden but missed you all.Vala was a sweet pup when we brought her squirrel to her.(don't tell gracie).It was good to hear from all, be safe. Also it would not be a holiday if the furnace didn't quit maybe a thermostat ??? xoxo MM

Merry Cristmas From The Mom and The Dad

Merry Christmas, Hope All is well with you !! Sounds like Santa came to see everyone, No coal this year is great news. Texas is ok, no snow, but lots of everything else. Good to be with The dad. Just wanted to chime in and wish everyone glad tiddings of good cheer. Does that mean I can have a glass of wine.? No vineyards down here to speak of. Love to all , I will try and keep The Dad under controll and out of trouble. Ha !! We tryed to set the Garmen thingie up and it spoke jabberneese, or whatever. Took a bit to find english, we did!!!!Yea!!!! But How ? who knows? Just hope not to punch that button again!!!Love again!!

The Closet Monster!!

It's the Closet Monster!!

After a long day of playing...

Everyone was tired after a long day playing with (or maybe chasing) each other. I don't think they knew they were all sleeping on the couch. Needless to say, CopperWolf and I were on the loveseat. :)

The puppies trip

The car ride to Fuquay wasn't so bad on the Gracie because she had her best pal, Jazzy Ro, to sleep with. How cute!

MeRrY ChRiStMaS

Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful day and don't find coal in your stockings (or dog poo)! Vala may get coal (she's such a sweet girl, she's probably fooled Santa too!) Love

Christmas presents

Merry Christmas Eve!!!!!! The presents are being sent to you via the U.S. Post Office as Santa was already booked solid so you will hopefully get them today or this weekend :)

Hope everyone has a joyous time surrounded by loved one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you! xoxoxo

And people still claim to be atheists...

Look at these beautiful pictures captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Here's one. You can see more at this site: Advent Calendar

Also around 55 million light-years distant, we see here the colliding Antennae Galaxies (NGC 4038/NGC 4039) - a pair of interacting galaxies that lie in the constellation Corvus. The two spiral galaxies started to fuse together a few hundred million years ago making the Antenna galaxies the nearest and youngest example of a pair of colliding galaxies. Nearly half of the faint objects in the Antennae are young clusters containing tens of thousands of stars. (NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team)

Such a lazy girl....

Can you believe the indulgence? Just a relaxing evening watching TV. 'Course, I was working, but the Jazzy was having the time of her life.

It's Christmas Time!

Just wanted to share our pretty tree with everyone. Just got it today. Isn't it great?! Jazzy especially liked it. And, of course, I had to play with our camera and take lots of pics. Annnddd.... we actually have gifts under the tree this year. I mean, none of them are for either of us, but they're still gifts. Merry Christmas to everyone!!
Love, Sque and CopperWolf

Idiot Foreign Reporter throws shoes at President Bush

So, this idiot reporter covering President Bush's surprise visit to Iraq gets so upset, he throws both of his shoes at President Bush. (According to President Bush, they were a size 10.) He missed, but largely due to the fact that President Bush has amazing reflexes. Check it out.


h/t Wizbang

Important dates please

I just sent this to the email addresses I have, but just thought I would make sure everyone got it by posting it on here too :)

Hello hello everyone!!!! As I am slowly getting ready for the big move I am just trying to get myself organized. To do this I will need some help :) Would you please be soooooooo kind as to please send me all the important dates that you know in relation to the family, such as: birthdays, anniversaries, special occasions, etc. No worries if I get the same date several times from others just as long as I have them. It would be great to get this info by the end of the week if possible.

Hope all is well and looking forward to your responses!

Lots of love,
Victoria

Never Forget...

May we never forget, never surrender...

"Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it."
Woodrow Wilson

"The new thing -- the thing which we had not known -- the thing we have learned now and should never forget, is this: that a society of self-governing men is more powerful, more enduring, more creative than any other kind of society, however disciplined, however centralized."
Harry S. Truman, August 9, 1945

May we never forget and never surrender to those who would take our liberty from us.

Speaking today...

Check it out:
http://ncsu.edu/biomath/abstracts/Suzy.pdf

Biomathematics Seminar December 4th 2008
Suzy Harvey
Biomath Graduate Student
North Carolina State University
Since its introduction into the United States in 1999, West Nile virus (WNV) has spread rapidly across the country, resulting in a large number of equine infections and deaths. An equine vaccine for WNV has been developed, but the efficacy of this control measure has not been analyzed. This work is an attempt to formulate and analyze a mathematical model for the transmission of WNV infection among vector (mosquito), avian, and equine populations with the inclusion of this control measure...

A Pretty Girl

Phil was bribing her with a treat... but isn't she beautiful?!? :)

Hondo's Deer

He finally got one! He is going to mount the horns so that he can hang them up (in the building). Gee, looks like so much fun I hate I missed it!