Make A Flickr Mosaic

Saw this on both Leslie's blog and Mr. G's blog and had to make my own. A little bit of fun during "rest time"...

Here is what to do if you would like to create your own mosaic:

• Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
• Using only the first page, pick an image.
• Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

1. What is your first name?

2. What is your favorite food?

3. What high school did you go to?

4. What is your favorite color?

5. Who is your celebrity crush?

6. Favorite drink?

7. Dream vacation?

8. Favorite dessert?

9. What you want to be when you grow up?

10. What do you love most in life?

11. One Word to describe you.

12. Your flickr name.

My answers are these: 1. Erin 2. Seafood 3. APW 4. Pink 5. Jason Bateman 6. Milkshake 7. Beach 8. Creme Brulee 9. Patient 10. My kids 11.Trusting 12. My Flickr name was a bust, so I just used "Coe"

1. http://www.flickr.com/photos/algengler/271711775/%22%3EErin Tennessee Fall Quarry, 2. http://www.flickr.com/photos/sutanto/492545583/%22%3EPaella a la Valenciana, 3. Spiral, 4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alphageek/233472093/%22%3ESunny Side Up, 5. arrested_development_cast_01, 6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/msc72/2274776332/%22%3EStrawberry Milk Splash, 7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/beforethecoffee/422575387/%22%3EBoulder Beach, 8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/baostar/2238364952/%22%3Eday 73: creme brulee, 9. Rohan, 10. Children, 11. Tinkerbell, 12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hops_76/1491322095/%22%3EGlen Coe

Tagtastic!

I've been tagged by Daharja over at Cluttercut for Tagination, and since I haven't done a meme in a while, I thought it would be fun. Also? I hadn't really come up with a new change today, so it's like fate intervening. And you know how those interventions can be. Best to just nod your head and go along with it or they'll be checking you in to Betty Ford faster than you can say "Alabama Slammer".

The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answers.

a) What was I doing 10 years ago? Hmmmm, 1998, I was working as the Billing Director for a CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) in Syracuse, NY. I hadn't yet started dating my now hubby, but had met with him on work-related projects and thought he was cute :-).

b) What are 5 things on my to-do list for today (not in any particular order):

1. Pick up Conner, drop Conner off at preschool and then drop Ethan off at preschool
2. Take Daphne to her weekly playgroup at the park
3. Pick up Ethan from preschool
4. Go to fabric store to get a navy blue plaid, navy thread and oil
5. Take the kids out to a special "end of school year" dinner at Chez McD (their pick, not mine! How I wish Bonefish would install those toddler-size hamster tubes so we could eat there occasionally!)

c) Snacks I enjoy: Would be much simpler to list snacks I don't enjoy: Liver pate and dog shit. Unless, of course, there is sour cream to spread on them. Then I'd probably eat those too.

d) Things I would do if I were a billionaire: Put a couple million in trust funds for each of my kids, my niece and my nephew. Buy a vacation home for me and my family (parents, sisters and in-laws) to share in the Adirondacks or on Lake Ontario so we could all get together more often. Get my hubby the sailboat of his dreams. Provide private grants to municipalities who are looking to implement alternative energy sources, plan community gardens, create functional mass transit, design bike-friendly roads, etc.

e) Places I have lived: Upstate New York (various cities & towns) Newport News, VA; Peekskill, New York; Richmond, VA.


As for tagees, I won't name any names, but if you like this Tagination, jump on the bandwagon! Come on, you didn't really want to work on your post, did you?

The Value of Money

Fiscal Lessons Learned from a Four Year Old Boy

Ethan and Daphne both received piggy banks from Santa last Christmas. Since that time, they have conned us out of every errant penny, nickel, dime and quarter that is left within child's view. Their piggies are getting heavy and the kids often talk about what they might purchase with all their newfound wealth.

Well last week, Mommy instituted Chore Charts for the little ones. They each got to select a "Reward" that they would work for all week long. If they managed to earn enough stars that week, the reward would be theirs.

Daphne, my girlie girl, chose a garish purple and pink Barbie Princess dress, complete with a sparkley magic wand. Ethan, ever the pragmatist, opted for cold, hard cash. Four dollars, to be exact.

So the end of the week came and they had both earned their 25 stars. I pulled Daphne's gown off the wall where it hung and presented it to her as she squealed with delight. I then went to my purse and pulled out four, crisp, new dollar bills and gave them to Ethan.

Ethan graciously said "thank you" and then went in the other room, presumably to count the bills (that's my boy! -- trust NO ONE!). He came back a few minutes later, looking rather glum, grasping his hard-earned greenbacks, and asked "Mommy, can I has my scissors so I can cut these into circles and make REAL money?".

Just for Shits and Giggles

I think Crunchy already covered this one, didn't she?

#209 - Engage Others With Motivational Posters

OK, this isn't really one of my changes. Things got a little crazy around here this weekend and I spent a better part of my Sunday in the Emergency Room with Daphne. Poor kiddo is not handling the Richmond allergy season too well and is wheezing her way through spring. So now she is on nebulizer treatments every four hours, which means Mommy's got to do some stealth-steaming tonight at 11 pm and 3 am.

And since I hadn't even thought about Mondays post until now (9:00 pm Sunday night), well... you can see where this is going. Or rather, where it's not going. So instead of spurring you into action with a motivational eco-poster, I'll be giving you something more like this:

or this:

or maybe this:

And, of course, the concept that let me finish this post in under 30 minutes:

So have a good Monday, folks. And if any of you have any exciting plans for tomorrow (Earth Day!) I'd love to hear them! I'm celebrating by passing out my flyer at the kids' preschool and meeting with a landscape designer to get some advice on planting drought-resistant native species in our yards. Later in the week I'll be touring our local recycling facility! Sadly, I am very excited about this!! :-)

Sick

Daphne was out of commission most of last week with the lovely rotovirus. Yeah. Lots of fun. Well guess who's got it now? That's right, yours truly. This video pretty much sums up how I'm feeling today.




So if I'm a little slow to update tallies, participants and recipients, forgive me! :-)

Using Graphs to Illustrate a Point

Speaking of Strip Tease....

My brother-in-law sent me this nice photo of an Easter "Peep Show" :-)

The Clothesline

Well, I finally got my clothesline installed and I LOVE it! The electrical savings, the sunshiney smell of the clothes and best of all, it's a fun activity I can do with the kids!



**Not actually me and my daughter, photo came via one of those "aren't these all so adorable" emails that has been forwarded a million times and you have to scroll down a mile before you even hit the first picture.

Why I Miss Paper Towels....

Reason #37 - Dog Puke

For Beth and Leslie....

Here's your "extra slutty olive oil"


This makes a lot more sense if you've read my "Recreational Sex" post and all the comments! ;-)