... that my 5 year old says that make me smile

Kids that are learning provide great entertainment.  My 5 year old is always trying to use bigger words that she hears others using.  Here are three that make me smile everytime.

1.  Anoxious - "Those boys in my class are anoxious .  they are always talking to me."

2.  Allicious - "Mmmm.  that dinner was Allicious."

3.  Noid - Q.  "What is wrong?"

A.  "I am noid (annoyed) that it is not my turn to play Wii.

One last one.... it began to snow here on Sunday, and for a while we were getting little hailstones.  She looked outside and said " Hey look! it is raining snowballs!"

... out of 26

i am starting a new photo project and want to encourage anyone with a digital camera to do the same. the project is to take a picture that represents every letter of the alphabet. here are the 3 i have so far.

theletter O. This is from a large cannon ball that was hollow, taken at an old fort in Puerto Rico.














This letter E is from the same fort, a rock wall that had some decomposition.















This letter x is from the same fort, and the intersection of stones on a path.






Go for all 26 and make a web album and post the link for everyone to share!

my webalbum for the project is found at http://picasaweb.google.com/JeffPeo/TheAlphabetProject

the road to 207

i am starting my weight loss regimen. (notice that i waited until the day after thanksgiving to start my diet - no sense in failing on day one!)

my current weight is 247 lbs. my goal is to get to 207 by march for the moab volleyball trip. (40 lbs just seemed to be a nice round number - or maybe 207 seems to be a much less round number)

i will keep a chart on the side to show my progress.

...our halloween jack o laterns

...just four things this time... our pumpkins that we carved for this year.

Maggie's Boston Red Sox pumpkin!

Jeff's headless horseman

Alley's mummy

Mitchell's scary hands

...i love about the fall

ahhhh - i love the fall!

here are 3 things i love about the fall - especially here in new england

1. all the trees changing colors (pictures to come)
2. crisp, cool nights, with pleasant temperatures in the day
3. pumpkin deserts (like my pumpkin toffee cheesecake with ginger snap crust and caramel topping)

...about our new golden doodle puppy

• she is a cross between a golden retriever and a standard poodle



• she is hypo alergenic (wont shed like a normal dog)



• her name is lucy

...crazy billboards

in my travels, i see some crazy things. here are three billboards that may me do a double take.

1. in downtown detroit - a bus company billboard that advertises $20 bus tickets to go see relatives in the state penitentiary.
2. on the road between pittsburgh, pa and indiana, pa - an adult "bookstore" advertising as the place to get gift certificates for mother's day.
3. in east st. louis - a paternity testing company billboard that said " who's the daddy"

do you have any to add to the list?