Joshua loves corn on the cob, but, of course, when I had the video camera going, he did everything, but show you how much he loves corn!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
For the Chocolate Lover's
Chocolate Trifle
INGREDIENTS
1 (19.8 ounce) package brownie mix
1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
4 Heath or Skor bars broken into pieces
1 (19.8 ounce) package brownie mix
1 (3.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
4 Heath or Skor bars broken into pieces
DIRECTIONS
Prepare brownie mix according to package directions and cool completely.
Prepare brownie mix according to package directions and cool completely.
Prepare chocolate pudding mix.
In a trifle bowl or glass serving dish, place half of the brownies, half of the pudding mixture, sprinkle the Heath/Skor pieces, and cover with half of container of whipped topping.
Repeat layers.
Optional: Shave chocolate onto top layer for garnish.
Refrigerate before serving.
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Fiddle lessons
I hope you can see this video. It was fine on the camera, but it's dark on the player.
Joshua likes to take his drum stick and pretend that he is playing the fiddle like is papa. Now Ronnie has started getting the real fiddle out and letting Joshua play on it a little.
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Joshua likes to take his drum stick and pretend that he is playing the fiddle like is papa. Now Ronnie has started getting the real fiddle out and letting Joshua play on it a little.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Happy Birthday Hazy!
Today is my mother's birthday!
We love you and miss you very much and we hope you have a great day!
Joshua didn't quite understand the concept of "hold the sign up for Hazy", so we had to improvise.
A Mother's Love
There are times when only a Mother's love
Can understand our tears,
Can soothe our disappointments
And calm all of our fears.
There are times when only a Mother's love
Can share the joy we feel
When something we've dreamed about
Quite suddenly is real.
There are times when only a Mother's faith
Can help us on life's way
And inspire in us the confidence
We need from day to day.
For a Mother's heart and a Mother's faith
And a Mother's steadfast love
Were fashioned by the Angels
And sent from God above...
- Author Unknown.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Attention Coin Collectors!!!
I meant to post this article last week, and just got sidetracked. Be on the lookout for the Presidential Dollar error coins (see article below from AP). The article states these coins are selling online for about $50 a piece, but I've seen a few on ebay that sold for $300 and more.
U.S. Mint goof creates 'Godless dollars'
By JOANN LOVIGLIO, Associated Press
An unknown number of new George Washington dollar coins were mistakenly struck without their edge inscriptions, including "In God We Trust," and are fetching around $50 apiece online.
The properly struck dollar coins, bearing the likeness of the nation's first president, are inscribed along the edge with "In God We Trust," "E Pluribus Unum" and the year and mint mark. The flawed coins made it past inspectors and went into circulation Feb. 15.
The U.S. Mint struck 300 million of the coins, which are golden in color and slightly larger and thicker than a quarter.
About half were made in Philadelphia and the rest in Denver. So far the mint has only received reports of error coins coming from Philadelphia, mint spokeswoman Becky Bailey said.
Bailey said it was unknown how many coins lacked the inscriptions. Ron Guth, president of Professional Coin Grading Service, one of the world's largest coin authentication companies, said he believes that at least 50,000 error coins were put in circulation.
"The first one sold for $600 before everyone knew how common they actually were," he said. "They're going for around $40 to $60 on eBay now, and they'll probably settle in the $50 range."
Production of the presidential dollar entails a "new, complex, high-volume manufacturing system" that the mint will adjust to eliminate any future defects, the mint said in a statement.
"We take this matter seriously. We also consider quality control a high priority. The agency is looking into the matter to determine a possible cause in the manufacturing process," the statement said.
Guth said it appeared from the roughly 50 smooth-edge dollars he has authenticated that the problem had to do with quality control rather than a mechanical error.
"These coins are struck like normal coins, then they go through another machine that adds edge lettering in another process. These apparently skipped that process," he said. "We've seen a
couple of instances where the edge lettering may be weak or indistinct, but we're not talking about that here."
The coin's design has already spurred e-mail conspiracy theories claiming that the religious motto was purposely omitted. That rumor may have started because the edge lettering cannot be seen in head-on photographs of properly struck coins.
It is the first U.S. coin to have words stamped around the edge since the storied 1933 $20 gold "double eagle," among the rarest and most valuable in the world. In 2002, a 1933 double eagle was sold for $7.59 million - the highest price ever paid for a coin.
The Washington dollars are the first in a series of presidential coins slated to run until 2016. After Washington, the presidents to be honored on dollar coins this year will be John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
The 215-year-old Philadelphia mint, located downtown on Independence Mall, employs about 500 people and last year produced about 7.8 billion coins. The overwhelming majority of error coins are caught by inspectors and melted down.
Bailey said the striking of the Adams coin, expected to roll out in mid-May, will proceed as planned.
"We are adjusting the manufacturing process to try to eliminate the problems," she said.
U.S. Mint goof creates 'Godless dollars'
By JOANN LOVIGLIO, Associated Press
An unknown number of new George Washington dollar coins were mistakenly struck without their edge inscriptions, including "In God We Trust," and are fetching around $50 apiece online.
The properly struck dollar coins, bearing the likeness of the nation's first president, are inscribed along the edge with "In God We Trust," "E Pluribus Unum" and the year and mint mark. The flawed coins made it past inspectors and went into circulation Feb. 15.
The U.S. Mint struck 300 million of the coins, which are golden in color and slightly larger and thicker than a quarter.
About half were made in Philadelphia and the rest in Denver. So far the mint has only received reports of error coins coming from Philadelphia, mint spokeswoman Becky Bailey said.
Bailey said it was unknown how many coins lacked the inscriptions. Ron Guth, president of Professional Coin Grading Service, one of the world's largest coin authentication companies, said he believes that at least 50,000 error coins were put in circulation.
"The first one sold for $600 before everyone knew how common they actually were," he said. "They're going for around $40 to $60 on eBay now, and they'll probably settle in the $50 range."
Production of the presidential dollar entails a "new, complex, high-volume manufacturing system" that the mint will adjust to eliminate any future defects, the mint said in a statement.
"We take this matter seriously. We also consider quality control a high priority. The agency is looking into the matter to determine a possible cause in the manufacturing process," the statement said.
Guth said it appeared from the roughly 50 smooth-edge dollars he has authenticated that the problem had to do with quality control rather than a mechanical error.
"These coins are struck like normal coins, then they go through another machine that adds edge lettering in another process. These apparently skipped that process," he said. "We've seen a
couple of instances where the edge lettering may be weak or indistinct, but we're not talking about that here."The coin's design has already spurred e-mail conspiracy theories claiming that the religious motto was purposely omitted. That rumor may have started because the edge lettering cannot be seen in head-on photographs of properly struck coins.
It is the first U.S. coin to have words stamped around the edge since the storied 1933 $20 gold "double eagle," among the rarest and most valuable in the world. In 2002, a 1933 double eagle was sold for $7.59 million - the highest price ever paid for a coin.
The Washington dollars are the first in a series of presidential coins slated to run until 2016. After Washington, the presidents to be honored on dollar coins this year will be John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
The 215-year-old Philadelphia mint, located downtown on Independence Mall, employs about 500 people and last year produced about 7.8 billion coins. The overwhelming majority of error coins are caught by inspectors and melted down.
Bailey said the striking of the Adams coin, expected to roll out in mid-May, will proceed as planned.
"We are adjusting the manufacturing process to try to eliminate the problems," she said.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Dancing Lessons by Joshua
Joshua has been practicing the Hokey Pokey for awhile, but he's so hard to catch on video these day! I think I've taken too many pictures and videos because now when he sees the camera, he immediately stops what he's doing and refuses to perform anymore!!!
I was able to catch just a little glimpse of the Hokey Pokey earlier this week! He's just too cute!!!
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Fiddle lessons
Joshua stays with Granny and Papa two or three days a week and everyone knows that Papa loves to play music. Joshua loves music and already has his own guitar, mandolin, bass, fiddle and drum. For the last week or so he has been walking around with his drum stick and using it as a bow. We can ask him "how does Papa play the fiddle?" and he holds the drum stick like a bow and slides it back and forth across his arm. It's so cute and Papa just beams! Here's a picture of him learning to play his fiddle. I love the intense look of concentration on his face.
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
We've been reading the Teddy Bear book and Joshua has added his own twist.....
Dancing Teddy Grahams!
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