How to Pinterest....

I wanted to pin something on Pinterest today. You have to "pin" an item that you find on the any webpage. Ok, I can do that. I will now pin this on the large world wall of Pinterest.com I'll call it helicopter mom. Good look for it.

He's Finally Gone!!!

The Lakers traded to get a point guard AND got rid of Luke Walton

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7691006/sources-los-angeles-lakers-get-pg-ramon-sessions-cleveland-cavaliers

Machetes

So in scouts we decided a few months ago that we were going to make machetes, so we did

this is a picture from a few weeks ago of my machete

Here I am trying to sharpen it with a file (since then I have sharpened it with a grinder and it is actually sharp)

This is my scoutmaster's machete, he plans to actually use it on his many woodsman expeditions

It's all been very fun to make these machetes, and we are still working on them. This Tuesday we will be putting the wooden handles and then we should be just about finished

Here is a video I found on youtube that talks about making machetes

p.s. I haven't seen this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtrgI6KeVE

This blog post also just got me communications merit badge so thank you

Kylie

I've Been Trained to do THIS!

Every day, lately, as I walk in the back door, this guy greets me: I find him very funny. I can only guess who arranged him there, but I do enjoy his greeting. I thought I would take his picture and let you all enjoy. THEN, I have the genius idea to play

I SPY

Just look for this list of things. It could be fun. Comment about what you could or could not find!

tissue packet; glasses; x-ray file cover; blockbuster phone #

wrapping paper cutter; how many calories in 1 serving of tomato sauce

a mis-spelled word; a machine gun

**note: you may or may not be able to find 2 of those items. I was able to use the zoom on the picture, but I see after I publish the post I do not have that tool anymore....

Rootbeer!

Mr. Lucky, also known as your dad, won a $100 gift card to BevMo. That is like a big warehouse that sells drinks. He decided to buy several different types of Rootbeer! We were going to (which we did) have a rootbeer tasting party during the Superbowl. Well, we started a few days before the superbowl. It is quite fun and interesting to taste different types of rootbeer. I highly recommend it, especially if you can do it for FREE!!

We still have plenty left over. It is a delight to pull one out of the box and give it a try!

Still Pictures of MORE Trees...

Here is a long shot of the trees lined up on Santa Anita This is a tree up on Elkins. Those roots! That tree was SO big:
SEE! I am 5' 7 3/4" tall....The tree's circumference is as tall as me!

Ok, now back to Santa Anita....That is steam coming off the top of the foliage pile! I took these pictures at about 9:00am.

Huge pile of foliage in the parking lot of the county park on Santa Anita

Foliage pile meshing into the log pile

OK! The end of the tree pictures!

The Consequence of Winds

I made 2 videos for your enjoyment!
I HATE the new blogger. I pushed the button that suggested I "try" it. I do not like it!!








I have still pictures, too. They will come later.

Try, Try Again

Many times today have I tried to fix that "Wind and Blown Down Trees" Link. I THINK I have finally fixed it.

Please click on it again. The pictures are amazing.

If the link doesn't work, you are supposed to comment and say, "hey, the link did not work!"

Thanks.

I'll Huff and Puff and BLOW your Trees Down!

Wednesday night, November 30, 2011, the winds blew with great force. I heard a report that at times the winds blew 90 MPH. We heard it and it was scary. Our electricity went out at 10:00pm. Who knew...I thought it would be back on in a few hours. I wondered about how we would wake up in time for school. Little did I know.

Our electricity was out for 5 1/2 days. Our city looked like a tornado hit it, BUT, thank goodness, no houses were blown down; just a lot of trees. On Thursday morning, I drove around and took pictures. It was amazing. No school Thursday or Friday. Monday, Quinn went to school, Tuesday all the children went to school and a few hours later the electricity came on! Yea!
Here is my reporting:
This is a couple of blocks from our house. On the corner of Wilson and Sierra Madre. I think a very old lady lives here. The tree is still like this one week later.
The blessings of having a pine tree:

Ok, I have SO many more pictures to show you, I have put them up on Picassa.

Here is a link:

https://picasaweb.google.com/thxhune/TREESDecWinds?authkey=Gv1sRgCKjXgajn_aXJjAE

Mom/Nana: click on the line above. When you get to the pictures, click on the small pictures and they will get bigger, then there is an arrow (kind of light, so look) at the side of the picture that you can press to see the next big picture.

It gets better...or worse, depending on your perspective.