Today I turned my exams in, came home and tried to get rid of all the books and papers that had been piling up around my desk. It's not clean by any means, but the environment is workable. The let-down process started today.
6-11-07
Today I turned my exams in, came home and tried to get rid of all the books and papers that had been piling up around my desk. It's not clean by any means, but the environment is workable. The let-down process started today.
6-10-07
Today I finished the last of my comprehensive exam papers, stapled four copies, and prepared to turn them in. Three months of hard work all done!
6-9-07
Wee Mini Van and Mini Van- together for one last day. Tomorrow Mini Van takes Jes to West Virginia to be a river guide and live in a tent for two months.
6-5-07
This is a picture I took of the blue Honda Fit Sport I wanted, parked in a dealer lot in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Three hours later, I drove it home!
6-4-07
OK, I did NOT take this photo, so I get no credit whatsoever. But I found it today in a magazine that came to our house, and it's a photo of my daughter reflected in her friend Jacob's tuba! Isn't it awesome? You can see the online version of the magazine here and scroll down to page 39. See? Isn't that awesome? Kudos to the photographer Trevor for such an awesome picture, and to the JMU Marching Royal Dukes!
6-3-07
Now THIS is my rosebush. It's huge. Years ago it was a tiny little thing in a small green plastic pot, a gift from a student. That student just graduated as valedictorian of the local high school yesterday. I should show her this picture, because it's obvious she's been doing a lot of blooming herself!
6-1-07
Today I had a migraine and didn't get "out and about" to take a photo. Blah. It wasn't a terrible one, just a drag.
5-31-07
I thought that today I would take a photo of my beautiful rosebush all in bloom, but it got late and now it's dark. So, sitting at my desk, trying to finish my last comprehensive exam paper, I took a photo of the mess I'm working in. Yuck. I can't wait to finish this exam on June 12.
5-30-07
After making over 300 wedding mints, I swore I'd never make another. But we had at least 2 lbs of extra fondant, and I just couldn't let it go to waste, so I brought it home. Then my son said he needed to make something French to eat for his 10th grade French class, and fondant is French, so voila! I taught him and his girlfriend how to make fondant bon-bons. Here are the results of their hard work. I even taught him how to use a pastry bag and make little flowers and leaves. Mom, you'd be proud.
5-29-07
Here's a photo of my bride's maid bouquet in a vase on our kitchen table, and a photo of the rose bush that was barely blooming a week ago. It's sad to be away from my sisters and mom and all those cousins. I'd better get some work done. I went to Igor's comprehensive exam oral defense today, and he did great. Next, it's my turn.
5-28-07
Today we woke up, said goodbye to the Bed & Breakfast we stayed at, went over to Mom's to say goodbye, then headed North on I-85 for home. Along the way we saw the Gaffney Peach. Jessica hung her corsage from the car roof.
5-27-07
Kate and her husband left for Paris today after breakfast. We spent a quiet evening with Stacey and her kids. Here's a picture of them all watching my nephew try and beat the game Squirt designed.
5-26-07
The BIG DAY!!! Here's a photo I took of Kate getting ready at the church,
a photo of the wedding cake made right at home (Thanks Jason!),
and family and friends having a good time at the reception.
5-25-07
Today, after Kate stuffed 40 guest gift bags with homemeade crackers, cookies and drinks, she and her soon-to-be-husband fell asleep on Mom's bed while I decorated the little mints.
5-24-07
Mom had a party tonight with all the relatives in town for the wedding. Here I am with my cousin, Vicki Cobb, author of over 90 science books for children.
5-23-07
Kate and I stayed up late last night making fondant. Tonight, after I watched the Lost season finale, we stayed up till 3am pouring the fondant into little heart-shaped and bell-shaped molds. They will be the wedding favors for guests.
5-22-07
Today I said goodbye to my husband, children, and rosebush... and flew South to help out with my sister's wedding.
5-21-07
Today the girls treated me to a manicure and pedicure as a Mother's Day treat, and once again I captured my peonies in their current state of blooming. Tomorrow, it's back to Auburn for the wedding celebration week.
5-20-07
The big tree near our driveway is fixin' to bloom. I thought it was a mock orange, but I don't think so anymore. Today was a wonderful day- all the kids were home and we celebrated Dan's birthday early. We played Frisbee golf until it got dark in the back yard. Ice cream cake... sittin' on the porch swing... brats on the grill... a delicious day.
5-19-07
I thought that I'd finish out this week of really boring photos with another really boring photo of my son's pile of laundry. However, the evening saved the day. The crescent moon was beautiful and I hurriedly set up my tripod and switched to the zoom lens. The large photo with the blue background was taken with a 4 second exposure, film speed of 1600, F5.6, and a 300mm lens. I uploaded it full size so you can see the detail if you click on it. The reflection is really mysterious, and if you zoom in you can see the Earthshine really well.
The moon photo was taken with a shutter speed of 1/60, film speed of 800, and F9.
5-17-07
Squirt wrote the code for this really cute, challenging computer game. I haven't made it through the first level yet.
5-15-07
This is a little Magnet. I use them to hold my paintings up on a wire that goes around my office. They make little hearts when you attach the two ends together. I bought lots of them because they're so cute. Today I didn't feel like doing much of anything, but I did go for a good run in the woods.
5-14-07
Today was sad. I turned in four copies of my second comprehensive exam, one for each member of my program committee, then I moved out of my office on the 2nd floor. I'll be working from home now, concentrating full time on my dissertation. It was sad.
5-13-07
Mother's Day! My children treated me to a wonderful day, and Dan treated me to some lovely pink tulips. The girls cooked breakfast and dinner, and Squirt did all the dishes!
5-12-07
Determined to finish this paper before Mother's Day, I once again became a hermit, except for an afternoon workout and run. I finished with 50 pages at 11:40pm.
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