March Already?

Tomorrow I'm leaving to go to the NevAEYC conference. I'm really excited to go! It's in Reno this year. I'm going with a couple of girls that I work with. I'm bummed that Dan didn't take it off to go with me. He has no vacation days, yet with his new job and we decided it was to many days to be taking off with Marissa's Birthday coming up and Spring Break the week after. I'm a little worried about the weather, it's been snowing here like crazy! Reno has a storm over them and they are expected to get two feet of snow! Weren't we suppose to get a early spring?? Jess!!!

I can't believe Marrisa is going to be nine next weekend! We were going to have a BBQ at our house, I think it's going to be to cold though! Marissa wants to have a My Little Pony birthday party! I found a My Little Pony cake pan on ebay that I ended up having the winning bid! I'm excited about it, Dan was less enthused about it when I told him I payed sixty dollars for it! Those pans are in demand right now and I told him I could use it and turn around and sell it back on ebay, who knows maybe I'll make a little off of it! Dan felt a little better about it after I told him that!

Spring Break is in two weeks, I can't wait!! It will be a nice break!! We are planning on going to Seattle for the week! I'm not looking forward to the 24/7 rain! I like rain, but I like the sun too!! We always go into Seattle and go to Pike's Place Market and the Aquarium then we go and eat fish and chips (I always thought that was morbid too, to go look at fish then go eat fish)! We always have a good time! I want to go to Tully's Coffee Shop when we are down there! I guess it's suppose to be pretty good and I noticed the last time I was in the grocery store they have their own line of coffee on the market now.

Divine Strake Cancelled!

In early 2006, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the National Nuclear Security Administration announced plans to conduct a large conventional experiment known as Divine Strake at the Nevada Test Site. Congressman Matheson has questioned DTRA officials about the purpose of Divine Strake and its potential environmental effects.
The Divine Strake experiment was expected to detonate 700 tons of ammonium nitrate-fuel oil as part of a dual-use test at NTS in order to gather both conventional and nuclear effects data. The test was originally slated to occur on June 2, 2006, but due to the concerns raised by Congressman Matheson, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch, Nevada Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, and other key leaders,

Divine Strake was cancelled on February 22, 2007.

Valentines Day!

On Valentines Day, Dan and I didn't have to work, it was nice! I made cupcakes and we went to Marissa's party at school, it was cute and she was very happy that we were there. Marissa was very excited for the day to come, so she could get a Valentine from a boy she likes. She discovered at the party she hadn't received one from him so she went and told him her concern and got one from him. After that she was thrilled and told us what the card said, after she read the card another girl came up to her and said "Guess what my card says? It says, if theirs a million roads, I would pick the road that leads to you!" And with a smile the girl walked away! Marissa was crushed!! I felt bad for her! I hate to burst her bubble but did she forget she's only eight!!! The DRAMA!!!

We had Valentines dinner at Misty's, it was very good! Dan bought Marissa and I roses and spoiled us at dinner. Marissa got a necklace with a cat on it and he bought me diamond earrings. Dan also bought me a sorrelli necklace that I got earlier in the day, I love it!!! He always spoils us!!

I went to the gym with Mindy to work off all those extra calories yesterday and today I can barely move my arms, they hurt so bad!! I can't even straighten them, OUCH!! All that candy and good food is not worth the way I'm feeling tonight!!!

If you would of asked me while I was consuming all that food, I would have had a different answer!! Damn chocolate, it gets me every time!!

My Lost Keys!

Marissa and I have been home all week because Marissa has been sick. Today, I decided that she was well enough to go to school, Marissa didn't agree at all!! After debating with her over the subject and my win; she got up and got ready. When we went to leave I couldn't find my keys anywhere! My heart sunk and I knew right away Dan had taken my keys!! This is the third time he has done this to me since I got my new car, that's three times in two months!! The worst part about this whole situation is that Dan takes a work truck to work, so both of our cars were sitting here and I couldn't drive either of them....GRRR! He doesn't even need his keys!! After the last time it happened I told Marissa to make me something to put on my key ring and she made me a bead thing to hang from it and he still picked them up! Needless to say he was in the dog house! Marissa and I ended up staying home, again! I wouldn't of minded so much, but I had appointments that I had to cancel and rearrange for today.

I've decided that I need to do something elaborate to my keys so Dan won't touch them! I haven't decided what I'm going to do, but I'll let yea know when I think of it!

Sick Again!!!

Marissa has been sick for the last couple of days, YUCK!! She stayed home from school today and she's staying home tommorow. Poor Marissa! I'm taking tommorow off to stay home with her, it will be nice to catch up on things!! I really hope I don't get it!!!

I'm soo sick of winter!! It's been so nice here the last couple of days. It's given me Spring fever!! I hope that dang groundhog is right!! I'm ready for Spring!! Bring it on!!

UFC 67

On Saturday night we rented the UFC fight and watched it at our house with family and friends. We had a great time, the fight was very disappointing though! Travis Lutter not only lost a chance at the UFC Middleweight Championship and disappointed fight fans by coming in overweight for his UFC 67 main event but he also succeeded in making the champion, Anderson Silva, angry, resulting in a second round submission win for ‘The Spider’.

Where do I get a refunnd??

A "divine" bomb blast?

An upcoming non-nuclear bomb test in Nevada is being given the sort of window dressing that Washington politicians use to describe bad legislation, "Putting lipstick on a pig."
The test blast is called "Divine Strake," words that roughly deify a device (strake) that deflects airflow on an aircraft wing or deflects water on a boat. Presumably, the name is a metaphor for developing a godly bomb that would deflect enemies.

Beyond questioning whether the U.S. arsenal needs another new weapon with catastrophic explosive power, critics of the Nevada Test Site wisely wonder whether 700 pounds of ammonium nitrate fuel oil emulsion that would simulate a nuclear blast will kick up radioactive dust that will be carried by winds aloft and sprinkled on Idaho and other areas.

Test officials admit the blast, if and when carried out, will result in a dust-filled mushroom cloud soaring 10,000 feet. With the Nevada test area already contaminated from dozens of nuclear explosions, it taxes the imagination to believe none of that debris will be in the mushroom cloud as it dissipates while drifting in the winds.

Residents of states downwind from the Nevada test areas in the 1950s suffered health effects, some fatal, from nuclear fallout, and have been settling lawsuits with the government for years.

Our own reservations involve a longer view than the test. As western states downwind from the test site grow rapidly with larger urban populations in the 21st century, the government needs an alternative to test facilities that were designated 60 years ago in World War II when the area was considered remote.

With computers now designing virtually every new product, including bombs, it's understandable that they need testing before being used in the field. But any testing that endangers the health of the very men, women and children the bombs are designed to protect must be questioned and the danger minimized or eliminated.

Why is this situation not being looked at closer!! We have to speak up and raise our voices!!! I'm a "downwinder" and I'm outraged that this is even a question of something that should take place!!! This "divine" bomb blast puts my family and I at risk, are we worth so little that we are not worth protecting? I NEVER thought that I would have to worry about a war on our own land!! I mentioned this situation tonight to a family member and they had no idea that this was even going on, and the person is a local resident!!