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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Bridget's Beta Fish Proposal

Bridget was asked to write a proposal for her natural science project.  Here is what she came up with (it may need just a tad bit of tweaking, but she received bonus points because she accomplished her goal AND made me laugh!):
  My Beta Fish Proposal

Over the course of twelve weeks, I will be experimenting on four helpless, insignificant, $1 Beta fish.  I will get two males and two females.  Hopefully we will have no double cousins on our hands.  I have never taken the course to become certified as a midwife for female fish and their hundreds of eggs that some people find enjoyable to eat. 

My goal is to figure out why the males fight.  There are two females, probably equally pretty in their eyes, so I currently do not know why they fight.

The syllabus tells me to call them Male #1, Male #2, Female #3 and Female #4.  But due to the dullness of calling animals numbers, and the heartless, ungrateful disrespect to God's creations, I will call them by their own names.  I will give those details later because I cannot find suitable names if I haven't bought them yet.

Over the weeks, and reluctant cleaning-out of their little bowls, I will be putting different fish in different bowls with another fish or two.  They will either try to party, mate or kill each other.  And that is why I chose to experiment on the fish (not only because I'm poor and can't afford anything expensive and my parents won't let me get a dog).  I think it will be interesting to see the fish amount to something, or die trying.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Time to get that girl a working alarm clock!

This little message was in my inbox early this morning:



This is your guardian angel. Please wake Bridget up at 7:00 AM. She has an early class. Amen. Hallelujah.


How appropriate for the Feast of the Holy Guardian Angels!  :)

Sunday, September 30, 2012

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Monday, September 17, 2012

Smiiiiillllleee!

This is the typical response I get when I take a picture of Erin and Seamus.  Erin grins and says cheeeeeese (this is new for her) and Seamus turns his back.





Ha!  Caught ya!



Monday, September 10, 2012

When you suddenly realize the house is just too quiet....


......you know you're in trouble.


And so were these naughty little ones! All that was in the carton (maybe 12?) were cracked and slathered all over the floor...And just in case you thought they were all sweet and innocent, I have proof to the contrary!

Aidan's Creations

I love it when I almost step on junk from the recycling bin Aidan's creations which he has built using the treasures that he finds around the house.  Seriously, I do.  The imagination is a powerful tool, which I am very pleased to see is being used in my 11 year old son.  Now I understand why he kept asking me to buy the styrofoam egg cartons rather than the cardboard; they make better battleships when floating down the creek, of course!


Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Crystal Lake 2012

On our way to take Moira back to Steubenville we took a well needed detour to Crystal Lake. We only wish we could have stayed longer...we always enjoy our visit so much!  Thanks so much Mom and Dad!


We packed as light as we could, but let's face it, even light for a family of 10 for a week PLUS Moira's stuff that needed to go back to FUS, and we were just a tad bit cozy.



Some in the vehicle would argue that cozy was an understatement...



But due to Mike's masterful packing job, and the Nier's car-top carrier, we fit everything in, using every nook and cranny. 



Ahhhhhh.....Crystal Lake!








































Seamus was pretending to take a picture






















Aidan, getting pretty sick of the camera ha ha








































































































Erin fell asleep sitting up on the boat





















Poor guy got up early to fish but didn't catch a thing!



We arrived in Steubenville on Thursday and were able to spend a fun few days with Tim, Suzy and family along with the Heusel clan, which is always always a treat! Moira was all moved in, ready for her second year at FUS, by Sunday afternoon. We said our good byes on Monday morning, which was not any easier than last year.  In fact, in some ways it was harder.  We miss you and love you, Moira, and we are so very proud of you.  Lots of prayers for you, always.  We know you will do beautifully, in school, and in life...as you share your many gifts and your zeal for life with all you meet. God bless you!
 
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