Monique the Destroyer

Shortly after we moved to the second apartment, we skyped with both Grandmom's.  That evening, I put down a cup of coffee on the table and I tipped the cup over.....all over Michael's laptop!!  Suffice to say, I FRIED the laptop.  Not one of my proudest moments.   The good news, Michael's laptop was two years old...the bad news, we had to buy a new laptop.

This was the expression on my face when the cup tipped over.

Mini Reunion

After 25 years, I finally got a chance to meet up with one of my high school teachers.  Through a mutual family friend, who happen to teach at the same school, we all met in MD this past weekend.  This is my math teacher from 9th and 10th grade, Mr. Callaway.  I have to say, it felt very weird to call him by his first name.  It's like calling your parents by their first name.   I felt like I was 15 years old again.  ;-)

Ava outnumbered by twins.

Some things never change!

The Callaway's were able to revisit Jordan last December.  They showed us a mini slideshow of their trip and I was able to capture some of the pictures on my digital camera.  Sebastian didn't believe me when I told him that his Mom was there maaany years ago.  

PETRA

I can't believe we took one of our treks (camp outs) to Petra in high school.  

JERASH

This was the city that was given to Cleopatra from Napolean (I think?)  We made several weekend visits to Jerash during our four year stay in Jordan.

The new school sign outside of ACS.   I actually felt "homesick" when I saw the slide show.

The infamous art piece hanging over fireplace mantle.  The first time Sebastian saw the painting, he came over to me and whispered in my ear, "Mommy, that picture is very inappropriate."

This past weekend was the second time Sebastian saw the same picture.  He made a point to someone in the room not to look at the woman on the lower left side.  Poor Sebastian...we found humor in his little embarrassment   ;-)

Part time

Sebastian....student by day, Starbuck coffee cup by night  ;-P

Kid got your cat?

Seriously, is that the most trusting cat you've ever seen?  Poor Marley, both kids never leave him alone.

Post Easter morning breakfast pictures

We had a late breakfast with Grandmom on Sunday morning because the kids spent the night with Mom Mom and Grandmom on Saturday night.

The Easter Bunny brought Ava her first laptop computer.  

Doesn't she look serious?  She said she was sending an email to Grandmom and Mom Mom ;-)  Not kidding!

The kids konked out 10 minutes into the car ride.  The nap didn't last very long though.

Post Easter weekend pics

Okay, so I'm a week late with the Easter pictures.  Between shuttling the kids to two schools, meeting with recruiters, job searching, shopping for groceries (almost daily) and playground/museum/movie excursions, who has time to sit around?  :-P

My brother hosted Easter dinner this year.  We asked for dinner on Saturday since we wanted to head back to MD on Sunday.  My brother's house is like "Green Acres" because of all the pets they have plus some wildlife.

Ava is still unsure of the big dogs.  Harley (the goldie) is so docile and totally harmless.

Petting Spaz the cat.

Ava keeping safe distance from Baloo.

This is the wildlife I was talking about.  This was the first time I'd ever seen or heard about Turkey Vultures.  I tried to blow up the picture but it was too blurry.

Ava hopping on the stones in the flower bed.

What is Easter without an Easter egg hunt?

Spaz looking at me as if he's saying, "Hey, I'm not an easter egg!"

My nephew would kill me if he knew I posted in picture on my blog.  But hey, his girlfriend is the one who put the easter bunny ears on his head  ;-)  I can't believe I use to change his diapers!  LOL

The Daddy lift.

One tired little girl leaving with all her "stash"  ;-)

Thursday's Pick

Why did I take pictures of gas station boards?   Because I had to drive around to research the gas prices.  You have to know which stations charge high and which charge low(er).  Gas prices range from $3.09 to $2.74.  

I stopped at the Shell station because they had the lowest price.  I didn't have to go out of my way to find the cheapest gas station because there are practically two gas stations on every other block.

The gas station was like a parking lot.  Cars were lined out to the street and blocking traffic.  It was crazy!  While I was waiting in line, one of the garage mechanics told me that it gets this way on Thursday's when they run their "special" (see ad banner below).  That explained the mad house.

This was the mechanic who told me about the Thursday special.  They had to have two other employees stand out there to direct traffic.

Here is my watch cat.  He's totally clueless sometimes  ;-)  I think living in the apartment has messed up his senses.  He doesn't greet us at the door like he did at the house.  I think the city noise from the window distracts him.