Save the bees!

Mom knew what she was doing when she gave me honey when I was sick.

To see why, read this story or watch the video to the right of it (it presents the same information.)

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/20/sunday/main1913900_page2.shtml

St. Michael's Trip

I have uploaded most of our pictures from our 3 day trip to St Michael's. Here is the link:

http://s75.photobucket.com/albums/i290/KatKatch82/Saint%20Michaels/

One more.... (This one is pretty darrrrrn cool.)

Let's give this a try.....

Queen B!

Many of you have already met or at least seen pictures of my new niece Beatrice (Beatriz to the Portuguese family) Isabel Santa Rita. Either way, I thought I would formally introduce her to the blog before classes start and I don't have time.

She was born in March and weighed around 7 lbs. She has Mike's beautiful eyes, our Shreeve nose and Jo's fair complexion. She is just gorgeous and will undoubtedly be a genius.

I am looking forward to babysitting when she gets a bit older.

---She's bringing sexy back

So you think you can....?

Every Wednesday night me and 8 million 13-year old girls obsessively set our tivos to record So you think you can....Dance!

Cheesy montages and self-absorbed dancers aside, some of the coreography on the show is pretty cool. I was more of a traditional dancer, but dance has taken on many unique forms since I used to practice and I'd love to go back one day. Alas, at this point that does not seem possible.

Until I learn how to upload videos I will post pictures:

Homer!

Shaun and Keisha recently bought a new puppy. His name is Homer (from the author of the Odyssey) and he's a cockapoo. He's really cute and bouncy and seems quite happy in his new home. I wanted to meet him and we thought it might be fun for Sam and Frodo to meet him as well. Frodo was more interested in playing than Sam, who kept on sitting behind Daniel. I hope we didn't overwhelm Shaun by inviting ourselves and our dogs over. It was hard to get pictures because they were running around so much, but here are a few:

Domesticity

Upon my request, Daniel drove me to Bed, Bath and Beyond in the heat, during rush hour yesterday so that we could buy some new blankets for our day bed. Upon arrival, I was instantly swept up by the array of fragrant oils, candles and nifty appliances.

(By the way, I love that the staff is all from Africa and seems to be operating on "African time." It took about 30 minutes to check out. )

Anyway, after spending $20 on a "room infuser" we found the amazing device you see at the beginning of this blog. It makes individual cups of coffee using little disks, hence eliminating clean-up. No washing coffee pots or cleaning filters. I dreamt about it last night. We can make cappucinos, hot chocolates, lattes, chai tea...basically anything. After water therapy this morning I had a cappucino.

To anyone reading can you:

1) explain how to put pictures below your writing in the blog

2) recommend a good book

Daniel's mother gave us gift certificates to barnes and noble and borders, which is so awesome! However, when ever I go there I am completely overwhelmed and end up with about 10 things in my hands. Last night I resorted to re-reading the third Adrian Mole book. It is a good read to inspire blogging, although not entirely satisfying at the moment.