my horoscope must mention geography today

So I have always been a geography nerd to some extent but it wasn't until I started working with Fulbrights that I realized that I really don't know about much of the world. Hence I bought some flashcards about Africa. Well today a student recommended Geography Games and now this is a great time-waster.

Also I talked to Jill the hiker today! She is doing well and is in Hot Springs, North Carolina. Scott will retain custody of the dogs Thursday when he returns. She reports things are going well and that she likes Mounds and Skittles.

Finally I talked to a geography major today who won a Fulbright to go to Tanzania. Hmmm.

surround hound

a few photos from the past week of the canine contingent. Hounds are not real smart, but having four hounds make it special. As always, I am not 100% sure that Mozart actually gets to eat and that Maggie does not eat four times the normal amount. Either way, as long as they don't bug me, I don't care all that much.

this makes me laugh every time

This is from a rerun of Scrubs. I just can't help laughing at it. Just remember, payback is a bitch.

I never realized that my house is a fun playland for young children

this is kind of funny. My high school friend Donna and her husband Michael stayed with us when they drove to Florida on the way to spring training baseball. They had their two boys with them, they are somewhere around the ages of three and five. They were VERY excited about the prospect of Oliver and Lucy and spent much time enjoying their company.

Oliver was the one who really liked the guests. We had one kid playing Boggle, the other looking at a photo album, and Oliver climbed right up and got in the middle of the entire scene. Lucy just wanted them not to take away the rawhide bone that they brought as a present.

I also forgot things like the fact that my entire house is tile, so anything dropped on it will break. Also, plastic cups half-filled are much better than big tall glasses filled to the brim. Chocolate added to milk is yummy. Cereal in the small boxes is much more fun than a big box. My entire collection/shrine of Georgia Bulldog stuff is quite interesting to small children, especially when their parents went to Siena and Villanova and do not have quite the same passion for football or mascots.