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Happy Pelicans

Pelican-pool-eblast-180px 2Pelicans are rescued throughout the year by many agencies, but I am most in touch with the Internation Bird Rescue organization.  I watched them clean all sorts of birds after the oil spill in Louisiana, and admire their gentle work in helping to get the sea birds back to their natural habitat, able to fly.

As you may know, it’s impossible for birds to fly with heavy oil in their wings.

As the birds rehabilitate, they need supplies of food.   A lot of food.   This helps them rehabilitate and regain their strength so they can go back to the wild and fend for themselves, all with their help and ours.

If you click on the link below, you can read more about pelican rehab, visit their rehab facitility, watch some cleaning, and then donate a bit to help fund the fish the pelicans need to rebuild their strength.

YOU can help with just a small donation, via Paypal or via your credit card details.

Thanks for helping these beautiful creatures!

Meet My New Pet Peeve

I can’t begin to say how many times I’ve seen this lately.   A person (sometimes me) is backing out of a parking space.   This requires a lot of attention to the surrounding objects.    It can’t be done too slow or too quickly; you just back out, right?

So maybe half-way into being out of the parking space, a person comes down the lane and does not appear to be stopping.   True that the person driving straight down a lane normally has the right-of-way, but if you are already impeding this person’s straight driving down the lane, does he REALLY have the right-of-way?

Let me save everyone who has no sign of ettiquette, at least, or patience and those who think the world should get out of theirway so they can go fast to where they want to go… some time.    It’s rude to cut people off who already have a more complicated procedure underway.   It’s not very nice, especially when carrying on some distracting activity, like talking on your phone, to breeze by someone who could potentially step a bit harder on the gas and run into you.

The big question is:   Must I continually (continually) look behind me the entire time I am backing out of my parking stall (which should only take a minute, really) to avoid people who have no consideration for other drivers?   My backing process is taking twice as long because I know people will not have the courtesy to stop.

I’m just saying.   Patience is a virtue, and it’s nice to be a considerate driver.

The Feeling of Something “Not Right”

I have just been reading the investigator’s report concerning his initial interviews with Casey Anthony and some of her acquaintances.

I know that people say, “It’s the legal system.  It did what it could and people just have to accept it.”

There is a difference between “innocent” and “not guilty”, I know.   But I don’t believe Casey Anthony is either of these, especially not after reading this:  investigator’s report

Hot Shops Art Center

Just when I thought we’d been almost everywhere in Omaha, we went to Hot Shops Art Center.    Hot Shops isn’t just another art gallery.   It’s also a place where artists do some of their work, so you’ll see loads of art-making equipment, as well as shops and glass counters stocked with items to buy.

I enjoyed an area called “Into the Woods“, where cowboy hats made out of wood and tree carved wall hangings were displayed.    You would think the wood would be heavy from the look of it, but it’s very light.

I’m betting it takes some time to make an actual sized cowboy hat out of wood.

It’s a nice place to wander through, take some classes and watch artists doing their work.

 

Easter is coming

and we gave the Easter Bunny a few tips for shopping. The Easter Bunny has done a good job shopping, although he has not purchased the 3D Nintendo DSi, like our friend Stacie suggested. 🙂 (crazy girl)

I’m not sure what we’re doing for Easter dinner yet, although we have some nontraditional ideas, like steak and asparagus. Not sure what else will be involved. I’m thinking about deviled eggs and maybe a pie for dessert.

Ian said you’d never see such a large display of Easter things in the stores, but you’d see lots of large eggs like this or this.

Makes you want to spend Easter in England, doesn’t it?

Saturday Things

So we’re off to a poetry thing today at Barnes and Noble. This is the first public performance Ian’s had in awhile, so I’m looking forward to hearing him read. He’s on for an hour.

It is supposed to be 86F here today. Hard to believe, I think, but so far, it’s sunny and warming up. God knows it’s April in Nebraska, right?

The government in the US is still operating today. That’s good news for many people who are depending on income/doing their jobs.

Back to work on Monday. This is a good thing, right? I have mixed feelings. It’s good to be without too much stress, but it’s also good to be productive.

Week off

and it’s nice. Today’s temperature is supposed to be 71, which feels springlike (hey, the 80F’s are just around the corner).

I have bypassed “new hire week”, wherein I train new hires. I like training people, but it’s nice to have one break in.. I don’t know… 5 years?

I took Miss Brit shopping for new shoes, since her old ones are breaking down internally. We found some nice toners (her pick) at Kohl’s for $29.99. I was a little annoyed that I didn’t have a % off coupon, and no scratch cards were at the store, but the price was pretty good anyway (considering the first shoe she spotted was over $60.)

I am making donuts. (yay)
Yesterday, I helped Brit make chocolate chip/butterscotch chip cookies. She did a good job.

So overall, a good day. 🙂

A day off

So, when I got the notice from Payroll saying I had 157 hours of vacation time to spend before the end of June, I thought, “Yeah.. I haven’t taken much time off in the last 8 months, have I?” I arranged for some time off here and there, which means I have a 4 day weekend. (yay!)

I turned my blackberry off yesterday to avoid peeking at work things, and did 3 loads of laundry, met Brit for lunch at school (where we dined on ravioli), did a bit of minor shopping, and cleaned parts of the apartment. It feels good to accomplish something, really.

Today we’re off to swimming lessons. Brit has a new pair of goggles which are identical to her prescription eyeglasses. She is excited to be able to see underwater. 🙂 They were only $20 goggles, too. Get your own at speedo.com (of course, if your eyes don’t match, then you are out of luck) 🙂

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