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senior portrait
can you believe the photographers do senior portraits in the student's junior year? Becca sat for her portrait at the end of April. in November she got to choose which photo from that session will appear in the yearbook. but believe it or not, we STILL haven't ordered the photos from the studio!!!
New Year's Eve in NYC
Times Square should be hopping thursday night. You know they leave the ball in place all year long now. You can see it on top of One times Square, along with the "2009" sign. the new numbers arrived about a week ago, they've been on display at ground level. 2010...guess that means no more of those goofy glasses everyone wore starting in 2000.... anyhow, here's the update on the ball drop: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/12/28/2009-12-28_times_sq_new_years_eve_to_be_greener_more_global.html The razzle-dazzle Times Square New Year's Eve celebration is going more green and global than ever. The ball got a sparkling makeover Sunday, with the addition of new Waterford crystal triangles etched with ribbons, angel wings and flames to embody this year's theme: Let there be courage. The ball's 288 crystals will be lit by 32,256 LED lights that can create a kaleidoscope of more than 16 million vivid colors. The lig...
I am the mother of two perfect teenagers. That's short and sweet. If only it were true. But that would be the makings of dull blog posts, wouldn't it? I consider myself to be a very lenient, very tolerant mother. But my younger daughter Becca, age 17, has truly tested my patience these last few days. Every attempt at conversation is met with hostility and disrespect. Her school grades, her plans for the evening, how she's getting to school in the morning, are "none of [my] business", I am a "terrible mother" who "doesn't care about [her] at all." And so on. I let most of it slide. Becca is very stressed right now. She's taking a heavy academic program at school, she's active in extracurricular activities -- she's president of the Spanish club -- and she has a part time job. And if that wasn't enough....It's college application season. Becca applied to one college "early decision", that's whe...