Money Problems

So Truman spent 2 weeks hearing Jack and Jess and Andrew and I ask each other, " Do you have any Francs?", "Do you have any Euros?". Or saying, "I'm out of Swiss Money!" or "Can you get that? I don't have any Euros." And as we wait to pass through customs yesterday he asks, "Mom, do you have some American money?" Yes son, all of our money is American money.
It is good to be home.

Memories of London

Sorry the video is sideways. I was trying to be sneaky.

Merry's Day Out

Friday night we were all sitting around watching the first of MANY old, "scary",  black and white movies that will be watched in our home before October 31st, when I made an announcement. "I won't be able to go to Trum's soccer game tomorrow because I am going to go to the book festival."
There was no reaction from the audience.
So later that night I reminded Jack that I would need a ride to the metro in the morning. He then said, "Really? I thought you were kidding." Oh, no my friends I was very serious. Apparently he thought it would be "weird" for me to go by myself. But how wrong he was. It was soooo AWESOME!!! I had a great time. In fact I saw lots of other women there alone and we gave each other knowing looks of satisfaction. I got to hear from whichever authors I wanted and I didn't have to compromise or hurry or feed anyone.
Here is who I listened to...

 Lidia Bastianich

I love her and her show on PBS. She was like a rock star. People were very excited to see her.

 Michael Buckley

He was probably my favorite to listen to because he is so funny. He writes The Sisters Grimm series which is great and he used to be a comedian and writer for TV.

 Suzanne Collins

She talked about why her books deal with war, it was really interesting. Of course you know about The Huger Games series but have you read the Gregor the Overlander series?

 Bruce Feiler

He wrote Walking the Bible, and spoke about his new book Counsel of Dads. Now I want to read both.

 Craig Robinson

Sort of accidentally heard him, but I am glad I did. His sister lives at The White House.

 Ree Drummond

And of course I couldn't miss PW.

I had some time when there wasn't anyone I was particularly itching to hear so I went across the street, up these steps and into the NGA. Where I promptly refilled my water bottle, used the air conditioned facilities and shed a layer of clothing in said facilities. 

I also took some time to see this exhibit...

http://www.nga.gov/press/exh/3088/index.shtm

It was beautiful and motivating for me.

When I was tired I went home and that night I watched women's conference on my computer with my feet up. All together it was a great day!

Jealous?

Does This Ever Happen To You?

When you open your cabinet, a box of pancake mix showers you with it's powdery contents??

Truman

When He's your kid This...Might happen.

1. You find 7 rocks in the pocket of a pair of shorts (and you count yourself lucky that you found them during the sorting instead of when they start tumbling around your dryer like usual).

 

2. You over hear a phone conversation that goes like this...

"Trum, I got to see a castle today and they had a Trebuchet."

"Oh, yeah, I prefer trebuchets rather than catapults. They are stronger."

3. You hear shouting in the bathroom so you say,

"Hey, quit shouting!"

"I have to shout so the atoms will hear me...HEY, WATER ATOMS! CHANGE INTO SOMETHING ELSE!"

4. Two, count them, two, three-year-olds deliver notes to your bench at church. One of them even comes with a declaration of love.

 

He's Home!

Hurray! The Man of the House has returned! Where was he? Can you guess?  I seldom give any thought to what he does when he is not with me. I spend my time thinking up chores for him to do when he gets back. Anyway here are a couple of photos from his travels.

 (Fake Camel)

(Really Big Head. Karl's not Jack"s)

Oh, I bet you wish you could travel with him!

Friday Night at the Movies

Not much has been happening lately at the Rowe Ranch. We have just been enjoying our last week of laziness before school starts. So instead of a post of the happenings in our life I thought I would give you a little movie recommendation.
Ta-Daaaa!
How To Steal a Million
Starring Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole
So Good.
So Funny.
Audrey's costumes are soo awesome.
Watch it!
I know you'll love it!





(By the way, we own it if you want to borrow it.)