Under a Tree and Dreaming

Cyber Monday

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Monday is Cyber Monday. What does that mean? Well for a lot of small business owners it our way of having a black Friday with out it being the awfulness of all the lines and traffic. Sooo make sure you visit your favorite online shop on Monday they might have some great sales. Do not forget us here at flower girl designs . We have 0 shipping and 10% off all facebook fans.

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2010-04-05T08:14:00.003-05:00

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house for sale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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This from our great friends up in Circleville Ohio who are trying to move south!

If you know ANYBODY looking to buy a piece of land to come back to, send them to this page. We've got something for everyone. No really... Look, here I'll even give you the direct URL: http://greenbluebrown.blogspot.com/2010/03/instant-homestead.html

The house is about 2200 square feet, with 3 bedrooms and a loft that could easily be converted to a fourth bedroom (it's already got a closet even), plus a full unfinished basement. The land is just under 9 acres. About 6 acres are fenced pasture, with a 1 acre pond and another 1/2 acre "sunken marsh". (It was meant to be a pond, but it doesn't hold much water, so it's mostly cat tails, frogs, and red-winged blackbirds.) We're about 10 minutes from Circleville, Ohio (the Pumpkin Show!) and 30 minutes from Columbus. Based on local comps, we feel our asking price is fair at $264,900... but we can talk.

(Some of you are going, "Wow that's a lot!" and other's are going "Wow, that's all?" What can we say, real estate prices are what they are.)

What's so great about it? What does it have for me?

(No stock photos here, this is all legit...)

For the Nature Lover: We've got at least three species of frogs and one species of toad living here, along with a surprising number of salamanders. Our avian visitors include red-tailed hawks, great blue herons, bluebirds, barn swallows, barn owls, merganser ducks, mallard ducks, ring-necked pheasants, and even an occasional snowy egret. (Not to mention hordes [or possibly hoards?] of red-winged blackbirds, robins, cardinals, cowbirds, etc.) We get skunks and possums from time to time. Still hoping for an otter. Or a hippo. At least a dozen types of butterflies, and plenty of dragonflies and a fascinating array of beetles. The pond is well-stocked.

For the Bright Green environmentalist: Our pole barn has a big roof facing true south (I marked it off with my compass and even accounted for magnetic declination), for all those solar panels you always dreamed of. And plenty of room (and a good bit of wind) for the tallest wind turbine you can afford. There's a recycling center five miles away.

For the energy miser: CFLs throughout the house, R-60 insulation in the attic (mostly blown cellulose), a heat stove that can burn corn, pellets, cherry pits, sunflower seeds (or hulls), soybeans, or almost any other "granular" fuel. (Propane furnace serves as a backup.) A vaulted ceiling/loft that lets all that heat flow right up to the second floor, so the bedrooms can share the warmth. Low-E windows throughout. Removable shade screens to cut the summer heat. A super-efficient whole-house fan to draw in the cool summer night air. And of course the over-engineered clothesline.

For the Passive Solar enthusiast: We put in extra windows on the south face of the house for some winter warmth. We've got a porch overhanging some of the east facing windows, and a grape arbor overhanging some of the west facing windows to get some summer shade. We had plans to put up solar hot water panels as an additional shade structure over some of the south windows. No windows on the north face. In fact, most of the north face is a 2-car garage (and the beginnings of a green windbreak) to buffer those winds out of the north.

For the Local Food enthusiast: We've got a number of other small farmers close by and one good sized organic dairy. And a fabulous farmers' market in the next town over.

For the gardener: That south-facing barn was built with an attached greenhouse in mind. The soil in the garden area has been amended with: Several pickup loads of finished compost from the nearby organic dairy, many bags of leaves from yards in town, dried molasses, hay, straw, shredded paper, newspaper, cardboard, worm castings, composted wood chips, and manure from chickens, goats, cows, and a donkey. Oh and lots of biochar from our biomass stove and wood ash from when we burn pellets. And no chemicals. And scattered wildflowers.

For the edible landscaping enthusiast: We've got apple trees, peach trees, cherry trees, grape vines, gooseberries, currants, sunchokes, asparagus, and a big patch of lemon balm. And possibly some salvageable nut trees if you can baby them a bit.

For the livestock enthusiast: We've got a chicken pen inside the pole barn, and a milking stall suitable for cows or goats. And room for plenty of hay. We've got acres of pasture well suited for rotational grazing, and fences built to last. The property has had no [pesti/fungi/herbi/insecti]cides of any kind on it, and it's got a nice variety of grass and red clover with occasional volunteer alfalfa, wheat, corn, wildflowers, etc. We've also got an Amish-raised Jersey cow who gives gallon after gallon of amazing cream-colored high-butterfat milk. It makes awesome butter, ice cream and yogurt (and presumably some incredible cheeses too, though we haven't gotten that far). She's bred to a proven Angus bull for your grass-fed beef needs. She doesn't come with the house, but if you're interested, she certainly can.

For the small farmer: We've got lots of room to grow small row crops, with pasture gates wide enough to fit most any equipment that would make sense on this scale. We've also got a Ferguson TO-30 tractor, a bush hog, and a 2-bottom trip plow we could throw in. The soil is already fabulous, and we've been working hard to improve it.

For the aesthetically inclined: The sun rises out your bedroom windows and sets out your living room windows. There's nothing ostentatious about this place, but it does have oak trim throughout, and most of the doors are solid oak. It's got beautiful stonework around the fireplace. It's got light-stained maple cabinets in the kitchen, and French doors leading to the dining room. It's got a vaulted ceiling up to the loft. It's got a big wrap-around front porch.

For the busy parent: It's got a 50x50 fenced back yard, and it's in a great school district (with a fabulous special needs program). And lots of room to roam and explore. And a surprising number of kids in the area.

For the homeschooler (or the amateur inventor, or the artist): it's got a 6-foot tall chalkboard in the kitchen. And great spaces for books and projects. The main library up in Columbus is regularly rated as the best library in the nation.

For the cook: We've got a wide-open oversized kitchen with tons of cabinets and counter space and a lovely south-facing window for a little herb shelf.

For the telecommuter: We've got DSL or WildBlue (satellite) for your broadband needs.

For the lazy mover: Everything in the house or on the property is negotiable except the kids, the dog, and the cat.

For the pumpkin enthusiast: The Circleville Pumpkin Show!

For the Red-Blooded American Consumer: Walmart, plus one of each of the major fast food chains.

For the TEOTWAWKI Zombie Hunter: We've got a clear view all around, with visibility approaching ten miles in some directions. We've got a full basement that's perfect for your underground bunker, root cellar, cool storage, and weapons cache. 20 miles from the nearest big city, but just 5 miles from (non-passenger) rail lines and a mile from a small river.

PLUS IF YOU ACT NOW, we'll throw in contacts for any/all of the following (a list I wish I had when we moved in):

A local organic dairy farmer who will load up your pickup truck with finished compost for next-to-nothing
Several neighbors who will cut and bale hay from your pastures (or who can sell you hay if you need it)
A neighbor who will rent your pastures for his beef cattle if you'd rather that than the hay
A neighbor who raises pastured poultry and garden vegetables
Next-door neighbors who are both nurses, and have kids of all ages in case yours need instant friends
A garbage collector who will come up the long driveway to get your trash, so you don't have to drag your garbage cans across all that gravel.
A neighbor who can fix tractors if you need it
A neighbor who can repair/replace tires (tractor or otherwise)
A nearby source for dried corn in case you want to use it in the corn/pellet heat stove.
A reputable auto repair shop
A neighbor with a snowplow that can handle a gravel driveway if needed
Various neighbors who raise cattle, hogs, sheep, goats, llamas, horses, turkeys, and chickens in case you need advice on any of them.
A great local source for honey
A great local-only farmer's market

So click on my profile and email me. I'll send you the full listing with photos of the house and everything. Don't delay - the zombies could be on their way at any time. Operators are standing by.

The natives

2010-02-01T12:59:00.001-05:00

Day 270 I believe the natives are trying to speak to me. They have even given me a name in their native tongue "mommmmma". I believe a direct translation is slave that gets me things, but I can't be sure. Today the smallest of the natives gestured to her mouth and spoke these words "mommma I hungwy get foood.". I was given the impression that I was to feed her but when I put before her a plate of tasty things to eat she began to wail and cry so I believe I have either angered her or misunderstood her difficult words. Either way things have not gotten any easier. I believe have made head way with the taller of the two. She seems to like electronics. I have given her a small device that immediately quiets her up. I think she believes it is like a God and she needs to "pray" on it often. I have sent for a handbook from the head office but I have not heard back from them so I fear that they are either gone or have given me up for dead.

~ Casey Bosley
aka mommma

send help

start at the bottom!

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in the end she was just fine

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Happy Birthday to my oldest. When she was born we all spent a sleepless night while she was taken care of in the NICU. We were worried she wouldn't make it through the night. In the end she was just fine. When she was 3 months old we worried our darling baby was deaf. We had her checked out (she was ignoring us). In the end she was just fine. I worried to the point of sick when we moved her to Australia and then at 4 years and 2 days we put her in Kindergarten she was so small she didn't fit in the uniform. By then end of that year she was the top of the class. In the end she was just fine. Now she is 8 and I worry about her making friends and calming down and fighting with her sister. I hope that in 10 years I can look back at 8 and say "In the end she was just fine".

Bosley update

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Here is my 2009 update. Lets start from the top down.

Will has now been working at UNC for little over a year and is still enjoying his work. He is helping out a lot in different projects to help get his name out and about. He currently bought another Motorcycle to work on and then resale so he is one happy boy. He built a huge fire pit in our backyard that I lovingly call "burning man". One of his best friends Grafton from College visited for a week and I think the girls enjoyed him just as much as Will.

We have done a lot of traveling this year from Pittsburgh to Florida. Having made one trip to Florida at Thanksgiving and a trip one month later to Pittsburgh and Ohio. We have not flown at all this year which is rather rare for us. Traveling is getting easier now that the girls have embraced technology (DSi and Videos). Both Will and I love the tv show Glee!

I am currently knitting in a shop here in Carrborro and online. The Photography has taken a back seat for now as I get the new shop up and running. I did do one shoot this past fall that went really well. Ani and I have done a lot of volunteering at Moya's school. I read a few books and did a lot facebooking this year. I had a visit from Jess this past summer and had a blast doing lots of photographing of plants. I learned to knit socks, hats and booties this past fall with the help of the Freemans who visited. My parents visited in the spring and helped me put in several gardens. I drank a ton of coffee this year thanks to my favorite neighbor Christy!!

Moya is now in 3rd grade and seems to really enjoy it. She will be having her first official sleepover this coming weekend for her 8th birthday. She has grown a ton and is nearly as tall as her meemaw. We painted the bunk beds and got them set up in purple room this past summer. Moya is currently in the Gifted Program at BEJ and loves being the only kid in the 3rd grade that gets to go. She is now finishing up her first year playing the Violin. She is constantly reading and her current fav is the Harry Potter series. She loves to play spy around the neighborhood with her friends Jack, Olivia and Ethan.

Anwyn will be turning 3 in March and fully embraced her 2 year old self. She isn't sleeping any better but is seeing a specialist so we have hope. We are currently looking for a preschool for her to go to in the fall. She learned to swing and ride her tricycle. She is talking up a storm and has turned into our comedian. She loves music and dance. Her favorite shows are the Fresh Beat band the Imagination Movers. She is moving along in her potty training and is now off the sippy cup. She will be moving in with Moya as soon as she is ready. Her best friends are Owen, Landon, Josiah, and Lindsey.

As a family we are working on budgets and saving for a vacation. Both Will and I are trying to lose weight he is doing better then me. We are hoping in the coming year to have tons of visitors so make sure you email me to tell me when you want to come.

Happy New Year to all of you and thank you for reading my boring blog post.

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Name this guy and win a free 5x7 image

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Help I need a name! Name me and win a free 5x7 image.
Name will be used in the marketing of this image. Have fun and leave a comment!

Crimson beauty 5 X 7

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Taken in Graham North Carolina while out buying plants for my own home. My youngest was running circles around me but I was able to photograph just a bit.

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Etsy shop is open again

2009-08-31T18:00:00.005-05:00

My etsy shop is now 2 years old!!! I have taken a 6 month break from posting new items deal with family issues. I am now happy to announce the reopening of Fields of View Photography. Please make sure you stop by or leave a comment here on the blog. I will also be updating the blog more often now that school is in session. Please enjoy the new photos from the Freeman shoot done this past July.

A magic kiss

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Photos from Moya recital

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Family visits from Pittsburgh house photos coming

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zoo 2009

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2nd and 3rd grade program Abiyoyo

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photo's taken by my neighbor who had a better view. Please note Rose never seems to be paying attention to what she should be LOL!
Rose's best friend is in blue on the left with the black hair and bangs.

Brandon and Rose

Rose reading to Lily

Lily's standard pose when the camera comes out.

this weekend

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The end of march

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Allergy eyes poor thing.

Rose teaches Lily the ins and outs of playing on the swing set!

They were picking me flowers

Here they come flowers in hand.

I fell at the doctors office and made an ass of my self.

A rare moment of peace

Lily was quiet and I didn't care so she opened a bottle of sprinkles and decorated the floor and daddies shoes. Ps. she is wearing Rose's underwear on the outside of her pants. Don't all great super hero's do that?

Hey I'm in my undies. Damn Paparazzi!

Budding artist!

Oh Craigslist

2009-03-16T14:55:00.003-05:00

My awesome husband found this playset on Craigs list for 75 dollars they go for anywhere between 700 to a thousand dollars new (ours is used or well broken in). We will post photos of ours when it is set up in our yard!

Lily is 2

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45 min in the swing and out she went this afternoon.

She stripped off brought out the potty and said I potty! Now if only she would really go!
Nothing like watching TV in the buff!
She received many cards and gifts from family and friends far away plus her sister and grandparents and us.

Rose's gift is up first.
Then mommy and daddy.
Grandma and Grandpa Bosley's package.
Last but not least Meemaw and Poppop. I am on the phone with them in the photo.
How does this thing work?
Riding on the road like a big kid.
Imagination Movers CD!
Rose had to sit out for the most part due to a fever and a sore throat.
Blowing bubbles in the warm NC evening.
I love this swing soooo much!
Our wonderful neighbors came down with a lovely gift and a fun drink for mommy.
She became entranced while Ethan tried out her new bike.
Look Scooby Doo!Even her new baby doll got to ride in the swing.
She never did eat the cup cake.
Our other fabulous neighbor brought her a new drum and instruments.

Imagine the fun...

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Running in the "warm" rain. Ps. That's Liams office building behind the Rose.

She hated that dress but loved running on the compass in front of the Morehead Museum.

she is so tiny...

James K. Polk well his statue.

Watcha doin'?

ummm can I play too???

Navigation trainer. Astronauts were taught how to navigate by the stars through the port holes. Several the Apollo missions trained at the Morehead Planetarium.

"The mosquito" One of only a few left in the world.

Lily is ready for the show. Rose was unconvinced until it started.

Roll baby Roll!!!!

Boy that was fun! Do we have any bigger hills?

Were hunting bugs!

Early Birthday present to Lily!

They "helped" by fighting and washing their bikes.

Yummy homemade bread!

I had a little bit of help.

Rose made her own "pizza" and it is still sitting in my refrigerator.

Three Bedrooms and a Lily

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Things I learned while being sick this week...

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1. You can throw up everything and nothing.

2. 9 out of 10 times a cat will run ahead of you into a bathroom (does he really have to go that bad?)

3. You can only hit cheese and cracker nirvana once a night. The second time pales in comparison...

4. That my oldest understands the concept of comforting items the youngest not so much. Thank you dear for the wooden spoon I feel much better now.

5. That I can come up with some very creative ways to get my self noticed while quarantined to the back bedroom. Take large throw up bowl bang against wall in a rhythmic fashion banging out my favorite ABBA tune.

6. That 10 blankets and a space heater are not enough to keep me warm when I have a fever, despite what my husband might say.

7. No matter how many times I am told I am not COLD that its just the fever talking that I still don't believe it sounds like my voice and my voice says I'm COLD.

8. I have had "that's the story of Burt's blanket" by seaseme street stuck in my head for over a week.

9. That I find myself amusing at 1 am

10. That if Mama ain't happy then everyone will ignore her as if she does not exist.

A story by Moya as found in her book bag

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I have left the spelling as is...

Onece apon a time there lived an old woman named Eles. She looked like some you could trust but nobody did. There was an evel spiret haunting there vilige. They thaght Eles had braght it dack from the bead. All the kids were scard of her becasue she look like a wich. Perfet for Halloween but nowone would give her candy. So Eles went back to her house.

Ok the story gets a little jumbled from there but I think she is a great writer!

work, sleep play and a cat...

2009-02-11T15:18:00.006-05:00

Our living room!

This is how I found Rose asleep the other night! I could not have been prouder!

Sometimes they play dress up together and yes the baby is wearing high heels.

Yippy mulch!

A lovely breakfast together.

Lily asleep on daddy.

Millie a friends kitten.

Pray for Australia

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It's been very hot and the wild firers are burning much of land and killing many!
Animals find a way...

Snow days in North Carolina...

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Our house with a little over 1 inch of snow of course we had a snow day!Lily is chasing me crying! She was not a big fan of the snow, but every day since she has said "Snow, cold, snow again?".
Now you all pull me and I will sit here like the little princess I am!
Lily is sporting bags on her feet and socks on her hands doesn't she look grand!

what we watch all day long

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christmas of 08'

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The photos go from January 2nd to back to December 24th. So its backwards, much like myself!

ROFL

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ROFL

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My favorite childhood show

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prepare for cute overload

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Fat cat sitting.

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Dear Dugain,
you have put on a bit of weight and I think it is time for Jenny Craig!
Love, your owners and personal pillow

What Lily can say as of November 22nd 08'

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What Lily can now say

Peeeasee (please)
Tank you (Thank you)
more
mine
mia (Moya)
juice
mid (milk)
momma
daddy
meow (cat)
woof (dog)
dood bops (Doodle Bops)
Jack (Jacks Big Music Show)
Jo Jo (our neighbor who she loves)
buppy (puppy)
down
NO
bues cues (blues clues)
baby
bodd (bottle)
T (we have no idea what it means)
cheeeeeese
yup
and all songs on the radio and tv including commercials (it sounds like words but it ain't English)

and my all time favorite:

I fard (I farted) *then laughs uncontrollably*

a few weeks in photographic review!

2008-11-19T18:43:00.004-05:00

Playing cards with the neighbors!

Lily looks like Lyle Lovett

First time at the table. She threw a roll at Rose minutes after the photo was taken.

Lily does homework too!

Rose doing her homework.

I just love gerbils!

Rose and her student teacher at curriculum night.

Rose receives her award at school!

We think she's pretty terrific too!

Reagen is not happy!

2008-11-18T11:27:00.001-05:00

This cracks me up! The baby is Reagen and he is a cousin of Lily and Rose. We use to call Reagen and Lily the twins because they looked a like and were the same size. I think Reagen wanted to vote for the other guy. Boy do we miss those boys!

why why why?

2008-11-16T18:26:00.000-05:00

Why, Why, Why?

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead?

Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough money?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with
hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, 'It's all right?' It isn't all right, so why don't we say, 'That really hurt, why don't you watch where you're going?'

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter, why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

Why is it that you never hear father-in-law jokes?

Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp'?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

And, on a side note...

The statistics on sanity show that one out of every four persons are suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends -- if they're okay, then it's you!

Steve Burns-How To Be On Kid's TV

2008-11-10T07:40:00.001-05:00

Highly Gifted with ADHD?

2008-11-08T10:11:00.004-05:00

So what does it mean Mrs. Morgan to be highly gifted with ADHD? Well in my house it means a daughter 6 who acts like a maniac bouncing off every wall. It means never seeing a full episode of any of her favorite shows or eating a meal sitting still. It is a bundle of energy that radiates out from the tip of her toes to the top of her unkempt blond hair. It's a child who wanders our house as if she has no purpose in mind causing a lot of distress from the new walker in our household who tries but fails to follow her around. It's a daughter who's panic mode is on high and goes off at every turn. Its a child who "watches" the world go by on her head (literally). Its a little girl who can't seem to stop her self from moving but insists on skipping through life with a song issuing forth from her lips.

Its a child who is the delight of the second grade having started kindergarten at the tender age of 4. Its a 4 year old who starts school barely potty trained and leaves top of her class in all subjects. It looks like a little girl who struggles with boredom at school ( we left that school) who doesn't understand her and writes her off as trouble maker. It looks like a 6 year old who the year before in first grade tests at a reading level of 66 at an Elementary school who only has reading kits that go to 45 (5th grade level kit). It's a child who makes her teacher laugh with her exuberance to learn. It looks like a pretty little thing with a crush on boy and friends in every class. Its a child who is so far ahead in math that they have to start a new math group to accommodate her. Its being recommended for the gifted program not in your grade but two grades ahead where they may have material to challenge her.

These are the same child living in the chaotic world of gifted with ADHD. So how do we accommodate this child? With tears and love, yelling and hugs! I shake my head a lot that is all I have to say.

For the love of Amelia

2008-11-04T10:15:00.003-05:00

This has come from Edson's blog: Please read and donate! You will be donating to the training of Amelia's new dog! You can also purchase the above photo and all money will be donated to 4 Paws for Abilities. Just click on the word photo above and it will take you the site where you can buy the photo and help out Amelia.

Kids rule. (And so do their parents.)

Last week we went over to the YMCA to collect some money being donated for Amelia. It was so touching to see a couple dozen kids come out together, with their banner and their smiles, to give us the money they themselves had collected. So far. They decided to keep their fundraiser going until we reach our goal.

The kids were apparently eager to meet Amelia, so after some group photos, they surrounded her like she was Miley Cyrus or something. She just smiled and turned around to look at all of them, not sure what to make of it. We were so appreciative of the work these kids had done, and they seemed really proud to have helped. And well they should be.

Then tonight I went over to the school with Amelia and Edson for parent-teacher conferences while Lori stayed home with sick baby Owen.

As mentioned previously, Westfall Elementary also set up a fundraiser for Amelia. Edson came home from kindergarten the Friday before last and said "Amelia was on TV at school today." Apparently they had her appear on their closed-circuit morning school "news broadcast," explaining to the kids about the fundraiser. They also sent home a flyer with all the students, telling them to save their quarters. They made a huge drawing of a dog, and for 50 cents, kids could buy paper dog bones and stick them on the dog picture.

Tonight I got to see the famous dog picture. It's about four feet high and six feet long. And completely covered in bones. They are overlapping and spilling out around the edges. They told me it took just two days to fill. So they added a huge dog house, probably six feet by seven feet. Also completely covered. And a huge dog dish. And a huge ball. Covered. They even traced Amelia herself and made a big cutout of her, with a flowered shirt and a photocopied head, holding some bones in her hand. So adorable. They told me they won't cover her up though. :-)

And that's not all. Everybody I ran into had something more to share. Amelia's preschool teacher showed me a note from one of the parents of a classmate. This little preschooler had donated his entire allowance to help Amelia. Another teacher told me they were thinking of expanding the fundraiser to the middle school. Someone else told me the total was over $1400 in just one week. Another teacher commented that some students were asking really great questions and having really good discussions about things like disabilities and service dogs as a result.

The preschool teacher in the room across the hall from Amelia's was telling me that kids are starting to recognize her around the school, saying "hi" and interacting with her. As if to confirm her comments, just after that, a little girl, probably four, came up to her and said, "Hi Amelia! Do you want to play with me?" We heard several parents walking past saying, "Is that Amelia" or kids saying, "There she is!" And greetings everywhere we turned. I remember when I was in elementary school, the special needs kids were often shunned, mocked, teased, or even feared. It was amazing to see such a contrast.

I don't know if any YMCA participants or Westfall Elementary students or parents or teachers are reading this, but if you are, THANK YOU! I couldn't even properly express my gratitude to all these people tonight for fear of getting choked up. After we left, I couldn't wait the ten minutes it would take to drive home, so I called Lori from the parking lot. Only it didn't make for a very coherent story, because I could barely get the words out.

Halloween

2008-11-02T13:53:00.003-05:00

Dorthy and Toto

Snow White

Snow White is our comedian!

Please note Dorthy is trying to take Toto back from Snow White! Tears will flow!

First contest

2008-10-30T13:52:00.004-05:00

I have entered my very first contest here in North Carolina. I would love for you all to follow this link Register
http://share.triangle.com/people
vote for morganbosley
and vote for my photo. Please don't let my vote be the only one. All you have to do is first click on the link above and then rate the photo. It would also help if you would leave a comment.

someone wrote about me

2008-10-28T07:36:00.001-05:00

Go read here about an interview I did not that long ago!
http://crochetbymommaj.blogspot.com/

Pumpkin Patch NC

2008-10-26T15:52:00.012-05:00

Rodger the rooster

Looking at Rodger the rooster.

On the bubble walk.

Two ducks not stuck in the muck.

Lily meets a lama.

Lily pets a goat.

Rose and the cow.

Rose found a box turtle on the bubble walk.

Lily pets her first turtle

Lily on the hayride.

Rose on the hayride

I stepped out from behind the camera to pose with my girls.

Yeah that looks about right.

Lily finds a pumpkin

Rose loves this one to bits.

A pumpkin on his own.

Tons of pumpkins for you and me!

Why we smell like fire...

2008-10-19T16:21:00.006-05:00

Let the fire begin!

Daddy is in charge of getting it ready

Lily is in charge of testing the graham crackers

Rose makes sure everyone has fun!

The fire can be seen by planes flying above

Lindsey looks oh so happy

The dads pass the football around

Heather looks happy

Daddy and Lily

Josiah

Part of the Verroi family

Jack Verroi

Jeremy

eating marshmellows

our days at the beach (it has music so turn it up)

2008-10-16T22:39:00.003-05:00

We dug in the dirt

2008-09-21T17:56:00.003-05:00

We didn't get much done but hey we made a big pile of dirt.
it looks like from this photo everyone worked hard but shortly after they all abandoned ship leaving me to do all the work!

I have the blisters to show for all the work I did.
I wish it looked like something other then a dirt pile.

We dug in the dirt

2008-09-21T17:56:00.000-05:00

Fly me to the moon

2008-09-14T21:33:00.007-05:00

The title will all make sense in the end.

Grandpa convincing Lily she really wants to sit with him.
Lily finds Grandma's nose!
Rose and Lily spend time with Grandma on the floor
Lily and Rose help Grandma open her gift!
NEW EARRINGS!

Lily discovers the ice maker on the door of the refrigerator and helps herself!

Rose and Grandma time

Lily gets herself a drink

Rose and I decorated for fall!

Daddy and his girls

Rose was a big help!

Lily not so much! But she seems to have rhythm.

Please note the baby is getting air!
NOT as much air as Rose got!
Who is that fat women jumping? She's laid the baby out!

Perhaps well reach here someday?
The above was taken Sept 14th full moon!

oh yeah that looks like fun

2008-09-09T19:10:00.000-05:00

Mud is fun!

little orphan ani

2008-09-08T21:04:00.000-05:00

she can see right through you!

two new photos

2008-09-03T20:26:00.003-05:00

Hey sorry we have been missing. We've been moving in and diverting disasters at every turn. Lets say some days I feel like were living in the money pit! But we power on and Rose has had her first week of school and loves it. Lily is doing better with handling people being around her she still reacts differently but well see. Will is doing great and loves his job.

Elegant Blogger

2008-08-20T19:29:00.003-05:00

"What a shame that my sister Lily can't be as lovely as me," Rose thought, as she admired her own grace and beauty.
---
The lovely Miss Rose should really think twice about comparing herself to her equally lovely sister. But never worry, she'll get her just desserts. No one likes a snob, after all.
~Marisa

Go here elegant blogger to read a fantastic story involving the picture above that I had commissioned for Rose.

Can I get out now?

2008-08-14T19:57:00.000-05:00

Justin Roberts

2008-08-09T20:18:00.001-05:00

A weekend of fun

2008-07-31T11:07:00.009-05:00

She spent this weekend very dirty.

You come here often

Yummy! No she will not share

I love ice cream sandwichesHow did you get in here?

Isn't he cute!

Yeah that looks like trouble

She doesn't look pleased with me

Her first fish!!

Best friends forever

Never, never, never give a baby oreos!!!!!!!!!!

They aren't as sweet as they look

Last week in June

2008-07-01T18:23:00.003-05:00

The moth Rose found by our door

Sarah shes just not right!

what and you never drool?

VBS. Our southern Sunday at the baptist church

Rose, Tyler and Ashlyn

2008-06-23T19:04:00.001-05:00

Monday, June 23rd 2008 at the Pool

Thursday and Friday update

2008-06-20T14:51:00.005-05:00

Heather, Morgan, Lily, Beth and RoseI'm the chubby one in the middle surrounded by my best childhood friends. It had been 9 years to the day since we are all together. The last time was at my wedding in 99'.

We're BORED mom!

to cute really!

2008-06-16T16:00:00.008-05:00

more cat pictures

My beautiful oldest

2008-06-16T15:48:00.003-05:00

She loves to make faces. This time it looked cute!

We found something else

2008-06-12T22:44:00.005-05:00

Update Kosher is very sick and we don't know what is wrong with him. Please pray its only worms and not something far worse. The Rodger Family and mine are very worried about him. Please keep him in your thoughts. We think someone abandoned him because he was sick.

How often do you find dachshund puppy on the side of the road??? Well last night at 10 pm coming home from getting ice cream we did just that. He was standing on the road and Liam swerved to miss him. Don't you just want to eat him up??? Some fantastic friends of ours Sara, Mike and Landon Rodgers took him in for us (our cats would eat him for breakfast). We have decided to call him Kosher. We can't thank Sara and Mike enough for taking him no questions asked. They even bought him puppy food and a collar and an enema (don't ask). You don't find people like the Rodgers everyday.

lily in the water

2008-06-09T14:28:00.002-05:00

We found the LITTY'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-06T14:35:00.002-05:00

Ripley's believe it or not!!!!!!!!!! We played with the Litty's. If you don't know who they are then you probably didn't go to college with Will.

just fun

2008-06-05T19:44:00.000-05:00

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2977510/

go have a look

Jacks Big Music Show Video

2008-06-03T18:41:00.002-05:00

We watch this show everyday several times a day as needed or demanded!
this video is the story of the ugly duckling.

BUY FROM ME!

2008-05-31T14:46:00.003-05:00

Instead of buying your cards from Walmart buy from me at a discounted price and get free stuff!

I am looking to you dear friends for help. I don't want to blanket people with emails but I do want your help. If you read this message leave a quick note to let me know all who are reading this. As you know I have a business started on Etsy's called fieldsofviewphotography.com. I would like to being making cards and more personal items. So I am asking that instead of going to hallmark buy your cards from me at a discounted price (just type in friends and family in the convo section). What can I make that you may want?

Birth announcements
Congratulations
Happy Birthday
So sorry
get better soon
and so on

I also make
Tooth Fairy Buisness cards for you big kid who is losing teeth at an alarming rate.
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I do blank cards

prints sizes
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NORMAL PRICE
4 cards one image 12.50
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4 cards four images 14.50

6 cards three images 15.50
6 cards six images 16.50

8 cards 4 images 20.00
8 cards 8 images 24.00

buy more then 2 sets of cards and pay for shipping for one
buy in balk and get 25% off whole order.

FRIENDS AND FAMILY DISCOUNT ALWAYS 25% OFF WHOLE ORDER

all cards have this on the back

description
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where it was taken
www.fieldsofviewphotography.com

blank or witty saying in side you choose.

I like to send free stuff with all of my orders so come and buy from me!

BOGO half off sale

2008-05-19T18:19:00.003-05:00

My newest card for sale at fieldsofviewphotography.com
Now until Friday BOGO half off equal or lesser value item.
4 pack of cards is only $12.50

and what have you been up to?

2008-05-08T17:24:00.007-05:00

What a crock!

We were terribly disappointed

Hey Burke do you see what I see?

Hurray were in the pool!

Rose insisted on a two piece bathing suite!

A great big congratulations to Wills best childhood friend John and Laura Smith who are expecting their first in October.

Also another big congrats to Wills cousin Brook and her husband who will be expecting their first in October also.

elephant

2008-05-05T11:20:00.004-05:00

a friend is looking for an elephant photos so I put mine up. Nothing real interesting to say today. Mom can you remember when I took the photo of the baby elephant for Rose?

a plea

2008-04-28T09:26:00.003-05:00

Mom please come and visit us!!! Were all desperate. Rose is claiming that if she doesn't see her meemaw soon she will run off with the pool boy Marcos and never come home again. Lily is considering her fourth tattoo and a nose piercing. Liam well he's in a drunkin stupor. Come quick before there is no one left but the cats.

short update

2008-04-14T21:55:00.002-05:00

My mom is on vacation in Cancun.

Rose and I are still fighting like cats and dogs!

Lily's sleep study showed signs of apnea.

Liam has allergies so he's down for the count.

I am still trying to sell things on Etsy.

I miss everyone.

Lily took 2 steps

Rose HATS us ( she can't spell hates)

The apartment seems to be shrinking.
Someone come down and save me!

It's too quiet...

2008-04-09T23:09:00.003-05:00

Howdy readers.

Another exciting blurb from the spousal unit tonight.

Morgan and our youngest are not home tonight.
(and now you know what happens when I am left alone in a FAR too quiet house)

'Where are they?' one might ask.

They are dozing (hopefully) in the hospital tonight while said youngest is the subject of a sleep study.

With a little luck the experts will have more suggestions on how to get everyone (starting with the youngest) to sleep better in our house.

So why am I reaching out to the vast expanse of the digital domain?

Randy Pausch.

ABC aired a special tonight on him, his lecture, his family and his story.

In case you havn't heard of him, start HERE.

Randy was a teacher, mentor and friend to me during my time in grad school at CMU.

His oldest is virtually the same age as ours, and they have met and played together. Randy was one of the 2 faculty members who actually came to our house after I graduated to partake in the so called 'BozFest' gatherings we held for our fellow ETC grad students during those arduous 2 years.

In short, I think he's a heck of a fellow.

That's not to say I always liked him or what he had to say (or the total lack of tact displayed while saying it), but I must say that I always respected him and generally liked him in spite of his (sometimes brutal) 'honesty'. And there can be no doubt that he is one seriously sharp tack.

And he's dying.

I know the guy moderately well. He's roughly the age of my sister. (NOT OLD BY ANY MEANS) His kids are of an age with mine. And his situation and how he is dealing with it is both horrifying and uplifting at the same time.

And for a lonely husband sitting alone at night without the love of his life in bed beside him, Randy and his story bring up too many emotions for a loving husband and doting father to handle without sharing with someone. Hence this rambling post.

Here's some proof:

Graduation, May 05.

In some ways I like to think that Randy and I are somewhat alike.

I went back to grad school in hopes of starting a new career for myself in academia. I am a huge believer in the importance of learning to be a good collaborator. I also feel rather strongly that these collaboration skills are frequently (almost always) not addressed adequately (if at all) in undergraduate degrees in the US. Randy is also a big believer in collaboration, and his class 'building virtual worlds' is possibly the best class ever conceived to try to teach those very skills. I have had the honor of both taking it under Randy and co-teaching it when I worked for CMU in Australia. While taking it was probably more work than teaching it, I am hard pressed to say which side was more rewarding.
In any event, I am still employed in Academia, and I am diligently trying to fix (in some small way) the very (broken) system that employs me and feeds and houses my family. I love teaching. I attribute this to the fact that I have had some seriously wonderful teachers in my life.

Randy is right up there with my Wife, my Parents and my Family on the list of most influential teachers in my life to date.

I hope I can put those influences to good use.

I also hope my wife is sleeping soundly at this moment. (as I should undoubtedly be as well-the clock says WHAT?)

Well, what can I say...Chalk it up to sappy TV shows and a far, FAR too quiet house.

I'm sure Morgan will fill you all in on her all night hospital adventure soon.

Cheers,
S.U.

New Items

2008-04-09T11:52:00.005-05:00

New items on the etsy site.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5278089
or
www.fieldsofviewphotography.com

Go have a look. I will be posting cards for sell soon.

Thank you to everyone who have supported me.

If you would like a custom print or card just leave me a note!

Ps, I will be posting about the kids again very soon!

what did you do over easter vacation?

2008-03-30T19:55:00.007-05:00

TOP THIS!

I played an extra in a Zombie movie called a "Fist full of Brains" with one of my childhood best friends (Heather).
not only that but they didn't have enough makeup artist so I volunteered Heather, Sara and myself for the job!

Before the shoot.

Even kids were involved

The girl in the red has a prosthetic leg and later it gets pulled off and eaten *yum*

Christine our fearless director

She was the costumer, extra and makeup artist

Heather my darling best childhood friend and why I was in the movie!

Bill doing Sara's makeup. He was also did a million other things

Sara all done. During her none zombie weekends she is a 5th grade teacher!

Conrad the lead! He was very sweet, I did his mothers makeup later in the evening.

Bill the makeup artist and full time Science Teacher!

Heather all ready to eat some brains

He was very funny and fun to work with!

Trust me he was adorable

I did her makeup. I'm not sure she was very happy with me!

He was great later they ate off his head!

He came with his daughter, but we convinced him to join in the fun! I also did his makeup.

A diva in the making!

My shop is open

2008-03-11T11:04:00.004-05:00

Introducing fields of view photography

For all your photo needs head over to fields of view photography
have look around (only one photo posted today) and tell me what you think!

were all sick

2008-03-10T22:09:00.003-05:00

What should be a lovely post about Lily turning 1 is going to be a plead for prayers.
We have the puking flu (the whole family) but that's not the worse of it were still not over the coughing, headache and runny nose flu. I am feeling fairly confident when I state at this moment I do not know of any family with worse luck then us.

Our rugs are trashed. There are tissues everywhere. Lily turned one in a flurry of nose blowing and puking. Liam has a very busy week and Lily was suppose to see a specialist who might help get her on the path to sleep. She was suppose to see a pulmonary and GI specialist at the hospital but I can't take my volatile family anywhere. Rose is scheduled for surgery on the 19th to have a tonsillectomy.

We are still trapped in our two bedroom apartment and very little hope of moving until I get our credit fixed. Lily is not sleeping better since the tubes. Rose who has always loved school now hates it (we know why ask later). My babies are falling apart and I can't remember the last time I sat with out a child laying on me.

Liam and I have not had a break in I don't now how long. The pregnancy and birth of Lily has a been a long road and we are still dealing with the ramifications of having a preemie.

So what am I asking here? Just for patients. I need more then I have. Liam has been a saint through all of this. He is the only one not sick yet and has taken on the roll of mom and dad. He's to be commended I need to be shot.

Red hills here I come!

2008-03-03T15:14:00.006-05:00

Rose recently (today) left the front door open while I was on the computer. Luckily I felt the breeze, cuz Lily was headin for the red hills of North Carolina with cats in tow. She only made it to the porch but that seems far enough don't you!

time keeps on slipping...

2008-02-28T20:11:00.004-05:00

Douglas Adams:

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

I should write something interesting about how fast time is going, or time flies when your having fun. Maybe I should say something prophetic about the passage of time and growth of small children. All I have to say is time does fly when you look back and think my baby was just born and now she's 6 but its the day to day time I'm thinking of. That time goes really, really, really slow! I'm talking astronomically slow, turtle and snail slow. Its saying don't put that in your mouth for the hundredth time to only realize only 5 minutes have passed. Life goes very slow when your yelling at the top of your lungs!

ps, no matter how long you stare at that clock the time will never change.

random cuteness take one

2008-02-26T20:48:00.005-05:00

Reagan

Issac

Leah

Elijah

Alexander

Abigail

Samuel

Anya

missing is Maya who never stood still long enough to get her photo taken!

Eli and Rose

2008-02-24T19:20:00.003-05:00

Taken of the bestest friends and cousins!

tag

2008-02-23T22:38:00.002-05:00

Five things about me you probably don't know?????
That's hard I'm sorta like an open book don't ya think!

1. I'm still scared of the dark

2. Even though I can't give birth again and the two I have drive me nuts I would love a third child!

3. I hate mushrooms!

4. I once had to be a guy in a dance routine for "Oliver" and my mom said I looked like Lucy (from I Love Lucy) and she couldn't even watch me (she was laughing to hard). In my defense I only had a week to learn the dance moves.

5. I have been featured in the Pittsburgh Gazette four times.

and that folks is all I got now tag your it!

Tales of the ENT part duex

2008-02-22T16:03:00.004-05:00

"So did the surgery go well?" We will let the ear speak for its self.

Ps, we did not put the yes on her ear. They do that to so the surgeon knows which ear needs the surgery, in our case it was both.

Tales of the ENT

2008-02-19T12:51:00.005-05:00

Lily needs tubes! She already has some hearing loss according to the hearing test. So tubes will be put in tomorrow.

So much to see

2008-02-13T14:28:00.003-05:00

were sisters right?

2008-02-12T22:33:00.001-05:00

while we were in florida Dec 25 to Jan 1st

2008-02-11T19:23:00.000-05:00

For mom

2008-02-11T12:30:00.001-05:00

Just to let you know mom, I still think of her too!