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The rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker.

The questions:
1. What is your first name? Rebecca
2. What is your favorite food? Strawberries
3. What high school did you go to? John's Creek
4. What is your favorite color? Yellow
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Stephen Colbert
6. Favorite drink? Ice water
7. Dream vacation? Ireland
8. Favorite dessert? Tiramisu
9. What you wanted to be when you grow up? Content
10. What do you love most in life? My kids
11. One Word to describe you? Anxious
12. Your flickr name? This one didn't turn up any pictures at all, so I'm just going to insert a picture of my actual kids.

My motion has been filed, my documents have been reviewed.  I have to hurry down now to try to get out of town as soon as possible.  I tried to call home, but only got an answering machine instead of  

ajb47

Hmmm, definitely not able to take the trains home.  All of 30th Street Station is closed, and the area is cordoned off for several blocks around it.  From a senior partner's corner office on the west side of the building, I can see all the flashing lights -- about five minutes ago, there was some sort of explosion, and there's now a black cloud of smoke rising up above the station.

There are scores of people moving east from the station on the streets below, but they don't seem to be running -- shuffling, more like.  It looks like there might be some fighting breaking out.  

Maybe I should go downstairs and catch a cab now at the corner of 18th & Cherry, before the crowds get this far.

BLITEOTW.

I wouldn't have come in at all during this beautiful summer day, but there were at least two things I needed to get done: finalizing a motion for filing, and reviewing some documents to put into a witness file for a deposition next week. Almost done with both of them, so I'll probably be able to light out early...

Heard that the trains might be shutting down, though. I heard something on the radio about an Amtrak train coming in from DC with a bunch of sick passengers, and they might not be letting anyone go through 30th Street Station. If I could only get through these docs, I could actually e-file the motion from home, from my sunny back deck. (Note to chi_editrix: I don't care if my house isn't a boat, I still call it a deck.) 

BLITEOTW

The trial period for finalizing Sarah's adoption was only supposed to be three, but with my sister getting married and then scheduling difficulties, it took a while for us to get around setting a day/time for our volunteer coordinator to come back out, do a final check, get the balance of the payment, and then declare us officially a two-dog family again. This required some quick emergency cleaning, to make at least the ground floor of the house remotely presentable. Because ... well... Chez Butterwick is less than a model of cleanliness and order at the best of times. And this was NOT the best of times.

After that, we needed to find a way to keep the kids otherwise occupied, so the cleaning up would not be all for nought (naught? knaught? knought? I'm too lazy to google to clear up the brain-glitch on the spelling of that) until Tami arrived. So AJ set up the 12-ft diameter/36 inch Intex pool that he picked up earlier in the week (just in time for the rainstorms to arrive). It took about 4.5 hours to fill completely, but we let the kids in when it was about half full -- otherwise, I think their impatience would have driven them mad. They had to take a break for a while when Tami arrived (some chocolate puddin' consoled them), and then right back in after that. Barring rain, it looks like AJ's got a sure way to keep the kids entertained this summer.

For dinner, he grilled hotdogs for the kids and some barbecue chicken breasts for us to have sandwiches. With some fresh fruit and typical summer sides (cole slaw, potato salad, baked beans), it was a perfect meal. Ice cream sandwiches for dessert. All very summery, a great close to a great day.

From  chi_editrix by way of lignamorren by way of Viv.

SCATTERGORIES… It’s harder than it looks!

When you are done, send it on to everyone who likes games, including to the person who sent it to you. Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following… They have to be real places, names, things…nothing made up! Try to use different answers if the person in front of you had the same 1st initial. You CAN’T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

I have a similar problem as

chi_editrix

lignamorren

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brooklynite

 My good friend  lignamorren  provided me with a new userpic.  (I'm such a doofus -- I prompted him via email before checking my LJ friends feed to find that the icon was already done and available for me.  I plead stupidity; I usually read my LJ before my email, but this morning I did it completely bass-ackwards.)  I especially love the hockey stick carried by the ajb47  slug, and the little tail waggle from one of the dog-slugs.

A larger version of the drawing is available on his LJ page.

Found as a result of a post by

mr_booze

chi_editrix

ajb47

This one is from the end of the second day, when the kids were playing superheroes while waiting for our bus back to the hotel. 

She's a door-bolter.

AJ called to tell me after he managed to retrieve her.

Meet Sarah.

 Last night, on the couch with the kids, tv on in the background.  The Budweiser "Sausages" commercial comes on.

Evan:  Mommy, why is the dog talking?

Me:  He wants sausage.

Evan:  I don't wike sausage.

Abigail:  Maybe the guy could give the dog bacon.

Me:  I'm sure he'd like that.

Evan:  I don't wike bacon.

Abigail:  I do.  I looooovvvvve bacon.  It's crispy.

Me:  It was before the war.

Abigail:  Huh?

Me:  Nevermind.

Evan:  Mommy, what's war?  I don't wike war.

Abigail:  You know what else tastes good with bacon?

Me:  What?

Abigail:  ICE CREAM!!!

Evan:  I wike ice tweam.  But I don't wike bacon.

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They're actually having more fun playing Mater's National Championship than their expressions in this photo might indicate.

Oh, and about Evan's haircut -- On Thursday, AJ was in the kitchen when he heard Evan say, "Okay, now let me cut YOUR hair!"  He got to them before Evan actually managed to use the scissors on his sister -- but she had already given him a new hairstyle.  We took him to Mastercuts yesterday; there really wasn't much that could be done to salvage any of the length -- and there are spots (including right in front, at the top of his forehead) where it wasn't even possible to even things out.

Courtesy of  ratphooey   who asked for responses in comments.  But I'm contrary, so am posting my responses here and leaving it up to y'all to decide if you want to meme yourself in your own livejournals.

1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.  Yes.  Married.

2) What was your dream growing up?
A.  To be a schoolteacher, and have four kids.

3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.  I wish I could play a musical instrument.

4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.  Vodka tonic with a twist of lime.

5) Favorite vegetable?
A.  Potato.

6) What was the last book you read?
A.  Ummm...  I honestly can't remember.

7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.  Cancer

8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.  Pierced ears.

9) Worst Habit?
A.  Speeding.

10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.  Of course.

11) What is your favorite sport?
A.  Don't really have one.  Can stand to watch a football game or tennis match on tv.

12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.  I am too much a pessimist.

13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.  Talk about our kids.

14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.  I've been relatively lucky.  Worst thing in childhood -- a father who was too fond of the use of a belt.  Worst thing in adulthood -- just lost my dog.

15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. 

16) Do you have any pets?
A.  One live dog, one set of ashes on my mantel.

17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.  I would wish that we were less slobbish than we are, and would apologize profusely for the dog hair everywhere.  Then I'd tell you to let your kids loose on all the toys and sit down to chat.

18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A.  Smart, able to put people at east.

19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A.  Scary

20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. I would be a size 12.

21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.  Conscience.  I've told my friends to never call me to help dispose of the body, because I will rat your ass out.

22) What color eyes do you have?
A.  Blue.

23) Ever been arrested?
A.  No.

24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Bottle.

25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. Pay off some debt.

27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. Home.

28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. No.  I wish I did.

29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.  Ha!

30) Do you swear a lot?
A. Like a stevedore.

31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.  People who are late.  People who bounce their legs up and down and make the whole bench/couch/etc. shake.

32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Anxious.

33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Yes.

35) Do you believe in God?
A. No.  But sometimes, I wish I did.

36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A.  Done.  Now answer the questions in your own blog, or here -- whatever's easiest for you.

along with the nightgowns I mentioned in an earlier post (including one for Evan) back when we still had two dogs.  AJ just emailed me a picture from his cell phone.



They make me a little less crazy.

If Evan tries on his Sleeping Beauty nightgown tonight, I will post another picture...

Behind these true statements, posted in the Facebook "true or false" quiz:

oddprofessor :  "I once warned off a small group of drunk men in New Zealand by faking a Brooklyn accent."

chi_editrix :  "A guy once rejected me by saying I had nice handwriting."

jupiter9 : "I was once a telephone psychic."  (I heard this a while ago, but can't remember the tale .. and want to hear more about the FBI part.)