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Gotfor and Elmer Fudd

KID STUFF

M has somehow decided that the correct pronunciation of the word "forgot" is "gotfor." "Oh, mom, you gotfor my water bottle." "I'm so silly! I gotfor to bring my dish to the counter." "Oh no! I gotfor my critter in the car." And so on. You know how there are a handful of words that people say when they are toddlers that the whole family incorporates into their common vernacular. Then, even when the kid grows into an adult, they still use that word--mostly out of habit. I have a feeling C and myself are picking up on the "gotfor" word. Please correct us if you hear us say it. M, it seems, is unable to say it. We've tried to correct her and she doesn't hear that she is saying it essentially backwards.

O slips into these phases every so often where he says his Rs like Elmer Fudd. He seems to only do it when he is reading lately. He'll say "twuck" instead of "truck" for example. One of his recently learned words was "interesting." He keeps saying "intewesting." He seems to hear it when I point out the difference but it is strange to me.

Otherwise the two of them were tickled to death to have BOTH mom and dad's undivided attention for 2 entire days. We had loads of fun together.

TWITTER

I got a new phone with a fancy slide out keyboard so I can text more easily. I only signed up for 300/month though so don't everyone go crazy sending me texts now! I figured that roughly 10 per day is more than adequate. After all, I'm too busy to sit and text like I would if I weren't going to school. I've added the gadget to my blog page--you'll find it on the sidebar on the right. However, it only seems to pick up what I do on the twitter page and not what I text from my phone. My facebook account picks it up fine from my phone. I don't know what the difference is and I've gone back to try to fix it but with no luck. Anyone who has any suggestions, please let me know. Maybe it is something that I have to change/allow from blogger. I'll check it out. Anyway, my niece, KH, can now text me to her heart's content if she is still in to that. Let her know, won't you mom and TB? Thanks.

EMF

I have a friend who is a Pharmacist and I worked with him in Jackson. He was/is incredibly knowledgeable about pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter meds, supplements etc. and has expanded his knowledge into what would probably be considered a more alternative realm. His wife studies energies and healing with crystals and they both are very knowledgeable about nutrition.

Anyway, they own a compounding pharmacy in Michigan and also have a blog: Health Warrior that they both contribute to. Now I've been meaning to give him crap about the blog because his spelling and grammar could use some help but the information is good :) Recently they were discussing EMF (electromagnetic field) and how it can contribute to health problems. They have a YouTube link from their blog where Rob explains some different products they use to help rid their environment of EMF. I know it is a controversial subject but if you are interested in it you should check it out. There are numerous products on the market that are supposed to help but not all of them are credible.

My summer semester at school begins today. However, the Wednesday class that I signed up for was canceled because most of the students who would have signed up for it signed up forthe Physiology class offered at the same time. I have not heard yet that any of my other classes have been canceled. So, I'll be going to class on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Ok, Mr. O is home and we are going to watch The Biggest Loser from last night. Have a great week everyone!

Train Weekend-the finale

You'll have to scroll down about 7 posts to begin this story!

I was re-reading my last post and wanted to clarify: The actual time on the turntable was quick but the time from uncoupling to recoupling took a good 20-30 mins.

Here is the engine recoupling to the cars

O watching the tracks behind us

M watching out the window

O LOVES trains and enjoyed this ride

Happy kids as we neared the end of our ride.

Train Weekend-Train on turntable

The train uses its own steam power to turn the table. They uncoupled the engine from the cars, pulled forward past the switch, switched the tracks then backed onto the table. It took less than 3 minutes I'd guess to turn the entire thing around! Then the engine went forward past the switch, they switched tracks again then the train backed back up to the cars where they recoupled and pulled us back to the Rusk Depot. Here is a series of pics of the train turning on the turntable.

Ready to turn

Beginning the turn

Turn complete

Train Weekend-Train

The main reason for our trip was to take a ride on the Texas State Rail Road. There were roughly 50-55 people, including us and the staff, on the entire train that included 4 passenger cars and a dining car. The ride was awesome and included the amazing show of watching the engine turn around on a turn table. This and the next two posts will have photos of the train ride/experience.

The view to the engine from where we originally sat.

The train

C & I ready to ride. M took this pic.

C and the kids ready to ride

Getting a cab tour before the ride. It was HOT standing right there next to the fire (behind the round silver door)

Train Weekend-more stuff to do at the cabin

M feeds the turkeys

Smores!

Silly family

Train Weekend-stuff to do at the cabin

They have a great fire pit and provide the wood. You can see the benches and a picnic table. They even had heavy duty two-pronged metal whatchamacallit sticks in the cabin to use to roast marshmallows/hot dogs/etc.