Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time

It is so absolutely important to go out and vote today! I plan to go right after work. Hopefully there will be a higher turnout than at the primaries.
Here’s some fun counters to look at:

Bella got her ears pierced this week.

Everytime we pass one of those ear piercing places we ask if she wants to get her ears pierced. This time she said yes. She’s been really good about helping take care of them and everything. It’s hard to tell from the picture, but they are little hearts.
I also have to ask,  how come if I maange to get a picture of Bella smiling, it comes out blurry?

I just read an interesting NPR article (via Jumping Monkeys) about kids energy levels and their sluggish parents. I admit I need my coffee in the morning or I am out of sorts, sluggish, and generally grumpy. But Bella and Gilli are almost always awake before I am, playing happily (if a little noisily) in their room. It’s funny though, that the article seems to use an 18 year old as the example of energy. I don’t remember if I had boundless energy as a little child, but I know I had already started to slow down by the time I was 18. Sleep, sleep, and more sleep. Mmmm, sleep. The one thing I can never seem to get enough of. By the time the week is over I am exhausted, but the girls are still going strong. Maybe it’s because they get to take naps during the day? Although that’s pretty much only Gill, as Bella misses naps during the week since she goes to school and tends to ignore them on the weekend. I miss naps, but Bella doesn’t seem to. ^_^

I finished the web version of “Religious, Patriotic, and Ethnic Factors Involved with Names and Naming in Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Azerbaijan” by Dr. Edwin D. Lawson a couple of weeks ago.

I always enjoy these side projects, and am continually awed by the world-wide readership they generate.

cross posted to my professional blog