First just let me say I have not slept in two day, but my final project is done. http://nova.umuc.edu/~ct386a03/index.html check it out if you are bored. It is not all that and a bag of chips, but I think it is pretty good.
Every year Mandy and I used to go and see the Nutcracker Ballet. Every since Mandy was about 4 years old. We both love the ballet so very much. When I married Jeff and we moved out of the country we did not get the opportunity to see the Nutcracker, it has been 8 Christmases. This year, due to poor planning on my part, we found out that this weekend was the absolute last chance to see the Nutcracker and Mandy's work schedule conflicted with all the showings. I was distraught, but it was probably for the best because I had so much work to do on my project - very big procrastinator am I.
On the morning of the very last day of the Nutcracker, Sunday morning to be specific. I was up early coding away on my trusty computer. Mandy had to be at work at 8AM. While she was eating breakfast, I asked her if she was sure she didn't want to call in sick, so we could go see the Nutcracker. She yelled at me. I went to brush my teeth and with a mouth full of toothpaste the phone rang, don't you just hate that?
It was Mandy's work. They told her that they were trying to cut back on hours and she would have the day off. We were five minutes from leaving to drive her to work. But, this means, NUTCRACKER. We went to the Nutcracker. We went all the way to Mobile. It was wonderful, fabulous, magical, and so lovely. I had the best time.
Our house guests, who went home today, can I just say they are lovely people. They were no trouble at all, in fact I think they helped us so much that our lives were actually less stressful than without them. We had seven people living in my 1600 sq ft, 3 bedroom house. But, it was lovely. They had discovered a place called Bellengrath Gardens near Mobile the day before. I haven't the energy to link it, but you can google, yes? I may have even spelt it wrong, but you are smart folks...
This is a huge mansion and gardens that are open as a tourist attraction. For Christmas they decorate, like nothing you have ever seen before. It took us an hour to walk around and see it all, and we were hungry so we were walking at a fast pace. I have pictures of the lights. I am not the worlds most proficient photographer but you get the idea. Wow what a day. I was away from my computer and the doings of my final project for 8 hours... I was up all night and coding all day today. Fianlly done, with two hours to spare. Way to go. Hopefully here are the pics....
Oh, and I am throwing in a few of the quilt...
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I love those gardens. But I have not seen them at Christmas time. Maybe we will do that one year when we come down to Ft. Walton Beach. I will check out your project later, I have to go to work. Hope you get some sleep!
The quilt is so cute! And love the website project... I was looking to see which candidates were from which party though?
You'll have to excuse my ignorance, but what is the project for? I love the quilt...it is so pretty! How long did it take you? I'm glad you saw the Nutcracker and the lights. Where does Mandy work?
I am so glad you were able to go to the Nutcracker. What a beautiful quilt.
Kim: I can't wait to see the gardens in the spring during the day.
Lorelei: Sorry, I guess if I hadn't procrastinated so much it would have been better.
Sniz: Sorry, I forget sometimes that y'all can't read my mind...I am working toward my degree in Computer Studies at the University of Maryland University College, I am hoping to become a web developer. Basically a web designer makes it pretty and a web developer writes the code to make things happen. While I like doing both I am better at the developer side. I spent about 4 days working on this site, I had 15 weeks... But, a lot of what I needed to do I had to learn about in the class before I could do it. But, basically I am the type of person who thrives on deadlines and cramming. We had to do it all by hand, no templates or programs to help all the code and scripts had to be hand done.
Mrsgrumpy: Thank you, up close there are a lot of errors, but Lily loves it and I am proud that I completed something. I am glad we got to see the Nutcracker, the dancers were so great. I had to bite my lip not to cry.
Mrs. Sniz.. Sorry, Mandy works at a local grocery store as a cashier. She is sixteen. She only works a few hours per week. She is saving up for a car and to help pay for college. She is very busy with school, sports, clubs and work but she is handling it all. She tends to be the type of girl who likes to be by herself in her room and reading, reading, reading. But, she gets really depressed if I let her do that, so I force her to join clubs, play sports and work. Then she blossoms into this confident happy girl. She still spends as much time as she can locked in her room with the curtains closed reading, reading, reading... but as an occasional bonus instead of a daily ritual it is not so much depressing as it is a recharging of the batteries.
The project looks great, the quilt, the lights and you too! And you go to see the Nutcracker! Happiness all around!
So, you'd be the person to help people put up their Web sites? This is awesome and congrats on the site, which I did visit. Here's what struck me--I looked at the education of all the candidates and Huckabee's seemed to be the lightest weight. Interesting.
Also, the quilt is lovely. Lily has a talented mom.
And finally, all those years I lived in Alabama I never made it to the Gardens.
Your info on your project site is great. Although as I don't live in the US and won't vote I am hoping that the voters think carefully this time around as I hate war and feel none of the wars since WW2 ever achieved anything except death or maiming of the innocent. Not nice for families of the youngsters sent off to war either.
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