We made a day of it yesterday and went to the Rochester Science Museum. The boys had a blast! It was a lot of fun. They have a great Planetarium, though we didn’t get to see a sky show. Those are done just on Saturday mornings and we weren’t there that early. Maybe next time Anyway, here are the pictures. It’s done as a slideshow fom my Webshots photo album, since I am not able to upload my pics through my FTP atm. Enjoy!

(*NOTE: If you are an Opera user, you may not be able to see the slideshow. However, if you see a black box with no pictures, you can click on the black area and be taken to my Webshots photo album to see the pictures.)

Science Museum

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Today was the day. I got my hair cut this morning. Now, to most people, getting a haircut is no big deal. However, I haven’t cut my hair in 2 1/2 years! You can imagine how much I was getting cut off. So, i decided that since I was cutting so much off, I was going to donate it to Locks of Love. In the end, I’m donating 16 inches of hair to Locks of Love. How amazing is that?!

And now I’m sure you all want pictures, right? Ok, here they are:

Before:

The bottom word on my shirt, “Renegadas,” is just at the bottom edge of my waiste band on my pants (dh was sitting down when he took the picture).

The hair:

After:

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Ah, the madness of March. The NCAA basketball tourney starts today, in just a few minutes. I’m not a huge basketball fan. I do NOT like NBA basketball, but I can tollerate college. However, I LOVE the tourney. Even before I was filling out brackets I loved the tourney. Last year, i didn’t fare so well in the Irish Trojan’s basketball pools. However, I’ve done much more research and consulted the “experts” on college basketball and think I’ve put together a pretty good bracket this year. We’ll see how it fares. I’m in several bracket challenges this year, including a pool at dh’s station. I even have my own bracket group on Facebook. And no, Ron, I’m not gonna let you kick my butt again like you did in fantasy football! lol.

I am a bit bummed that I won’t actually get to see Purdue play the first round out here in NY. We will be getting Kentucky vs. Marquette (why, I’m not sure), but we’ll get to see it online.

Good luck to all you hoops fans.

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I have been debating for awhile whether to cut my hair off and donate it, or to keep it long. I have decided that though I LOVE my long hair, it is just too long. I can’t do anything with it, it’s clogging up the lint trap on my dryer and the drain stops in the shower. I find it everywhere; embedded into clothes, all over the carpet, on the boys’ coats, on the bathroom rugs, in the vans… the list goes on. I know that I will be at least a little sad to see it all go. However, I have decided to donate it to Locks of Love. I have a good 14-16 inches that I can donate, if not more (their minimum donation length is 10 inches). I am very excited to be doing this for such a great organization.

Saturday is the big day for me. There will be pictures taken before, during, and after and I’ll post those when they happen. I haven’t decided how short I’m going to go (I should mention that my hair hangs down to nearly my behind). I will leave that up to my stylist. I am looking forward to having hair that I can actually style, rather than wearing it in a scrunchie or a butterfly clip all day long!

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If you are a regular visitor of my blog, you know that I am a digital scrapbooker. One of my digital layouts is going to be published in an e-zine in May and I am so excited! Here’s the layout, and what it’s going to be used for:

Color is an important design tool for scrapbookers. I’m looking for layouts to feature in an article I’m writing for the May 2008 Tidbytes on using color on layouts. Do you have a layout that using color emphasize a photo, element or title? Maybe your layout uses a color scheme to set the mood or theme for your page (i.e. bright primary colors for a child’s birthday). I’m looking for pages that use color in these and other ways.

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I am working on a website for a friend of mine. It’s going to be a site for Ludlow, PA. The problem is, there is so very little information available on the web about Ludlow. Do any of my Erie readers know anything about Ludlow that I can add to the site? I’m looking for any information, past and present. I am looking for anything I can get my hands on. You can either post it here, or e-mail me at trisha [at] insanitys-oasis [dot] com. Thanks!

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We took the boys to a matinee showing of this today since they were off of school due to a Superintendents conference. I must say that this was such a good movie! I would expect nothing less from a movie based on a Dr. Seuss book. It was a really good, laugh-out-loud family movie. Jim Carrey and Steve Carell were hilariously funny in this heartwarming tale. Horton shows us all that one person can make a difference. If you have a chance to see this movie, I would highly recommend it!

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Credits here.

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I’m back into the scrappin’ groove. I’ve done quite a few pages, but I can’t show them to you…yet Here is one I did for a challege over at SBB, titled Nap Time:

Click here for credits.

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As a new resident to the state of NY, I feel compelled to come out of the no-politics shell I’ve been in for quite awhile and talk about the story that has recently broke concerning our governor. I first must say that my heart and prayers go out to Mrs. Spitzer and her (their) three daughters. This is just a terrible situation for them.

It really appears that Governor Spitzer is, for lack of a better word, toast. They have him on a Federal wiretap and he has admitted to being involved in this prostitution ring. He has not yet been arrested, nor has he resigned (yet), despite reports by some news agencies. What is interesting about this whole story is that he has been implicated in the exact thing he swore to abolish in this state. He, in fact, broke up two prostitution rings during his 1 year as NY governor.

Should Gov. Spitzer resign, his Lt. Gov., David Paterson, would become New York’s governor. He would be the first African American governor in the history of New York State.

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