We have been watching some tadpoles grow in our swale. While it was at a heat index of 103… we went out and moved some from one side that had only a little water left to the other side which had more.

A close up of the swale with very little water…

The boys had to give it a shot…

Then Tot asked me to catch him some…

Next was Tater wanted some…

Now we were able to find a tadpole with 4 legs instead of just two…

Rain, rain, rain. Means we now have lots of water for the tadpoles and mosquitoes. Hopefully, I can get pictures of the kids with some small frogs. Then the kids and I can make a ‘journal’ of our adventure. High hopes… we’ll see how it goes in reality.

This is a paid review from Review Me for the Talking Atomic Alarm Clock. Now that is out of the way, let’s talk about this talking clock…

My laptop is on most every day, all day and it sits somewhere in the kitchen area… the thought of an alarm clock that would remind me of stuff sounded good. I was a palm pilot, outlook calendar geeky woman when working outside the home. After kids, I use a calendar on the wall and the oven timer. No joke. Since I have my pc on all day, I thought I would give this a try.

I did not like the install. It was easy… but it put stuff on my pc that my virus protection decided to ‘quarantine’. Even though I let the quarantined happen, the clock still works.

I like the fact that I can set it up to announce the hour with a voice. I don’t stand in front of the pc all day… I am usually around and about. It is nice to hear it announce the time so that I can keep up with stuff. I have swimming, speech therapy, gymnastics and playdates to go to on a weekly basis right now. My house is also fairly quiet when the kids aren’t fighting so hearing something is usually not a problem and I need to know the time.

It is very easy to set up reminders. They will pop up on the screen as well as be announced. It also allows weekly, monthly and the like. Sure I miss a few now and then because I’m in the laundry room or the kids are screaming… but for the last week, it has been useful. Besides, as soon as I look at the pc, I know if I have missed them since it pops up a reminder window as well.

The program seems to be very flexible and easy to use. It has a stopwatch, notes and more. I haven’t used it enough to try those options out and I’m not sure I would really use them. The reminders and verbal time is what I need and like… much better than what comes with winxp.

The alarm clock download is available for a free trial. Give it a try if you can handle machines talking to you…

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My sense of humor is a little odd. I found this particularly funny this morning…

Between the spiders, grasshoppers and

slugs…

I thought some comic relief would be nice… like a place for all those bugs to live away from me!

or maybe they could live here:

and then I could use this one to visit them in the swamp:

Never a dull moment around our house.

From Ogre here is another quiz…

What Kind of Geek Are You?

You are a bookworm of the bunch; the know-it-all, the brainiac, the evil genius. You know what the longest word in the English language is and can use it in a proper sentence. When you’re not busy studying up on the ecology of the coatl you’re privately lording your intelligence over those who’re less bright than you.
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It is hard to believe I have a 5 year old son. I spent the afternoon looking through old pictures. I made the following online scrapbook pages:

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I love his smile. Always so kind and caring. My how Tater has grown. I miss my little boy with the great big Michelin tire legs. I love who he is turning into as he grows.

Found THIS over at Contagion’s place. I am going to have to give this a try next time we have a party!!! Very very cool!

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Alex has a fantasy game that he has asked people to participate in and I had to laugh. I suck at remembering names.

If you ever wanted to put your own band together, go check out Alex and his questions. Then we can sneak over and decide which band we would like best.

h/t from Mrs. Who… somehow I don’t think my kids would agree.

Your Score: The Otter

Here’s your results! Your spirit animal has a Nobility ranking of 11 out of 18.

Your spirit animal is the otter. Playful, curious and fun animals, they are truly the start of what can be considered a noble creature. Otters are good at figuring things out, and make great friends. You are lucky to have one as a spirit animal. Otters are fairly rare as spirit animals.

***Wondering how this animal was chosen for you? These questions were carefully thought out to see how important you hold certain virtues such as: humanism, self-knowledge, rationalism, the love of freedom and other somewhat Hellenic ideals. Some of the questions were very subtle. Your score was then matched with an animal of corresponding nobility. However, you shouldn’t think this was a right/wrong sort of test, but more of an idealistic values test. It’s ok to not hold these values, you’ll just get an animal spirit of lower stature if you do!***