acquiesce

Word of the Day for Friday, September 1, 2006
acquiesce \ak-wee-ES\, intransitive verb:
To accept or consent passively or without objection -- usually used with 'in' or 'to'.
At the same time, sellers might acquiesce to mafia involvement in their business as a way of ensuring payment for goods: if the buyer defaults, the mafioso will collect. -- Louis S. Warren, The Hunter's Game
The British were not prepared to acquiesce to the return of the Chinese to Tibet, and determined to counter the reassertion of Chinese influence. -- Tsering Shakya, The Dragon in the Land of Snows
France would probably express regret that a military strike had become necessary, but would acquiesce in it. -- Craig R. Whitney, "France Pushes for Last-Ditch Diplomatic Solution.", New York Times, February 20, 1998
Acquiesce comes from Latin acquiescere, "to give oneself to rest, hence to find one's rest or peace (in something)," from ad, "to" + quiescere, "to rest, to be or keep quiet."

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requisite...

Word of the Day for Wednesday, August 30, 2006

requisite \REK-wuh-zit\, adjective: 1. Required by the nature of things or by circumstances; indispensable. 2. That which is required or necessary; something indispensable.
Those with the requisite talents made drawings and watercolors of the birds, the flowers, the untouched landscapes that unfolded before them. -- Barbara Crossette, The Great Hill Stations of Asia

In this way, 2,156 buildings were laboriously hoisted, a quarter of an inch at a turn, until they reached the requisite height and new foundations could be built beneath them. -- Cornelia Dean, Against the Tide

Rather than seeing mindfulness as a kind of talent, like artistic flair or musicality, he believes that everyone willing to make the requisite effort can attain it. -- Winifred Gallagher, Working on God

Patience and an enquiring mind are absolute requisites for tracing family histories. -- Mike Anderiesz, "Working the web: Genealogy", The Guardian, January 17, 2002

Requisite derives from Latin requisitus, past participle of requirere, "to require."

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Emma's Noodlefest 2006

We gave Emma spaghetti noodles for the first time the other night.

Hmmm.

Note to self: Emma + noodles = DISASTER

We had to let the noodle mess dry overnight and THEN clean it up, it was so bad...

But she absolutely loved it. That's what counts.

I love noodles, yes I do...

What are you lookin' at?

Yeah, YOU!

Whaaaatttt? Doesn't everybody look like this after they eat spaghetti?

THE AFTERMATH OF EMMA'S NOODLEFEST!

habitue...

Word of the Day for Sunday, August 27, 2006

habitue \huh-BICH-oo-ay; huh-bich-oo-AY\, noun:

One who habitually frequents a place. Here you will meet Disco Bean . . . , a 70s dance-clubhabitue who spends his days in an empty warehouse polishing his Latin hustle moves and pretending it's still 1978 and he's the next John Travolta. -- Stephen Holden, "The Search for One-Eye Jimmy", New York Times, June 21, 1996

Or as one jaded habitue of El Casbah observes when an unfamiliar face appears in the club: "She's new to cafe society." -- Stephen Holden, "Cafe Society", New York Times, July 18, 1997

In the public house kept by Jesper Darkes, "zealous partizans in the cause of Liberty," as one habitue called them, met day and night, laying plans, discussing whether this man or that could be trusted or whether he was spying for the government, speculating on what could be done when the British military arrived, as it surely would. -- Richard M. Ketchum, Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War

Habitue is from the past participle of French habituer,

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Visiting with Elizabeth and her family...

While Nicole and I were in Texas, my old friend Elizabeth from Georgia and Florida, drove up to Fort Worth from Round Rock, where she lives with her husband Justin and her four children. We had not seen them in almost 5 years, so it was a really cool visit. We went out to eat and then cruised the mall for a few hours. I forgot that the camera was with me, so I only have a few pics. Sarah and Nini were best friends for the first 5 years of their lives. I actually was there when she and Laura were born...
It was great to finally meet Justin, who is a great hubbie and dad. Emma actually curled to sleep in Ebets shoulder while at the mall and then Justin carried her around pretty much the whole time. It was ggrrreaattt! :)
We enjoyed some Chai at the beanery in the mall, and then headed back so they could visit a little with the Sutton's.
It was really good to see them, although we missed out on seeing Shawn, who held out in Round Rock for his friends, because Timmy wasn't with us... yeah, Shawn, I'm talkin' about you. You stood us up, bud... I'm gonna remember this, you know... :) just kidding...
Anyway, I guess that is all

Texas Trip

Nini and I got to visit Texas last month!
My dad gave us enough frequent flier miles for us both to fly to Fort Worth for a week.
Mom stayed extra long in GA to babysit the other kids and Nini and I took off.
This was her first time on a plane which was a really neat experience.
We had a ball and I'll be sharing stories from the trip soon...

Introducing...Our very own...

EMMA MONROE!!!

Emma has decided that she loves the air vent.  She crawls over to it and sticks her face right over the blast.

It is quite funny to watch the expressions she makes... Here's a few pics.

Nice hairdo little one...

What a kook.

You are not even going to believe this...

Okay, so I walked into the bathroom as the girls were bathing last night... They were playing with their little plastic animals...

"How cute is that?" I say to myself.

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Then I begin to hear snippets of their role-playing:

"Where should I put the daddy?" asks Chloe

"Oh Wait, I'll put him in the water with the Mommy!" she answers herself before Nini has a chance.

So far, so normal...

"What about the midwife, where should we put her?"

Whoa Nelly.... the WHAT? the midwife? wait a minute here....

Upon closer inspection, I realize that my daughters have created a

ANIMAL WATERBIRTH!!!

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Complete with MONKEY midwife and FRYING PAN birth pool!!!

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Note that although the mommy dog (actually a lion that is pretending to be a dog) is COMPLETELY immersed in the water (doesn't do much for breathing techniques...) the midwife monkey has thought to offer the mommy a banana for energy...(good protein during labor!) HA!

 

Where do they get this stuff?

*clears throat quietly, while looking around... :)

 

 

To web or not to web, that is the question...

I'm back.
We reorganized some of our bills and decided to use cloth diapers (given to us by a friend) so that we could afford the internet.
We decided that as a homeschooling family with no cable or other outside connection, the internet was just too essential to our sanity. :)
So, I will take the next few posts to catch everyone up on what we've been up to.
Stay tuned.

aahhhh... jonesing for the internet...

finally...a few minutes to post...
some things going on around here...
my mom arrived on friday...safe and sound...
emma is crazy about her, and the kids are just fawning all over her.
i knew that the break would do good for their relationships...
emma is in the beginning stages of crawling, up on her knees and rocking back and forth...of course, when she moves at all, it's backwards, but that's beside the point... :)
she, in one week mind you, decided that this eating thing is good after all.
last week:
she was shoving all food back out faster than I could insert it, either with her tongue or by doing a raspberry (yeah, you can see me can't you, little bits of orange and green ALL over me...yep...fun times...)
this week:
i absolutely cannot keep the food in her mouth fast enough...it's like she thinks that if it's empty, then there is no more coming... it is actually really funny, by the time the spoon hits the bowl after leaving her mouth, she is fussing for more...
yeah...fun times...
no really, it is fun times...we are so blessed.
we had a great 4th of july and will post pics soon of that.
ummm...kids are doing great.
tim is exhausted...(what else is new), he has been working alot of extra hours lately AND is driving all the way to Atlanta every day...
ummm...i'm gonna leave it at that, and go finish my grocery shopping...
TA-TA everyone!