Scripps National Spelling Bee...F-U-N, fun.

My family and I love this event. I am glad it gets it's own prime time spot.

This group of students are exceptional individuals and their spelling, their techniques, and their all-around "good kid" karma is motivational to say the least.

Right off, though...we all pick the kid we like or that we hope wins it all , the kid that will probably win, and the kid we can't wait to watch lose (Yes, I know that is mean...but it is true. Sorry, little spellers!)

Nonetheless, this year was a great year. None of us picked the winner, but we all loved the gal that won...and her little sister, too! (Get it from Wizard of Oz...she's from Kansas...LOL)

Anyway, Congratulations Kavya Shivashankar from Olathe, Kansas!

The Buettner-Boyd family

Mother's Day 2009

I am truly blessed to still have my mother, be a mother, and know so many wonderful mothers that have had such a profound impact on my life. Let's celebrate them all today!

I want an iPhone!

Did you hear that Appalachian Wireless?

I am so fed up with being years behind everyone else.

I'm OK with using your service.

I like supporting "mountain" businesses, but c'mon already.

The rest of the world got this thing a year ago...
or was it 2?

I do not want the Hint, the Finesse, the Dover, or the whatever-the-special-is-today!

I want an iPhone!
NOW!

Super Poke Pets

Thank you Facebook for my latest addiction...like a need a virtual pet! Like I need anything else to occupy my time...but I can't help it. These things are so cute. Where else do I get to shop with tons of fake money and have hundreds of friends that want to play with me. My gosh this is the greatest thing to happen to me since...I don't know, the birth of my children maybe? OK, not really...but I like it and it's good, clean, non-brain using fun!

Mrs. B

sad days, indeed...

...when the house is quiet because they are gone...I remember how much I like noise. No really, I like noise. Wait, what am I saying? I LOVE noise!

I love the roar of their hearty snickering when they both find something so amusing they can't contain their laughter.

I love hearing, "MOM, COME HERE...YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!", when it is merely an advertisement for something I am never going to waste my money buying for them b/c they do not need it.

I love the sound of the same Guitar Hero song over and over b/c they are trying to master the "gig" b/c they need the money...LOL.

I love hearing the shower run and the loud SPLAT-SPLAT of the water as they push it out of their hair as they rinse.

I love the sound of love.

Derby Hat Time

There is absolutely nothing I like more about the Derby than the hats. I am a total "hat" girl. I love dressing up! I feel so regal and refined when sporting something atop my head quite possibly the size of a small UFO.

Yes, watching the ponies stirs my heart, but I would rather "people watch" all day. The hubs usually takes me to this hole-in-the-wall place in no man's land to watch the spectacle known as the prime jewel in the triple crown, and I still wear my hat! No one else there does, but rarely have I cared about other folks and their fashion sense.

So, forgive me, if on "Derby Day", I'm the weirdo girl in the redneck-iest bar wearing a hat sipping a drink that I had to explain to the bartender how to make...we are who we are...LOL.

Mrs. B

*For great hat ideas check this site out: http://www.deescrafts.com/hats/

ACT scores and academic standards...

OK, so my genius daughter did not get a 36 on her ACT...and, I was a tad bit upset. Not about her score, but about that fact that she did not do one review for the test.

I do not necessarily believe those things (reviews) can help you raise your scores too much, but I do think they can give you an idea of what to expect on the test, therefore helping you.

Her score was way above fine and way above the score she needs for many of the schools that she will apply to...but I would like to see her at MIT (where she wants to be) instead of somewhere she just has to settle for (like her mother did).

Do not get me wrong here, she is probably smarter than your kid...she is smarter than most kids her age and her maturity level makes up for any test score she could EVER receive...I just want her to DREAM BIG because she can...

Mrs. B