losing my backbone?

after the mount wilson run, which was a great time by the way, i've been doubting inflicting my budding obsession on all of you.

maybe there is something better, easier, more fun, on a different day, time of year, decade?

Happy Anniversary...a day late

harryanddawn
Originally uploaded by Elizarock.

I remembered yesterday that it was Harry and Dawn's anniversary...right? May 26th? How funny that it's been 5 years! Also 5 years since I graduated from high school. And 5 years since Arnold said to me, "How ah you?" and tugged on my hair at their wedding. My favorite celebrity encounter ever.

Hope you had a happy day!

What the?!

westward ho
Originally uploaded by Terrills.

Henry David is four today! Crazy! I remember walking to school from seminary and Dad drove up Violet Ave. to tell me that Henry was born. I also remember that I saw Pearl Harbor for the third time that day. And we had a tostada bar fundraiser for YW.

Ah, memories.

Happy Birthday Henner!

More? Yes!

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Originally uploaded by grannybabs.

Couldn't even get it all in one photo!

Who needs Hallmark?

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Originally uploaded by grannybabs.

Dad did indeed send out a memo - possibly hoping for 60 cards - and it's 59 and holding right now!!

The Birthday Queen

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Originally uploaded by grannybabs.

Anna May - another one of the "Girls of "45" made sure that everyone had a good laugh on my birthday - when you turn 60, you either laugh or cry - laughing is a lot more fun!

And at this posting, I am the recipient of 42 b-day cards - a record for sure - when did I start suspecting that your dad had done a little mailing himself?!

The living room is awash in flowers and cards - well, maybe not awash in flowers - there are 2 arrangements of those - along with the 42 cards spilling over onto the piano!!

What a nice way to usher in a new decade!!

A BIG Happy Birthday

Hey mom - I know we saw you yesterday - but happy birthday to the awesomest mom around

You say it's your birthday!

Mom
Originally uploaded by HiniBinini.

Woohoo! Barbara's 60!

I'm so proud that you've made it this far. Sorry that I don't have a more flattering picture. But you are beautiful, no matter what they say.

Zippedy-ay and heidi-ho

test

this is bonny testing to see if bruce's account works

This is the Bus From Chicago

This is Mister Gonzago, who drives the bus from Chicago.
This is the grandma with boots on her feet, getting ready so she can meet the bus that Mister Gonzago is driving along from Chicago.
This is the subway under the ground that goes along with a loud, loud sound to take the grandma with boots on her feet to the bus station so she can meet the bus that Mister Gonzago is driving along from Chicago.
This is Bill and his mother, too, going to meet the grandma who was in the subway under the ground that went along with a loud, loud sound to take the grandma with boots on her feet to the bus station so she could meet the bus that Mister Gonzago has driven all the way from Chicago.


Hooray for Amazon.com!!!!

Linking 101--or, Eliza's Thoughts at 11 P.M.

You can "take this with a grain of salt," "leave it on the cutting room floor," or your cliche of choice, but in the spirit of procrastination (I often do random things at 11 P.M.) I thought I'd give a refresher on the HTML code for linking things--for those who are unawares and would like to be able to link things, only instead of [ ] substitute < > if you try it out.

If I wanted to link Mom's blog and have the link say "Mom's blog," I'd write this:

[a href="http://grannybabs.blogspot.com"]Mom's blog[/a]

(I had to use [ ] for my example instead of < > because if I didn't, Blogger would think I was trying to use HTML and it would show up as linked words, not as the exact code. Bosh.)

So if I use the real code using the < > the Mom's blog link is now a real live link.

That might have been a confusing explanation. If it helps, for posts, you can just use the earth icon. You can click on the little earth icon (next to the italics icon) in your next post, try linking a word (highlight the word to link, click the earth icon, then type in the URL (Web site address). When linking be sure to include http:// in the URL. Then look at your post after clicking "OK" and it'll show you what the code looks like. To link on comments, you have to type in the code. It's easy to remember once you use it a few times. Remember also that if you don't provide the right HTML code, the link will not work. Just typing in the URL doesn't make it link automatically.

Oh yeah, and if you want to experiment with this kind of thing on your posts, you need to look at the "edit HTML" view, not the "compose" view.

Er...this was a horrible explanation. Maybe it helped somebody...or perhaps, if you're in the "could care less" bracket, you're enjoying lots of salt.

This was kind of a random post. Mostly I'm avoiding going to bed. Saw "Sith" tonight and am a little afraid of having Darth Sidious nightmares.

Happy happy birthday, Grandma dear

I just got off the phone with Grandma C., wishing her a happy birthday, and I'll tell ya I can't stop smiling! I just love talking to her. She'll probably get a gazillion calls today, but I'll recommending giving her a call anyway, if just to brighten your day.

I miss her--and Grandma T.--that's what I get for living in Utah. Fortunately Matt's grandma Verla lives close to us, so we get to see her often. Gotta love grandmas.

well...

since annika is deciding she does not want to go to sleep and bruce watched her all afternoon and evening while i went to the temple - i will post some more while she plays in the playroom - i guess that's what you are supposed to do in a playroom.

first off - saw pres. heslop at our chapel session tonight - he gave a very nice talk. i don't think he recognized me when i talked to him afterwards, but a little anonymity is good sometimes.

annika is the champion baby. she has had 2 babysitters in 2 night s nd done great. hopefully she will cooperate for donna on friday.

we are hosting a big shindig for the sorensons tomorrow night - they used to be in our ward and are back for pepperdine graduation. it will be fun to see them. and in keeping with true mormon fashion no one has rsvp'd - so we could have 30 or 60 people - it will rock either way.

annika is getting grumpy - maybe she'll go to sleep now - good night!

pictures and such

well, from this current crop of pictures - i will have to get inspired and figure out how to blog as well.

also - 59 day left until the publication of harry potter and the half-blood prince. Thought you needed to know that

also - we went out to dinner tonight - allegria - i waxed eloquent on my meal on blogander - and annika did very nicely for our babysitter - there's hope for her yet.

Tomorrow's our day in the temple - we'll see how she does for Bruce.

Had to blog it

Annika
Originally uploaded by Elizarock.

I just had to blog this picture of Annika, which Hannah actually blogged, okay Karl blogged it first...anyway, it was just so cute I couldn't resist, even though many of you probably saw it on Hannah's or Karl's blog first.

That's all. Parents, your kids are getting old. Do you realize how many toddlers will be involved in this year's New Year's party? Last year's babies will be walking. Maybe. Or maybe not. I don't know when babies start walking, actually. Never mind. At any rate, they're still getting old.

Karl's Graduation Bash

Karl's Graduation Bash
Originally uploaded by grannybabs.

Friday night was party time on Lemon Avenue as assorted Terrills, Clayton, Kerksieks, Tekulves, Plewes, etc. enjoyed food and fun.

Mr.Music

Mr.Music
Originally uploaded by grannybabs.

This a photo on the actual 18th b-day for our man Noah.

Make a wish!

Make a wish!
Originally uploaded by grannybabs.

Dad and I had our own little party sending these photos to all of you. We had a small celebration since everyone else wasn't around! But a wonderful time was had by all!

And now...

Many happy returns to Dawn today. I hope you get to have some fun and that someone else cooks for you!

May is just the extravaganza of birthday months around here, isn't it? Stay tuned for Barb, Henry, and...am I missing any other May birthdays?

So many PEOPLE in this family! I love it.

This month is such a special one

Noah
Originally uploaded by Elizarock.

Happy Birthday to my (our) beloved Noah! One of the first things I thought today was, "Noah's 18 today." You might think that means I don't have much going on in my life, haha, but it actually means that I love my no-longer-little brother!


Credits: I stole this picture from Noah; it's from his trip out to D.C. to visit us. (Sorry for stealing, Noah.)

At long last

Eliza and Ella
Originally uploaded by Elizarock.

Or as Bonny and Bruce might say, "FINA" "LLY."

Welp, I invited everybody to join the Terrills photo group at Flickr, so whoever's interested--there you go! Hopefully I didn't make it too complicated with my ueber-detailed instructions. Give me a call or e-mail or whatever if you have questions.

P.S. I "borrowed" this photo from Karl's new blog. Just giving credit where it's due!

Happy blogging!

Run, Hannah, Run!

Am I the only one who knows that Hannah has been accepted to the St. George Marathon? Go Hannah! Unfortunately, we will not be running as a team this year since I was not, repeat, not accepted. (Hey! What's with the fonts on this thing?)
Anyway, that will give me more time to be support staff for our girl. Congratulations!
That's October 1, 2005, folks.

Last one, I promise!

I'm only posting a lot because there is some scheduled Blogger maintenance at 3 pm, and I want to get it all in before I am forbidden to update. Haha, just kidding.

Anyway, I got the m-w.com Word of the Day email today, and I think that whoever is in charge of putting together the sample sentences has a great sense of humor:

campanologist \kam-puh-NAH-luh-jist\ noun : one that practices or is skilled in the art of bell ringing
Example sentence: The fast pace of modern life has taken its toll among practicing campanologists, and the art has lost some of its appeal. Paha. Anyone? Anyone?

Son of Adam... daughter of Eve

I know that we all love the animated version of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe... but I got the chills when I saw the trailer for the live-action version, coming in December!! Ahh... it's incredible. It's kind of like how I felt when I saw the trailer for LotR for the first time, or Star Wars: Episode III. Even though I haven't read those books before... it's still a rush to watch the trailer. Anyway, I have high hopes for it... I hope that I'm not disappointed.

Check out the trailer here... it takes a little while to load, but I think it's worth it!

Not as exciting as cursed raccoons

Well... it was an exciting day on BYU campus for one Hannah Rebekah Terrill. Elder David A. Bednar came and spoke at our devotional, and I was lucky enough to be in row G of the de Jong concert hall... AND my friends decided to stick around at the end and I got to meet him and his wife! How exciting! He's so quiet and nice... and his hair kind of looks like Ken's... as in Ken and Barbie.

Anyway, he did give a good talk about being "quick to observe" and the gift of discernment.

Fantastic.

Cursed Racoons!!!!

well, bruce is snacking on almonds while i vent about the last 24 hours.


had a lovely mother's day, by the way. Got my annual nap - it was quite pleasant.

so, bruce and i go to bed and all is quiet. then, i'm laying there thinking "did i close my car door?" so i'm trying to go to sleep and i hear the usual crew of racoons outside and then there is a bit of a tussle and i hear an animal screech. so i get up and look out the window and don't see anything. well, still can't sleep - maybe desperate housewives was just too exciting and i can't settle down - or maybe i did leave the car door open. so i get up to look - it's about midnight now - and sure enough - the door is open and there is a racoon standing by the car. so i go outside hollering and making the alarm go off on the car to scare those four legged spawn of the devil away. bruce very kindly gets up and checks to see if any of them are in the car and closes the door.

sleep fairly well - get up nice and early - load of laundry in the wash, kids getting dressed, i'm making a hot breakfast - i am woman!!! Think i should check the car to see what the racoons got into last night. open the car door - blood - blood - blood. it's on the seats, the gear shift, the console, the car seats, the blankets, the diapers, you name it. i could not believe it. I guess a couple of them started fighting ove r my mother's day treats from the primary, or maybe they both wanted to listen to Harry Potter 5. who knows, who cares.

so i spent the whole day repenting for my folly; taking apart carseats, laundering everything launderable, 409ing every surface. of course it rained so i couldn't take the car to a car wash to get detailed, so i did it myself.

Moral of the story - i'm buying a gun

backbone update

this is bruce again.

first of all happy mothers day to all. bonny is actually having a sunday afternoon nap as i write. that is about as good as it gets around here.

i've never organized a family activity before. i guess the first thing to do if we're serious about the backbone activity is to pick a date.

i think that sometime in july or early august (i have a race the last weekend of august that i hope to do, and then we're into school, shorter days, st. george, etc.) would be good, but i realize that the summer may already be full for some of you. maybe it could be stuck on to another activity, so that those of you who aren't in LA wouldn't feel pressured to make an extra trip? i assume that a saturday is best, but maybe that doesn't matter. i don't think it matters for our family.

could i get some suggestions or maybe just some comments about dates that may work?

if we can get some dates and a sense of how many can participate then i can figure out the course. we may just do a part of the trail if participation is low, or we can just have harry (the sixty year old) run the first 45 miles and the rest of us can divide up the last few. we may also be able to bring in a bike or two to cover the trail more quickly. i do think that running in pairs, with some overlap, will be much more fun and safe, so also think about some others that would like to participate.

also, a sense of the miles you think you'd be interested covering, and how you'd like to cover them.

hate to make this seem too real, but we need to start if we're going to do it this summer.

This is for all you mothers out there.

(Say it like Marvin Berry from Back to the Future--he actually says "lovers," not "mothers," but it isn't Lover's Day, now, is it?)

Happy Mother's Day to Barb, Bonny, Phoebe, Dawn, and any other mothers who might happen to read this.

I wish you all breakfast in bed. Or...perhaps not. Matt brought me breakfast in bed this morning, actually--even though I'm not really a mother. It was a very nice surprise. I actually ate it at my bedroom desk, because we don't have any trays, and cookie sheets don't quite cut it, but it was still very, very nice! Matt's a regular gourmet cook. Ask him to make you pesto-and-sundried-tomato scrambled eggs sometime. Yum.

Real mothers, I salute you. No really. I've watched you all in action, awed at the patience/clearheadedness/love/creativity/humor you exercise each day, and hope that someday I'll be at least nearly as good at it as you all are.

05-05-05

I can't believe I didn't notice that earlier! Matt just pointed it out to me.

This is a landmark day.

Oh, and Happy Cinco de Mayo, everybody.

Aww...

Aww...
Originally uploaded by HiniBinini.

Oh heck. Look at those two. I just got some pics in the mail from Dawn... I uploaded the other two to the family photo page. I miss those kids.

And Bonny, Phoebe... I miss your kids too.

And you.

AHH!!