You WANT to give me money?

So, after flailing my arms around and being supremely dramatic, my MTV and me have found somebody that would LOVE to give us money for a home of our very own.  Turns out that we are in grand shape to buy a house. Praise the Lord!


Now, pass the dough.

Word to your Mutha!

 Happy Earth Day fellow Earthlings! I celebrated the Mother Earth a tad early this year. We make it a point in our scouting tribe to do something of the service project sort 2-3 times a year at the least. This year we decided to put ourselves more in the community by participating in the County's Park Appreciation Day.


This service project was awe inspiring! To see everyone come together to make a park that is used by all spring beautiful was amazing. I have to admit that I hadn't ever visited this particular park and was excited to explore new ground. This park happens to have quite the doozy of blueberry bushes (trees?) and every year hundreds of people come to pick them.


I also found that not only do the parks organize this day, they also provide the dumpster, pruning tools, rakes, shovels and the like every third Saturday of the month! What better way to show the love for the parks you take your kids to then to help keep them in top shape for generations to come. I plan on visiting on third Saturdays to come...and maybe in late summer to pick my own blueberries.

What do you do to help your Earth Mother?

Evolution of the School Bus.... or another post with automobiles.

Today I was unfortunate enough to be running late and naturally that means I was stuck behind a school bus. Nothing says "GOOD MORNING!" like having a bunch of elementary kids give you pig nose faces from the back of a bus on a dreary Friday morning. So as I contemplated faces sticking in that snotty pig nose way, I also contemplated that buses look more and more like insects every decade...which also made me realize that I couldn't quite remember what the school bus I rode (as a snotty pig nosed kid) looked like.


Hence I give you the evolution of a school bus...in pictures!


WARNING: I am not educated on the history of school buses...therefore some of the photos might not actually be from THAT decade. I used google. Deal.

1900's Era: Great on a sunny day...in the winter? Not so much.

1910's Era: Not sure if I'm more fascinated with the bus or that Dorothy Gale actually went to school!

1920's Era Bus: Once again with those open windows. Can you feel the breeze?

1930's Era Bus: These gentlemen are inspecting the bus...or the driver? Have you been drinking sir?...oh and nice saddle pants.

1940's Era Bus: This is where designing buses to look like insects came in!

1950's Era Bus: I'm digging the STOP sign...and how the 50's tried to seem wholesome....

1960's Era Bus: This is something I could make a home in. Yay for pill shaped vehicles.

1970's Era Bus: Now, this is looking more like the scary death traps I used to ride in.

1980's Era Bus: Think leg warmers and Debbie Gibson.

1990's Era School Bus: It's a short bus...but you get the idea.

2011 School Bus: Check out the mirrors...now, you tell me...bug antennae? I think so.


I'm thinking the bus of the future should look perhaps, like this:

I'm just sayin'.