Last Post of 2009

The Bra
After receiving an interesting package in the mail I decided to do some research and familiarize my self and of course others on the History of the Bra.
I found some interesting facts about the bra and its evolution through history and if you hit that link you will as well. For example in 1917 women were asked to quit buying corsets which were made out of metal to reduce the metal used to make them, and they were able to save enough metal to build two ships.
I am glad though that one was sent our way so I will not have to make one myself. Now lets see if there is any link on how drunk I would have to get my husband before he will try on the damn thing...he refuses even though I have told him it has become the newest fad!

By the way I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year's Eve!

"Just as a fisherman cannot catch fish unless his line is in the water, a wildlife photographer cannot shoot great wildlife images unless he or she is out there with camera in hand and the knowledge of what to do then the 'magnificent moment' occurs."-George H. Harrison, in Magnificent Moments: The World's Greatest Wildlife Photographs
Stan, I thought of you when I came across this quote.
Hope you guys are having a GREAT time!

Well the glimmer and warmth of the Christmas season seems to already be fading. The presents are gone the only evidence that remains of their existence is the left over rolls of wrapping paper that still lay on the floor in my room. The tree still stands but it has also died as quickly as the last and so the floor beneath it is covered in needles and yesterday while cleaning I almost decided to remove it but figured that was a bit too soon.
The kids enjoyed their gifts and even though we were woke up at 3:30 in the morning it was well worth it. We did have our revenge as the process was dragged out to postpone the end. Open stockings then coffee and smoke break, open three more presents, and then "Oh, look my coffee is empty again!". I think it would have been different had Shane not woken up sick which then woke everyone in the house up.
Each kid got what they wanted and Mom and Dad even got a bit as well and then the house was picked up by 10 am and the kids had disappeared while Heath made an early dinner and I made coffee.
The day was actually the perfect Christmas day with the wind howling outside leaving piles of snow every where, to the point it had shut down Lincoln. Inside it was warm and cozy. My Grandma and uncle came over Christmas eve and were supposed to come over Christmas day but the weather was so bad they could not make it. They only live about two blocks down from us so that should tell you how bad it was. Today we are expected to get more snow and this after getting eight inches or so over the last 24 hours but where the wind has blown there are drifts that are three feet deep.
Today we are getting over the interrupted sleep pattern and it almost feels like we are all recovering from a hang over. It is another good day to do absolutely nothing and just watch the snow come down. I think I am going to snuggle with the baby while we all watch a movie. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and I look forward to the time when we can all spend Christmas together!

Merry Christmas




From the
Harringtons

Heath
Erica
Heather
Hunter
Shane


Well we have made it to that time of year where we once again get drawn into a world of Christmas cheer and spirit. I always try to think of something witty to fill my Christmas letters or stories of the family from that past year. I have tried to do Christmas cards and letters to post full of pictures. This year I thought I would try something a bit different.Heath

Movie: 10th and Wolf and Monster Vs Aliens 3D
TV Show: Big Bang Theory
A few things I did this year that I will always remember: Building my cabin, fishing with the kids and meeting my second son.


Erica

Movie: Seven Pounds, 10 and Wolf and Inglorious Bastards
Song: Where I am going, Spring Wind by Greg Brown and
TV Show: Accidentally on Purpose
A few things I did this year that I will never forget: Watching my cabin being built, doing the wiring for my cabin, and having my son!
My New Years Resolution: I am doing the standard resolution to loose some weight and I want to become a bit more educated in our country's history and the way our government was formed and how the founding fathers envisioned the future of our country.

HeatherMovie: Pokemon 12
Song: Let it Rock
TV Show: Pokemon
One thing I did this year that I will never forget: Having a new baby brother and going to Alaska for the summer!
My new Year's Resolution: Stop hitting my brother!


Hunter

Movie: Transformers
Song: Green Day 21 Guns
TV Show: Phineas and Pherb

One thing I did this year that I will never forget: Catching my BIG fish.
My New Year's Resolution: Brush my teeth every night.

Shane
My new Year's Resolution:
Learn how to do a lot of things that will annoy my brother and sister!

Well it only took me several months and several thousand photos to put this together but in the end it was so worth it. I gave a loud yell of victory yesterday when I was finally able to save it for the first time! This is the first draft as there are some faults I have found that need to be corrected. Please feel free to leave suggestions or point out errors in the comment section so I can fix them! The one thing I have not messed with too much is the video quality and it bums me out that the video quality is so low once it goes through movie maker. I am going to try to see if I can find a setting that will improve it for me.
I found myself really diving into this slide show going an entire 18 minutes and even designing a logo for Loud Mouth Productions with a picture of a fish that I had taken on the beach this last summer. A little history about the Loud Mouth Productions. When I was younger me and my sister would do weekly newspapers that we would pass out to our friends in the neighborhood. Each one was hand made and had "local news", games and even advertisements. I even made a company that was my publication and production company and I have tried to put that label on "things" that I create.
This video is the best of what I have made and I am very proud of it but mostly I jusr want everyone to enjoy it!

BoReD ThOuGhTs

Just a few shots from the last couple of days!
Enjoy!

I am up with Shane this morning. We have just finished our breakfast and he is playing on his play gym. Things have been going here as we gear for another Christmas season.
Heather has been a huge help over the last couple of weeks enjoying spending time with her brother. I think she will make a good mommy when it is her time (which won't be until she is at least 25 she says!). She helped put up the Christmas tree and even helped decorate the house since I was laid up! Heather and I did go to watch New Moon which we absolutely LOVED! We brought Hunter along but he is not too into the story.
Hunter has been growing like crazy. I am afraid to buy ANY clothes for him because of how much taller he is getting. A few weeks ago I would have guessed that Hunter was not going to get much taller than me and take the short side of my family or the Epperson side but now I am starting to wonder if the Harrington side is going to win. He has been keeping up with his reading and it makes me happy that it was not just a phase so thank you Terry! Hunter has also been getting used to his little brother as well.
At first I think Hunter was a little put off because all Shane did was cry and poop but now that Shane is interacting more he has become more cool!
Shane is finally on a good schedule and he has grown soooo much! I know it seems like so much cause I am home with him every day! He now holds his head up really well and he follows voices and faces and loves to play in his play gym. He loves music from his glo worm and the frog that hangs from his play gym. He smiles a lot and Dad can even get him to giggle!
It has been hard for me for the last couple of weeks. What started out as a twinge of numbness in my hip had turned into a debilitating pain that ran down my leg. At first I thought that it would go away and my doc confirmed that after time it would. I was given Vicodin which I did not like taking and it did nothing for the pain, and I was sent home and told to rest. Turns out it is my Sciatic nerve was pinched when my hips went back together after having Shane which is VERY common with women after child birth. I had been told by my doc that it would just go away but after I could not even stand for more than 1 minute and had to walk like a hunch back, I knew I had to do something because it was just getting worse. I finally went to my chiropractor and just in one visit I was able to stand up straight again! I have gone twice now and I still have some pain but now we have unpinched the nerve so I just have to work out the muscles I made angry by walking so messed up for over two weeks! I would have gone in sooner but my doc had told me not to go and that a chiropractor would not help. After talking to my chiropractor he said I should have been in sooner even when I was pregnant and he could have helped with the hip pain I had! Oh well I will not be going back to my doc again. YAY!

Both Heather and Hunter are counting down the days till Christmas break and their lists have been written and submitted. I am starting to wonder if this year is the year we talk to the kids about Santa. I think Heather is already suspicous but Hunter still holds the faith. How do you do it? Do you wait for them to ask you about it or is it better if the new comes from mom and dad instead of some kid on the play ground? I have a feeling that Heather does it more for our sake now because we make such a big deal about it. This year her letter to Santa was not addressed to Santa like it usually is so it makes me wonder. I just don't want the magic to go. Maybe we can stress the importance of keeping it alive for Shane?
We finished most of our shopping yesterday and now all we have to do is let the kids go shopping for each other and for us. I still have some little things to pick up for the stockings (which is my favorite thig to do!) and today Heather and I are going to bake goodies that we are hopefully going to send out...(I really am going to try to send out boxes! I swear!). I asked Walmart about our Christmas tree which is so dead our ornaments will not even stay on. Walmart said that they would exchange it but we had to bring the old tree in.
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So now we have to take all the decorations and lights off this tree and load it up in our truck and then bring it in to customer service. This tree will be bare before we get there and I am not sure I would ask my husband to carry a dead tree through Walmart! I have to wonder if it is worth it at this point. It was a 30 dollar tree that only lasted less than a week.
I finally got my camsera back from being repaired and I have missed it sooo much. I ended up denting the ring that the lense screws into and it would only read error so I had to have that replaced. So NOW I can finally take some good pictures! Also I have been working on the slide show for everyone. I am having to redo the entire show as it will not save into a movie or slide show. I have had this problem before and it was on this computer but I can not remember how I fixed it. I can make slideshows on my laptop with no problem which leads me to belive it is my desk top. My laptop does not have enough memory to hold all the pictures I am putting on it or I would just do it on there. I will get a copy to everyone as soon as I figure out what I am doing wrong!
Well I am going to post some more pictures of the kids hope all of you are having good times with your families and enjoy getting ready for Christmas!

Just a few shots...

It looks like he is mad but he is smiling at Daddy!

Again he is smiling at Daddy.

"Are you talking to me?"

Another good one of him in his Husker gear, in this one I see a lot of his dad in this picture!

GO BIG RED!

Scoring Summary (Final)
  Big 12 Football
 #3 Texas vs #21 Nebraska
zaa(Dec 05, 2009 at Arlington, Texas)

 Texas (13-0) vs. Nebraska (9-4)
Date: Dec 05, 2009  Site: Arlington, Texas      Stadium: Dallas Cowboys
Attendance: 76211

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
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Texas...............  0  7  3  3  - 13
Nebraska............  6  0  0  6  - 12