Macku: Toa of Bubbles

*squints at Traku's socks* Yep, those are white. Except... they don't exactly match. Oops! Did I just give away another deep, dark secret? ~Toa Macku~

Larry's got to stop taking lunch so personally. And could you please get him out of my flowers? ~Toa Macku (aka Mom)~

Ouch! Sorry to hear about your car, KIE. That's no fun. Having had experience with both public and private schooling, and also homeschooling, I can say there is no ideal. They all have their strengths and weaknesses. You just have to do your best in whichever situation you find yourself. ~Toa Macku~

I remember my first experience with a drill. I was refinishing a desk I'd picked up at Amvets and decided to change the yucky drawer handles to pretty new ones. Problem was, I needed extra holes for the screws. So I proceeded to make them the way I'd been taught. Fortunately, my boyfriend (now my husband) called before I got started. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Pounding a big, thick nail through the front of my desk drawers to make holes for the new handles." Silence. "Why don't you use a drill?" A drill? People actually owned those? "We don't have one," I said. "Don't move. I'll be over in five minutes." Yes, I learned the beauty of having the right tool for the job that day. I haven't been without a drill since. ~Toa Macku~

Yep, and there's another load in the dryer.

Yeah! Great work, Turakii!

Too funny, Traku. I know where you learned the CD in the microwave trick. (Kids, don't try this at home!)

That makes sense. According to the Virginia Tech Department of Music on-line dictionary: "The English horn is the direct descendent of the oboe da caccia, which was used through out the Baroque period. There is some debate on the name English horn, because the instrument is neither English nor does it look anything like a horn. The reasoning of this could be, because the English horn used to be called the cor angle since it had a bent shape similar to some of the older instruments. Angle, which is a French word, was mistranslated as anglais, or English. Even with the modern instrument being straight, the translation is still used and the instrument is still known to this day as the English horn. The English horn, or the oboe da caccia, was often used in Baroque music, but was not used very much from Haydn's time to Wagner's era. In the works of Berlioz and Meyerbeer the English horn received attention. Starting from the middle of the nineteenth century on, the English horn has had a more prominent position within orchestral music." Something to file away in your "Why Am I Saving This?" folder.

Great job on the lawn, Traku! Don't worry about that newfangled gas container. Lawn-mowing season will be over all too soon. Best enjoy it while it's here.

Hello! And thanks for the avvie and personal photo, Turakii.

Here I am! And I'll be sure to post to it!