Really, there are. When you get to this page, click on Sludge Pics, and from there, click on Dash’s Graduation Present.

I’m sure some of you can imagine how hard it was to pull my chin back up after looking at these lovely pics.

I haven’t told Stephen that I’ve seen these yet.  I have better things in mind.  This year, when he was home for Thanksgiving, I had planned to take a group photo for the family Christmas Card.  Both my older kids moaned and groaned so much that I decided to just make a card with Ethan in the pic.  Stephen doesn’t know this, and that’s where the fun comes in.  I’m going to make another card, and use one of these pics, along with a pic each of the other kids to create a collage type card.  I’ll send him the new card in the mail, along with a note saying something to the effect of “Since you refused to pose for a family pic, I created this card and used the most recent picture I could find of you.”

I probably shouldn’t check the station website so often.

My oldest, Stephen, graduated from VCU yesterday.  He graduated from the School of Mass Communications, as a Broadcast Journalism major.  Thank goodness he already has a job.  He’s spent the summer as an intern at Y101 in Richmond, and has been an employee this entire semester.  He wants to spend a year in Richmond, and then start throwing his resume out there.

As a Mom, I’m so proud of him.  As a person, I’m even prouder.  He’s a good kid; he deserves the world.

This is a test post to test out Dena’s new Winter Theme.

This is a blockquote inside of Dena’s Test Post.

Now I am done.

and things you don’t.

Quite often the people you get along with the most easily are the people you have the least in common with.  Take me and Misty, as an example.  While we have some very important things in common, I think there are more things that are polar opposites with us.

She and I discussed coming up with a list of similarities and differences, and blogging about them.  I’m going to start.  She can finish.

Similar:  We’re both sarcastic.  We have a very similar sense of humor.  We both like dogs.  We both have kids.  We both have husbands with short hair, goatee things on their faces, and tattoos. 

Dissimilar:  I like mushrooms.  Misty does not.  I enjoy a good confrontation.  Misty does not.  I’m a Democrat.  Misty needs to be.  I drive slow. Misty drives very fast.  I like Angelina.  Misty likes Jennifer.  I like Paris.  Misty likes K-Fed.  I love seafood.  Misty does not.  

I’m going to add to this list throughout the week because I’m compiling it while working.