Due to a poll run at "The Herald", I ran a poll of my own. In their case, their street is referred to as SEC row. At first, I thought our area had an equal distribution, only more local i.e. PAC-10, or WAC row. Then, I thought; no, we are represented by really only one school. So, I did my own survey. Of the flags I counted, WSU (that would be Washington State for non Northwest types) was represented the most with seven. Then there was one each of the following: UW (Washington), So. Cal, Oregon, Montana, Boise State, and one U of Idaho. I was a little surprised by this count. I would have thought more UofI, and such. SC was a bit of a surprise all together. I know there must be other Universities backed in "the Village", just these were the only backings represented by flags.
IF Riles had the Swine flu, we got a mild dose. I am pretty sure she did not. She did have a temp, but from the stories I hear, we did not even come close to what it should have done. So, I nervously await the true bug.
Halloween came and went. I think we missed out on a good colorful fall by the quick freeze we had a few weeks back. But the cold did not last, the weather lately has been more like a Western Washington fall, which is a little demoralizing. Still, it does look and feel like fall, like Halloween. The kids were not too enthusiastic in coming up with new costumes. This does not bother us parents much. One less frivolous one use thing to buy the better. (Lets not even mention the links to pagan rituals and all ....sorry I just did) Still to be social, Ethan and Rileigh visited Grammie and Grandpa's neighbors. Ethan as "Jungle Fever" Power Ranger, and Riles as....herself. She balked when it came time to actually put on her "fairy" costume. She mentioned something about not being pretty enough or something. Once done with the rounds, Ethan was as energetic handing out the candy as last year. This year, though, I think he had a better command of what was actually taking place. Riles chose to observe from a reasonable distance -but she did have to see what was going on.
And now on with Fall, and the upcoming winter season.
Sean Sarah Ethan Rileigh Keelie
4 comments:
Do you need me to send y'all a piggie flag to further diversify the area? :-)
Still amazed by SEC row...really what are the odds of that happening on any street in the region? I would guess there are more Coug & Vandal fans just based on the golf tournament turn out.
Glad you guys kinda got out. Riles not pretty enough for a fairy??!! That makes me sad.
Are you giving up Christmas also since it has pagan ties?
Not protesting the holidays. Just not enthusiastic about them. We are a little more concious of the commecialism than we used to be. "Giving up" on them, no. Not defending them either. Accepting them as a tradition, but not expending too much energy on them.
The pig may simply confuse everyone. Though maybe that would be educational. ....I am not sure mom could handle it. I would say, post a Baylor flag first in your yard, but ....well... that would be less of an impact. People may simply say, oh what a nice green and gold flag. Are you in the Medical field?
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