Gleanings of Wheat

If you follow my business blog, sorry for the duplicate content, I just wanted to cover all the bases so that as many people as possible would hear about Derek & Sammy. I'm going to get a bit personal on this post, but it's for a very important reason so bear with me. I've got two small children and until February 17th this year I had four nephews who were all younger than my kids. Now I only have three nephews. I only have three nephews because Derek was murdered. He wasn't even two years old yet. There is a lot surrounding the circumstances of his death that, frankly, doesn't add up. Sammy, Derek's younger brother, was also hurt - though we still don't have a straight story on that either. The wonderful thing is that Sammy is fine. His broken leg healed, and he's home with his father - where he ought to stay. This brings us to the purpose of this post - Derek & Sammy is a website that we as a family set up in order to have a place to sha...

Back in April my school announced the winners of the web design contest. I got 4th/ honorable mention for the single college division which means no money, but I do get a plaque. Anyway I couldn't go to the award ceremony so William and I went to the school today to pick up the plaque. After 4 phone calls and a lot of digging around it turns out the people who did the engraving spelled my name wrong and the school sent the plaque back to get redone. The trip wasn't a total bust, however because I also got a bag of goodies. A hat, a cup, a key chain, some pens, a high lighter, a 1gig USB drive, and a wallet thing that came with a pad of paper and a calculator. It may not sound like much but I like goofy things like that. I can use everything they gave me, and that makes Kristina very happy.