My Gift

I received this special gift on Mother's Day this year. I think it bears a striking resemblance to...

My First Homemade Lei

Tyson's cub scout group participated in a special Memorial Day activity at the Punchbowl cemetery. The Punchbowl Cemetery is a national memorial/burial ground for men and women who served in the armed forces. The official name is The National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. Veterans from World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, as well as their dependents are interred there.

The cub scouts were asked to bring small leis to place on all the graves for Memorial Day. For our lei we gathered blossoms (I believe they are plumeria) from the trees in our church parking lot. We gathered a bunch and had enough to make two leis. I think we did a fair job for our first lei ever. It was a fun project. The best part: they smelled soooo good!

Good Old Grammar

Earlier this week, I was speaking with a co-worker (yes, I now have co-workers–wahoo!) who has learned English as her second language, and knowing I was an English major she approached me with this question:

Which of the following is correct and why?

Your license has expired.

Your license is expired.

I have to admit I was a bit baffled. I told her I believed the first example to be correct, or at least more correct, but I couldn't explain why. She said she thought both were acceptable. In many ways, both are acceptable. I'm stumped and I can't find my grammar books.

Anyone....???

Thanks,
-a very ashamed English Major

Learning Illustrator

I've been trying to learn how to use a few other Adobe programs. Here's my first attempt in Illustrator:

Not too bad...right?