2006 October 28, Saturday, Renaissance Faire, Rogersville Festival, Nevada soccer game and Awards picnic

We parked at the Florence Library and walked to Wilson Park to attend the Renaissance Faire.
Sierra was wearing blue jeans, a yellow T-shirt, and a black leather jacket lined with white fur, dotted with dalmatian spots.
She was wearing my jeweled scarf headdress.

Purple-haired, big-nose creature 

Hubby was wearing a black leather jacket, and Nevada was wearing tan jeans and a black sweatshirt trimmed with yellow and white stripes.
He was wearing a brown leather jacket lined with tan fur and a ball cap with a skeleton face on the front.
It was a beautiful fall day, and there was still a chill in the air early that morning.
We walked along the sidewalk to Wilson Park, where we all enjoyed watching sword fighting, the sword walker, the blessing by the Enchanted Statue, Bubbles the Dragon, and many people dressed in medieval costumes. We also watched the belly dancers. 
We bought Nevada a sword, and Sierra a fan. 

Walking to Wilson Park

Sword fighting 

The sword walker 

The Enchanted Statue 

Alien creatures

A sword and a fan 

Stopping for a picture

Bubbles the Dragon 

Next, we took the kids to the Rogersville Festival, where we walked around, and the kids played on the bouncing inflatables.
We did not stay long because we had to be at Nevada's soccer game later that day.

Stopping for a quick picture

Bouncing inflatables

We completed the day by attending Nevada's Soccer Game andthe  Awards picnic.
Nevada played his best game, running and kicking the ball with his teammates.
It was a beautiful fall day with the sun shining on the ground, so we didn't get all muddy playing soccer.
After the game, the kids enjoyed treats, cupcakes, chips, and Cokes.
After the kids finished eating, each was given an award.

 Soccer Game

Nevada eating treats

Nevada with his soccer coach. 

Nevada and his Soccer team

We spent the day with two of our grandchildren at the Renaissance Fair, the Rogersville Festival, and Nevada, where he played his last soccer game. It was time to take the kids home and then head out for a relaxing evening watching TV.

1999 November 5, Friday, Trip to St Louis Mo

My husband and I rode to Saint Louis so he could sign the IBEW book for a job, and while we were there, we visited the 630-foot Gateway Arch.
The Arch is clad in stainless steel and built in the form of an inverted weighted catenary arch.

St Louis Arch and Park 

St Louis Arch 

We walked to the Gateway Arch, a stainless steel structure 630 feet high with a 60-foot foundation and a catenary curve swaying in a half-inch 20 mph wind. 

We rode the two-passenger tram to the observation room at the top of the Museum.  

We could hear the tram's click, click as we ascended to the top of the Arch.

From the observation room, we could see The Old Courthouse, 11 N. Fourth St, & The Bush Stadium 250 Stadium Plaza, where the St. Louis Cardinals play, & the American Center and Dome Stadium 701 Convention Plaza, north of downtown, east of I-70, where the St. Louis Rams football team plays. 

Downtown St Louis 

The Old Courthouse

Bush Stadium 

To the East, we son tSt. St Lo, IL, the Noise Casino, the McDonald's floating restaurant, & the Admiral Casino floating on the Mississippi River.

Admiral Casino 

Floating Casinos and McDonald's on the mighty Mississippi River 

I took several pictures, but we did not stay too long because I could feel the Arch swaying, which made me feel sick.

So we once again loaded into the small, enclosed tram and went click, click, click back down to the lobby.

In the basement of the Arch, we visited the Levee Mercantile General Store and the visitor center. 

IBEW Worker installing Christmas Lights. 

We walked past the IBEW workers putting up the Christmas Lights around the Brewery.
The entrance to the historic architecture of Anheuser-Busch Brewery is located at 12th and Lynch Streets.

A group of students graduated in 200,0, entering Anheuser-Busch Brewery.

Historic Brewery House built in 1892 

Petting the Anheuser-Busch Dalmatian.

We met Wallace and Brookdale, the two Anheuser-Busch Clydesdales.

Bush horse harness

The address for the Brewery is 1127 Pestalozzi Street, not the touring entrance.
We entered the Brewery with a group of students who will graduate in 2000.
Once inside the Brewery, we saw the Clydesdale and their stables.
We were greeted by a friendly bark and the wagging tail of the Anheuser-Busch Dalmatian.
We were guided through the bottling and beer-making (Brewery) areas.

Once inside the Brewery, we were not allowed to take pictures.
Our tour ended in the tasting room, where we were given two samples of tap beer.

Posing in front of the Budweiser Big Red Wagon

Our final stop was the Budweiser Clydesdale that was outside grazing.

Clydesdale grazing. 

We had a full day with signing the books at Local #1.
Take the tram up to the top of the Arch to view St. Louis from bon the east and west sides.
Walking through the Anheuser-Busch Brewery, sampling the beer on tap, petting the Dalmatian dog, and viewing the Clydesdale.
It was getting late, and we still had a six-hour ride home.
This would be one of our many adventures in St Louis.

2006 May 12, Friday, Electroencephalogram (EEG) at Childrens Hospital in Birmingham

Today, Meadow will see Dr. Tony McGrath and have an EEG.
This is the third one within the past month.

Mother and daughter fun time

Meadow resting 

Preparing Meadow for the EEG 

Meadow having the EEG 

It showed seizure activity and Dr McGrath increased her dose of Topamax

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

An electroencephalogram (EEG) is a test that measures and records the electrical activity of your brain. Special sensors (electrodes ) are attached to your head and hooked by wires to a computer. The computer records your brain's electrical activity on the screen or on paper as wavy lines. Certain conditions, such as seizures, can be seen by the changes in the normal pattern of the brain's electrical activity.

Why It Is Done

An electroencephalogram (EEG) may be done to:

• Diagnose epilepsy and see what type of seizures are occurring. EEG is the most useful and important test in confirming a diagnosis of epilepsy.
• Check for problems with loss of consciousness or dementia.
• Help find out a person's chance of recovery after a change in consciousness.
• Find out if a person who is in a coma is brain dead.
• Study sleep disorders, such as narcolepsy.
• Watch brain activity while a person is receiving general anesthesia during brain surgery.
• Help find out if a person has a physical problem (problems in the brain, spinal cord, or nervous system) or a mental health problem.

How To Prepare

Before the day of the electroencephalogram (EEG) test, tell your doctor if you are taking any medicines. Your doctor may ask you to stop taking certain drugs (such as sedatives and tranquilizers, muscle relaxants, sleeping aids, or medications used to treat seizures) before the test. These medicines can affect your brain's usual electrical activity and cause abnormal test results.

Do not eat or drink foods that have caffeine (such as coffee, tea, cola, and chocolate) for 12 hours before the test.

2004 July 9, Friday, A Fun day at the Children's Museum with Grandchildren

I took the grandkids to the Children's Museum.
Our first stop was in the Little Pig Room:
This is where the grandkids shopped for food, and Montana was the cashier.
There were baskets of food they could choose from: fruit, meat, cheese, and bread.

The kids filled their baskets and paid the cashier with their play money.

Little Pig Room: Filling their baskets 

Little Pig Room: Nevada, the store clerk 

In the Club Percussio,n the grandkids enjoyed playing the musical instruments and listening to the sounds of the Shoa.ls

Club Percussion : playing the xylophone

Club Percussion: Playing the Jukebox 

Club Percussion: Playing musical notes on the piano

From Blueprint to Building is where the kids put on glasses and begin building

Yellow Hard hat and gloves

Building 

Checking out the water flow 

In The River Runs Through,  the kids played in the water and learned about the flow of the Tennessee River. 

Putting on a Puppet show 

In Once upon a Forest, the kids put on a puppet show using the many puppets behind the stage. 

In"We are People First," the tunnel of textures 

In We Are People First, the kids learned about being blind and deaf. 

In Artsploration is Craft time

Artsploration is where the grandkids became artists with all the art supplies.

Taking a wagon ride.

A visit to the dentist 

A Pioneer 

A model 

Sing aandstrut 

Cowboy 

Costume Room:
On the second level was an area where the grandkids could play, try on different costumes, and sing through a handheld microphone
There was a fireman suit, a cowboy outfit, a bee costume, and many others. 
In the club percussion room, the children played on the piano, xylophone, drums, and other instruments.
In the Building Room, the kids used Blueprints & the hammer to build with wooden blocks.
In the Once upon a Forest room, the children performed a puppet show.
The children crawled through the tunnel of textures. We are people first.
The reading room on the second floor is where the children read books. 
On the second level, a dentist chair was located where the children pretended they were visiting the dentist.
The children did crafts in the Artsploration Room and in the River Runs through it, where they played with boats in the water.

The grandkids had an exciting and fun day at the museum.