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Archive for May, 2008

What Causes Gas Prices

May 24, 2008 By: gander Category: Uncategorized 2 &rarr Have Commented →

Finally, someone has explained how our gas prices get set. Unfortunately, it doesn’t give me much hope for future gas prices. However, I’m glad to see that at least part of it is due to speculation which means that we may at some point at least see the price level off if not go down.

You know you’re a mom of a…

May 12, 2008 By: magoose Category: cute goslings 2 &rarr Have Commented →

5 1/2 year old boy when you find a rather LARGE rock (a good 3 inches across!) in the bottom of the washer after you empty out all the wet clothes!  I won’t go into why I missed it when putting the laundry into the washer :)

Look what we found!

May 07, 2008 By: magoose Category: nature 2 &rarr Have Commented →

Look what we have in our backyard!

We  found this cardinal nest in our back yard last week.  The mama has been sitting on the eggs for at least 8 days.  We hope we will see babies in the next couple of weeks.  We noticed the ever watchful papa singing to mama this a.m. in a nearby tree!