This is Getting Ridiculous

Strangely enough, Scott and I flew on Northwest Airlines through the Detroit Airport twice this week.  In light of the news of the attempted terrorist attack on a Northwest Airlines flight into Detroit I felt particularly interested in the story.  The details in the news reports are a bit sketchy so far, but flying back home on Sunday I really felt like we were reaching a new level of ridiculous in air safety.  I think the folks who want to do harm will find no end of ways to cause trouble.  Until we chain everyone into their seats naked we probably won't be able to stop everyone.  Think about the weapon that could be made out of a nail file or a ball point pen. 
 We were told in our flight to NYC from Detroit that we weren't going to be able to leave our seats for an hour prior to landing.  Since we'd just barely made the connecting flight by running (yes again) to make the plane, we didn't have time to stop and go to the bathroom or grab food etc.  So the flight time of 1 hour and 8 minutes just barely gave me enough time for a bathroom break.  What if the flight had been 59 minutes?  Would they have made me pee my pants?  I read in a New York Times Article that the new restrictions might require people to keep their laps free of objects as well.  They didn't tell us about or try to enforce that rule.  But like I said, if someone is really trying to do damage they're not going to be bothered by that rule or any rules.  I took a few classes on terrorism in college and basically we concluded that terrorists "win" by creating an aura of fear that makes people change their habits in disproportion to the action of the terrorists.  One man on one plane means that everyone everywhere has to pay to feel like a prisoner trapped in their seat.  The new rules are ineffective and they just hand victory to the bad guys.  I'm just hoping that this knee jerk reaction is followed by moderation similar to the liquids ban turning into a fewer liquids rule.

Rant over.

Here are a few pictures to prove I saw winter this year.  Also The Book Shoppe is Scott's mom's store.  It's adorable.  She lives upstairs and the store is downstairs.  Best of all it's on the main street in town named, get this, Story Street!

From Christmas 2009 Iowa

From Christmas 2009 Iowa

Merry Christmas!

I was going to be good and make a whole beautiful Christmas card and send it out via e-mail because you know I don't mail things ever.  But it didn't happen.  So here's a part of a holiday card.  I took the photo of the holly when we were visiting Scott's aunt and uncle in NJ.  Enjoying our time here in Iowa, having successfully arrived after a harrowing sprint through the airport.  With 15 minutes to make our connection and our connecting flight being in the only other terminal in the airport i got my exercise for the holiday season.  On to the massive overload of cookies candies and other food!  Merry Christmas everyone!

Remi-Monster

Got to take some pictures of my coworker's cutie pie  a few weekends ago.

From 09_12_06_Remi

I will get back to blogging at some point.  For now, finals are done and holiday party season is taking up all my time.  Soon I'll have more time than I know what to do with so there will be more reading material around here.

From 09_12_06_Remi

From 09_12_06_Remi

A Bird? A Plane? A Scott

This is my husband. He can leap tall buildings in a single bound. Or at least benches in the train station for the sake of pictures. We had a nice weekend with a trip to a sculpture garden and a visit to his aunt and uncle who showed us around Princeton. I'm thinking I should have gone there as an undergrad because they have these really cool Tony the Tiger jackets that they get to wear. That, and amazingly beautiful architecture.  I wouldn't have minded sleeping in some of those buildings.

Showering

 

Yes, this is an ice sculpture of a baby bottle. The baby shower I took pictures of was pretty incredible. It was especially funny because the only person boogeying on the dance floor at certain points was the pregnant woman. She danced the night away shaking her booty and her belly. Not only that, but she also did all the planning for the elaborate shower that included a DJ with lights and centerpieces etc.

So I've already skipped a few days, guess I didn't manage to blog every day of the month, which is pretty sad considering that someone who HAD A CHILD managed to still blog every day. That means I have NO excuse.

Cutie Pie

I got to spend part of my Sunday in company with this cutie. Her name is "Charlie" short for Charlotte. We took her photos last year as well. It's so great getting to see my little clients growing up. Her mom gave her a sugar treat before the photo shoot, so she was ready to go! She was playing and running everywhere. Even, taking care of ridding the city of those nasty winged rats called pigeons by running them out of town. We made good use of a clown nose that we were handed, I'm not sure why they gave it to us. (Don't worry, it came wrapped, we didn't just stick something on her face that a bum gave us.)

This is Not Exciting

Today I will:

• Clean House
• Do Homework
• Photograph a baby shower

Tomorrow should be very similar except I'll photograph an outside baby.  Apparently baby showers around here are a big deal.  They expect it to go until midnight.  This is why you aren't getting a report on the interesting part of my day.  I've never heard of a pregnant person who wanted to be up past midnight.  I'm sure it will be fun though.  More interesting material tomorrow, I promise.