Ike would win. My mom sent this to him and when he wears it, it reminds me of a 50 year old man (maybe its becuase he also looks like he is smoking a stogie) . It also reminds me of my dad. My dad use to wear this short sleeved hideous pink shirt with little purple wales on it. So here's to ugly men's shirts!
Ike also has two new chompers....and he likes to bite....its his new defense and he is going to give Eliza a run for her money :)
(I had to post this one becuase of Erin's frowny face).
Max and Jodi ported out of
Jodi and Max both decided to get their hair braided on the beach at
Last week was a tough week with the announcement of the federal budget. Being under democratic leadership we expected Project Constellation (Its the manned space flight program to replace the aging shuttles) would take a hit, but no one thought they would cancel it. Constellation is the program that will, or now I should say was to, replace the shuttle come September. The Space Shuttles are approaching 30 years old, pretty impressive that they operate as well as they do for their age. There are a lot of questions in the space community of what the coming months will bring. Constellation is already a functioning program, 12BILLION dollar have been poured into its development and will cost millions to shut it down.
With that announcement, this area could lose upwards of 5,000 jobs (just in the space industry). Jared works for United Space Alliance and there is a possibility they could close their doors. We can’t imagine the economic ripple that will send though this community. We are expecting the housing market to become flooded and our area to take a hard hit. I am still trying to figure out how cutting thousands of technical, well-paying jobs helps stimulate the economy.
In the conference there we lots of buzz words of “new architecture”, “innovation”, and “new avenues”. And NASA is actually getting an increase in their budget. But the concern is not a possible change in direction, its there is no plan, no common goal, no big picture. No idea what will be funded and where the research will go or if it will coordinate with other areas of research. And it raises the question if starting over will cost any less.
NASA is seen as lethargic and methodical money eating monster and it raises the question if private industry could do it faster and cheaper. Probably, but as Jared says there are three areas to space flight….1.price, 2. time, 3. safety…..Pick two.
However time will tell and this to shall pass. So if you are in the market for a rocket scientist, this may be the time to pick one up.
And to finish up our week Eliza decided to paint her nails. We keep the nail polish up high. I walked into the bathroom to find a wooden desk chain stacked on top of a laundry basket with three pillows on top of the chair and a child covered in hot pink polish…it was one of those days that mom needed a nice…long….run.
