Cute Girl, originally uploaded by simplyAutumn.
Here’s a quick recap of today.

Ran 2 miles.
Enjoyed a hot breakfast buffet at the Hilton.
Toured the JSC facilities – Neutral Buoyancy Lab, Mock ISS and Shuttle Facility, Mission Control and the Rocket Park.
Girls presented their project to three other teams. Did a nice job overall. They memorized [...]

Me + My Girls + Astronaut Dottie, originally uploaded by simplyAutumn.
Teacher-Astronaut Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger
I have a cute story to share about blankets, but am too tired to write about it now. Have to finish an order for school and then get to bed, especially if I’m going to try to squeeze in a run tomorrow [...]

Just wanted to let y’all know that we made it here safely. The girls were getting a bit restless on the second leg of the trip, and waiting for the shuttle to the airport wasn’t fun, but we’re here now, and they are both happy. Both are really excited. We’re staying at [...]

365: Apr 29, originally uploaded by simplyAutumn.
I met Meilin and Kelly at the airport at 6 this morning for our flight to Houston. I was surprised to see that both girls packed really light. Meilin, who is beginning to turn into a teenager, loves clothes so I figured that she’d have a huge [...]

365: Apr 15, originally uploaded by simplyAutumn.
Spirit Week. Sports Day today. You could say that I was thinking outside the box cause I sure didn’t come to school in no damn jersey. Several of my colleagues were able to figure out that I was a hiker/backpacker, but others thought I was going [...]

Local students head to NASA symposium

By Cameron Macdonald – Citizen Staff Writer
Published: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 4:07 PM PDT
A pair of local seventh graders grew large potassium crystals at their school, presented their work to NASA staff, and they will soon join other students in Houston for a national NASA event.
Kelly Banh and Meilin [...]

365: Apr 14, originally uploaded by simplyAutumn.

These awesome stockings are part of my Pippi Longstocking costume. There were the perfection addition to my outfit today for Crazy Socks Day!

Antique Faire Finds, originally uploaded by simplyAutumn.

Went to the Sacramento Antique Faire this morning and found lots of fun stuff! Found another typecase — this one with a really nice metal handle that’s got “Hamilton” engraved on it and a nice stain on the wood. I plan to use this to display all our [...]

I woke up early this morning to relish the last few hours of Seattle.  With my camera in tow, I ran to the convention center to get another glimpse of Sakura-Con.  This time, I entered the convention center, rode the escalator to the top floor and made my way through the gaming room undetected by [...]

The Rosengaard garden we visited yesterday supposedly has about 86 varieties of tulips plus 10 new varieties for 2009. Here’s a sampling of some varieties of the tulips I saw in bloom. If Mother Nature cooperates this week, perhaps some more will blossom.

{Clockwise from top left: Garden Party, Red Emperor, Red Fringe, Anemone [...]