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Imponderables

I found this imponderable in the book Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise? And other Imponderables.

Its quite an interesting book.

Why Do Whips Make a Cracking Sound When Snapped?

Whips can attain a speed of more than seven hundred miles per hour when snapped, breaking the sound barrier.  What you are hearing is a mini sonic boom.

Wow! Who woulda thunk? I also found another interesting one. It's sort of a long one.

Why Do You So Often See One Shoe Lying on the Side of the Road?

Since we have initially researched this Imponderable for our first book, we have spoken to countless officials at the Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Safety Traffic Administration. We have observed that Rich Hall devoted an entire chapter to the subject in his Vanishing America book without really answering the question.

We have even found out that there was another soul brave enough to tackle the subject, Elaine Viets, columnist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch. She devoted two columns to this Imponderable. In her first column, she advanced several plausible theories:

*They are tossed out of cars during fights among kids.

* They fall out of garbage trucks

*Both shoes in a pair are abandoned, but one rolls away.

But being a good reporter, Viets wasn't satisfied with her own conclusions. She turned to her readers, who responded with their own guesses at the causes of what some called SSS (Single Shoe Syndrome):

*Discarded newlywed shoes (you do see single cans on the highway, 

come to think of it)

*A variation on the "fighting kids theory"-they are specifically

thrown out of school buses, during fights or as practical jokes.

This is the best we've been able to come up with. Anybody else have a better explanation?

Some of the things that they say are so funny! Makes you really ponder on them.

the Nutcracker

Someday soon we'll post a very small portion of the 15oo photos we took of our (Carolyn, Rich and Megan) experience of being in St. George Ballet Company's Production of "The Nutcracker" ballet. I love Tchaikovsky's music. Rich and I were parents in the party scene, Act One, scene one. Megan was a Fairy of Enchantment and was in most of Act Two. We loved the experience and will probably do it again.

Bah Humbug! -Ebenezer Scrooge

I can't wait till Christmas!  I'm counting down the days!  Anyways, here is a look into some of my families wacky Christmases. (The pictures are a little mixed up according to year.)

Dec. 14, 2005- My 5th grade Christmas performance.
Dec. 21, 2004- A early Christmas present! My niece Madelyn Grace Yoder.
Dec. 25, 2004- Monica's new car!
Dec. 24, 2005- Every year our family acts out the Nativity story.  We dress up in wacky costumes. Maria was the angel.
Dec. 24, 2005
Dec. 24, 2005
Dec. 14, 2005- Another picture of my 5th grade Christmas performance.
Dec. 25, 2004- Little Maddie could fit into a stocking!
Dec. 24, 2005
Dec. 24, 2005- The three wise men. (And one woman.)
Dec. 24, 2005
Dec. 24, 2007- Madelyn all grown up with a Pharaoh's hat on.

Dec. 25, 2004- Aw...
Dec. 24, 2005
Dec. 24, 2005
Dec. 24, 2005
Dec. 24, 2007- Looking at Baby Jesus.
Dec. 24, 2007- That's Maria behind the camel mask.
Dec. 24, 2007-Me as a wise man again. I don't look very wise...
Dec. 24, 2007
Dec. 24, 2007-Ole´!

Dec. 24, 2007
Dec. 25, 2007-Where is Mark?
Dec. 25, 2007-There he is!
Dec. 24, 2007
Dec. 25, 2007- Playing with our cat, Minnie after opening Christmas presents.
Dec. 25, 2007

Picture Perfect

OK, so I may not be picture perfect. This week at WestSide was parent week so all the parents could come and watch their children dance. So naturally my dad brought the camera and took some pictures while I was dancing. I know there is a lot of them but I couldn't decided which ones to put on the blog! 

Thats me on the left, my friend Aubrey in the middle, and my other friend Courtney on the right. They were in my ballet class when I was still at Ballet Arts of Southern Utah.


I am the one behind the first pair of pointe shoes.







Me and my friend Courtney messing around trying to see how far we could go.


Trying to see how far my leg could go.