Meryl's Notes Blog

Wow. I’m eight. Old enough to be …

• In second grade.
• 56-years old in dog years.
• An octagon.
• A sphenic number.
• 1000 in binary code.
• The atomic number of oxygen.
• The second magic number in physics.
• “Strength” in a tarot card.
• Lucky in Asian culture.
• An octave.
• A byte (eight bits make a byte).
• The number furlongs in a mile (eight furlongs = one mile).
• Number of kids in Eight Is Enough.
• The number of men out.
• The number of people in The Brady Bunch family.
• The time required for rodeo cowboys to stay on a bull to receive scores. 8 Seconds. Meryl grew up in Fort Worth — like I am going to skip a rodeo fact.

The guest bloggers have submitted some great stuff. Their entries will start appearing tomorrow.

$5000 jump out of a plane challenge. If we had raised $5000 by today, Meryl would’ve had to jump out of a plane. Fell short by one c-note ($100)! I did a lousy job telling the world about my birthday. Typically, Meryl would say it was close enough and just do it. But seriously, this girl is scared of jumping out of a plane.

Not gonna be sad I couldn’t add a little excitement to my birthday celebration. It’s supposed to be a happy occasion.

So get ready to win some prizes! Oh, if you still want to contribute a guest post — it’s not too late. Just let me know. Meryl said I could use her contact form as I don’t have my own physical inbox.