New Camera

Yes it is late and I will resize these giant images later...

I think I screwed up the car.
I noticed it was completely out of water in the reservoir, thought nothing of it and filled it back up... Not taking into account that I live in the arctic tundra, and that the issue had probably originated from not having enough anti-freeze to have prevented a hose from meeting an untimely death. So in hind-sight, I see that adding more water into the tank just before the latest cold spell might, again, not have been the best plan.

I love walking. Can't wait.
Good times.

So far so good on the car...
It seems to be holding together well, so we will see how it goes, but apparently it is running just fine. Which should make getting to work relatively on time a simpler task.

Happy New Year

755: Autumn's Gift

At around 2:00 in the morning, I stagger back into my home for the first time in weeks... Immediately I am overwhelmed with the absence of everything I left behind... It's all gone... The only thing left in the living room is an empty coffee table, resting on a perfectly clean carpet... No laptop, no piles of movies, no silver ware, no toasters, even the couch cushions are missing...

I just sigh as I put down my bags and think, well we needed a new couch anyway....

But no, upstairs is the rest of the joke...
Autumn cleaned the house from top to bottom, including removing all the wine stains from my carpet and doing all of my laundry... And then in an absolute haze I start opening the wrapping of all the gifts that are strewn across my bed.
In the end I got just what I wanted, even though they were mostly things I already owned...

It was cracking me up the whole time to one by one find all my favorite things... She wrapped my laptop, digital cameras, silver ware, toilet paper, tylenol, perfume, books, jewelry, toaster, cranberry pyrex, games, and even my wallet...

So in a funny way, it was a great way to look back and be thankful for the things I have had all along as well as the gift of having people in my life that take the time to crack me up at three in the morning and know what I needed most, which was a clean start to a new year and new purse to hide all the receipts.

Awesome thing to come home to, and I am still finding all the things she has meticulously hid around the house...

Post Office Beach

Blow Hole Beach

Iyan, Clinging on for Dear Life

The Crew

Big Wave

Dad

20 Shots of the Hat

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Catch a day at the beach while you still can...

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Day One

Corky in the Waves

Down at the Boat Dock

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Good times in crashing waves. This was just after corky selflessly took a wave to the face while holding my waterproof camera over her head to keep it from getting wet. Old habbits die hard, and it was way funny.

What I Do

This is me teaching a class of first graders how to podcast.

My day,
The usual... teachin the chillins, helping teachers do state testing, doing a district training downtown, doing video for a concert, getting ready for the next round of grading, cleaning the classroom, returning broken things, and helping to answer the range of questions that cross my way...

Let's Reminisce: Great Dinner Parties

This is that famous shot of a shameless water plug...
The spectacular meal consisted only of zucchini and potatoes... and high quality water...
That was my only contribution to the meal, and I took my job seriously... Pouring over 9 glasses and having an extra pitcher on hand just in case...
It was a pretty comical scene to view. And to top that off, I spent the entire meal pushing everyone to drink more to further validate my efforts...
At any rate, a good time had by all...

My Thanksgiving

I will fill this in later... Just got tired...
Getting so old.