Dirty Dishes

and other negelected things

Category: Vacation

Hello, My Friend. Hello.

Oh, hai! I am alive, and finally crawling out from under my rock to tell you all that I’m taking a hiatus from blobbing. As if you didn’t know. Sheesh.
I am fine. The kids are fine. Chris is fine. The zoo of animals we have in the house are [...]

Open Pit, Open Heart

When our friends from Minnesota came to visit last month we took a tour of The Bingham Copper Mine which is The Worlds Largest Open Pit Mine, and is also The View I See From My Back Yard Everyday. When we give people directions to our house we always say: drive west till you [...]

Midnight and Me

So cute and cuddly barn kitty we found in Canada. You have no idea how bad I wanted to take her home. And if this picture doesn’t get you right there, then maybe it’s time for you to let yourself start feeling again.

Hi! I’m Lame! Sorry!

Did I forget to mention to you all that I was going on vacation? AGAIN? A week after I had just been on vacation? For another WHOLE WEEK? I think I did. And I suck for it.
In my defense, I was sick and charged with the job of preparing [...]

Home Again

We returned from Mexico last weekend, and the unpacking/adjusting to home process has taken longer than I expected. Plus we had house guests. And my kids discovered Webkinz, and they have been using my computer for that evil purpose for several days. Also did I mention the walking pneumonia the kids have? [...]

Hope, Fear, and Dirt Everywhere: Burning Man 2006

Although I didn’t have any expectations about what Burning Man would be like, except possibly the assurance that I would see more ugly naked people than I could even imagine, I have to say I really enjoyed myself. Where else could I have seen the following:
a heard of human giraffes

fine Belgian craftmanship

two puzzled children
a [...]

If A Man Burns in the Desert…

…will anyone see it? I’ll have to let you know.

Beach Junk

Vacation, part II

Last week we went to the Oregon coast to spend an entire week in a beach house with my side of the family. Naturally we had an “AWESOME” time, as Badger would say. It had all the magic and hilarity of a large family gathering: my brother-in-law constantly breaking wind and refusing any [...]

The Edge of the World

The Pacific Ocean from the beach at Lincoln City, Oregon