You are Green Lantern
| Hot-headed. You have strong will power and a good imagination.  |
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test
Sure glad I didn't turn out to be Wonder Woman! Waaa ha, ha, ha!
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Which Superhero Are You?
Your results:
You are Green Lantern
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test
Sure glad I didn't turn out to be Wonder Woman! Waaa ha, ha, ha!
You are Green Lantern
Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test
Sure glad I didn't turn out to be Wonder Woman! Waaa ha, ha, ha!
Popcorn...
To defile or not to defile that is the question!!!Ok - here's the situation. When Doreen makes popcorn, she has to put this whole witches brew on it. Yeast flakes, a bit of chicken seasoning, um - that's all I know that's in there - but I know there's more, much, much more! Probably includes a bit of "Eye of newt, and toe of frog,Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing," --From Macbeth (IV, i, 14-15)
When I eat popcorn, I eat it pure, with just a bit of salt.
So - I need your help. I need you to vote. How do you like your popcorn...
Pure or Defiled? :)
Survey Sez! :)
"No Soup for You!!!" :)
So I took a Seinfeld identity test. Here's which character I was! :)
Soup Nazi
You scored 43% Harsh, 46% Kavorka, 37% Sarcastic
This test measured 3 variables.
First it measured how harsh you were. By harshness I don't mean whether I think you are going to kill somebody, but whether you are a lollipop and happiness person, or a "shit happens" type of person.
Second it measured how much Kavorka you have. Technically Kavorka is the Latvian word for "the lure of the animal." According to Seinfeld at least. In my test it measured your ability to lure men or women and to a lesser degree how social you are.
Third it measured how sarcastic/cynical you are. Some characters like Jerry are very sarcastic while the Soup Nazi is much less so. It can be difficult to accurately measure sarcasm in a written test.
You scored high in harshness, medium in Kavorka, and low in sarcasm. Generally harsh people that are not sarcastic tend to be a little mean, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and trust that it's not true for you. Perhaps you are just misunderstood. Your medium score in Kavorka suggests that you might not be able to attract anybody you want, but you do have some appeal.
So why were you so lucky as to be the Soup Nazi? Well first of all, you are both pretty harsh. Hopefully you aren't as mean as he is. You might have a sense of humor, but like the Soup Nazi sarcasm does not appear to be your thing.
Well there you go. You might not sell soup for a living, and you probably don't yell at your customers, but you are... The Soup Nazi.
Take the Seinfeld Identity Test
Soup Nazi
You scored 43% Harsh, 46% Kavorka, 37% Sarcastic
This test measured 3 variables.
First it measured how harsh you were. By harshness I don't mean whether I think you are going to kill somebody, but whether you are a lollipop and happiness person, or a "shit happens" type of person.
Second it measured how much Kavorka you have. Technically Kavorka is the Latvian word for "the lure of the animal." According to Seinfeld at least. In my test it measured your ability to lure men or women and to a lesser degree how social you are.
Third it measured how sarcastic/cynical you are. Some characters like Jerry are very sarcastic while the Soup Nazi is much less so. It can be difficult to accurately measure sarcasm in a written test.
You scored high in harshness, medium in Kavorka, and low in sarcasm. Generally harsh people that are not sarcastic tend to be a little mean, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and trust that it's not true for you. Perhaps you are just misunderstood. Your medium score in Kavorka suggests that you might not be able to attract anybody you want, but you do have some appeal.
So why were you so lucky as to be the Soup Nazi? Well first of all, you are both pretty harsh. Hopefully you aren't as mean as he is. You might have a sense of humor, but like the Soup Nazi sarcasm does not appear to be your thing.
Well there you go. You might not sell soup for a living, and you probably don't yell at your customers, but you are... The Soup Nazi.
Take the Seinfeld Identity Test
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Favorite Season
I usually have it mentioned by now, but haven't up to this point. My favorite 'season' is now in full swing.
The NFL!!! :) It's now into it's 5th week and every year I forget how much I enjoy football. Lately, I've been gone on Sundays and haven't been able to watch many games. Sometimes I'll be able to catch a bit of the Sunday or Monday night games.
So I pretty much get to listen to any NFL game, when I'm on the road, on my Sirius Satellite Radio. Man, what a most awesome invention.
It's funny, because I'll ride with other drivers that have XM and we have a 'debate' on Sirius vs XM.
Baseically what it comes down to is Sirius carries the NFL and next season they'll have NASCAR. It almost makes working Sunday's awesome!
Go Denver Broncos! :)
The NFL!!! :) It's now into it's 5th week and every year I forget how much I enjoy football. Lately, I've been gone on Sundays and haven't been able to watch many games. Sometimes I'll be able to catch a bit of the Sunday or Monday night games.So I pretty much get to listen to any NFL game, when I'm on the road, on my Sirius Satellite Radio. Man, what a most awesome invention.
It's funny, because I'll ride with other drivers that have XM and we have a 'debate' on Sirius vs XM.
Baseically what it comes down to is Sirius carries the NFL and next season they'll have NASCAR. It almost makes working Sunday's awesome!
Go Denver Broncos! :)
80's Cartoon Character
Who would have known this would have been my outcome of taking this on-line test??!!! He, he, he!!!
| Garfield! You scored 50 Aggression and 75 Silliness! | |
| Cynical, bitter, hilarious and sometimes violent, you are Garfield! You love hedonism and schadenfreude. You have a great sense of humor and a little mean streak. People either love you or hate you, but I would wager that the majority love you. | |
 | Higher than 88% on Silliness |
| Link: The 80s Cartoon Personality Test written by TheLadyEve on Ok Cupid |
Friday, September 29, 2006
Ace OR 3 Broken Tractors
Well, what a week it's been.
Friday, Doreen had a her first test in A&P 2. She checked her grade on-line later that afternoon and found that she had a very high score.
Monday when she went to class - the teacher told them that two students in the class had correctly answered ALL the questions on the test, hench having the perfect score.
Of course, Doreen was one. She wasn't sure who the other one was.
Since she's been back to school - this is the first time she had a perfect score without any extra credit questions, or a question or two being thrown out because it was confusing.
She was perfect on this one. I am SO proud of her. Homeschooling Joelle, being a stay at home Mom and a student and doing so awesome in school herself. She is just Maaaaavellloouuuusssss!!!
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It's was weird at work this week. I took three trips. One to Ohio, One to Lousianna and one to North Carolina.
On each trip, I arrived at work a bit early to get the tractor hooked up to the trailer and get the rollers loaded up so we can get going when my partner shows up and get the trip under way.
On each trip - the tractor assigned had to be replaced by a 2nd tractor. On the OH trip - we loaded up and drove out of the lot, then realzed the Super 10 transmission was skipping the even gears. So we could shift 1,3,5,7,9 - we couldn't get into 10th gear, the big hole, and really get rolling. So we had to turn around and ended up swapping tractors. The 2nd was in the shop sandwiched between 2 other tractors and all 3 had no oil in them and it would have been an hour before they could have gotten to ours and get it done. Then the third was in the shop with a drive train problems and wasn't getting parts until that evening. So we ended up swapping out those two tractors.
It is just odd - because I had to get assigned a different tractor than orginally assigned on ALL three of my trips this week. It's not odd to have to swap out one tractor - but three? What in the world is going on??!!!
Guess on all three of those trips - we weren't meant to leave at the dispatch time for some reason or another! Who knows!
Hey - have a GREAT weekend!!
Friday, Doreen had a her first test in A&P 2. She checked her grade on-line later that afternoon and found that she had a very high score.
Monday when she went to class - the teacher told them that two students in the class had correctly answered ALL the questions on the test, hench having the perfect score.
Of course, Doreen was one. She wasn't sure who the other one was.
Since she's been back to school - this is the first time she had a perfect score without any extra credit questions, or a question or two being thrown out because it was confusing.
She was perfect on this one. I am SO proud of her. Homeschooling Joelle, being a stay at home Mom and a student and doing so awesome in school herself. She is just Maaaaavellloouuuusssss!!!
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It's was weird at work this week. I took three trips. One to Ohio, One to Lousianna and one to North Carolina.
On each trip, I arrived at work a bit early to get the tractor hooked up to the trailer and get the rollers loaded up so we can get going when my partner shows up and get the trip under way.
On each trip - the tractor assigned had to be replaced by a 2nd tractor. On the OH trip - we loaded up and drove out of the lot, then realzed the Super 10 transmission was skipping the even gears. So we could shift 1,3,5,7,9 - we couldn't get into 10th gear, the big hole, and really get rolling. So we had to turn around and ended up swapping tractors. The 2nd was in the shop sandwiched between 2 other tractors and all 3 had no oil in them and it would have been an hour before they could have gotten to ours and get it done. Then the third was in the shop with a drive train problems and wasn't getting parts until that evening. So we ended up swapping out those two tractors.
It is just odd - because I had to get assigned a different tractor than orginally assigned on ALL three of my trips this week. It's not odd to have to swap out one tractor - but three? What in the world is going on??!!!
Guess on all three of those trips - we weren't meant to leave at the dispatch time for some reason or another! Who knows!
Hey - have a GREAT weekend!!
Two Awesome Videos
If you've got a few minutes and nothing to do on the web and trying to figure out what to look at next and like movies and popular music - you gotta check these two cool videos. Someone spent a LOT of time putting these things together and they're awesome!!!
Enjoy!
Video 1
Video 2
PS. The key to really enjoying these videos is to listen to how the words match the video perfectly. Wow - this was a TON of work. Cool!
Enjoy!
Video 1 
Video 2PS. The key to really enjoying these videos is to listen to how the words match the video perfectly. Wow - this was a TON of work. Cool!
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
A Bite, Some Hill Ridin, A Growning Up Suprise & Funny Family Pics
What a cool day!
After lunch, for dessert I grabbed the box of chocolates some friends had given us as a 'thank you' for taking care of their critter while they were gone. When I opened it up, what was I suprised to find? That's right! A chocolate with a bite out of it. My funny, funny wife!!! He, he, he!
So while Doreen was making supper, I see Natalie hanging around the couch and something doesn't look right - so I look again - and there is something still wrong with what I'm seeing. Then I see it! I burst out laughing and had to tell Doreen to see what I was seeing. Waaaaaaaaa ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! It's hilarious, yet man oh man. Am I in trouble when this one hits puberty and beyond! :)
Today, Joelle and I rode our bikes. For those of you who haven't been to our place, we have a pretty serious 'hill' on the road in front of our house. And believe me, as you come down this hill - you get some serious speed! We went up and down a number of time, and we were practically flying! She's getting pretty good on her bike!
A few months ago I asked our Parents and Sisters to get family photos taken so we could have a 'famliy wall' in our hallway. So all the pics came in, except my in-laws. (Sandra had a haircut just after the day of my requst, and unfortunately the lady butchered the job and so understandably, she didn't want to get the picture taken yet.) We waited a 'good' period of time, then decided to go ahead and hang all the rest of the pictures and we'd just put Larry & Sandra's in later. Well, I go to thinking - I didn't want to leave their frame blank, so I told Doreen I was gonna look on Google Images for a pic to put in there. I found three...
... and this is the one that Doreen chose to have me put in. Funny! Well, a couple of weeks ago - Larry & Sandra got home for a few days and so Doreen showed them our 'family wall.' They got a HUGE kick out of it - and the next day went to have their photo taken! He, he, he!
Oh yeah - Today was a good day!
Later y'all!
After lunch, for dessert I grabbed the box of chocolates some friends had given us as a 'thank you' for taking care of their critter while they were gone. When I opened it up, what was I suprised to find? That's right! A chocolate with a bite out of it. My funny, funny wife!!! He, he, he!
So while Doreen was making supper, I see Natalie hanging around the couch and something doesn't look right - so I look again - and there is something still wrong with what I'm seeing. Then I see it! I burst out laughing and had to tell Doreen to see what I was seeing. Waaaaaaaaa ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! It's hilarious, yet man oh man. Am I in trouble when this one hits puberty and beyond! :)Today, Joelle and I rode our bikes. For those of you who haven't been to our place, we have a pretty serious 'hill' on the road in front of our house. And believe me, as you come down this hill - you get some serious speed! We went up and down a number of time, and we were practically flying! She's getting pretty good on her bike!
A few months ago I asked our Parents and Sisters to get family photos taken so we could have a 'famliy wall' in our hallway. So all the pics came in, except my in-laws. (Sandra had a haircut just after the day of my requst, and unfortunately the lady butchered the job and so understandably, she didn't want to get the picture taken yet.) We waited a 'good' period of time, then decided to go ahead and hang all the rest of the pictures and we'd just put Larry & Sandra's in later. Well, I go to thinking - I didn't want to leave their frame blank, so I told Doreen I was gonna look on Google Images for a pic to put in there. I found three...
... and this is the one that Doreen chose to have me put in. Funny! Well, a couple of weeks ago - Larry & Sandra got home for a few days and so Doreen showed them our 'family wall.' They got a HUGE kick out of it - and the next day went to have their photo taken! He, he, he!Oh yeah - Today was a good day!
Later y'all!
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Down the road
I've been running a LOT for work lately. This is good because that makes payday extremely nice! :)
So I thought I'd share a couple of photos with ya that I've taken while out there. Here I am heading West on I-40 heading out to Arkansas.
Heading up to New Hampshire we were in the Mountains of Virginia and saw this rainbow. Unfortunately it's a little blurry, but that's cuz the truck was bouncing, it was getting dark but you still get the idea!Heading to NC tomorrow. "On the Road Again!" :)
Friday, September 15, 2006
Bizy, Bizzy, Busy!
Wow, I just looked at my page, it's been a while hasn't it?!! After that long trip to NH - I was wore out.
Then Friday, we had to help a friend of Doreen's Grandma install a new satellite dish system, then over to another friend's for dinner.
Sabbath was a very busy day with church, then a picnic, then a long drive to some nearby falls, and then a hike then home, pack a lunch, change clothes, spend 30 min chillin, then back to work.
I took three trips this week - so not much else going on. Got a trip tomorrow night planned, then a back-to-back run Sunday night.
Aye, caryumba! Busy, busy, busy!!!
Interesting bits, Just learned this afternoon, that my dad is in the hospital. Get was getting home from a trip and he got a fever, then his leg began to hurt and got swollen. So they admitted him, ran some tests, no blood clot, but they're running some pretty high levels of antibiotics in him. Hopin, he gets better soon!
Joelle is quickly learning to read. Monday, Doreen introduced her in her studies to simple words, and they have some simple books - like Dick & Jane stuff, and yesterday when I got home from a trip, that's the 1st thing she wanted to show me she could read. Boy it was precious!!! Not only that, but because Joelle is picking it up - Natalie is very, VERY intersted and with a little prompting, she's quickly learning to read to! Can you believe it??!!
We were at the falls last Sabbath with some friends, and because I had to work - we left before the rest of 'em. Turns out, that Joelle's best friend, Jannah, dropped from some monkey-bars, landed odd and broke her arm. Oh - it was so sad to hear about that!!! Joelle has plenty of empathy for her!
Well, I'll sign off for now - until later, bye!
Then Friday, we had to help a friend of Doreen's Grandma install a new satellite dish system, then over to another friend's for dinner.
Sabbath was a very busy day with church, then a picnic, then a long drive to some nearby falls, and then a hike then home, pack a lunch, change clothes, spend 30 min chillin, then back to work.
I took three trips this week - so not much else going on. Got a trip tomorrow night planned, then a back-to-back run Sunday night.
Aye, caryumba! Busy, busy, busy!!!
Interesting bits, Just learned this afternoon, that my dad is in the hospital. Get was getting home from a trip and he got a fever, then his leg began to hurt and got swollen. So they admitted him, ran some tests, no blood clot, but they're running some pretty high levels of antibiotics in him. Hopin, he gets better soon!
Joelle is quickly learning to read. Monday, Doreen introduced her in her studies to simple words, and they have some simple books - like Dick & Jane stuff, and yesterday when I got home from a trip, that's the 1st thing she wanted to show me she could read. Boy it was precious!!! Not only that, but because Joelle is picking it up - Natalie is very, VERY intersted and with a little prompting, she's quickly learning to read to! Can you believe it??!!
We were at the falls last Sabbath with some friends, and because I had to work - we left before the rest of 'em. Turns out, that Joelle's best friend, Jannah, dropped from some monkey-bars, landed odd and broke her arm. Oh - it was so sad to hear about that!!! Joelle has plenty of empathy for her!
Well, I'll sign off for now - until later, bye!
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Good Memories. LD sent me
Good Memories. LD sent me to NH 4 a trip So on the way up we stopped in CT where DP & I drove 4 United. Good 2 see Dick Mark Kurt & Lynn! Cool!
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
I just saw an intensly
I just saw an intensly beautiful double rainbow coming out some billowy white clouds over the green Appalachian Mtns in Virginia. Cool,Thanx God!
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Old Stomping Ground
So lately, the last two Saturday nights, my trips for work have taken me to some old stomping grounds in Ohio. In 1982 &'83, we lived in Miamisburg, OH. Dad worked in Kettering, OH and we spent a lot of time in Dayton, OH. My trips have taken me right to the Dayton area, albeit late at night! :)
One both of my trips, I drove right by this location - and the first time it was like, "I've been there!!!" It's called Carillon Park. They have this huge tower with bells that ring out beautifully when they play them. It's also displays... Collections depict history of transportation and early pioneer life in the area, including original early railroad depot and section of the Miami and Erie Canal fitted with an original lock; Dayton-built motor vehicles; Wright brothers' 1905 plane; 1912 steam locomotive and tender.
We used to ride our bikes from our home over to the park on Sabbath afternoons. Awesome! Great memory.
I also had to drive pass the exit for W.P.A.F.B. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It is one of the premier Air Force bases in the USA. Every summer when we were there, we'd go to the airshow there. Man, that was AWESOME!
I remember my first experience with the SR-71 Blackbird. At an airshow, they had one sitting on the tarmac. We got to go look at it. Then later on it took off and did a couple of slow loops around the field, then ZOOOM headed west. I remember 50 minutes later the PA announcer said, "Folks remember that SR-71 Blackbird that was here - it just landed in California." 50 minutes to go almost 2,000 miles. WOW.
Great memories, GREAT MEMORIES!
What an awesome Job! :)
One both of my trips, I drove right by this location - and the first time it was like, "I've been there!!!" It's called Carillon Park. They have this huge tower with bells that ring out beautifully when they play them. It's also displays... Collections depict history of transportation and early pioneer life in the area, including original early railroad depot and section of the Miami and Erie Canal fitted with an original lock; Dayton-built motor vehicles; Wright brothers' 1905 plane; 1912 steam locomotive and tender. We used to ride our bikes from our home over to the park on Sabbath afternoons. Awesome! Great memory.
I also had to drive pass the exit for W.P.A.F.B. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. It is one of the premier Air Force bases in the USA. Every summer when we were there, we'd go to the airshow there. Man, that was AWESOME!
I remember my first experience with the SR-71 Blackbird. At an airshow, they had one sitting on the tarmac. We got to go look at it. Then later on it took off and did a couple of slow loops around the field, then ZOOOM headed west. I remember 50 minutes later the PA announcer said, "Folks remember that SR-71 Blackbird that was here - it just landed in California." 50 minutes to go almost 2,000 miles. WOW.Great memories, GREAT MEMORIES!
What an awesome Job! :)
Monday, August 28, 2006
Family!!!
If there was one nice thing about Grandpa's funeral, it was the fact that it brought us all together. We're all so spread out (I'm the worst, living the farthest out.), and it makes it hard to get together to tell stories, to talk, to share lives and experiences. So it was so nice getting together once again to catch up.
Here are some 'family' photos from our trip.
Uncle Dick wanted an updated 'family' pic of us - so he snapped one out in front of their house in Florida.
At Sea World, they have an attraction called "Wild Arctic." It it most awesome - and extremely cool in the building. A nice get-away from the Florida heat! :) While we were in the exhibit, they have many things for kids to touch and do - here are Joelle & Natalie sticking their heads through a hole in the 'ice-pack."
Here's a shot of the Howard/ Pester/ Scriven cousins. (Some obviously are missing. :( Here's Sheri, LouAnn, Jeannie, Evelyn, Linda and Larry.) There was so much 'talking' going on with this group it was hard to get a shot. He, he, he - Finally I got a couple and Sheri gave me a hard time about not liking them so take another. So I did, as you can see - they are quite the playful clan! :) I come by it honestly! He, he, he
Those left there on the weekend got up and had breakfast at the Cracker Barrel. As y'all know they all have the 'rockers' out in front, so I couldn't pass up this photo op.
Finally, I had mom take a nice updated pic of us at the Sunken Garden. This is kind of a nice shot if I don't say so myself!
Here are some 'family' photos from our trip.
Uncle Dick wanted an updated 'family' pic of us - so he snapped one out in front of their house in Florida.
At Sea World, they have an attraction called "Wild Arctic." It it most awesome - and extremely cool in the building. A nice get-away from the Florida heat! :) While we were in the exhibit, they have many things for kids to touch and do - here are Joelle & Natalie sticking their heads through a hole in the 'ice-pack."
Here's a shot of the Howard/ Pester/ Scriven cousins. (Some obviously are missing. :( Here's Sheri, LouAnn, Jeannie, Evelyn, Linda and Larry.) There was so much 'talking' going on with this group it was hard to get a shot. He, he, he - Finally I got a couple and Sheri gave me a hard time about not liking them so take another. So I did, as you can see - they are quite the playful clan! :) I come by it honestly! He, he, he
Those left there on the weekend got up and had breakfast at the Cracker Barrel. As y'all know they all have the 'rockers' out in front, so I couldn't pass up this photo op.
Finally, I had mom take a nice updated pic of us at the Sunken Garden. This is kind of a nice shot if I don't say so myself!
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Artsy & Stuff
Ok - some more photos to enjoy - most of this is artsy stuff.
On our latest trip we had a couple of times where the girls were EXTREMELY bored. So to keep them interested - I put a new card in the camera and said 'click away.' And they did, they filled it 3 or 4 times. I deleted a LOT of the pics, but kept quite a few for 'memories' sake.
While we were visiting at Uncle Dick and Aunt June's Natalie had the camera taking some shots. This was a theme of hers - shoes, with just the barest tip of her toes in the photo! Cute!
We really enjoyed Shamu at Sea World. It was really neat, even though we've seen it before - it was cool seeing Shamu jump out of the water with the guy on the tip of his nose.
At the Sunken Garden in Lincoln, NE we saw this beautiful flower on the water Lillies. Awesome.
Uncle Dick, showed me some photos of his time in the military, stationed on Guam, loading ammunition into P-47's. These are some of the planes he worked on. Sweet!
On our latest trip we had a couple of times where the girls were EXTREMELY bored. So to keep them interested - I put a new card in the camera and said 'click away.' And they did, they filled it 3 or 4 times. I deleted a LOT of the pics, but kept quite a few for 'memories' sake.
While we were visiting at Uncle Dick and Aunt June's Natalie had the camera taking some shots. This was a theme of hers - shoes, with just the barest tip of her toes in the photo! Cute!
We really enjoyed Shamu at Sea World. It was really neat, even though we've seen it before - it was cool seeing Shamu jump out of the water with the guy on the tip of his nose.
At the Sunken Garden in Lincoln, NE we saw this beautiful flower on the water Lillies. Awesome.
Uncle Dick, showed me some photos of his time in the military, stationed on Guam, loading ammunition into P-47's. These are some of the planes he worked on. Sweet!
Friday, August 25, 2006
The Girls
On our recent trip to NE, the cousins - Emily, Rebekah, Joelle and Natalie had a LOT of fun together. (We were all a bit sad that Sarah and Brian didn't come though - I think they would have thoroughly enjoyed themselves too. Although, I'm being just a little selfish though. We're probably not gonna be able to see them until next Christmas and I love all my nieces and nephew and want to visit any chance we get!) They went everywhere together and I think really had a ball.
They didn't all sleep in this bunk in Mom & Dad's 5th wheel, but they probably would'a tried had we let them! He, he, he! Snapped a pic of them playing up there together one morning!
At the Lincoln, NE zoo - they realized that they were 'hatched' into this world. Did ja get that 'yolk?' Waaaa ha, ha, ha! (Sorry 'bout that bad joke)
The 'Sunken Garden' downtown had this statue at the top called "Rebekah at the Well." Of course my little Niece claimed it as her very own, but was willing to share it with the others for this photo op!
Grammy got involved in the 'girls only' pics here. I think she really enjoyed posing for this one.
Man, I LOVE it when they get along like this. The first morning we were there - we had to go into Wal-mart to pick up a few essentials. The 4 just naturally walked in holding hands like this. I didn't have my camera, so quickly grabbed Mom's and snapped a couple of shots like this. While for the time there - they got along very good - as always though, they did have their moments!
Of course I couldn't pass this photo up. And to kinda be more 'artsy' like my Bro-in-law encourages, I set them up like this and changed my camera to sepia for the shot. Turned out pretty good if I don't say so myself! :)
What a good trip.
Great memories!
They didn't all sleep in this bunk in Mom & Dad's 5th wheel, but they probably would'a tried had we let them! He, he, he! Snapped a pic of them playing up there together one morning!
At the Lincoln, NE zoo - they realized that they were 'hatched' into this world. Did ja get that 'yolk?' Waaaa ha, ha, ha! (Sorry 'bout that bad joke)
The 'Sunken Garden' downtown had this statue at the top called "Rebekah at the Well." Of course my little Niece claimed it as her very own, but was willing to share it with the others for this photo op!
Grammy got involved in the 'girls only' pics here. I think she really enjoyed posing for this one.
Man, I LOVE it when they get along like this. The first morning we were there - we had to go into Wal-mart to pick up a few essentials. The 4 just naturally walked in holding hands like this. I didn't have my camera, so quickly grabbed Mom's and snapped a couple of shots like this. While for the time there - they got along very good - as always though, they did have their moments!
Of course I couldn't pass this photo up. And to kinda be more 'artsy' like my Bro-in-law encourages, I set them up like this and changed my camera to sepia for the shot. Turned out pretty good if I don't say so myself! :)What a good trip.
Great memories!
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Trip Pics
All righty then - I finally got things figured out to be able to get our trip pics posted. Ayi, yai, yai! How annoying!!! It was nothing wrong with the site - of course it was 'user error.'
Enjoy........
We were wanting to get to Florida at a decent time - so we left early. Basically we got the girls outta bed, and into their car seats. Isn't this just so cute?!!!
We spent the weekend with Doreen's Aunt June and Uncle Dick. It was good seeing them again and we had fun hanging out with them.
Sunday we went with Doreen's cousins to the beach down by Tampa Bay. Here's the 'human' fish we caught in the Gulf of Mexico. Man - I couldn't believe how warm the water was, it was like a big bathtub. It was so CUTE to see her diving down and looking on the floor of the ocean for things! What a blast.
The girls saw this replica of Shamu and wanted to get a picture with it - so we did...
Later on, we went to see the actual Shamu perform - and before the program Shamu was swimming around and we went down to see him, and this was close as we could get, so Shamu posed with the girls - cute!
Of course - we had to go to Nebraska for G-pa's funeral. After it was all said and done, we took some time to go Geocaching with family! Fun, FUN, FUN!
Since the girls, had to sit so long on the trip, we decided to play hookie from church and go to the Lincoln Zoo. We had a GREAT time!
Before the Zoo, we stopped by the Sunken garden to see this new 'garden' in Lincoln. We got a photo of the whole family together.
It was a good trip - all things considered!
Enjoy........
We were wanting to get to Florida at a decent time - so we left early. Basically we got the girls outta bed, and into their car seats. Isn't this just so cute?!!!
We spent the weekend with Doreen's Aunt June and Uncle Dick. It was good seeing them again and we had fun hanging out with them.
Sunday we went with Doreen's cousins to the beach down by Tampa Bay. Here's the 'human' fish we caught in the Gulf of Mexico. Man - I couldn't believe how warm the water was, it was like a big bathtub. It was so CUTE to see her diving down and looking on the floor of the ocean for things! What a blast.
The girls saw this replica of Shamu and wanted to get a picture with it - so we did...
Later on, we went to see the actual Shamu perform - and before the program Shamu was swimming around and we went down to see him, and this was close as we could get, so Shamu posed with the girls - cute!
Of course - we had to go to Nebraska for G-pa's funeral. After it was all said and done, we took some time to go Geocaching with family! Fun, FUN, FUN!
Since the girls, had to sit so long on the trip, we decided to play hookie from church and go to the Lincoln Zoo. We had a GREAT time!
Before the Zoo, we stopped by the Sunken garden to see this new 'garden' in Lincoln. We got a photo of the whole family together.It was a good trip - all things considered!
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
What's Up? OR Bad Movies!!!
What's the deal - I've been tryig to post some photos of our trip on the site here and have had NO such luck. Frustrating, annoying, flat out irritating. Hopefully, things will get back to normal so I can put some fotoz up soon! I think you'll enjoy 'em.
So what is up lately? Doreen and I have been picking some pretty bad movies lately. Aaarrrgh! The last three we've watched, Anger Management, Fun with Dick and Jane and Shopgirl. They were all sad.
Well, Anger & Dick & Jane wasn't too bad, but for almost the entire movie, you feel extremely frustrated for the characters. They can't catch a break at all and it gets to be too much. It's just 12 things after another knocking 'em down, even farther. The boom, in the last few moments - relief. They both had funny moments, but not enough to save the movies.
Then, THEN Shopgirl, aparently wrote, and produced by funnyman Steve Martin - oh man, man O man. What a miserable movie. It has NO point, the music is awful, the cinematography, while interesting - is TOO artsy fartsy - it distracts from what the story is. Wow - this is just a BAD movie.
Ok - 3 strikes and you're out, we're on to the next batter, so hopefully the next couple of movies we get will be home runs! :)
So what is up lately? Doreen and I have been picking some pretty bad movies lately. Aaarrrgh! The last three we've watched, Anger Management, Fun with Dick and Jane and Shopgirl. They were all sad.
Well, Anger & Dick & Jane wasn't too bad, but for almost the entire movie, you feel extremely frustrated for the characters. They can't catch a break at all and it gets to be too much. It's just 12 things after another knocking 'em down, even farther. The boom, in the last few moments - relief. They both had funny moments, but not enough to save the movies.
Then, THEN Shopgirl, aparently wrote, and produced by funnyman Steve Martin - oh man, man O man. What a miserable movie. It has NO point, the music is awful, the cinematography, while interesting - is TOO artsy fartsy - it distracts from what the story is. Wow - this is just a BAD movie.
Ok - 3 strikes and you're out, we're on to the next batter, so hopefully the next couple of movies we get will be home runs! :)
The Trip!!!
Wow, glad to be back home. Glad to sleep in our own beds on Sunday night. Wow! What a trip.
Ok - so here's the short (probably long... grin) of it... We left a week ago Friday for a 9 hour trip to Florida for a 7 day vacation. Of course on the trip down, we did some geocaching and Natalie caught a cat-nap in her car seat. Thank goodness for portable DVD players. :)
Got there and enjoyed visiting with Doreen's Aunt June and Uncle Dick. Sabbath morning, at Sabbath School, I got a text message from my dad, that Grandpa Pester was in a coma. So I left and called Dad. And got the story - Grandpa had a couple of small strokes earlier in the week, which I knew about. Turns out he had a biggie on Wed evening and wasn't doing so well. Late Fri he slipped into a coma - then later Sabbath - dad called to tell me that Grandpa died.
So for the next few hours we tried figuring out how to work everything out. We bought non-refundable tickets to Sea World - had some other pretty big plans. So what to do - and how to get to Nebraska.
After the funeral got scheduled for Thursday afternoon, we had things in place. We cancelled the hotel and Islands of Adventure. Then we decided to go ahead and hit the beach with some cousins on Sunday, Sea World on Monday and leave for NE on Tuesday Am to get to the viewing Thur evening.
At church, Doreen ran into a cousin of hers that I hadn't met. So they brought the family over to visit for an hour or so Saturday afternoon. Also - Doreen's folks were in Orlando, FL - turns out they had a load to pick up Monday morning headed for West Nevada. So they were there too. We had a GREAT visit.
Went to bed early, got up early and headed down to Tampa, FL to go to the beach with some cousins that lived down there. By the way, we cached on the way down. :)
We had a lot of fun, then cached on the way home.
Sunday morning we got up early and headed to Sea World. And what a fun, FUN day!!! Although it was HOT and it rained pretty hard a couple of times - but we always had it timed to be under cover and so we thoroughly enjoyed the critters.
So Wednesday, we left early, EARLY for NE - realizing we wouldn't make it in one day 3 & 5 year olds. So we drove a 15 hour day and made it to Mt Vernon, IL - exhausted. We all slept, then up early and another 9 hour day to Lincoln, NE. The last hour on the road, Natalie was sleeping and Joelle was getting so wiggily, she could hardly stand herself! :)
We arrived in time for the viewing, then back to my folks 5th wheel where all our family stayed, Ma & Pa, Sis Staci and daughter Bekah, Niece Emily (Cindy couldn't make it cuz of her husband having surgery.) and the 4 of us. We fit nicely.
The next day we said our final goodbyes to Grandpa, then had some good family visiting time, did some swimming, played games and did some caching Thursday, Friday and Sabbath. Instead of church, we went to the Sunken Garden in downtown Lincoln, NE and then the zoo for a bit.
Back to lunch and then packing everything up and head home. We took 2 days heading home, did some caching and took our time, but finally got home and it's good to be home! Oh it's good to be home.
Check out these numbers from our trip...
Miles - 3408
Driving Time - almost 58 hours
Max Speed we drove - 86mph
Average Speed (Moving) - 58.5 mph
Average Speed (Total) - 48 mph
States we Passed through - 8 (FL, GA, TN, KY, IL, MO, IA, NE)
# of days with nothing but driving - 5
States we geocached in - 7 (Didn't do any in TN - this trip)
# of geocaches found - 23
# of fuel stops - 10
Gallons - 148.5
Cheapest Fuel - KY $2.67
Most Expensive Fuel - IL $3.01
Man - what a trip. What an experience - boy, is it GREAT to be home!!!!
Ok - so here's the short (probably long... grin) of it... We left a week ago Friday for a 9 hour trip to Florida for a 7 day vacation. Of course on the trip down, we did some geocaching and Natalie caught a cat-nap in her car seat. Thank goodness for portable DVD players. :)
Got there and enjoyed visiting with Doreen's Aunt June and Uncle Dick. Sabbath morning, at Sabbath School, I got a text message from my dad, that Grandpa Pester was in a coma. So I left and called Dad. And got the story - Grandpa had a couple of small strokes earlier in the week, which I knew about. Turns out he had a biggie on Wed evening and wasn't doing so well. Late Fri he slipped into a coma - then later Sabbath - dad called to tell me that Grandpa died.
So for the next few hours we tried figuring out how to work everything out. We bought non-refundable tickets to Sea World - had some other pretty big plans. So what to do - and how to get to Nebraska.
After the funeral got scheduled for Thursday afternoon, we had things in place. We cancelled the hotel and Islands of Adventure. Then we decided to go ahead and hit the beach with some cousins on Sunday, Sea World on Monday and leave for NE on Tuesday Am to get to the viewing Thur evening.
At church, Doreen ran into a cousin of hers that I hadn't met. So they brought the family over to visit for an hour or so Saturday afternoon. Also - Doreen's folks were in Orlando, FL - turns out they had a load to pick up Monday morning headed for West Nevada. So they were there too. We had a GREAT visit.
Went to bed early, got up early and headed down to Tampa, FL to go to the beach with some cousins that lived down there. By the way, we cached on the way down. :)
We had a lot of fun, then cached on the way home.
Sunday morning we got up early and headed to Sea World. And what a fun, FUN day!!! Although it was HOT and it rained pretty hard a couple of times - but we always had it timed to be under cover and so we thoroughly enjoyed the critters.
So Wednesday, we left early, EARLY for NE - realizing we wouldn't make it in one day 3 & 5 year olds. So we drove a 15 hour day and made it to Mt Vernon, IL - exhausted. We all slept, then up early and another 9 hour day to Lincoln, NE. The last hour on the road, Natalie was sleeping and Joelle was getting so wiggily, she could hardly stand herself! :)
We arrived in time for the viewing, then back to my folks 5th wheel where all our family stayed, Ma & Pa, Sis Staci and daughter Bekah, Niece Emily (Cindy couldn't make it cuz of her husband having surgery.) and the 4 of us. We fit nicely.
The next day we said our final goodbyes to Grandpa, then had some good family visiting time, did some swimming, played games and did some caching Thursday, Friday and Sabbath. Instead of church, we went to the Sunken Garden in downtown Lincoln, NE and then the zoo for a bit.
Back to lunch and then packing everything up and head home. We took 2 days heading home, did some caching and took our time, but finally got home and it's good to be home! Oh it's good to be home.
Check out these numbers from our trip...
Miles - 3408
Driving Time - almost 58 hours
Max Speed we drove - 86mph
Average Speed (Moving) - 58.5 mph
Average Speed (Total) - 48 mph
States we Passed through - 8 (FL, GA, TN, KY, IL, MO, IA, NE)
# of days with nothing but driving - 5
States we geocached in - 7 (Didn't do any in TN - this trip)
# of geocaches found - 23
# of fuel stops - 10
Gallons - 148.5
Cheapest Fuel - KY $2.67
Most Expensive Fuel - IL $3.01
Man - what a trip. What an experience - boy, is it GREAT to be home!!!!
Friday, August 11, 2006
Survival Kit for Constant Chaos
Here's a kit for you to survive the Chaos of life...
An ERASER, so you can make all your troubles disappear.
A PENNY, so you'll never be broke.
A MARBLE, in case someone says you've lost all of yours.
A RUBBER BAND, to strech yourself beyond your limits.
A STRING, to tie things together when everything falls apart.
A PLAYING CARD, so you are always playing with a full deck.
And KIND WISHES, to remind you that someone, somewhere cares!!!
An ERASER, so you can make all your troubles disappear.
A PENNY, so you'll never be broke.
A MARBLE, in case someone says you've lost all of yours.
A RUBBER BAND, to strech yourself beyond your limits.
A STRING, to tie things together when everything falls apart.
A PLAYING CARD, so you are always playing with a full deck.
And KIND WISHES, to remind you that someone, somewhere cares!!!
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