Photo-A-Day #321 02/23/06

Photo-A-Day #321 02/23/06
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Had a 9 hour demonstration today and then a ride home from Rochester, NH in the rain, had no time to get a decent photo. Here is Duncan curious for the camera.

Photo-A-Day #320 02/22/06

Tonight I am in Portsmouth, NH. I have a demonstration tomorrow in Rochester, NH. It is an all day thing. I had dinner at the Muddy River Smokehouse in Downtown. I took a picture of this church before I went to eat and then tried again when I came back out. I liked the dark picture better. There are always protestors in front of that church too. Every single time I’ve been to Portsmouth, NH.

Photo-A-Day #319 02/21/06

This is Taylor, she is posing for the camera. I’ve been checking on Taylor at night to take her out. She is such a beautiful dog.

Photo-A-Day #318 02/20/06

Oliver does this thing where he rolls back and forth on his back and stretches. He is very cute.

Photo-A-Day #317 02/19/06

Today Allison and I went for a two mile walk. I had to start breaking in my new boots and new Superfeet for hiking. Allison broke in her new cute hat and thermal underwear. We made another trip to EMS today and this time I got a pair of boots from North Face, they are very warm and comfortable and waterproof. Allison got some thermal underwear top and bottoms and a new hat. We are looking forward to our snowshoe hike with Aunt Cindy and Uncle Wayne in March. Let’s hope that some snow falls up in NH before that. So this is Allison’s cute new hat, and she looks adorable in her cute new hat and the long hair hanging outside the hat.

Here is a bonus picture. While we were on our walk we saw this X-Box controller hanging from a branch in a tree. Someone either lost pretty bad and got angry or some parent had enough of their kid playing too much X-Box.

Busy Long Weekend…

This weekend has been packed with events and get together and lots of people time. On Friday night Allison had her book club over for the monthly gathering, this past month they read A Million Little Pieces. (The book was chosen before all the controversy surrounding the book came to light.) Allison really disliked the writing style. The guy uses no structured punctuation. So on Friday night I was going to go out and watch Eight Below but decided that I was going to see it on a matinee instead, no full price movies for me unless it is X-Men or Transformers or something huge like that.

I ended up at the mall where I stopped into Eastern Mountain Sports. I’d been checking EMS for the past few weeks because the price of snowshoes had been falling. Well, it fell to well over 1/2 off and I was able to pick up some Tubbs Altitude 30’s for less than $100.00. I was very excited. I then debated about getting Allison a pair, but there is one thing I have learned about outdoor sports and my wife, you’ve got to make sure she likes it first. Allison took to kayaking like a natural but not biking. Guess which item of sports equipment I bought for her back when I was living the charmed life at Saint A’s? Yep, a bike, but that is okay because now I ride it all the time (It is a men’s bike, I’m not losing another man card.)

Speaking of Man cards (The concept was termed in the TV show Scrubs by Dr. Cox) apparently I lost a couple last night because I knew some answers to trivia questions while we were playing guys vs. the girls in Trivial Pursuit the Pop Culture DVD Edition. I knew a teen book series about twin girls. Sweet Valley High. I have sisters what can I say. And I don’t think this one qualifies for a man card loss, but according to Neil, Friends is a girl show so apparently knowing that Ross and Rachel were on a break was grounds for parting with a man card, despite my contributions to our win and all.

Yesterday was also sad because we attended the funeral of my sister Shelby’s best friend’s mother. She was an outstanding woman, dedicated teacher and athlete, a three time marathoner with a love for teaching science. Our hearts go out to Kaitlyn and her family.

Yesterday afternoon also gave us some downtime and when I got some downtime I played my new favorite game ever, The Bard’s Tale. This irreverent send up to traditional role playing games is fantastic. It is also very funny. I’ve played many role playing games over the years (many before I was married and before I began maintaining a blog. I love you hon! ) But God bless Allison she bought me The Bard’s Tale for Valentine’s Day, knowing that I would become addicted to playing the game. Cary Elwes from The Princess Bride, is the voice of The Bard, a snarky, lusty character in search of coin and cleavage. He’s only doing something if he gets paid or gets … an attractive barmaid. The Bard has no use for being a hero and going on many silly side trips like killing rats in a basement and flipping levers like you see in traditional role playing adventures. But he ends up doing them never the less. However the outcome is so funny. When killing rats in the basement he figures that he is all done and walks away he gets torched by a giant fire breathing Rat. The characters sing some great songs, like an Ode to Charlie Mops, The Man Who Invented Beer and It’s Bad Luck to Be You, in the vein of the oompa loompa songs from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. So this is my latest addiction. Hence some lack of update recently.

Tonight Allison is going to a Pocketbook party and I am going along to hang out with the husband of the woman hosting the party. Also a transformers and movie geek like myself. Should be fun.

Photo-A-Day #316 02/18/06

Tonight Allison and I hosted a game night with Neil and Andrea and Derek and Michelle. We got Chinese food from Fortune House. Thanks for picking that up Derek and Michelle. Andrea and Neil brought a great cake that we had for dessert. We played two games of Scene It Sequel Pack and one game of Trivial Pursuit – Pop Culture DVD edition.

Random comments:
Your joystick has no pie around it.
Schmuckles!
Sweet Valley High
You have a 50/50 chance you make get it right or not.
Kill two stones with one bird.
Pointing, Stone One, Stone Two.
At exit 1…..

Opinion Page

Just wanted to let everyone know that my letter to the editor appeared in today’s paper (Friday). I’ve already gotten some feedback about it. Also one of my sister’s friend’s saw the original article and told my sister about it right away. She got a weird vibe from the article too. Well, I’ve done what I can do.

Photo-A-Day #315 02/17/06

Photo-A-Day #315 02/17/06
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This is the makings of a jambalya that Allison is putting together for her book club meeting. Or rather her eat and have wine meeting, and maybe mention a book or two. It smells really good and will of course taste fantastic once she has completed the meal preparation.

So Book club is at our place tonight. We have spent most of the week making the place presentable. The new slipcovers and all this cleaning makes the place look really good. Those items that we bought at the home show are also very useful. We’re pretty satisfied with our purchases.

And that is steam because it is pipin’ hot!

Photo-A-Day #314 02/16/06

Photo-A-Day #314 02/16/06
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Took a walk with my sister Tara today. As we passed the old jewelry factory I snapped this shot of the old water tower. I liked how the sky was looking.

Speaking of walking. I am trying to get my wind up for the Disney In-Line 1/2 Marathon. Check my progress on the turtle ticker above.