Super Stylie Specs at Glance

I think I need to get me some of these stylie specs from Glance Eyeglasses.




Check 'em out.

Glance Eyeglasses
330 Court St NE
Salem, OR 97301
503.399.9090

A Rose

I love this coral pink rose in a sea of green.




My backyard.

My Three Kids

One is peeking.
One is sleeping.
One is smiling.

My three kids. <3

A Walk with a View

A view from an evening walk in our new neighborhood.

Memories from the Oregon State Fair 2010

This year my middle child won big on the "shoot the red star" game.

Two Jumbo prizes.

My jaw dropped in shock as he came loping up with his massive sacks of booty. He was so proud. So cute. (He's still only 14, I can say that 'cause he doesn't read this blog. Nor do his friends.)




My favorite part of the fair is the animals.

Every year.
Love them.














My favorite ride of the fair is, and always has been, The Swing.

Geek Alphabet

I just had to, had to, had to pass this along....
From those brilliant geeks who are sexy at Geeks are Sexy

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All images used for our geeky ABCs are from Flickr, licensed under Creative Commons licenses that allow for remixing. And they’re “share alike,” which means that you’re welcome to use our geeky alphabet – as long as you credit us and link back to this post!

A is for Away Team, where you should never wear red (mild mannered photographer)
B is for Binary, 1s and 0s in your head (jpstanley)
C is for Cosplay, making cons an awesome place
D is for Doctor, who keeps changing face (great beyond)
E is for Emoticons, that tell you what we’re feeling (neal gillis)
F is for Flickr, whose photos we are “stealing” (tricky)
G is for Gadgets, the way to our heart (slipstreamjc)
H is for Hardware, I took it apart! (jurvetson)
I is for iEverything, love it or hate it (dan dickinson)
J is for Japan, we’re glad Nintendo invaded (oscar mota)
K is for Keyboard, we love every letter (andrew*)
L is for Leias, the more the better! (koadmunkee)
M is for MMORPGs, it’s a magical place (i eated a cookie)
N is for NASA, and the beauty of space (nasa1fan)
O is for Occipital Lobe, we love using our brains (illuminaut)
P is for Programming, ((though lisp is a pain)) (phil_jackson)
Q is for Quilting, and other geeky crafts (athenamat)
R is for Reading, no matter what the path (timonoko)
S is for Science, though the cake is a lie (don solo)
T is for Tabletop, and a 20-sided die (nengard)
U is for Uncertainty, you just never know (neil crosby)
V is for Voltage, oh the places we’ll go! (oskay)
W is for the World Wide Web, it’s more than just porn (shimown)
X is for Xerox, where so much geekiness was born (marc smith)
Y is for Youth, since kids are geeks too (benmcleod)
Z is for Zork, watch out for the grue! (the_tml)

rant, rant, rant

I am officially annoyed with my laptop. We've had a few differences of opinion over the last month or two.

It still works quite well for work (except when the "shift" button sticks) and for general internet perusal.

My main rant involves the transfer of photos to the laptop. I can't seem to upload them. Pfftttt.

Thus my spattering of recent blog entries

I can only do so much with my iPhone.

Grrrrr.

I have fantasies about iMac.

Green

My backyard.

night

Mail call

Mail call.
Reed Opera House.

Random snaps from the road trip

I like these snaps.

Shopping for Stuff

While I was waiting for my daughter to finish her indoor soccer practice I took a stroll through a local World Market. Let me share my shopping adventure. Wait. Local World Market? Hmmmm.

Here are a few things that made their way to my house.
And a few that didn't.

You gotta love nutella. (Shhh. I bought the store brand.)

I love parchment paper. I need parchment paper.

See that measuring cup? Buy it. It is the best. You can measure the liquid from the side or from the top.
Brilliant.

These aren't fizzy lifting drinks but they are entertaining. A marble in the bottle neck will do that.

These dishes didn't make it home. They will. Someday.
I have gifted the sake set with a bottle of Oregon sake. Ahhh. The gift of alcohol.

I have gifted this as well. Nothing says love like a ceramic compost bin.

Beer. Local. Rogue.

Baby bubbly. So cute.

Salud!