7-13-08

We left Squirt and Butte and started making our way to the cabin we had rented for a week. This is the beautiful Madison River. I think it's the most beautiful river I've ever seen. (Sorry, Rivanna...)


Little cabin in the woods. This is our home away from home for the next week.


We took a mile hike to the nearby Cliff Lake at sunset-- which is around 10pm here. Dan plans to fish on this lake and catch us some trout.

7-12-08

Yesterday was a 12 hour traveling day. Squirt and I drove to Dulles, took an unexpected taxi to Reagan National, flew to Salt Lake City, then flew to Bozeman Montana where Dan met us at the small airport at 11pm Montana time, 1am EST. We were tired. This is a photo I took the next morning from the hotel. They don't call it Montana for nothing! We drove to Butte, Montana this morning to prepare to drop Squirt off for his Outward Bound adventure.

7-11-08

 

Jes and I spent four hours moving her furniture out of her apartment today. We used a friend's truck which had no power steering, no AC, and a very strange clutch. We moved a bed, bed frame, dresser, big mirror, chair, desk, and boxes and bags of clothes. We took the chair and some clothes to Goodwill. This couch was too heavy to lift so we took a picture of it to try and FreeCycle it. Since it's a really yucky couch, we tried to make it look "inviting" :)

7-10-08

 

 

 

 

Four animals live in this house. Four people, four animals, four cars clogging the driveway. My camera lens stopped autofocusing a few weeks back so I had trouble getting these four pictures of the animals.

7-8-08

 

 

I've been working for weeks on cleaning up the workshop. Today I went to Lowes and bought some pegboard and hung it over the workbench. I FreeCycled lots of junk and what's left is a pile of boxes from my teaching career that needs sorting. Looking good.

7-7-08

 

I finally got my camera back. This is the first picture taken with a clean CCD with no spots.

7-4-08

Before we went to watch fireworks, we sat around goofing off with the guitars, piano, and recorders. Aza wouldn't let me film her playing the piano, but I got some humorous footage nevertheless. Squirt went to watch the fireworks with a friend, while the girls and I sat on a blanket at the entrance to our neighborhood where we had a great viewing. My camera is in the shop (has been all week) which explains the fun videos. I should do this more often. Thanks to my nephew Beck for the inspiration!

7-2-08

This is a short video about Aza's new kitty, Sophie. She's getting along well with Mittens, Maya, and Frisbee!

6-30-08

 

Dan came home for the weekend and I am very happy. We went out to dinner with the kids tonight to celebrate Jes's birthday. Squirt took this photo with my new cell phone.

6-24-08

 

Jes got a new car. She picked it out herself, had it checked over, bargained with the seller, and made the deal, spending her own money. 21 (almost 22) and she is a car owner.

6-23-08

 

Leaving California-
One last look at Baby Beck's new house...

6-20-08

 
Baby Beck, Eight Days Old,
What a Lucky, Lucky, Lucky, Lucky Boy You Are.

6-19-08

 

Beck and his mommy.

6-18-08

 
 
Beck and his daddy.

6-17-08

 
Me and my new nephew, Beck.

6-16-08

 

 

 

Flowers in the garden and kitten in the fridge.

6-14-08

Help on the way.

6-13-08

Got a new cell phone. The house is a wreck. Neighbor brought over milk because I couldn't go out.

6-12-08

If I could, I'd drink this. Aza poured it all down the drain after "somebody" got into it.

6-11-08

Flying home from Denver, sad.

6-10-08

In Colorado with Dan.

6-9-08

Haun's Peak in northern Colorado.

6-8-08

Downtown Steamboat Springs, Colorado and the yurt we stayed in for two nights nearby.

6-7-08

A cabin we rented for one night in Steamboat on the Yampa River.

6-6-08

Downtown Denver. I flew in today to see Dan after almost two weeks apart.

6-3-08

I picked flowers from my garden today, trying to cheer myself up.