This awesome little deer was found in Italy. My childhood belief in unicorns has finally paid off. The news article can be found here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_fe_st/italy_unicorn
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
OMG UNICORNS!!!
This awesome little deer was found in Italy. My childhood belief in unicorns has finally paid off. The news article can be found here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080611/ap_on_fe_st/italy_unicorn
Thursday, June 5, 2008
crap.
Well....I was holding out hope for a game 7, and that hope came crashing down in flames last night.
The Pens lost the Stanley Cup to the Detroit Red Wings last night. Bah, I hate Detroit...stupid octopus-tossers.
The Pens lost the Stanley Cup to the Detroit Red Wings last night. Bah, I hate Detroit...stupid octopus-tossers.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Puppies everywhere!
One of the best parts about going to Alaska? There are a ton of great sled dogs everywhere!!! We found these 2 guys for sale when we stopped for the night in Tok, Alaska. They were super friendly and playful! Joe and I decided that if we moved up there, we would buy and name them Badger and Moose.
This lady raises sled dogs and had one of her new puppies. She brought him aboard our bus when we made a stop and let everyone pet him. He looked super sleepy.
One of our last days we took a trip to Jeff King's home, 4 time winner of the Iditarod race. We got to meet some of his champion racers and play with the new puppies. Below is one of the people who works there...the funny looking thing in front of her face is her microphone. I really liked the wolf-looking dog she was petting in this picture.
Here's one of the puppies I got to hold. He had really pretty eyes.
More pictures soon to follow.
This lady raises sled dogs and had one of her new puppies. She brought him aboard our bus when we made a stop and let everyone pet him. He looked super sleepy.
One of our last days we took a trip to Jeff King's home, 4 time winner of the Iditarod race. We got to meet some of his champion racers and play with the new puppies. Below is one of the people who works there...the funny looking thing in front of her face is her microphone. I really liked the wolf-looking dog she was petting in this picture.
Here's one of the puppies I got to hold. He had really pretty eyes.
More pictures soon to follow.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Hold on, Pens!!!
Fresh back from my trip to Alaska (pictures to follow shortly), and the Pittsburgh Penguins are still scraping their way through the Stanley Cup Finals. Last night I stupidly thought they'd lost it all after the Red Wings gained a lead on them in the 3rd period, so instead of staying and getting angry at the game we decided to go to the movies and watch the new Indiana Jones movie. I really kicked myself when I got home and saw that the Pens had won in a triple overtime nail biter victory.
Still down in the series 3-2, I'm holding out hope for a game 7 victory.
On another note, the 4th Indy movie was kind of a dissapointment. Still had moments of that classic Indiana Jones movie fun that I love, but peppered with moments of, "uh....what were they thinking when they wrote this into the script??!?". Joe and I both wondered if those wierd moments came from George Lucas' writing. I think Mr. Lucas has really lost touch with what good entertainment really is.
Still down in the series 3-2, I'm holding out hope for a game 7 victory.
On another note, the 4th Indy movie was kind of a dissapointment. Still had moments of that classic Indiana Jones movie fun that I love, but peppered with moments of, "uh....what were they thinking when they wrote this into the script??!?". Joe and I both wondered if those wierd moments came from George Lucas' writing. I think Mr. Lucas has really lost touch with what good entertainment really is.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Anniversary weekend!
Sunday, April 6th was our 6th anniversary! (...it was also Alex's birthday, but that's not important.) We decided to take advantage of the fact that it fell on a weekend and had a mini-celebration in Portland. I got up on Saturday morning and made the best french toast ever!
I baked it in a honey/maple/pecan sauce. Not only was it delicious, but it was also extremely pretty. I made Joe take a picture of it, along with the truffles and lilacs I got for him. I think he felt a little funny that I got him flowers and chocolates for our anniversary before he got any for me.
Saturday night we went downtown and stayed the night in a fun place called the Hotel DeLuxe. It's designed like a hotel that might be featured in an old movie, and there are photos from old golden era Hollywood movies all over the place. They also had a great bar that made some tasty drinks. Who knew that a rose-flavored drink could be so good?
Sunday, after searching forever for a place to eat breakfast that didn't require an hour long wait (did you know that Portlanders love going out for breakfast on the weekends? We found out the hard way...) we hit up the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, otherwise lovingly referred to as the OMSI.
My brother had gotten me a membership there for my birthday and I still hadn't gone, so we thought it was a perfect opportunity to go. We not only got 12 free passes to the Omnimax theater inside with our membership, but we also can go whenever we want for a year for free. AND we can take up to 2 adults and 8 kids with us each time! I told Joe we're gonna have to round up some children somewheres. Besides the great permanent exhibit, they were also having a great dinosaur exhibit that weekend and we saw some amazing fossils.
After leaving the exhibit we went home to bug Jingle, who was very happy to have a quiet weekend by herself.
I baked it in a honey/maple/pecan sauce. Not only was it delicious, but it was also extremely pretty. I made Joe take a picture of it, along with the truffles and lilacs I got for him. I think he felt a little funny that I got him flowers and chocolates for our anniversary before he got any for me.
Saturday night we went downtown and stayed the night in a fun place called the Hotel DeLuxe. It's designed like a hotel that might be featured in an old movie, and there are photos from old golden era Hollywood movies all over the place. They also had a great bar that made some tasty drinks. Who knew that a rose-flavored drink could be so good?
Sunday, after searching forever for a place to eat breakfast that didn't require an hour long wait (did you know that Portlanders love going out for breakfast on the weekends? We found out the hard way...) we hit up the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, otherwise lovingly referred to as the OMSI.
My brother had gotten me a membership there for my birthday and I still hadn't gone, so we thought it was a perfect opportunity to go. We not only got 12 free passes to the Omnimax theater inside with our membership, but we also can go whenever we want for a year for free. AND we can take up to 2 adults and 8 kids with us each time! I told Joe we're gonna have to round up some children somewheres. Besides the great permanent exhibit, they were also having a great dinosaur exhibit that weekend and we saw some amazing fossils.
After leaving the exhibit we went home to bug Jingle, who was very happy to have a quiet weekend by herself.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Dumb dog.....
I had to go put gas in the car after work tonight. On my way home I was sitting at the intersection by my house and a dog ran across the street. The stupid dog came up to my window and jumped up like she was happy to see me. I shooed her away and turned into my street, but noticed that she was running around in the intersection while people were driving around her. That kinda scared me so I opened the window and called her over to me so she'd get out of the intersection and she JUMPED RIGHT IN MY WINDOW. This is a golden retriever...a pretty big dog to jump into your window right onto your lap!
So I took her home. She was really hyper and excited and it took me and Joe both to hold her down to read the phone number off of the tag around her neck. When I got her owner on the phone he seemed pretty unconcerned. I think he may have been high or something because he was talking really slow and monotone.
"Hello, this is..."
"You have my dog?"
"Yes, I found her up the street and..."
"She alive?"
"Uh....yes...she was running around in the intersection and almost got hit though."
"Okay, I'll be there to pick her up in 5 minutes."
Strange redneck dude came to pick up his sweet but hyper dog after calling again because he messed up our address when writing it down. I know I'm a redneck so I shouldn't point out that others are, but when you pick up your dog from a stranger, tell them she's always escaping and then spit in their driveway you're really a strange redneck.
At least it was fun to have a puppy running around the house for a little bit and see Jingle all freaked out.
So I took her home. She was really hyper and excited and it took me and Joe both to hold her down to read the phone number off of the tag around her neck. When I got her owner on the phone he seemed pretty unconcerned. I think he may have been high or something because he was talking really slow and monotone.
"Hello, this is..."
"You have my dog?"
"Yes, I found her up the street and..."
"She alive?"
"Uh....yes...she was running around in the intersection and almost got hit though."
"Okay, I'll be there to pick her up in 5 minutes."
Strange redneck dude came to pick up his sweet but hyper dog after calling again because he messed up our address when writing it down. I know I'm a redneck so I shouldn't point out that others are, but when you pick up your dog from a stranger, tell them she's always escaping and then spit in their driveway you're really a strange redneck.
At least it was fun to have a puppy running around the house for a little bit and see Jingle all freaked out.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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