Hi,

My Japan name is Nokachishikimime.
And yours?

Free Hugs

Ahhh, Summer

I am going through all my archives so we can order picutres for the basement. Our plan is to have a line of 8x10 pictures in frames from one wall all the way around the basement and back. Should be a fun project.

Oreo-eyed Snow Man

New Sled

Paige and Kaitlyn at the Little Gym Recital

Walter Storholt on ESPNU tonight

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WALTER IS THE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is an amazing, talented, prepared, and polished broadcaster. Oh, and this was his first ever TV appearance. Stud.

(Sorry about the quality, I took these from my camera and had to convert them to wmv before uploading to YouTube)

So there I was . .. . just relaxing in front of the T.V. when the kids yelled, “Hey Mom! Come see the kittens.”

via

POTATOES

An old man lived alone in the country. He wanted to dig his potato garden but it was very hard work as the ground was hard. His only son Fred, who used to help him, was in prison. The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament.

Dear Fred,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over I know you would dig the plot for me.
Love,
Dad

A few days later he received a letter from his son.

Dear Dad,
For heaven's sake, don't dig up that garden! That's where I buried the BODIES!
Love,
Fred

At 4am the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. They apologized to the old man and left. That same day the old man received another letter from his son.

Dear Dad,
Go ahead and plant the potatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love,
Fred

Rising moon, SW Harbor ME

Rising moon, SW Harbor ME, originally uploaded by -SPK.

Taken on Christmas eve.

I used a flashlight on the birch tree in the foreground to "paint" it with light so it had some depth. The moon is way overexposed, but when it's that bright - if it was perfectly exposed it would be the only thing you could see.


....oh, that's a little Christmas tree at the end of the dock.

Lonely pooch

Lonely pooch, originally uploaded by -SPK.

Taken on the docks in South West Harbor Maine. You are looking down 4 floating docks stacked on top of each other.

Throwing stones into the sea

Throwing stones into the sea, originally uploaded by -SPK.

Paige was tossing stones into the sea and I was lucky enough to capture this.

Is this good?

This is how my Gateway 450ROG screen looks this morning.

I booted her up and heard a lot of clicking and whirring. Hmm, sounds eerily familiar.

However, this time I listened to my own recommendation. Every single file has been backed up to my Western Digital external hard drive.

Now I have to decide - laptop or desktop for the office?

Poor Kaitlyn

She ran into the corner of a table at a party yesterday. One of the people who saw it said she actually *moved* the table.

Becky said she cried for 1/2 hour straight and that's just not like her, so we decided to take her to the ER and after 4 hours and an x-ray - all is OK. Just some bruising.

Whenever she smiles, it hurts her. I was trying to take a picture of her eye and she kept on smiling and wincing at the same time. :-(

Piglet, Pooh, & Tigger

Piglet, Pooh, & Tigger, originally uploaded by -SPK.

Paige drew this on her white board all by herself.

For those who are counting she is 4 1/2.

Paige doing a headstand on the couch

Paige doing a headstand on the couch, originally uploaded by -SPK.

If this doesn't make you smile....

Santa!

Mom & Paige

Mom & Paige, originally uploaded by -SPK.

Strike on Box

You may notice in some of the photos what appears to be abborations or lens flare. This is actually sparks of hot sulpher flying in the air. I had a lot of fun doing this but the whole house smelled like matches for 3 hours.

Jott.com

After an intense 3 week test of this free application from Jott.com, my vote is in: 5 stars. If I could give it 6 stars I would. Why isn't this being talked about more? Is it just because I am in sales and on the road 99% of the time? This is amazing! First, take a peek at this video to see a little bit of what it does.



When you join, you provide your cell phone number and email address. You either upload your address book or type in your contacts. Rather then sending a text or email from the road, you call the toll free number - Jott matches your account to your address book and records your audio message. It then transcribes the message, sends it to the person who you told it to with the transcription and a link to the recorded audio and copies you on the email.

An extremely useful feature is the reminders. Lets say you just remembered that you need to order a gift for me for Christmas before the Amazon sale expires. Just call Jott, when it asks you "Who do you want to jot?" you say "Myself" or "Me". Then say "Don't forget to order the new Tablet PC for Patrick for Christmas before Friday's sale expires." Jott says, "Do you want a reminder?" "Yes" "For when" "Thursday December 13th at 7PM" "OK, got it Thursday December 13th at 7PM" Jott repeats. When the reminder is due, you get a text and an email of the transcription as well as a link to the audio.

Here is the newest feature: Calendar function. Lets say you just hung up with Boom and booked a racquetball game for Saturday. Rather than grab a pen, write it down while you are driving and lose the paper anyway, call Jott!

When Jott answers, say "Google Calendar". Jott repeats "Google Calendar". Beep. "Next Sunday 7:15 am racquetball at Northwood in Palmer with Boom." Boom! Just like that, it's on your calendar with the text that was transcribed and the correct date and time.

Check it out at www.jott.com