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2009-05-14T10:43:00.002-05:00

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Pollen Delivery System

2009-05-14T00:34:00.003-05:00

I Have Not Posted

2009-05-14T00:25:00.003-05:00

In like 2 yrs or so.... Maybe I'll start again with little things I think are cool. I mostly post to my Flickr account which you can access on the side if you choose. Well, we shall see if I really do this or not. Again!

Meet Bob the Stingray!

2007-03-03T08:32:00.000-06:00

Texas Road Runner, we used to have one in our neighborhood in San Antonio. They are very cute!

Giant Centipede at the Texas Wild exhibit.

Not sure what type of snake this is. They are renovating the snake house, so a lot of the signs were down.

Bob the Stingray, the new love in my life. <3

He is a stingray at the Fort Worth Zoo where I will start volunteering! I will help look after Bob and his other tide pool friends. I visited the zoo yesterday to complete my scavenger hunt to get familiar with the zoo itself. I know I will enjoy working there! Even if it is just volunteering! :)

BTW, Bob is soo cute!!! I'm in love! He is just a sweetie!. There is a ledge that he swims up when he wants to be petted. You can only touch him with washed hands and only when he is on the ledge with one finger stroke. This is to minimize the stress on Bob. When he doesnt want to be petted, we put out a sign saying that he is sleeping. :)

I took lots of pics at the zoo and of course I threw out half of them as they were no good.

Explore for Today

2007-03-03T08:31:00.000-06:00

Holy Crap! I Got Eleven This Time!

2007-02-21T07:02:00.000-06:00

I just keep racking them up in Explore!

Explore

2007-02-20T09:34:00.000-06:00

The Bathroom at Adair's made the Explore Page on Flickr. I'm so happy!!!

Today We Spent 4 Hours at a Cafe

2007-02-04T18:31:00.000-06:00

Drive by duck! Shot this on the way to Narah! Cute!

Hot lemon water. Great on a chilly day.

Our friends Erin and Brooke, Brooke's husband Gautum was there too. Taken at Narah Cafe.

One of the dangers of living on an ancient sea floor.

That's four hours! We went to Narah Cafe again to have lunch with friends and smoke the hookah. We kind of lost track of time and ended up almost having diner there as well. On the way home, we drove by the new natural gas well that they are building in the neighborhood. My in laws are actually going to get a little bit of money from this and so is everyone else in the neighborhood. There is some controversy about these things going up so close to home. First of all, they can explode. Second, they are a bit ugly, and Thirdly, the noise. I'm a bit intrigued by this contraption and its on the other side of the road pretty far from our house. But still, its gas.

Mr. Hammi Pants New Crib

2007-02-02T09:42:00.000-06:00

Feet cleaning time!

Well, it's really an old one. I took the old 20 gallon toad tank out of the garage and cleaned it up. Since it had water in it and some other stuff, the glass was a bit cloudy. At least it's clean and the hamster is moved in. I think he likes it. It's definitely more room for him to move around in now. :)

It Snowed Today...

2007-02-01T20:31:00.000-06:00

Snow and Bamboo.

Hot tea is just perfect for today. Brrr....

Grandma and Grandpa in a tender moment.

I mostly stayed inside today. I had to clean my room, it was just getting to cluttered so I did some spring cleaning and threw out a bunch of stuff. I also took pics of old pics. I think they turned out well.

Went to the Japanese Gardens Today.

2007-01-29T17:04:00.000-06:00

My first really good skwerl Pic. The little bastards keep running away from me. :) I need a telephoto lens.

I Went To Work Today

2007-01-28T20:02:00.000-06:00

This is where I get bruised and fall off ladders. :) I need a new job.

Owners Are Supposed to Look Like Their Pets

2007-01-26T17:15:00.000-06:00

Got My Hair Cut and Went Grocery Shopping.

2007-01-26T15:44:00.000-06:00

I got my hair cut today, This is Diana my hairdresser. She's into photography too. That's all we talked about was cameras during this session.

Almost done!

I like the job Diana did on my hair! Now for some grocery shopping!

As you walk into the grocery store, you are greeted by the flower dept. How nice. :)

Beautiful veggie isle.

I prefer high pulp, I like to chew my orange juice.

I had to stop by the cake counter and take some pics!

Yes, it was a fun filled day for me. ;) What I may do is post the pics I take during the day to the blog as a bit of a photo diary - plus my knitting when I actually get around to doing some. I think I'll pull out that throw I'm working on now.

Mr Hammi Pants - So Cute

2007-01-17T09:19:00.000-06:00

He's a brave hunter, that's an elephant he's just caught!

It's Cold Out Side!!! Plus I Finished the Sock!!!

2007-01-17T09:01:00.000-06:00

Me all bundled up looking warm and cute!

My frozen pony fountain. Damn it's cold!

We have snow! It's been icy for the past 4 days, but this has allowed me to finish my socks. Which is a good thing! Just in time for new warm socks!!

Knit on size 1 DP needles ( bamboo)
Yarn: Sockatta yarn. I think this colour has been discontinued. I really didn't like this yarn too much. It was a bit stiff. Not nice and soft. :(

I added Lorna's lace to the heels and toes so those areas are knit with two strands so they don't wear out too quickly.

I'm Determined to Finish This Damn Sock!

2007-01-05T21:19:00.000-06:00

All I have to do is finish this one toe! Then I'll have two matching socks! :) It only took two years!

Body Worlds and The Fair Park Aquarium

2007-01-04T19:49:00.000-06:00

Early in the morning, Dallas.

Cafe Brazil Entrance.

Hologram at the Science Place, it's called Medusa.

This little guy was a camera hog! He kept wanting to be in front of the lens! I think he was attracted to the shiny metal. No flash was used!

One of the largest Alligator Snapping turtles I've ever seen! The size of a wild boar!

Today I went to Dallas to see the exhibit Body Worlds at the Science Place in Fair Park. Since there is no photography allowed in the exhibit, I did not take any pics of it. The tickets were too expensive for me to sneak a pic and get caught and then get thrown out.

We were meeting some friends and so we had to wake up early for breakfast in Dallas before the exhibit opened at 1o am. A good opportunity to take lots of pics! We went to Cafe Brazil for breakfast and I had a stack of pancakes and eggs etc. ( I didn't finish it, to much food!)

Our friends arrived and we went to the exhibit. It was wonderful! Despite all the controversy surrounding it, it was amazing to witness the human body displayed in such a manor. It was artistic and scientific at the same time. I do suggest going to see it if you have a chance. Humans are wonderful machines!

While still in Fair Park we decided to go to the aquarium as well. This is where I really took a lot of photos! Fish beware! I didn't use flash on a lot of them because it hurts their little eyes and they may become disoriented and hit the aquarium glass. So most of the pics I took without flash, if I did take the pics with flash, it was because they had poor or no eyes to speak of and so didn't matter. Overall I had a fine day indeed!

New Years Day Dinner

2007-01-01T20:29:00.000-06:00

Luck and prosperity come from eating fish on New Years Day!

Silver egg rolls, another traditional New Years food.

Yummy soup!

The whole spread! Let's Eat!

I hope that every one has a wonderful 2007 and that good things happen to all of you!

Happy New Year!

2006-12-31T22:22:00.000-06:00

This little guy was chirping at me and not very friendly as I was trying to take his picture!

I wish that everyone have a safe and happy New Year 2007! 2006 was full of heartbreak and not so good times as there were a lot of traumatic events in the world and in my family. I will approach the new year with a clean slate and accomplish the goals that I have set out for myself. Lets put it this way, I have to do this. :)

I'm spending a quiet evening at home and I will usher in the New Year by watching it on TV like so many people. For those of you who care, I'll blow kisses to you from home to wish you good luck in the new year. Kiss Kiss! Love you lots!!!!! (to the 4 people who read my blog). <3

Christmas Party at the Croleys

2006-12-26T10:11:00.000-06:00

Our lovely hosts for the evening. Ann and Rick.

Ann sets a very pretty table.

Ann and her mother busy in the kitchen.

We had fruit and nuts too.

Christmas dinner, tasty turkey!

Christmas angel ornament on their tree.

I had a very lovely Christmas at a dear friend house. Rick Croley and his wife Ann had invited us for Christmas dinner and it was wonderful. There was my mother, stepfather, Ann's mother and another friend of theirs. Unfortunately I cannot recall his name, but we talked about music all night. Ann's mother was wonderful, a very lively older lady who had traveled the world and rights poetry as well. We read some of her poems at the dinner table which seemed to finish the night off well. When I was reading my poem, I had just had some champagne so I was hoping I wouldn't mess up and skip a line. :)

We had turkey, stuffing, string beans, sweet potatoes, creamed onions, cranberry sauce, mash potatoes, and of course pumpkin pie. I and everyone else was stuffed! I had a wonderful time there and was glad to share Christmas with such lovely people. Thank you Rick and Ann!

Tamale Party

2006-12-18T13:07:00.000-06:00

Ed really getting into mixing the masa. Look at that action!

Can't have tamales without some beer!

Putting it together.

Ready for the steamer.

They are done!

The bean soup, it was wonderful!

Rice, Carrots and Tamales!

Yesterday, I went to my mother's house to attend a tamale party. My sister, step father, and two other guests attended. We got a late start and I was the one who started out mixing the masa. Boy was it cold! Because of all the boxes I handle at work, I have a lot of tiny paper cuts that aren't open, but with chili on my hands and cold masa to mix, it was hell. I could only mix it for a few minutes at a time before my hands got painfully numb. After about 10 min, I was done. I couldn't take it any more and I had to surrender to the next person in line to mix. When I washed off my hands, they were red and swollen and they itched because the feeling was slowly returning to them.

After a lot of work, putting the tamales together, we had a wonderful dinner. It was worth all the hard work! I want to thank my father for the new camera that I snapped these pics with. As you can tell, they came out wonderfully!

Flickr Explore

2006-12-13T10:16:00.000-06:00

It's always changing. As of this morning, two dropped off and one was added

As of last night. The most I've had in Explore at one time.

I may be having a crappy time at work but my photos are doing well. If you don't know, Flickr has an Explore page that showcases it's most interesting photos uploaded to the site. You can make these little posters featuring your Explored photos. The photo selections change all the time and some drop off and some stay. To be featured in Explore doesn't mean that they are the best or of any official recognition. It is a bit of a game to see how many one could get up on the Explore page at one time. One of my contacts had 46 of them at once. I'm doing good with 6. :)

Christmas Hell

2006-12-13T09:36:00.000-06:00

I wish I could say that my holiday is going swimmingly, but I can't. It's not that bad but it isn't great either. The up side is that I am exempt from my finals because I made an A in my class! :) The down side is that now I have a lot of time to fill out lots of school paper work. :( Not my favorite thing to do, but it must be done.

That is just a headache though, the real problem is at work. We are going through tough times and are cutting back on staff. With the holidays and retail that spells trouble. Yesterday I worked for 5 hrs and they were the worst 5 hrs I've worked in quite a long time. We only had two people ( myself included ) to work the floor. Since I'm a manager, I had my managerial duties to perform too. My other companion was a newly hired lady. She is good but does not know enough to do a lot of the things that need to be done, like stocking stuff from the backroom and fetching merchandise from there for the customers. So I would set one foot out on the floor when I would have to go to the stock room and get something else for a customer. I was running around the place as fast as I could! I have about two more weeks of this to go, and it's just going to be two to three people on the floor at one time. ( not enough ) We will all be taxed beyond our abilities and the quality of our work will suffer. We will piss off our customers and loose sales if this is allowed to continue. We would surely loose the season if the corporate office does not realise that they just shot us in the foot. I can't wait to get yelled at by a disgruntled holiday shopper.

Well, I think it's time to look elsewhere, when a store cannot put it's resources into staffing itself properly, it's time to move on I'm afraid. I just hope I can make it through till the end of the season without snapping. God I used to love Christmas and now I really hate it.

Killer Vampire Skwerl of Death!

2006-12-06T19:20:00.000-06:00

I thought it was funny!