Friday, December 30, 2005
Interview number six of seven in eight minutes. My favorite candidate is the interviewee from yesterday afternoon. I’m curious to see how next week, and month/year end goes with Seth gone. Won’t be dull. –I’m having a moment of tension. I’m a bit frustrated with the fact that these old charges aren’t being coded and entered. I’m just not going to get worked up about it. – We’re looking for a doghouse for Thumper. It’s been raining so much here, we’ve toyed with the idea of starting working on an Ark. Thumper doesn’t seem to mind racing out in the yard and getting wet, the cats are pretty housebound, however. I must say that I am looking forward to longer days and warmer weather.
Word(s) of the day: VELOUR EMANCIPATION
Lexie log: She refused almost all day to tell her Daddy “Happy Birthday Daddy!” I started trying to get her to say over the phone on break, but she refused. I don’t think she wants to share birthdays with anyone. She still asks me for her birthday at least every other day, and I keep telling her only one per year. Maybe next year I’ll give her mine too.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, three day weekends, pictures, Benadryl, creamer, liberation from negativity, and did I mention weekends?
Friday, December 30, 2005
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
And their kids were hippie chicks all hypocrites, Because fashion is smashin' the true meaning of it
Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Yesterday was a blur. After I blogged my morning break, I found out we had two interviews for Network Tech coming in. Admin JB and Seth asked me to join in. I was nervous at first during the first one, but it was much easier than I anticipated. The second one was a lunch interview and I got a wonderful Turkey Cream cheese sammy from Tilly’s. A bit odd to eat while your questioning a total stranger on why they should come work here. I realized that we have become Linux/UNIX dependent around here in the last couple years. Maybe I should learn a little about it? The interviews also re-sparked my interest in programming. We have another interview today at noon, and I’m much anticipating it.
Word(s) of the day: SPLENDIFEROUS
Lexie log: She got another cold, most likely from Christmas gathering at Aunt Patty’s. Unfortunately, that means she probably gave it to Kiara. – Monday night instead of wanting to watch SpongeBob, she actually asked to re-watch home movies. She pointed at the TV and said she wanted to watch the pictures again. I accidentally picked the perfect one. After wandering around the Newport Aquarium with Grandpa and Grammy, it has clips of her on her sit-n-spin, and then a long clip of her and Daddy playing karate fall down on bed to loud music and laughing hysterically. I wasn’t in the room when she started watching this, but suddenly heard two sets of Lexie laughter, one from the video, and one from her watching the video. She was so pleased with it that she dragged us into the bedroom and made us do it again. Her laughter is irresistible.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, awesome job, my animals, and weekends.
Yesterday was a blur. After I blogged my morning break, I found out we had two interviews for Network Tech coming in. Admin JB and Seth asked me to join in. I was nervous at first during the first one, but it was much easier than I anticipated. The second one was a lunch interview and I got a wonderful Turkey Cream cheese sammy from Tilly’s. A bit odd to eat while your questioning a total stranger on why they should come work here. I realized that we have become Linux/UNIX dependent around here in the last couple years. Maybe I should learn a little about it? The interviews also re-sparked my interest in programming. We have another interview today at noon, and I’m much anticipating it.
Word(s) of the day: SPLENDIFEROUS
Lexie log: She got another cold, most likely from Christmas gathering at Aunt Patty’s. Unfortunately, that means she probably gave it to Kiara. – Monday night instead of wanting to watch SpongeBob, she actually asked to re-watch home movies. She pointed at the TV and said she wanted to watch the pictures again. I accidentally picked the perfect one. After wandering around the Newport Aquarium with Grandpa and Grammy, it has clips of her on her sit-n-spin, and then a long clip of her and Daddy playing karate fall down on bed to loud music and laughing hysterically. I wasn’t in the room when she started watching this, but suddenly heard two sets of Lexie laughter, one from the video, and one from her watching the video. She was so pleased with it that she dragged us into the bedroom and made us do it again. Her laughter is irresistible.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, awesome job, my animals, and weekends.
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Shave and a haircut, two bits.
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Well come in after a (long) weekend, and it’s freezing in here again…But this time it’s because the clinic was broken into…again. This is the third time in as many years. When I showed up this morning, there was a clandestine looking government vehicle parked noticeably askew across three parking spots. Almost every light in the clinic was on and when I walked in, it was colder inside than out, and Julie said we’d been ‘hit’ again. They came in through the treadmill room window. There was a crime lab detective dusting for prints on Bill’s pharmacy counter. He was robbed last year and so the barrier and windows had been reinstalled super extra better and reinforced on top of that. So, it was a very unsuccessful burglary attempt. They only succeeded at breaking and entering; no burglaring took place. – We had a pleasant holiday weekend. Saturday we went to Patty’s for Christmas get together. It was good to see Colleen and her brood also. She told the story of what happened with Joseph, it sounds as thought even though he committed a crime and perhaps didn’t have the best solution, he is still a family hero. John LaMarsh is a jerk. We’ve all known that for years, but only Colleen and her kids new how much of one he was. Joseph saw John hold a gun to his mom’s head when he was only nine years old. He spent years watching John abuse his mom and sisters. John’s issues have caused Joe not to be able to see his son, and almost loose his girlfriend. Yes, he snapped and had had enough. He held the gun to his dad’s head and said he saw him do it to his mom when he was nine, and how did it feel. He made him go out to the freezer and cook him a steak, then he threw it on the ground, said it was crap, and made him cook another, much as I’m sure he’d seen John treat his mom throughout his life. – Anywho… Sunday Mom and Dad came over and we opened Christmas presents. We had Mexican take out for Christmas dinner. Yesterday Mom came over with Aunt Chris, Jason, Maggie, and Kiara. They spent a couple hours and we watched the kids play. – Last night we did some post holiday housecleaning, and we moved Thumper out of Lexie’s room. This was a brilliant idea Frank had Saturday. I had wanted Lexie’s room back to being her room, but couldn’t figure out how, and Frank came up with the idea of cleaning out the entry way coat closet, taking off the doors, since one has always been broken, and putting his kennel in there. We measured and it was a great fit. I had wanted to have it done by next weekend, but since Frank was super cleaning the bedroom, I figured, why wait? So, now Thumper has his own room and Lexie gets hers back.
Word(s) of the day:
Lexie log: Now that her room is hers again, our next project is to re-organize and slightly remodel it. We’re going to take off the closet doors and turn the closet into a combination shelving, drawer unit for clothes and toys. Also, we want to add a nice set of floor to ceiling shelves to store books and toys on, hang a couple stuffed animal hammocks, and eventually get bunk beds. – Saturday Lexie spent a good portion of the time at Patty’s in Johnny’s room with the other younger kids watching the cartoon network and playing some game with Marissa. This was the first Christmas where she spent more time with the other kids than sitting on my lap or me holding her. I’m already getting melancholy and she’s only three! Sunday she kept saying birthday over and over, she associates wrapped gifts with that word. She played with her toys; pom poms, princess tiara and jewelry, baby doll she name Dora, and ate lots and lots of Christmas cookies. She spent gobs of time sitting on Grandpa’s lap drawing. I have tons of pictures that I’ve downloaded, but not sorted. Eventually they’ll make it to the blog. – Monday we went to Petco and Lexie played on the cat toys as we spent our gift card. She watched Thumper get his nails professionally trimmed, so we could learn how to do it. Both Kiara and Lex basically had a two-minute nap before Jason, Maggie, Chris and her showed up. In fact, Lexie had fallen asleep and was on her bed when they got there. I woke her up and after a little shyness, they played. They are both so adorable. They had a few disagreements, mostly due to hunger and lack of sleep, but I thought it was wonderful to watch them play. It’s one of the first times I can remember her playing with someone younger than her. Jason brought over Kiara’s sit-n-spin because Kiara hadn’t gotten the swing of using it and Lexie can spent hours on hers. So, Lexie showed Kiara how to do it. It took Lexie over a week to figure hers out so I’m sure Kiara will pick it up soon enough. The only part that made me sad was that Lexie was so incredibly excited about having another little girl to spin at the same time with, she kept asking Kiara to sit on hers, it made me want to get one and join her. Long weekends always leave me wanting to play with her ever more. – Oh! I almost forgot, I’m finally finished with transferring the tapes to DVD. Now all I need to do is make a couple spare copies, one for Grammy, one for backup, and then keep up with the tapes as we tape them.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, relatives and gatherings, my new hand held sewing machine, gift cards, weekends, short weeks, and life.
Well come in after a (long) weekend, and it’s freezing in here again…But this time it’s because the clinic was broken into…again. This is the third time in as many years. When I showed up this morning, there was a clandestine looking government vehicle parked noticeably askew across three parking spots. Almost every light in the clinic was on and when I walked in, it was colder inside than out, and Julie said we’d been ‘hit’ again. They came in through the treadmill room window. There was a crime lab detective dusting for prints on Bill’s pharmacy counter. He was robbed last year and so the barrier and windows had been reinstalled super extra better and reinforced on top of that. So, it was a very unsuccessful burglary attempt. They only succeeded at breaking and entering; no burglaring took place. – We had a pleasant holiday weekend. Saturday we went to Patty’s for Christmas get together. It was good to see Colleen and her brood also. She told the story of what happened with Joseph, it sounds as thought even though he committed a crime and perhaps didn’t have the best solution, he is still a family hero. John LaMarsh is a jerk. We’ve all known that for years, but only Colleen and her kids new how much of one he was. Joseph saw John hold a gun to his mom’s head when he was only nine years old. He spent years watching John abuse his mom and sisters. John’s issues have caused Joe not to be able to see his son, and almost loose his girlfriend. Yes, he snapped and had had enough. He held the gun to his dad’s head and said he saw him do it to his mom when he was nine, and how did it feel. He made him go out to the freezer and cook him a steak, then he threw it on the ground, said it was crap, and made him cook another, much as I’m sure he’d seen John treat his mom throughout his life. – Anywho… Sunday Mom and Dad came over and we opened Christmas presents. We had Mexican take out for Christmas dinner. Yesterday Mom came over with Aunt Chris, Jason, Maggie, and Kiara. They spent a couple hours and we watched the kids play. – Last night we did some post holiday housecleaning, and we moved Thumper out of Lexie’s room. This was a brilliant idea Frank had Saturday. I had wanted Lexie’s room back to being her room, but couldn’t figure out how, and Frank came up with the idea of cleaning out the entry way coat closet, taking off the doors, since one has always been broken, and putting his kennel in there. We measured and it was a great fit. I had wanted to have it done by next weekend, but since Frank was super cleaning the bedroom, I figured, why wait? So, now Thumper has his own room and Lexie gets hers back.
Word(s) of the day:
Lexie log: Now that her room is hers again, our next project is to re-organize and slightly remodel it. We’re going to take off the closet doors and turn the closet into a combination shelving, drawer unit for clothes and toys. Also, we want to add a nice set of floor to ceiling shelves to store books and toys on, hang a couple stuffed animal hammocks, and eventually get bunk beds. – Saturday Lexie spent a good portion of the time at Patty’s in Johnny’s room with the other younger kids watching the cartoon network and playing some game with Marissa. This was the first Christmas where she spent more time with the other kids than sitting on my lap or me holding her. I’m already getting melancholy and she’s only three! Sunday she kept saying birthday over and over, she associates wrapped gifts with that word. She played with her toys; pom poms, princess tiara and jewelry, baby doll she name Dora, and ate lots and lots of Christmas cookies. She spent gobs of time sitting on Grandpa’s lap drawing. I have tons of pictures that I’ve downloaded, but not sorted. Eventually they’ll make it to the blog. – Monday we went to Petco and Lexie played on the cat toys as we spent our gift card. She watched Thumper get his nails professionally trimmed, so we could learn how to do it. Both Kiara and Lex basically had a two-minute nap before Jason, Maggie, Chris and her showed up. In fact, Lexie had fallen asleep and was on her bed when they got there. I woke her up and after a little shyness, they played. They are both so adorable. They had a few disagreements, mostly due to hunger and lack of sleep, but I thought it was wonderful to watch them play. It’s one of the first times I can remember her playing with someone younger than her. Jason brought over Kiara’s sit-n-spin because Kiara hadn’t gotten the swing of using it and Lexie can spent hours on hers. So, Lexie showed Kiara how to do it. It took Lexie over a week to figure hers out so I’m sure Kiara will pick it up soon enough. The only part that made me sad was that Lexie was so incredibly excited about having another little girl to spin at the same time with, she kept asking Kiara to sit on hers, it made me want to get one and join her. Long weekends always leave me wanting to play with her ever more. – Oh! I almost forgot, I’m finally finished with transferring the tapes to DVD. Now all I need to do is make a couple spare copies, one for Grammy, one for backup, and then keep up with the tapes as we tape them.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, relatives and gatherings, my new hand held sewing machine, gift cards, weekends, short weeks, and life.
Friday, December 23, 2005
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Christine, Happy birthday to you!
Today is my aunt Christine’s birthday. Happy Birthday to you! She’s keeping a photo diary of the progress on the re-model, re-building of their house on our family page and I really love to look and the pictures and read the amusing comments. – I woke this morning from a dream where I was trying to balance a deposit with folded calculator tapes and receipts and bundles of papers. I was always leaving a key piece in some strange place in the imaginary office I worked in. The office itself was bizarre and always under construction with different themes in different areas, one area even spilling over into an abandoned Chinese restaurant called ‘Feng Chins’ that looked out onto a main street in Hillsboro but somehow reminded me of a Chinese restaurant that actually exists in St. Helens. The whole clinic was only one level and expanded on and on. I was trying to convince the office admin that we needed to replace our existing water cooler with a water cooler/coffee dispenser, kind of like the one at Beaverton Honda (described in previous blog). We were wandering around the office and I kept pointing out potential spots to put the new machine and none were big enough or permanent enough. Finally I found a suitable place and they started installing it. All the while in the back of my (dream) mind, I am working on this bizarre accounting error with the deposit. I can still see the numbers in my mind. I had somehow turned a dollar sign in front of $823.32 into one or an eight, I could never quite figure out which. When I finally deduced this, I woke up and never got to re-calculate and see if I balanced. Time for a vacation. – Instead of a Christmas tree, we have a Christmas wall in the kitchen. It has a wreath that Carrie bought for us, and two strings of fancy decorations from Mom, all the cards we have received and some ornaments.
Word(s) of the day: SURMISE
Lexie log: I forgot to mention yesterday that I’ve been working on putting more tapes to DVD. I got two done Wednesday night and two more last night. We end up watching most of them, and Lexie is starting to get a kick out of watching them too. I hope that we can sit down and re-do them in order and with titles etc. Daddy actually said how pleased he was that we had them. Over the last couple days we’ve transferred the Crab festival with the Hartmans at the coast, Lexie first birthday (in two parts), Thanksgiving (I think) in Yamhill with Lexie watching Lucas (dog, not boy) and Jack retrieve a ball in the thicket, a trip to Salmon Street Fountain in the summer, a trip to the zoo, and some splashing in the kiddie pool in the backyard.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, DVD player, Mom and Dad, home movies, payday, three day weekend, and life.
Word(s) of the day: SURMISE
Lexie log: I forgot to mention yesterday that I’ve been working on putting more tapes to DVD. I got two done Wednesday night and two more last night. We end up watching most of them, and Lexie is starting to get a kick out of watching them too. I hope that we can sit down and re-do them in order and with titles etc. Daddy actually said how pleased he was that we had them. Over the last couple days we’ve transferred the Crab festival with the Hartmans at the coast, Lexie first birthday (in two parts), Thanksgiving (I think) in Yamhill with Lexie watching Lucas (dog, not boy) and Jack retrieve a ball in the thicket, a trip to Salmon Street Fountain in the summer, a trip to the zoo, and some splashing in the kiddie pool in the backyard.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, DVD player, Mom and Dad, home movies, payday, three day weekend, and life.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.... (or not)
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Horrible news this morning. I got to work and there was a voice message from Frank that there was a news story about a police related shooting in Molalla at Blueberry Sunrise farm, Colleen’s pygmy goat farm. Lexie’s cousin Joseph was shot and Lifeflighted to Emanuel after pointing a gun at an officer responding to Colleen’s 911 call. Not good. I just heard from Frank again and he will be ok. He was intoxicated at the time. My thoughts are with Colleen right now.
Word(s) of the day: ENCHILADA
Lexie log: Lexie and I walked Thumper yesterday when I got home. It was nice, but it’s raining so hard today that I think we’ll pass.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Colleen, Mom and Dad, Lifeflight, macaroni and cheese, and life.
Horrible news this morning. I got to work and there was a voice message from Frank that there was a news story about a police related shooting in Molalla at Blueberry Sunrise farm, Colleen’s pygmy goat farm. Lexie’s cousin Joseph was shot and Lifeflighted to Emanuel after pointing a gun at an officer responding to Colleen’s 911 call. Not good. I just heard from Frank again and he will be ok. He was intoxicated at the time. My thoughts are with Colleen right now.
Word(s) of the day: ENCHILADA
Lexie log: Lexie and I walked Thumper yesterday when I got home. It was nice, but it’s raining so hard today that I think we’ll pass.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Colleen, Mom and Dad, Lifeflight, macaroni and cheese, and life.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
You better watch out, You better not cry, You better not pout, I'm tellin' you why...
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Quick blog today. Super busy again. New news here. Seth’s last day is the 31st. This may be a pretty busy year end for me. – Thank you Carrie for helping me keep a light Christmas mood here at work.
Word(s) of the day: SERVILE
Lexie log: She is back up to full steam, even though her cold isn’t completely gone. She had fun playing with Grammy yesterday. As Grammy was leaving, we were playing her new Zaboomafoo computer game. She started out not handling the mouse (adult sized) very well, she’s much better with the keyboard. She spent about an hour after Grammy left practicing with the coloring program on the game, and got pretty darned good. She definitely got a better grip with the left click, she just has a hard time getting to position it very exact.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, top ramen and cheese, movies, weekends, cuddly time watching movies on the couch with Lexie, and life.
Quick blog today. Super busy again. New news here. Seth’s last day is the 31st. This may be a pretty busy year end for me. – Thank you Carrie for helping me keep a light Christmas mood here at work.
Word(s) of the day: SERVILE
Lexie log: She is back up to full steam, even though her cold isn’t completely gone. She had fun playing with Grammy yesterday. As Grammy was leaving, we were playing her new Zaboomafoo computer game. She started out not handling the mouse (adult sized) very well, she’s much better with the keyboard. She spent about an hour after Grammy left practicing with the coloring program on the game, and got pretty darned good. She definitely got a better grip with the left click, she just has a hard time getting to position it very exact.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, Mom and Dad, top ramen and cheese, movies, weekends, cuddly time watching movies on the couch with Lexie, and life.
Monday, December 19, 2005
In the lane, Snow is glistening, A beautiful sight, We're happy tonight, Walking in a winter wonderland...
Monday, December 19, 2005
Ice Storm 2005…Not. Well, OK, so there was some snow mixed with freezing rain last night. When I woke up this morning it was pouring rain. It was an interesting drive in, but I made it. The toughest part was getting from the car to the front door of the clinic. Last year when this would happen, David would be all prepared and would come in and do the parking lot with de-icer and then shovel and sand right around the time I would get here. Not this time. I parked on a sheet of ice a quarter inch thick, at least. I’m not even sure if I’m in the lines or not. I didn’t see Colleen’s car, but figured she got a ride in (hopefully) so I gave my self five minutes to skate to the front door. I may have looked goofy, but I didn’t land on my tushy. So far, I’ve only seen a couple other people show up, and everyone else is calling in. I just peeked out the window and someone, Phil, Ron, Jaime, I don’t know, is finally shoveling and salting. By the time they’re through, it’ll probably be 50 degrees. Hehe. David lived so conveniently close to get in here for such ‘crisis’. – Should be a quiet day here. I think I’ll enjoy it. Nice break. Nice break from a three year old feeling the full effect of getting better from a cold, and a puppy who is just about the terror of the house. I love him oh so much, but I’ll tell you what! He is a handful. This morning when I let him out and advised him that he relieve himself, he went no farther than a few paces, still on the outdoor carpeted deck, and proceeded with advised task. He raced around back and forth full throttle in the snowy-icy yard last night, but wouldn’t step off the deck to pee in the rain. He sure is testing his boundaries. He is getting more and more aggressive with taunting the cats. He wouldn’t hurt them; he just loves to make them run. We are trying to curb this behavior, but I think we will definitely benefit from an obedience course, for all of us. He and Lexie are continually pushing back and forth with some dominance issues. They constantly lean into each other, and if Lexie’s head gets so much as three inches below Thumper’s, he starts to walk over her. She doesn’t help the situation by grabbing his leg and holding on. – I don’t advice shopping at the very moment that snowflakes begin to fall as the weather forecast predicts freezing rain. Fred Meyer’s was a nightmare.
Word(s) of the day: WINTER
Lexie log: She was the best swimmer in class Sunday. We were concerned that others would be upset that we brought her since she was still coughing and occasional nose runny, but she seemed better in the pool than out. Kendall and Bergan were both tired and crying. Lexie swam over half-way across the pool. She got a certificate too. She’s signed up for next session with same teacher, same day, same time. The other two went to different days. Kendall on Friday’s and Bergan earlier on Sunday’s. The timing was just wrong for him at 11:30 he was always tired and ready for a nap. I’ve never seen Lexie do better than this time. She listened good, swam good, and even did better at the U-turn off the wall. She’s still a little stiff and won’t float on her back, but she’ll get that down next session easy. We didn’t go swimming Saturday night to give her a chance to rest, and she asked too. – Daily she asks if she can have her birthday. – I really want to get her some rain/snow boots.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, swim, weekends, water, anti-lock breaks, garlic, asparagus, Mom and Dad, and life.
Ice Storm 2005…Not. Well, OK, so there was some snow mixed with freezing rain last night. When I woke up this morning it was pouring rain. It was an interesting drive in, but I made it. The toughest part was getting from the car to the front door of the clinic. Last year when this would happen, David would be all prepared and would come in and do the parking lot with de-icer and then shovel and sand right around the time I would get here. Not this time. I parked on a sheet of ice a quarter inch thick, at least. I’m not even sure if I’m in the lines or not. I didn’t see Colleen’s car, but figured she got a ride in (hopefully) so I gave my self five minutes to skate to the front door. I may have looked goofy, but I didn’t land on my tushy. So far, I’ve only seen a couple other people show up, and everyone else is calling in. I just peeked out the window and someone, Phil, Ron, Jaime, I don’t know, is finally shoveling and salting. By the time they’re through, it’ll probably be 50 degrees. Hehe. David lived so conveniently close to get in here for such ‘crisis’. – Should be a quiet day here. I think I’ll enjoy it. Nice break. Nice break from a three year old feeling the full effect of getting better from a cold, and a puppy who is just about the terror of the house. I love him oh so much, but I’ll tell you what! He is a handful. This morning when I let him out and advised him that he relieve himself, he went no farther than a few paces, still on the outdoor carpeted deck, and proceeded with advised task. He raced around back and forth full throttle in the snowy-icy yard last night, but wouldn’t step off the deck to pee in the rain. He sure is testing his boundaries. He is getting more and more aggressive with taunting the cats. He wouldn’t hurt them; he just loves to make them run. We are trying to curb this behavior, but I think we will definitely benefit from an obedience course, for all of us. He and Lexie are continually pushing back and forth with some dominance issues. They constantly lean into each other, and if Lexie’s head gets so much as three inches below Thumper’s, he starts to walk over her. She doesn’t help the situation by grabbing his leg and holding on. – I don’t advice shopping at the very moment that snowflakes begin to fall as the weather forecast predicts freezing rain. Fred Meyer’s was a nightmare.
Word(s) of the day: WINTER
Lexie log: She was the best swimmer in class Sunday. We were concerned that others would be upset that we brought her since she was still coughing and occasional nose runny, but she seemed better in the pool than out. Kendall and Bergan were both tired and crying. Lexie swam over half-way across the pool. She got a certificate too. She’s signed up for next session with same teacher, same day, same time. The other two went to different days. Kendall on Friday’s and Bergan earlier on Sunday’s. The timing was just wrong for him at 11:30 he was always tired and ready for a nap. I’ve never seen Lexie do better than this time. She listened good, swam good, and even did better at the U-turn off the wall. She’s still a little stiff and won’t float on her back, but she’ll get that down next session easy. We didn’t go swimming Saturday night to give her a chance to rest, and she asked too. – Daily she asks if she can have her birthday. – I really want to get her some rain/snow boots.
Today I’m grateful for Frank and Lexie, swim, weekends, water, anti-lock breaks, garlic, asparagus, Mom and Dad, and life.
Saturday, December 17, 2005
Ohhhhhh, the weather outside is frightful...
It is darned cold outside. There talking about freezing rain every night this weekend. -- I had swimming lesson dreams all morning. I dreamt that Lexie ran away to this ginormous swimming lesson cabin on the top of some sloping mountain with fields of lawn grass and tall fir trees. Everything was on a slope and it was a beautiful blue day. The main "swim" cabin was a labirynth of swimming areas; some shallow, some deep, some with jets and non slip walkways interconnecting them all. When we entered there was only one instructor with an older child in one of the pools. He agreed to let Lexie swim, but she wouldn't swim out on, "Ready, Go!" becasue it wasn't Teacher AJ. Then she kept crying for Teacher AJ. I asked the older kid what lesson he was here for, and he replied something about underwater communication. Then it became clear to me that this swim center had a very odd and diverse selection of water related courses. At one point Lexie jumped in with no one near her and just floated face down. I freaked and jumped in after her, and somehow everything turned out OK, but this part of th e dream is hazy. Teacher AJ shows up and agrees to let her have class even though it is only Saturday. Slowly the center became more and filled with people of all ages and all these strange classes were taking place. One pool had about four children in pink swimsuits and the instructor was sticking her mouth in the water and yelling instructions at them regarding something about a warm swimmer saying something to the cold swimmer. Then a group of three Asian adolescents walked by me and under a ramp, and got into a hot tub. I went to the front desk and asked for a brochure listing all the adult and children classes available with descriptions. While one lady was getting them, another tried to sell me a pair of suade flip-flops that were cloth only. The soles had no support to them, just cloth. I told her that if I could I would, and she gave me a free pair of suade boot cover.3
12+ Thumper just decided to help me type. Tall dog. Anyway...Strange dream. I wish I could type my dreams every morning. -- We're going to go to Les Shwab and see if the studded tires we have will fit our car. -- I called the vet this morning, and his shots are all up to date until next winter, and she gave the go-ahead to let him be around other dogs. So, we might take him out for a run today.
Word(s) of the day: GINORMOUS BLUE DOG
Lexie log: Her cold is slowly improving, but it doesn't look like we'll be going swimming tonight. Tomorrow is her last lesson for the fall session. -- Last night we had a tea party with the musical tea set Tracy got her. I tried to invite all her My Little Ponies, but she wouldn't allow them to attend. So the party consisted of Lexie, myself, a cat, and a green gelert. She didn't want to stop playing when it was bed time, so I'm sure there will be many more tea parties to come. As I sit here typing, she is handing me my own empty coffee cup and saying, "Here you go Maam."
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Les Schwab, weekends, Mom and Dad, blogs, dreams, sleeping in, French Vanilla creamer, Tiki and the crew, and life.
12+ Thumper just decided to help me type. Tall dog. Anyway...Strange dream. I wish I could type my dreams every morning. -- We're going to go to Les Shwab and see if the studded tires we have will fit our car. -- I called the vet this morning, and his shots are all up to date until next winter, and she gave the go-ahead to let him be around other dogs. So, we might take him out for a run today.
Word(s) of the day: GINORMOUS BLUE DOG
Lexie log: Her cold is slowly improving, but it doesn't look like we'll be going swimming tonight. Tomorrow is her last lesson for the fall session. -- Last night we had a tea party with the musical tea set Tracy got her. I tried to invite all her My Little Ponies, but she wouldn't allow them to attend. So the party consisted of Lexie, myself, a cat, and a green gelert. She didn't want to stop playing when it was bed time, so I'm sure there will be many more tea parties to come. As I sit here typing, she is handing me my own empty coffee cup and saying, "Here you go Maam."
Today I'm grateful for Frank and Lexie, Les Schwab, weekends, Mom and Dad, blogs, dreams, sleeping in, French Vanilla creamer, Tiki and the crew, and life.
Friday, December 16, 2005
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