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Out of commission yesterday so no blog entry.

Well, St. Helen's blew her top again Tuesday evening. Not nearly as massive as May 1980, but still an ash/steam plume visible for miles. Lucky for Portland the wind was blowing it to the Northeast.

Looking forward to the bird show this weekend. We saw a large blue/green/yellow/red parrot sitting on the passenger head rest of a large truck with all the windows open. I guess we were gawking so noticeably that the driver felt obliged to explain. He said it is funny when people try to stick their fingers in the open window and get a nip in response. I said she must make a great 'gaurd-bird', and he said she was worse than his dog. He said she can't fly, so she gets to ride shotgun with the windows down. Pretty neat.

Uncle Steve will be in town and we shall visit with him on Sunday, I believe. The house may be a bit messy, but oh well.

Word(s) of the day: FESTOONED


Lexie log: If there ever was such a thing as a Sit-N-Spin competition, Lexie would qualify. She is all about practice, practice, practice. She has even added her own unique style. She started with a simple sideways evil glance look. Now, she rocks back at the point when her arms are at the far end of the spin wheel causing the base of the sit-n-spin to lift off the floor at that point. Sometimes it even 'walks' across the floor. Another technique is her one handed bull rider approach. Once she gets to goin' purty good, she spins with one hand and the other hand is held up in the air like a bull rider. When she combines the two techniques, she actually looks like she is riding a bucking bull. Yesterday afternoon we went to an autoparts store to see about getting a window tint for the back left car window. Lexie has a fit when the sun beats on her, I don't blame her, and those silly little wind up like blind ones don't work worth a darned. We found a really great one, but it was expensive ($15.00) and looks like it might be a little tricky to install. We'll probably try this weekend. I'm sure she'll appreciate it. It's even got sparklies.

How does non-dairy creamer work?

It has some really interesting ingredients, most of which I don't recognize, one is described as a 'milk derivative'. I have been trying to research this, and I find some interesting facts about Non-dairy creamer.
--Non-Dairy Creamer (NDC) is also a software system for utilizing IMAP from within a Java application.
--Non-dairy creamer is extremely flammable when suspended in the air, more so even than flour. I'm assuming they mean the powdered form.
--Invented in 1961
--Other odd people have researched this topic and posted their findings in their blog.


Time to go back to work.