Bird Torture

On Sunday (Oct 28) Kallen noticed that Yellow (our parakeet) had a number of feathers covered in wax. So, the three boys took Yellow out of her cage and proceeded to gang-preen her. I am sure she thought it was unbearable, but we did get a lot of wax. :) Eva snapped these pictures during the proceedings.

Editors note: No birds were harmed (at least physically) during the filming of this post.

Finally the world will know my power

In case you hadn't heard, I am terrorizing Haiti and other Caribbean islands right now.  Jeff, Matt and Ryan know what it is like when I get mad.  Now the world shall feel my wrath!!!

 

Why do I do this to myself?

It is 6:30am on a Saturday morning.  It is frickin' cold out there, and the entire family is tucked in and snoring under warm blankets while I eat leftover pizza and Diet Coke.  Why?  Because I am going golfing this morning.  Golf is this ritual of grief, discomfort and frustration that I put myself through for "fun".  We (Brian, Steve Bennett -aka Steve-O-, and I) are playing 9 holes at Druids Glen because, while cold, it is one of the few non-rainy (in fact non-cloudy, which is why it is so cold) days we have had on a weekend for quite a while.  Ah well, wish me luck. 

And have any of you joined facebook?  It is a place, like MySpace, where you have friends and pictures and stuff.  It is much less picture-oriented than MySpace, and much more about leaving each other messages, playing games (facebook has it's own way for people to write games for it), 'poke'ing each other, etc.  If you have an account, look me up!

No, you can't have a pony

Even if you have brain cancer.

Where I work

For those of you that I haven't talked to in a while, I thought I would do a little self-promotion of my group's website.  I work at Microsoft for the Casual Games group.  Currently I help support the MSN Games page here:

http://games.msn.com/en/root/default.htm

If you want to try some games, my favorite FREE ONLINE game is probably Peggle.

I really like the download games, too.  Try Mystery Case Files: Ravenhurst and Azada.  They have one hour free trials that are a blast.

Let me know what you think!  Happy playing!  :D

Song Sung Blue

For Ryan's 30th birthday, we are going with a big crowd to see Super Diamond at the Showbox in Seattle on November 2.  I haven't had the opportunity to see the real Neil, but hopefully this will be a adequate substitute.  Regardless, it will be a BLAST.

Here they are! Pictures!

This is an 'old' one.  This is Quinn and Kallen heading to the bus on the first day of school this year.  Quinn is in 3rd Grade, and Kallen is in 1st.

 

Now, for more recent news, we went to a pumpkin patch with the Perry's (the aforementioned Juliet, Brian, Tallinn and Mirenne) on Sunday, Oct 14.  There was a cool corn maze with an Old West theme.  It was gorgeous weather (I wished I had time to golf) and we had a great time!

Quinn had a nice mint stick before we entered the patch.

Kal hammed it up in the Old West Main Street mock up.

A picture of all the kids in a group on a tower inside the maze.

Kal is looking for someone to post bail, while Quinn calls the comfy bed as he waits for his lawyer.

Finally posted the coat!

I picked up this great coat at a Filson's sale last year, and it didn't fit me or Eva.  I put it up for sale on Craigslist last year, but didn't get any bites.  It is definitely cooling off here in the Puget Sound, so I finally put it up again.  Wish me luck.  :)

Post 2: Soup Day

Ever have one of those weekends? It is rainy, you don't have a lot on your to-do list (at least not a lot that you HAVE to do) and all you want to do is sit in front of a fire, read books, play video games and generally stay in your jammas all day. Today is one of those days.

The boys are munching on chicken 'n stars soup, with a side of raw Ramen ("crunchy") noodles. It is a mess, but they are loving it.

Eva escaped for a while to go wine tasting with her friend, Juliet. They try to get to their favorite wine shop at least once a week. When she gets back, we may go hang out with Juliet's family (Brian, Tallinn and Mirenne) for some lasagna and games. We always have fun with them.

Hopefully you are enjoying your weekend. Perhaps with soup and ramen noodles, too. :)

This is my first post

I will post things about me, Eva, Quinn and Kallen.
And Kasey and Tomo.
Oh, and Yellow occasionally. And maybe the fish.