Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Monthly Report
I randomly checked the blog and nobody is posting much nowadays.
My life is boring right now so don't count on me...
I have my test next week and am studying most of the day.
I found out today that there is actually such a thing as a broken heart. It is also called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and people randomly go into heart failure after severe stress or heightened emotional states. They usually come back out of it, but not always...
So that was the extent of my Valentines day. I need a hug.
Chach
My life is boring right now so don't count on me...
I have my test next week and am studying most of the day.
I found out today that there is actually such a thing as a broken heart. It is also called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and people randomly go into heart failure after severe stress or heightened emotional states. They usually come back out of it, but not always...
So that was the extent of my Valentines day. I need a hug.
Chach
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Spring is here!
Well, I can see that our family blog is not very popular. I guess with email, facebook, texting, phone calls, etc, there are so many ways to keep in touch! Oh well, perhaps it will catch on someday.
The baby donkey's are doing just fine. I pet them everyday when I go out to feed them so they'll remain tame. They are very friendly - like little puppy dogs.
I planted a garden already. Okra, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, kale, spinach, onions, & beets. They have already sprouted! My orange trees are starting to bloom as well. So far, it's been raining very well this year...hopefully that awful drought is over!
The baby donkey's are doing just fine. I pet them everyday when I go out to feed them so they'll remain tame. They are very friendly - like little puppy dogs.
I planted a garden already. Okra, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, kale, spinach, onions, & beets. They have already sprouted! My orange trees are starting to bloom as well. So far, it's been raining very well this year...hopefully that awful drought is over!
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Happy New Year!
We had a wonderful Christmas season - all the kids were home (except Sam - we'll have to catch her later!) at one point or another and we really enjoyed seeing them.
Eric & Heather were here for a week, they left on Thursday because Eric had to work this weekend. They are both doing so well in school - really great grades (except for Organic Chemistry - and that is admittedly very hard!). They're both working too. Heather starts a new job in January, so we're looking forward to hearing how that goes.
Lauren has been biking (80 miles yesterday) and reading Lord of the Rings (a gigantic novel!). Oh, and she's been taking care of her new baby donkey's, which were born within hours of each other on Christmas Eve. They're doing fantastic, despite one of the mother's rejecting her foal - but the other mom adopted it, and now she's feeding both of them!
Chach has been vegetating this week - I think de-compressing from his busy school/work clinical rotations (which he starts again next week - Internal Medicine! How exciting!). He spent ~ 60 hours so far this past week playing Skyrim, which is a computer game (not sure what it is, other than some big soldier-looking guy who battles constantly - but it does have really cool graphics!). We missed Sam for Christmas, but we got to Skype her into some of the activities - I thought it worked surprisingly well! Amazing what technology we have nowadays.
Lisa has been doing alot of cooking and baking the past 2 weeks. I think we're all full and ready to go back to our normal diets! Today she had a "Donkey Party" and invited alot of families w/small kids over - they all loved seeing the donkey babies, chickens, rabbit, and turtles. She's also trying to finish her latest quilt.
I have a couple more days off, then it's back to work. Spent yesterday raking and mowing up about a billion leaves! And today/tommorrow will be expanding my garden - I want to grow more vegetables this year, so we'll see how well it does. Let's hope this year brings more rain than last!
It's New Years Eve now, and Lisa & I are having a quiet evening at home. Chach & Lauren are at the beach down in San Louis pass tonight - I guess fires/fireworks are OK down there.
Happy New Year to everyone! Love, Dad
Eric & Heather were here for a week, they left on Thursday because Eric had to work this weekend. They are both doing so well in school - really great grades (except for Organic Chemistry - and that is admittedly very hard!). They're both working too. Heather starts a new job in January, so we're looking forward to hearing how that goes.
Lauren has been biking (80 miles yesterday) and reading Lord of the Rings (a gigantic novel!). Oh, and she's been taking care of her new baby donkey's, which were born within hours of each other on Christmas Eve. They're doing fantastic, despite one of the mother's rejecting her foal - but the other mom adopted it, and now she's feeding both of them!
Chach has been vegetating this week - I think de-compressing from his busy school/work clinical rotations (which he starts again next week - Internal Medicine! How exciting!). He spent ~ 60 hours so far this past week playing Skyrim, which is a computer game (not sure what it is, other than some big soldier-looking guy who battles constantly - but it does have really cool graphics!). We missed Sam for Christmas, but we got to Skype her into some of the activities - I thought it worked surprisingly well! Amazing what technology we have nowadays.
Lisa has been doing alot of cooking and baking the past 2 weeks. I think we're all full and ready to go back to our normal diets! Today she had a "Donkey Party" and invited alot of families w/small kids over - they all loved seeing the donkey babies, chickens, rabbit, and turtles. She's also trying to finish her latest quilt.
I have a couple more days off, then it's back to work. Spent yesterday raking and mowing up about a billion leaves! And today/tommorrow will be expanding my garden - I want to grow more vegetables this year, so we'll see how well it does. Let's hope this year brings more rain than last!
It's New Years Eve now, and Lisa & I are having a quiet evening at home. Chach & Lauren are at the beach down in San Louis pass tonight - I guess fires/fireworks are OK down there.
Happy New Year to everyone! Love, Dad
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
NEW AT THIS
I have never 'blogged' before and don't know if I'm doing right or not. I just followed the directions that Sam outlined on her directions.
I think this is a good idea especially as our family is growing so fast and we seem to be scattered all over the US.
Sam, I have a great niece that has also just moved to Boston and is working in the medical profession up there. I'm trying to find out how to contact her and will advise when I do. She is about your age so maybe you all might have something in common. She's from Dallas, but don't hold that against her.
We are busy preparing for Christmas and are looking forward to seeing everyone that can make it.
Grandpa Lundquist
I think this is a good idea especially as our family is growing so fast and we seem to be scattered all over the US.
Sam, I have a great niece that has also just moved to Boston and is working in the medical profession up there. I'm trying to find out how to contact her and will advise when I do. She is about your age so maybe you all might have something in common. She's from Dallas, but don't hold that against her.
We are busy preparing for Christmas and are looking forward to seeing everyone that can make it.
Grandpa Lundquist
Monday, December 12, 2011
Well, hard to beat helicopter ditching exercises! I think that could have been on America's Funniest Video. Since we're talking shop now, I'll go ahead and pass on a few of mine.... had an interesting meeting today - it was a review of the forensic evidence after the Columbia crash. Believe it or not, all 7 astronauts bodies were recovered (to some extent) after the explosion at 140,000 feet high. It was kind of like CSI, NASA-style. Actually, alot was learned from the autopsies relative to the injuries and they wanted the next generation spacecraft designers/managers (me) to have that information so we could account for it in future vehicles. Some other things keeping me busy...tomorrow we are conducting a test of the capsules ability to survive a water impact landing - shooting out a 20,000 lb test article it from a tall gantry into a pool. Then next week we're testing the parachute landing system. Dropping a capsule out of a C-17 bomber at about 17,000 feet high and deploying the landing & recovery system on the way down. We're simulating a "chute out" case, where one of the 3 chutes has failed to see if we can successfully land with only 2 chutes. Also tommorrow, we're reviewing the design of a European-provided portion of our spacecraft, as there is a possible joint venture b/w us. Alot of folks on my team are traveling to Paris in the spring for the design review (tough assignment). Oh well, enough shop talk. Christmas is right around the corner!!! I put stockings up today over the fireplace. Only 12 more days till Santa comes!
Helicopter Ditching Survival Training
I got talked into volunteering for HUET training at work. HUET stands for something like 'Helicopter Underwater Emergency Training'. Any worker that goes to an offshore oil site has to have this training where they learn how to get out of a helicopter that crashes into the water, then they have to survive for a while till rescue gets there.
So first they put us in these thick cotten overalls that offshore workers would wear, and we had to swim around for a while, so it was like swimming around with a brick! We were also taught lots of water survival tricks, like how to make a life preserver from your pants, and how to tow someone who is injured, and how to put on your life preserver when there is splashing and waves.
Then we got to learn about deploying the life raft. Evidently all these offshore helicopters have life rafts, big honking life rafts. And if the liferaft happens to deploy upside down (which evidently is very common), then you have to upright it. I was chosen to 'upright' the liferaft. I didn't think that there was any way that I could actually tump it over, so I didn't plan ahead on how to get out from under it when the sucker actually went over. Here is the video:
After all the survival skills and life raft tumping, then we moved on to the 'getting out of a ditched helicopter' skills. By this time, it is around 1pm and I am rather anxious for a potty break. I could not seem to make myself pee in the pool, and I really, really tried, because hauling my wet coverall butt through the chilly facility was not going to be fun. So while group 1-3 were being lowered into the water, I hauled wet dripping coverall butt to the bathroom. I may have missed a little of the instruction. When we were submerged into the water, we were supposed to wait 7 seconds before undoing our seatbelt and swimming out of the downed copter. But I just counted to 7 (really fast) and was out in record time. So the instructor went over how to count to 7 (slowly) with me.
Next, they put the windows and doors on the helicopter mockup and we were supposed to push out the window and then egress the underwater copter. There were a couple of people who never did get their window to pop out, so they had to be 'helped' by the safety divers. This did not inspire confidence in me. I sat by the door, which had a release handle, so my door came open really easy. I even waited the 7 seconds, and all was fine.
All of that was just practice to get familiar with ditching and how to pop out windows. If a helicopter does crash into the water, then it usually tumps upside down. So the helicopter mockup that they lower into the water has this trolley system that makes it rotate 180 degrees. So they lower you into the water, rotate you really fast 180 degrees, then you are supposed to wait 7 seconds and pop out the windows and swim out. In typical training you try this first without the windows in, then with the windows in. We were running short of time, so we were only do the upside down ditching scenario with windows out. Well..... I counted really fast again, cuz I wanted OUT of there. That spinning around got water up my nose and I was all confused. I did find the exit, but was having trouble getting out, then I felt the instructor push my butt out the door and I popped right out.
The instructors did off the 16 of us a chance to do the upside down ditching with the windows in, but by then it was 2pm, we had been in the water for 4 hours, and he only got 2 takers. I was not one of them!
So first they put us in these thick cotten overalls that offshore workers would wear, and we had to swim around for a while, so it was like swimming around with a brick! We were also taught lots of water survival tricks, like how to make a life preserver from your pants, and how to tow someone who is injured, and how to put on your life preserver when there is splashing and waves.
Then we got to learn about deploying the life raft. Evidently all these offshore helicopters have life rafts, big honking life rafts. And if the liferaft happens to deploy upside down (which evidently is very common), then you have to upright it. I was chosen to 'upright' the liferaft. I didn't think that there was any way that I could actually tump it over, so I didn't plan ahead on how to get out from under it when the sucker actually went over. Here is the video:
Next, they put the windows and doors on the helicopter mockup and we were supposed to push out the window and then egress the underwater copter. There were a couple of people who never did get their window to pop out, so they had to be 'helped' by the safety divers. This did not inspire confidence in me. I sat by the door, which had a release handle, so my door came open really easy. I even waited the 7 seconds, and all was fine.
All of that was just practice to get familiar with ditching and how to pop out windows. If a helicopter does crash into the water, then it usually tumps upside down. So the helicopter mockup that they lower into the water has this trolley system that makes it rotate 180 degrees. So they lower you into the water, rotate you really fast 180 degrees, then you are supposed to wait 7 seconds and pop out the windows and swim out. In typical training you try this first without the windows in, then with the windows in. We were running short of time, so we were only do the upside down ditching scenario with windows out. Well..... I counted really fast again, cuz I wanted OUT of there. That spinning around got water up my nose and I was all confused. I did find the exit, but was having trouble getting out, then I felt the instructor push my butt out the door and I popped right out.
The instructors did off the 16 of us a chance to do the upside down ditching with the windows in, but by then it was 2pm, we had been in the water for 4 hours, and he only got 2 takers. I was not one of them!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Getting close to Christmas!
Well, not many people are posting. I guess it's because we don't have as funny a stories as Sam does! Boston mexican food is hard to beat! So I'll just let folks know what's going on around here...The donkeys still haven't had babies, though they appear to be emminent. It's been cool weather - lows in the 30's, but no freezes yet. Due to some recent rains (still classified as extreme drought though), it's greener now in December than it's been in a whole year. When I was in Huntsville earlier this week, Santa must have come by the house, as there seem to be a number of presents under the tree now. I haven't checked the labels, but apparently at least one person has been good this year (I don't know who that would be). I am allowed to play Christmas music now, so I'm taking advantage of that. Probably will be buying eggnog this week, in advance of Mom's cookie party next weekend. Gee, this sounds boring, but I guess that's because I'm leaving out the 60 hours/week spent on work or Mom's school (which she's wrapping up tonight - hooray!). Looking forward to seeing everyone, Love, Dad
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
"Mexican Food"
So y'all know the rumors about the north having terrible Mexican food? It is unquestionably, depressingly true...
Last night I went to see the new Twilight movie with my roommate's special lady friend and she suggested a Mexican restaurant before. I thought "how bad could it be?" and I was curious, so we went.
First of all they give us "chips and salsa", pretty standard right? So why did I insert quotation marks?
nacho chips that you would find at a baseball park ≠ corn tortilla chips freshly made
tomato paste with a couple veggies thrown in ≠ salsa
and thus... Boston "chips and salsa" ≠ any kind of conceivable chips and f***ing salsa!!!!
So next I take a look at the menu...I usually get an enchilada dinner, with beans and rice. There are NO enchiladas on the menu. The menu basically consisted or burritos, tacos and quesadillas. Those were my options. I don't even think they had beans and rice...
So I order the veggie quesadilla, how bad can that be right? How the hell do you fuck up a quesadilla? You f*** it up by not putting the cheese on the INSIDE of the quesdailla. These dumbasses put the veggies in between two of the worst tasting tortillas know to man and melted some cheddar cheese on top of the "quesadilla." They didn't even bother to cut the thing up for me, or give me a means of doing so. Oh and this whole time, there are these two ladies sitting next to us raving about how great this place was...
Something else I took note of was that Dos XX was the same price as Tecate and Negra Modelo...I guess by the time the imports get up there it's all the same to them...idk
Well, that's all I really have time for tonight. Are things this bad in Colorado Lauren?
-Sam
Last night I went to see the new Twilight movie with my roommate's special lady friend and she suggested a Mexican restaurant before. I thought "how bad could it be?" and I was curious, so we went.
First of all they give us "chips and salsa", pretty standard right? So why did I insert quotation marks?
nacho chips that you would find at a baseball park ≠ corn tortilla chips freshly made
tomato paste with a couple veggies thrown in ≠ salsa
and thus... Boston "chips and salsa" ≠ any kind of conceivable chips and f***ing salsa!!!!
So next I take a look at the menu...I usually get an enchilada dinner, with beans and rice. There are NO enchiladas on the menu. The menu basically consisted or burritos, tacos and quesadillas. Those were my options. I don't even think they had beans and rice...
So I order the veggie quesadilla, how bad can that be right? How the hell do you fuck up a quesadilla? You f*** it up by not putting the cheese on the INSIDE of the quesdailla. These dumbasses put the veggies in between two of the worst tasting tortillas know to man and melted some cheddar cheese on top of the "quesadilla." They didn't even bother to cut the thing up for me, or give me a means of doing so. Oh and this whole time, there are these two ladies sitting next to us raving about how great this place was...
Something else I took note of was that Dos XX was the same price as Tecate and Negra Modelo...I guess by the time the imports get up there it's all the same to them...idk
Well, that's all I really have time for tonight. Are things this bad in Colorado Lauren?
-Sam
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Sup
So a little while ago, Charlie and I tried to post a comment on this blog thing. It didn't work. We can't figure it out. We tried pressing many buttons, which were all futile efforts ending in frustration. We have now resorted to posting a post about our failed comment. If the comment had worked this it what it would have said:
Sam, I am disappointed in your lack of Harry Potter knowledge. -Lauren
Sam, I am disappointed in your lack of Harry Potter knowledge. -Lauren
Monday, November 21, 2011
Saturday fun
Saturday Dad and I went to the Broadway production of RAIN with Rod and Mary. RAIN is a tribute to the Beatles, it is set kinda like a series of concerts with the songs coming out in release order (I think). The actors/musicians were incredible, looking and sounding just like the Beatles. They have been together and doing this for about 15 years. I really enjoyed it.
Then afterward we walked down to the Via Calori chalk street art. It was just a short walk from the theater. Most of the art was about 1/2 done, and the artists were diligently at work creating their masterpieces. They havent posted pictures of this year's work. It was threatening rain, so maybe it all washed away like in Mary Poppins.
Here is the lik that has pictures from last year.
http://www.centerhearingandspeech.org/via-colori
A small 'Occupy Houston' contingent was camped out in the partkjust across from the theater. One guy was ranting at all the theater goers. His main beef seemed to be the Hobby theater's refusal to let them use the bathrooms. All of the bathrooms are located in the intererior which is reached after you present your ticket. So I am sure the theater would have been happy to sell them a ticket to the show so they could reach the bathroom.
--Love, Mom
Then afterward we walked down to the Via Calori chalk street art. It was just a short walk from the theater. Most of the art was about 1/2 done, and the artists were diligently at work creating their masterpieces. They havent posted pictures of this year's work. It was threatening rain, so maybe it all washed away like in Mary Poppins.
Here is the lik that has pictures from last year.
http://www.centerhearingandspeech.org/via-colori
A small 'Occupy Houston' contingent was camped out in the partkjust across from the theater. One guy was ranting at all the theater goers. His main beef seemed to be the Hobby theater's refusal to let them use the bathrooms. All of the bathrooms are located in the intererior which is reached after you present your ticket. So I am sure the theater would have been happy to sell them a ticket to the show so they could reach the bathroom.
--Love, Mom
What's going on at Myrtlewood
Since several of you are coming home for the Thanksgiving holidays (except Sam & Heather - we will MISS YOU!!), thought I'd let you know what's going on at the homestead. Might be boring, but when I was in DC, I always wanted to know what was going on at home, so this is a good way to let everyone know.
The leaves are starting to fall, which means every day the pool gets full and have to sweep off the back porch. We did get an inch of rain last week, which was nice. Hearing we may get some more rain in the next few days. The pond in front is still bone dry - it dried up in July and hasn't had water in it for more than a day or two since then. We'll know the drought is over when it becomes full again.
The citrus trees are in full production phase now. The crop wasn't as big as it could have been - due to the drought - but there's still more than I can handle by myself. The satsuma's are ready to eat! I need all the help I can get eating them, since they don't last too long on the tree (some varieties will last for months on the tree, so I have more time to harvest those). The kumquats are turning orange and by Christmas they'll look like a southern version of a Christmas tree (actually, that's what they used in Louisiana before firs were transported from the north).
I sowed some winter rye in the back and it's starting to come up, so Topper's field is starting to look green for the first time since last spring. The donkey's are getting FAT! I expect they'll be dropping babies any day now. The chickens are all doing well - laying about 10 eggs a day (also impossible to keep up with!). Once I plugged the hole that a skunk made in the wall (when it got the colored silkie), I haven't had any more problems.
Since I'm off work this week, I am putting up Christmas decorations. But...I"m not the first in the neighborhood! Somebody down the street got theirs up last week! The inside decorations are up already...maybe in the next day or two I'll get the outside ones up. 99.1 FM is already playing Xmas music.
Mom is filling up the icebox with all kinds of goodies, so I'm anticipating alot of good food will be cooked over the next few days. Come home hungry!!! Love, Dad
The leaves are starting to fall, which means every day the pool gets full and have to sweep off the back porch. We did get an inch of rain last week, which was nice. Hearing we may get some more rain in the next few days. The pond in front is still bone dry - it dried up in July and hasn't had water in it for more than a day or two since then. We'll know the drought is over when it becomes full again.
The citrus trees are in full production phase now. The crop wasn't as big as it could have been - due to the drought - but there's still more than I can handle by myself. The satsuma's are ready to eat! I need all the help I can get eating them, since they don't last too long on the tree (some varieties will last for months on the tree, so I have more time to harvest those). The kumquats are turning orange and by Christmas they'll look like a southern version of a Christmas tree (actually, that's what they used in Louisiana before firs were transported from the north).
I sowed some winter rye in the back and it's starting to come up, so Topper's field is starting to look green for the first time since last spring. The donkey's are getting FAT! I expect they'll be dropping babies any day now. The chickens are all doing well - laying about 10 eggs a day (also impossible to keep up with!). Once I plugged the hole that a skunk made in the wall (when it got the colored silkie), I haven't had any more problems.
Since I'm off work this week, I am putting up Christmas decorations. But...I"m not the first in the neighborhood! Somebody down the street got theirs up last week! The inside decorations are up already...maybe in the next day or two I'll get the outside ones up. 99.1 FM is already playing Xmas music.
Mom is filling up the icebox with all kinds of goodies, so I'm anticipating alot of good food will be cooked over the next few days. Come home hungry!!! Love, Dad
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Let Players Play
Hey y'all!
Just finished my first week of work in the real world. It was horribly boring haha. They want to start me out on the easier cases and they just didn't have anything for me so I basically did nothing all week.Other than that I do really like it there. Everyone I work with is my age (I am the youngest, but just barely) and they always invite me to lunch and even out to a bar one night! Hopefully I will start makin' some friends soon.
My roommates are also pretty cool (though they are super nerdy, I was surprised that one of them has had 2 different girls stay over this week, wtf?!)... I went out with Glenn and some of his friends last night to trivia. The only question I was able to answer I got wrong =( Lauren, you will be dissapointed to know it was a harry potter question...
I wish I could come down for the holidays, but luckily I won't be spending my favorite holiday alone! Two of my friends from A&M are nuclear reactor operators in Vermont and they're only an hour away from me so they're coming here for thanksgiving =D My mom is also coming up for Christmas and my little sister for New Years, so I won't be alone then either.
I thought the story about Lauren and Nicole getting into that car was freakin' HILARIOUS, I read it at work and was laughing out loud. I don't know why, but I picture them doing that in their suits, which makes it funnier in my mind hehe.
Well, I hope to hear more from y'all (especially Heather and Eric, I never know what's goin' on with y'all!)
-Love Sam
Just finished my first week of work in the real world. It was horribly boring haha. They want to start me out on the easier cases and they just didn't have anything for me so I basically did nothing all week.Other than that I do really like it there. Everyone I work with is my age (I am the youngest, but just barely) and they always invite me to lunch and even out to a bar one night! Hopefully I will start makin' some friends soon.
My roommates are also pretty cool (though they are super nerdy, I was surprised that one of them has had 2 different girls stay over this week, wtf?!)... I went out with Glenn and some of his friends last night to trivia. The only question I was able to answer I got wrong =( Lauren, you will be dissapointed to know it was a harry potter question...
I wish I could come down for the holidays, but luckily I won't be spending my favorite holiday alone! Two of my friends from A&M are nuclear reactor operators in Vermont and they're only an hour away from me so they're coming here for thanksgiving =D My mom is also coming up for Christmas and my little sister for New Years, so I won't be alone then either.
I thought the story about Lauren and Nicole getting into that car was freakin' HILARIOUS, I read it at work and was laughing out loud. I don't know why, but I picture them doing that in their suits, which makes it funnier in my mind hehe.
Well, I hope to hear more from y'all (especially Heather and Eric, I never know what's goin' on with y'all!)
-Love Sam
Allergic Reaction
I was on call Thursday night and watched 2 babies be delivered! Though didn't get to catch either one...
But the real fun happened after I got off call, and then went to Thanksgiving lunch at THI instead of sleeping. Then slept 4 hours and went to Aaron and Danielle's house to drink and party with Jack, John and the rest. If every hour without sleep is like a beer, I had at least 20 beers that night. I think by the time I fell asleep I was hallucinating. The next morning my body thanked me for the abuse by doing this:
But the real fun happened after I got off call, and then went to Thanksgiving lunch at THI instead of sleeping. Then slept 4 hours and went to Aaron and Danielle's house to drink and party with Jack, John and the rest. If every hour without sleep is like a beer, I had at least 20 beers that night. I think by the time I fell asleep I was hallucinating. The next morning my body thanked me for the abuse by doing this:
WHY MUST I BE A WARE-ASIAN!?!?
-Charlie IV
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thanksgiving Dinner
Well.....
I've been trying to think of the Thanksgiving day menu, and I thought we might try something a little different for this year. How about this for a Thanksgiving menu:
Chili - cheese hot dogs with onions and relish (veggie dogs for the vegetarians)
Chips - both corn chips AND ruffle chips
2 kinds of dip - ranch dip and bean dip
And chocolate mint ice cream for dessert.
How does that sound!?!
-Love, Mom
I've been trying to think of the Thanksgiving day menu, and I thought we might try something a little different for this year. How about this for a Thanksgiving menu:
Chili - cheese hot dogs with onions and relish (veggie dogs for the vegetarians)
Chips - both corn chips AND ruffle chips
2 kinds of dip - ranch dip and bean dip
And chocolate mint ice cream for dessert.
How does that sound!?!
-Love, Mom
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Carjacking
Some excitement today. Went to pick up Lauren tonight after her swim practice. She went out a different door and spotted a white car with lights on that she thought was mine. She and Stevie walked up to the car and started trying to get in from either side, pulling on the latches and yelling to unlock the doors. Whoever was parked in the car started freaking out that strangers were trying to break in their car and took off in a fright. Oh, and this happened while Lauren's coach was watching them.
Lauren had her interview today with Suncor for a summer internship. Sounds like it went well, but there's a limited number of positions, so we won't know for another week if she got it or not. We'll keep our fingers crossed for her! Dad
Lauren had her interview today with Suncor for a summer internship. Sounds like it went well, but there's a limited number of positions, so we won't know for another week if she got it or not. We'll keep our fingers crossed for her! Dad
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Old dogs learning new tricks
I've never posted a blog before (much less visited one). So we'll give it a whirl! I'm in Denver this week - we're having a design review of the spacecraft. Visited Lauren and took her grocery shopping. She was out of food and had been eating rice & BBQ sauce. Too busy with school & swimming to get food! Tonight I cooked her dinner - okra from home and falafal/pita. Gotta put some weight on her because its so blasted cold up here!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Yo
Hey Y'all,
Me and my girlfriends are blogging to keep in touch so I thought it might be a good idea for us to do it as well. This way, you post an update on your life in your own time and we can all hear from each other. Well, I hope this works y'all!
-Sam
Me and my girlfriends are blogging to keep in touch so I thought it might be a good idea for us to do it as well. This way, you post an update on your life in your own time and we can all hear from each other. Well, I hope this works y'all!
-Sam
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