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JAMES01 August 2007
Sound Sleeper and Snake
Story #1
This morning I locked myself out and didn't have my car keys to get to work. James was inside asleep, but he is such a sound sleeper it took a solid 15 minutes of yelling, ringing the doorbell, banging on the door, throwing the dustpan at the bedroom window, and finally jumping up to hit the bedroom window with the broom. Grrrrrrrr . . . I finally made enough noise that he stumbled down to let me in. I think it's time to stash a key somewhere.
Story #2
Yesterday when I got home from work I was greeted at the gate by a snake. YUCK!! It was black and yellow and staring me down. It was only about 6-8 inches, but it totally creeped me out. After I weighed the possibilities of how to kill it, I carefully went in the house to get keys to the shed for supplies. James was already awake though, so I enlisted his help in "killing" the snake. I didn't realize, though, that boys from Box Elder County think it's sinful to kill snakes. To solve the problem, he scooted the snake about 3 whole feet away. Thanks James. I really appreciate it. I have now duct taped around the inside of our door.
This morning I locked myself out and didn't have my car keys to get to work. James was inside asleep, but he is such a sound sleeper it took a solid 15 minutes of yelling, ringing the doorbell, banging on the door, throwing the dustpan at the bedroom window, and finally jumping up to hit the bedroom window with the broom. Grrrrrrrr . . . I finally made enough noise that he stumbled down to let me in. I think it's time to stash a key somewhere.
Story #2
Yesterday when I got home from work I was greeted at the gate by a snake. YUCK!! It was black and yellow and staring me down. It was only about 6-8 inches, but it totally creeped me out. After I weighed the possibilities of how to kill it, I carefully went in the house to get keys to the shed for supplies. James was already awake though, so I enlisted his help in "killing" the snake. I didn't realize, though, that boys from Box Elder County think it's sinful to kill snakes. To solve the problem, he scooted the snake about 3 whole feet away. Thanks James. I really appreciate it. I have now duct taped around the inside of our door.
30 July 2007
A Hiking We Will Go!
On Saturday, James and I decided to go hiking. We chose our destination: Dog Lake. We chose our path: Mill D Trailhead, Big Cottonwood Canyon. It was supposed to be about 6 miles round trip. It was a gloriously warm day, very pretty, but warm.
Once we got to Dog Lake, we decided it should really be called Pee Lake or Dead Cow Lake. It was not a pretty site. So, with our dissapointment at Dog Lake we decided to go and extra 1.6 miles to Desolation Lake, hoping that the "desolute" would be more lovely than the "dog." So we went from the car, to the dog, to the desolute, then back to the car. Imagine tracing over each part of a large letter Y. Car, Dog, and Desolation are all at points on the Y. Do you understand?
Anyway, to cut to the end of the story. It was a long hike.
Total miles: almost 10. Total time: about 5 hours.
Water consumed: 3.5 liters
Wildlife seen: 1 deer, 3 chipmunks, 2 dogs, misc. birds.
Bug report: Haley=5 bites, James=0
Our legs were really tired, but it was fun. Here are some pictures.
Once we got to Dog Lake, we decided it should really be called Pee Lake or Dead Cow Lake. It was not a pretty site. So, with our dissapointment at Dog Lake we decided to go and extra 1.6 miles to Desolation Lake, hoping that the "desolute" would be more lovely than the "dog." So we went from the car, to the dog, to the desolute, then back to the car. Imagine tracing over each part of a large letter Y. Car, Dog, and Desolation are all at points on the Y. Do you understand?
Anyway, to cut to the end of the story. It was a long hike.
Total miles: almost 10. Total time: about 5 hours.
Water consumed: 3.5 liters
Wildlife seen: 1 deer, 3 chipmunks, 2 dogs, misc. birds.
Bug report: Haley=5 bites, James=0
Our legs were really tired, but it was fun. Here are some pictures.
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| Dog LakeDesola |
26 July 2007
'Cause we're a Kissin' Cousins, and that makes it alright, alright.
Monday and Tuesday was the annual Cousin Camp. This event occurs when crazy Aunty Judy and elder aunty Jackie take all the little kiddies to the deep dark woods and we all "camp." It's great fun. My favorite part, of course, was the bacon. Other activities included crafts, hitting wood with other large pieces of wood, small plays, crafts, writing letters to missionaries, singing Kum-ba-yah, "hiking" around the deck, crafts, bacon, hunting for deer poop, fighting the allied forces, fixing all the "gates" in the forest, crafts, and did I mention bacon?
Click on the photo below to see more photos. Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera handy to capture the bacon.
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| Cousin Camp 2007 |
23 July 2007
The Right Stuff
James says I rent strange movies. Yes, I often do. I update my Netflix queue in large quantities and then I don't look at it very often. I do, however, on occasion get a good one as a surprise. The movie of the weekend: The Right Stuff.
It chronicles the early space program from Chuck Yeager breaking the sound barrier, to Alan Shepard being the first man in space, to John Glenn orbitting the earth. It's meant to show more than just the most famous names and incorporate a lot of the more forgotten people, how they were involved, and how they were all inter-related to the whole story. Although it was really long and required two nights worth of viewing, it was a great movie.
Has anyone ever seen it? You should add it to your rental list if you haven't.
By the way, it also has a very interesting depiction of Lyndon Johnson and would be great for a history teacher to show clips from.
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