tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80421948223390392292024-03-13T12:24:17.359-04:00Dude, whats up!Keeping others in the know... about the random things i put together and call lifeVictoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-70333302228429345632009-06-16T14:45:00.010-04:002009-06-17T08:51:57.180-04:00I keep meaning to post these picturesNot sure if everyone has heard of this or not - but here are the pictures of our Church building burning down about a month ago - like i said i have been meaning to post these pictures. It was crazy to watch. I can now say i have escaped a burning building. It was during stake conference and we made it to the 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">nd</span></span></span> talk when the fire alarm went off - we all just kind of rolled our eyes and looked around - then you could notice as everyone started to smell something funny in the air we all stood up and moved towards the doors. I exited the front of the chapel form the fire exit and looked up at the edge of the roof and there were flames and smoke billowing from the roof - we all started to realize this was for real. The pictures proceed to tell the rest of the story. <div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div>My favorite part of the day were first when the fireman were trying to get the hose into the front door and it was obviously crazy heavy and there were only 2 trucks there at this point and he looked at all of us and asked can i get two or three of you to help; that was all he needed to say - not even 5 seconds later there were at least 25 men in suits pulling the hose into the front door of the church. 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">nd</span></span></span> were the greatness of the neighboring churches - they were so lovely and Christian - offering a place to wait, to give us a comforting arm and to mourn the historic building we called home.</div><br /><div>I must give some props to my blackberry curve - it took all these pictures and for being a phone's camera i must say the pictures are pretty good!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjL6dWWpU-yX9Zy4y_hM9W2_eHSAM0IKaRIw2FDhI_zsJPnfn-6l5K2-SAbHuaSSfsF3Izkc8R5BfdkZWzN8gYBSbb-8Ho4LYzI3HfF2wq0xUSp2eyikFR47LFqvtS9KIkAzlisIK81g/s1600-h/mobilelpbuilding1.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFjL6dWWpU-yX9Zy4y_hM9W2_eHSAM0IKaRIw2FDhI_zsJPnfn-6l5K2-SAbHuaSSfsF3Izkc8R5BfdkZWzN8gYBSbb-8Ho4LYzI3HfF2wq0xUSp2eyikFR47LFqvtS9KIkAzlisIK81g/s1600-h/mobilelpbuilding1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348003858826229170" style="WIDTH: 320px; 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CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJC2hNX35vmVlEb7_dpsyCc0Put28cbYDWQUyKCebE-7ihDTeWYVDkDQzK9bLcnPCS6QIWhiItyI1ZBet8w536i2lZ6sbzKYGN3eFg1aUcSQrqZgzFzNqw-bE8caD-DgpSTKlxfCjQ4_4/s320/mobilelpbuilding8" border="0" /></a> </div><div>This picture you can see the roof caving in and fire entering the chapel.</div><div> </div><div>Here are some pictures from other people including some aerial shots of the building after.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFibNcVRjYtdDMsUGKVW8SCUhfkbHYGW0-N0BEgTQgp4gTaiKOoTBbN5Lrttcx5m-jo3IXSwykHoRiJcmspmQ-2Yhx1lU38W8Gzxn9AalShJckHfPDs9McjGDy60eL90ILzUjb2Llg5kE/s1600-h/lpbuilding2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348004718162794994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFibNcVRjYtdDMsUGKVW8SCUhfkbHYGW0-N0BEgTQgp4gTaiKOoTBbN5Lrttcx5m-jo3IXSwykHoRiJcmspmQ-2Yhx1lU38W8Gzxn9AalShJckHfPDs9McjGDy60eL90ILzUjb2Llg5kE/s320/lpbuilding2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-A9QQfaIMXUaJZUeOVc-aTJiZ1jbx_JIOQ2VW4DU-2WLXhHrOng2gUunumG-8DQY5zxo9o1jRwv_SRS7SGEXXkN7dYNZdDMZE85tdsX48O0RsPqDV2gssy1bzWzfj0pd72bMlY4Yj5Qs/s1600-h/lpbuilding3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348004710018422130" style="WIDTH: 320px; 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color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">I SWAM WITH WHALE SHARKS</span></span> IN THE <a href="http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/">GEORGIA AQUARIUM</a><br /><br />ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS IT ROCKED AND I LOVED/ AM STILL LOVING IT!!! ONE OF THE ABSOLUTE COOLEST THINGS I HAVE EVER DONE - OH AND A WHALE SHARK SWAM SO CLOSE TO ME THAT IT'S DORSAL FIN HIT MY FLIPPER AND AIR TANK - THAT IS RIGHT IT WAS RIGHT UNDER ME - IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A RULE ABOUT "NO TOUCHING THE ANIMALS" I WOULD'VE GRABBED ON AND GONE FOR A RIDE - BUT I WOULD HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT - TOO BAD HUH :).<br /><br />NICKY ALSO SWAM IN THE 6.3MILLION GALLON TANK WITH ME - THEY HAVE A MANTA RAY (HER FAVORITE) SO WE BOTH WERE ON CLOUD 9 FOR THE WEEKEND AND REALLY SINCE!!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Uqg1q7-qJsLn6iiQwO3Kn-WfDX5FqpNssZtJZ4gzfIzz8Rz28I0HZDqs32OiRUDedZ7fVKStuJB9CKmKhCgZUYXk_yv5vM7EA-lOAU0CoJQ-Sm9HRxqhyphenhyphenQNfiMKGOq0peVAV4g0kV1I/s1600-h/DSC00437.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Uqg1q7-qJsLn6iiQwO3Kn-WfDX5FqpNssZtJZ4gzfIzz8Rz28I0HZDqs32OiRUDedZ7fVKStuJB9CKmKhCgZUYXk_yv5vM7EA-lOAU0CoJQ-Sm9HRxqhyphenhyphenQNfiMKGOq0peVAV4g0kV1I/s320/DSC00437.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311769330892289794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER ANIMALS - IT IS REALLY A GREAT AQUARIUM!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgDnDDRf7kXI_pFS-T5CIjxEAyxtI5as4QvhcbpZu9prsfJQYWJ0Mbi0eCTroVCWw-oUCM2Jzo8wu5vTZUHrxV_GkJhC89uS_C-tpdiXIOukO8dwV7YAZKHYBm6bikY-7X3nMDJ8hk0k/s1600-h/DSC00251.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgDnDDRf7kXI_pFS-T5CIjxEAyxtI5as4QvhcbpZu9prsfJQYWJ0Mbi0eCTroVCWw-oUCM2Jzo8wu5vTZUHrxV_GkJhC89uS_C-tpdiXIOukO8dwV7YAZKHYBm6bikY-7X3nMDJ8hk0k/s320/DSC00251.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311770390952792546" border="0" /></a>JAPANESE CRABS (THEY CAN GET UP TO 20ft)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVFiOrVCX11yluhPK76NB7rcu0I4ARhGR2IFwKNXo8qh0To2m2dlE3NEpzpxux8ZYDebZC6Va9ux-ugiTuIo08bO6RNqBUaOniY9h7qIa3WLnvDyXaM0gU1elYbpaxJaJwr11DK5LY9k/s1600-h/DSC00241.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbVFiOrVCX11yluhPK76NB7rcu0I4ARhGR2IFwKNXo8qh0To2m2dlE3NEpzpxux8ZYDebZC6Va9ux-ugiTuIo08bO6RNqBUaOniY9h7qIa3WLnvDyXaM0gU1elYbpaxJaJwr11DK5LY9k/s320/DSC00241.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311770387911450866" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Piranha</span> - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">they have</span> a little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">under bite</span> - kind of cute :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55zp4QjM0dE6PntKUNaNLj8IvIB-m3BxxWEw_7XVanY0GdnSJoVAQpNrbxIb7a7XdJyoFHEBMuXyUfJsKpAq4T9lUsD9oNLmQfvbo7xgqNWufqNx82lqhEOESf5KOxNHm5j_Gvtixmk4/s1600-h/DSC00235.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg55zp4QjM0dE6PntKUNaNLj8IvIB-m3BxxWEw_7XVanY0GdnSJoVAQpNrbxIb7a7XdJyoFHEBMuXyUfJsKpAq4T9lUsD9oNLmQfvbo7xgqNWufqNx82lqhEOESf5KOxNHm5j_Gvtixmk4/s320/DSC00235.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311770382946613042" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Alligators</span> - they were really friendly<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREXmvwuu0mhGPh6DTMD8SoVul9YP0-OzVZP9dDVsM95Xm15B4FraWl2R31M4_OJA8PP1952pjM787R0FdwTY5h8T04iaHalCimpLH-uEzSblRLnT5z9jo-F9MGRkgB19aN2dYGHZM7tQ/s1600-h/DSC00219.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREXmvwuu0mhGPh6DTMD8SoVul9YP0-OzVZP9dDVsM95Xm15B4FraWl2R31M4_OJA8PP1952pjM787R0FdwTY5h8T04iaHalCimpLH-uEzSblRLnT5z9jo-F9MGRkgB19aN2dYGHZM7tQ/s320/DSC00219.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311770377620004178" border="0" /></a> of course jellyfish<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYc6AvtSlFCmorEoZbgJNywzXsHMbneZ0qHaqod1tJ9YEb_o5AUGAas7SmMjstUypaRMpEDKTudxrwiNovNsY9Dg-H4OUf2HHDZp3AidU9iy7KfN1jANqdvRVoGxxvHS9pQSjxXqYb8l8/s1600-h/DSC00220.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcz1qVzikv2tXXCj30E4Vwi99Wt6Juec7Lkdj2rAr1UorJJtbHTasvCmCd8nugApNB6yrhFibAdihbzoRKu2Ohg-wNcQUTaEproEM_PSgTRyNADIW5lsXJ1ntODZuVSNG9IF5qtJIOZ4/s320/DSC00257.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311771504198853458" border="0" /></a> you walked through a tunnel<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrt_OcfiK_q_RTjuT4ZrjQUzF4zOdMCT6Gn4xpCPrOevPKBVy1pvD5LbM8mt1-fYc_Ef0qB5_BrTTvP8PGDHIHhMJ_8lBUCbGlFmth0rxJfOUInG_6U1R__mBG17_P7a72bYgvokt56A/s1600-h/DSC00256.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSrt_OcfiK_q_RTjuT4ZrjQUzF4zOdMCT6Gn4xpCPrOevPKBVy1pvD5LbM8mt1-fYc_Ef0qB5_BrTTvP8PGDHIHhMJ_8lBUCbGlFmth0rxJfOUInG_6U1R__mBG17_P7a72bYgvokt56A/s320/DSC00256.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311771497810129810" border="0" /></a> i think this a dragon seahorse - or it's name is something like thatVictoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-39864885851256006002009-02-05T18:12:00.004-05:002009-02-06T11:54:48.677-05:00Tagged by Debbie. 8's<span style="font-size:130%;">8 TV Shows or Movies I watch regularly<br /></span>1. The Office – so funny!<br />2. Top Chef – my favorite reality show<br />3. The City – it has replaced the Hills for my stupid show of the week<br />4. Man vs. Wild – Bear – do I need to say more<br />5. Shark Week – until my DVR went on the fritz and we lost all of shark week<br />6. Seinfeld – it never gets old even the repeats I love<br />7. Elf – I love this movie and love it year round – I can’t get enough of it<br />8. Friends – another filler<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">8 Things that happened yesterday. (this is a very pathetic category for me – at least today it is)<br /></span>1. Went to work – found out I have a very interesting client<br />2. Realized I am not as much of an adult as I wish or thought I was<br />3. Checked Blogs<br />4. Went to the Gym<br />5. Made plans to clean my room<br />6. Crocheted a little until I ran out of green yarn<br />7. Ate dinner<br />8. Drove around looking for a parking spot<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">8 Favorite places to EAT (this is a hard one)<br /></span>1. In a home that has someone who knows how to cook good food (I prefer good inhouse cooking any day of the week to a restaurant)<br />2. Annas<br />3. Blue Ribbon BBQ<br />4. EVOO<br />5. AllStar Sandwiches<br />6. Mr. Barley’s (best burger I have ever had)<br />7. Legal Seafood (I had the best salmon special there the other day – lame but it was so good)<br />8. Subway (I still love subway)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">8 things I am looking forward to</span><br />1. Going Snowboarding<br />2. The weather warming Up<br />3. Going to Atlanta to go to the Aquarium and Swim in the Giant 6.2 million gallon tank which holds Whale Sharks and Manta Rays<br />4. Going on Vacation in the Fall (not sure where either Hawaii or Greece/Italy)<br />5. Getting Married, Falling in Love again<br />6. Shark Week<br />7. The days when life is simple even if just for the day<br />8. My heart Healing<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">8 Things on my wish list<br /></span>1. To learn how to play the piano<br />2. To find a way to keep my life organized – especially my room<br />3. To find where I belong either in Boston or some place else<br />4. To find the best fit for me with my job, with what I do, where I do it and how I do it<br />5. To always be healthy<br />6. To become wicked good at snowboarding, to be able to do some sweet jumps this year<br />7. A nice diamond ring (I can’t help it I love them – I am drawn to them)<br />8. To have an awesome tan<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">8 People I tag.. lucky you..(I hate this part – it is just obnoxious)<br /></span>1. Megan<br />2. Leslie<br />3. Robyn<br />4. Cristi<br />5. Rachael<br />6. Afton<br />7. Katrina<br /><a href="http://jumpontheblogwagon.blogspot.com/">8. </a>Someone Random (let me know who and when you post it) JVictoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-71265754438296375102009-01-19T10:31:00.007-05:002009-01-19T11:08:26.177-05:00THINGS I HAVE DONE...<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;">I saw this on a friend's blog and thought it was fun! Just <span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ffff;">Bold</span> the ones you have done and then post it on your blog!</span></h3><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:100%;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">1. Started your own blog<br />2. Slept under the stars</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">3. Played in a band</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">4. Visited Hawaii<br />5. Watched a meteor shower</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">6. Given more than you can afford to charity</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">7. Been to</span> <span style="font-size:100%;">Disneyland</span> <span style="color:#33ffff;">or Disneyworld</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">8. Climbed a mountain<br />9. Held a praying mantis<br />10. Sang a solo<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">11. Bungee jumped</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">12. Visited Paris<br />13. Watched a lightning storm at sea<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">14. Taught yourself an art from scratch</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">15. Adopted a child<br />16. Had food poisoning<br />17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">18. Grown your own vegetables<br />19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France<br />20. Slept on an overnight train<br />21. Had a pillow fight<br />22. Hitch hiked<br />23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill<br />24. Built a snow fort<br />25. Held a lamb<br />26. Gone skinny dipping<br />27. Run a Marathon</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">29. Seen a total eclipse<br />30. Watched a sunrise or sunset</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">31. Hit a home run</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">32. Been on a cruise<br />33. Seen Niagara Falls in person<br />34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors<br />35. Seen an Amish community</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">36. Taught yourself a new language</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied<br />38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#33ffff;">39. Gone rock climbing</span><br />40. Seen Michelangelo’s David</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">41. Sung karaoke<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">42. Seen Olde Faithful Geyser Erupt</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant<br />44. Visited Africa<br />45. Walked on a beach by moonlight<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">46. Been transported in an ambulance</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">47. Had your portrait painted</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">48. Gone deep sea fishing</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris<br />51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">52. Kissed in the rain</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">53. Played in the mud<br />54. Gone to a drive-in theater<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">55. Been in a movie or on a TV show<br />56. Visited the Great Wall of China</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">57. Started a business<br />58. Had an encounter with a wild animal<br />59. Visited Russia<br />60. Served at a soup kitchen<br />61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies<br />62. Gone whale watching<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">63. Got flowers for no reason<br /></span><span style="color:#33ffff;">64. Donated blood, platelets, or plasma<br />65. Gone sky diving</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">67. Bounced a check<br />68. Flown in a helicopter<br />69. Saved a favorite childhood toy<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">71. Eaten Caviar<br />72. Pieced a quilt<br />73. Stood in Times Square<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">74. Toured the Everglades<br />75. Been fired from a job<br />76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London<br />77. Broken a bone</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">78. Been on a speeding motorcycle</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person<br />80. Published a book<br />81. Visited the Vatican<br />82. Bought a brand new car<br />83. Walked in Jerusalem</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">84. Had your picture in the newspaper</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">85. Read the entire Bible<br />86. Visited the White House<br />87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">88. Had chickenpox<br />89. Saved someone’s life<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">90. Sat on a Jury</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">91. Met someone famous<br />92. Joined a book club<br />93. Lost a loved one</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">94.</span> <span style="font-size:100%;">Had a baby</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">95. Seen the Alamo in person</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake<br />97. Been involved in a law suit</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">98. Owned a cell phone<br />99. Been stung by a bee<br />100. Taken a martial arts class</span> </span></h3>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-7823873044801442752008-12-10T22:38:00.012-05:002008-12-11T00:01:20.058-05:00EGYPT TRIP part 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFIZjOohS0Dbl_8JDrtOSULgo6tSZLVqsTaV7UgEbjeyR2HMiJM6UfjjzW38m5lVH8DdczcG3lo3njrf0M6gega48lIqEP9Rjw9HO3bN-FlvHhBW5na5epfaCj8ZBXseflKYLDrYJlZw/s1600-h/DSC00048.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFIZjOohS0Dbl_8JDrtOSULgo6tSZLVqsTaV7UgEbjeyR2HMiJM6UfjjzW38m5lVH8DdczcG3lo3njrf0M6gega48lIqEP9Rjw9HO3bN-FlvHhBW5na5epfaCj8ZBXseflKYLDrYJlZw/s320/DSC00048.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278378830442010594" border="0" /></a><br />Last thing on the Agenda for the day were the Giza Pyramids WHICH ARE AMAZING!!!!! The Great Pyramid is here (there is only one) - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8zBmALgBMpCUWmy0qBcoNt6fP4ozjWaNEdRXOgvIxj7B-7V0O_loQtoOqepN8n2M8LGLAUaCXnpFQdnH-07afKiwBSPVf2q8_xkmemei5KHdYk0FCmmaV1uT6JSkMylIBAiMbJCpGpk/s1600-h/DSC00057.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi8zBmALgBMpCUWmy0qBcoNt6fP4ozjWaNEdRXOgvIxj7B-7V0O_loQtoOqepN8n2M8LGLAUaCXnpFQdnH-07afKiwBSPVf2q8_xkmemei5KHdYk0FCmmaV1uT6JSkMylIBAiMbJCpGpk/s320/DSC00057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278380964310502338" border="0" /></a>we rode camels (for 3 hours - i don't recommend this - it hurts - well it is fun so do it if you want to :)). Here is where i can show you how HUGE these structures are - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtTuPpjSWMFZCZbfdRwuvcXYrlvJAoVI2Q9CqhLReLcKBfzgscF2rDJ7qA23ZHsFFGa0s9d32Vt2RuJvsfd82g7P3QkzEz0JEIUNEJU7moDExSabHuVLkHDnnI_6FSPFts5RafOk6jyA/s1600-h/DSC00054.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtTuPpjSWMFZCZbfdRwuvcXYrlvJAoVI2Q9CqhLReLcKBfzgscF2rDJ7qA23ZHsFFGa0s9d32Vt2RuJvsfd82g7P3QkzEz0JEIUNEJU7moDExSabHuVLkHDnnI_6FSPFts5RafOk6jyA/s320/DSC00054.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278378848551430306" border="0" /></a>so you can see 3 large pyramids and 3 small ones - the pyramid i climb on is one of the small pyramids<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FM_tqBtjragrfcdwOVf5CTk1wcHuPWdTTcXL-Pj7Oc3oIBtTN8CZuCPbFbwsKTIiHncD_x6V3knsq7eNYJxl2ALNFe7iI6br-Iv7yJG2nwBEjVfWSXTO3c8aHeB71WF0U5c-RbXzLKg/s1600-h/DSC00071.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5FM_tqBtjragrfcdwOVf5CTk1wcHuPWdTTcXL-Pj7Oc3oIBtTN8CZuCPbFbwsKTIiHncD_x6V3knsq7eNYJxl2ALNFe7iI6br-Iv7yJG2nwBEjVfWSXTO3c8aHeB71WF0U5c-RbXzLKg/s320/DSC00071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278380969435790146" border="0" /></a> - so you can see the comparison of all of them. Also where i did the cheesy pictures - but hey how many times are you standing in front of the Pyramids! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwiYZ_NGULz41Fl_UOe5M87tLFnIjFMorDUhBPUvp2QSaIRBN5SaN1q-RNw8K-wS4jaX0nrTNEeKqd2uF9CuFkahQ0soNGgsJPsZCfm7PWQTNCjmmpAD1vy4dsD9ozkYy5DYvjjELLmNA/s1600-h/DSC00064.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwiYZ_NGULz41Fl_UOe5M87tLFnIjFMorDUhBPUvp2QSaIRBN5SaN1q-RNw8K-wS4jaX0nrTNEeKqd2uF9CuFkahQ0soNGgsJPsZCfm7PWQTNCjmmpAD1vy4dsD9ozkYy5DYvjjELLmNA/s320/DSC00064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278378860741752146" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC43EIvvQdv6UQhx9sAno743j3fdqnrSFOdbXe_R4srOYtu3D6uenWTg8s9y0FFiEl0AUe2LXJYErLVpwy9xwgQYQvfnnjPlKFk7ltGFzOpul9tqcZ6OBbLaCUZMgG-A1Pir1Fyd-Xshs/s1600-h/DSC00061.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 185px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC43EIvvQdv6UQhx9sAno743j3fdqnrSFOdbXe_R4srOYtu3D6uenWTg8s9y0FFiEl0AUe2LXJYErLVpwy9xwgQYQvfnnjPlKFk7ltGFzOpul9tqcZ6OBbLaCUZMgG-A1Pir1Fyd-Xshs/s320/DSC00061.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278378856519520994" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWUJXuZ875LLF6MDtURWxy-NJgQleRB0pr3_OoPtCDBojAHKwtnlSXod8V1kt45tlHYMG1QXWTA76uUwuPCAyapp8womjPUAj5qEdwV_kvwog2BfzPVYUiIFvCGPlu7IJ6ECKkjvMavM/s1600-h/DSC00052.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWUJXuZ875LLF6MDtURWxy-NJgQleRB0pr3_OoPtCDBojAHKwtnlSXod8V1kt45tlHYMG1QXWTA76uUwuPCAyapp8womjPUAj5qEdwV_kvwog2BfzPVYUiIFvCGPlu7IJ6ECKkjvMavM/s320/DSC00052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278378838980159186" border="0" /></a><br />We rode the camels around the area - then headed over to the Sphinx <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipP15Kwr2_9Fc_7B7jzhd4Ls1cloBXPk9Hr2zo-X5dQsJISijn_DF6T181JNjMscBP7UNyMQy65hn18in8z7VMuZOHIiYUUkdOOzC6jQj1spGouIut6ZELIglMZjvmClA-P8CJrXB1H54/s1600-h/DSC00078.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipP15Kwr2_9Fc_7B7jzhd4Ls1cloBXPk9Hr2zo-X5dQsJISijn_DF6T181JNjMscBP7UNyMQy65hn18in8z7VMuZOHIiYUUkdOOzC6jQj1spGouIut6ZELIglMZjvmClA-P8CJrXB1H54/s320/DSC00078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278380977562757794" border="0" /></a>- which i had heard wasn't impressive - but i think it is very impressive it is all one piece of stone, it is just that the great pyramids are right there behind it - so of course it looks smaller.<br /><br />After that we convinced our guide to talk to the guards and let us stay in the area and watch the sunset <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTag8-hdQri0SFvUMZz68yMVlq2-d_sb3rnT5Plh9kJqMN6eKFlXEMrIYvBOW06toGK4UlVP2bX6bsRxyOLS92L76DYT8Dgfne32lk9BfT5jl11jI74nzxY_Oxg62mnYc5I-R0PBu4GI/s1600-h/DSC00080.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTag8-hdQri0SFvUMZz68yMVlq2-d_sb3rnT5Plh9kJqMN6eKFlXEMrIYvBOW06toGK4UlVP2bX6bsRxyOLS92L76DYT8Dgfne32lk9BfT5jl11jI74nzxY_Oxg62mnYc5I-R0PBu4GI/s320/DSC00080.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278380980843312930" border="0" /></a>- it was beautiful!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNTJoqIj_3r2vBIR11pmofNIl9WQFtLT3wVJrx14BOCYmHCFbaeVEqz_nRYyWAI6AzSN07JmplAq0_g6_py8NOxRTQJ-h28qc2V3d1kRmo4V1JLjpPjDO2m6Ej4IuEPcLKAn4s1pBKVo/s1600-h/DSC00085.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkNTJoqIj_3r2vBIR11pmofNIl9WQFtLT3wVJrx14BOCYmHCFbaeVEqz_nRYyWAI6AzSN07JmplAq0_g6_py8NOxRTQJ-h28qc2V3d1kRmo4V1JLjpPjDO2m6Ej4IuEPcLKAn4s1pBKVo/s320/DSC00085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278380994327660258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After this we went back to the Hostel and got "directions" to a restaurant - we never found the restaurant - but we found something else later quite a bit later - it was good food - but we had a diet coke with every meal to make sure to kill off any bacteria that may be consumed :).<br /><br />4th day<br />We were on our own for this day - all we had to do was get on the train at 8pm to head down to Luxor. So we took off.<br />We went and purchased our Sleeping train tickets, we got those it was a very interesting method - but we didn't argue we were just glad to get tickets. We then headed off to the Citadel <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYiwkAQ88FcK1mPeucOGTJZ4idrirh4sZej8zoALKRon2_iSQ-9Vw2SJrs8ig-attRwnTlzO1pVRuef0f36OlXVUz0jHeYqBKeRMAE4J9n9opxU04tJcT0kLTAe77ppBB_YMHqrI23bM/s1600-h/DSC00088.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYiwkAQ88FcK1mPeucOGTJZ4idrirh4sZej8zoALKRon2_iSQ-9Vw2SJrs8ig-attRwnTlzO1pVRuef0f36OlXVUz0jHeYqBKeRMAE4J9n9opxU04tJcT0kLTAe77ppBB_YMHqrI23bM/s320/DSC00088.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278388434865456098" border="0" /></a>to see the view <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42D840fX7HDmzgaXJ9JHbZvt8E5VC26JvbycSVRfHeaWxC45pTXoSQdSHU1pGH4UTWn2d9ANCXyy9sej7t3CUjftTbl6_3je-eeNuGlwhvhFmFY5rAWPyown16kzhFFOlWsJAaYTaqj4/s1600-h/DSC00091.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42D840fX7HDmzgaXJ9JHbZvt8E5VC26JvbycSVRfHeaWxC45pTXoSQdSHU1pGH4UTWn2d9ANCXyy9sej7t3CUjftTbl6_3je-eeNuGlwhvhFmFY5rAWPyown16kzhFFOlWsJAaYTaqj4/s320/DSC00091.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278388467462069874" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7VtgI-gn66Zsw3SL2WjE3-_DTyRPkVXYlgXdWKu_3DCz5KfNZv-cPHyvgAQ40qS9SGGPCc0kfHTevZpNz5VbaRVG0q_vOegNEXy-_m-6VOjcOa3VMP-ib2_H7C-xCeGW1f-dC3SlQS0/s1600-h/DSC00090.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi7VtgI-gn66Zsw3SL2WjE3-_DTyRPkVXYlgXdWKu_3DCz5KfNZv-cPHyvgAQ40qS9SGGPCc0kfHTevZpNz5VbaRVG0q_vOegNEXy-_m-6VOjcOa3VMP-ib2_H7C-xCeGW1f-dC3SlQS0/s320/DSC00090.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278388459062593602" border="0" /></a>and the mosque of Mohammad Ali.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf09bcrcGapeKXtbeqC1K5TvP5Y403bMM4qA_I49JmMG9Ov_c_2GWD40YWh7zlqYhFW8Sh0JJnrvzn6zG48SwaeoFlNFDEo993Es3LQ0HXVaFf9QG_Zhs3r4Pnezh2HyC-WCFRKoNtFDE/s1600-h/DSC00094.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf09bcrcGapeKXtbeqC1K5TvP5Y403bMM4qA_I49JmMG9Ov_c_2GWD40YWh7zlqYhFW8Sh0JJnrvzn6zG48SwaeoFlNFDEo993Es3LQ0HXVaFf9QG_Zhs3r4Pnezh2HyC-WCFRKoNtFDE/s320/DSC00094.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278388449685811394" border="0" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5sP0WVG4E6E65S2QlZU8EnFolJLBYLhUtGmuaIBqATUpwARxxQLx3ZxdUtSpkrT3Ao2LFCRJm1yi8zyi0G1Sl1gHxIfjveA5_VsKFMozysyJbRcfOoJm0vxYT7VOTbPKMq70lTvzzb4/s1600-h/DSC00092.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt5sP0WVG4E6E65S2QlZU8EnFolJLBYLhUtGmuaIBqATUpwARxxQLx3ZxdUtSpkrT3Ao2LFCRJm1yi8zyi0G1Sl1gHxIfjveA5_VsKFMozysyJbRcfOoJm0vxYT7VOTbPKMq70lTvzzb4/s320/DSC00092.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278388443986303458" border="0" /></a>It was beautiful and very interesting we got a tour from a Muslim woman and she shared a little about her beliefs. As we were walking around there were several teenagers around and i had a Egyptian 14 year old boyfriend for about 1/2hour - they love long hair and i guess my hair in braids wasn't "put back" enough - so they kept taking pictures and following us around - they were cute and very innocent so it was fine.<br /><br />We then decided to walk to Sultan Hussan's mosque <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6i8nadLjouQo49M2LcbAEdf_8tX8ssaW-9RlENT-3f0qXB_yjP4sBXa15f76tuKEizLcnjJBeoUPIoR5hothuA9O9uudmrOQgyA08k5J_u6KB9iGdr9CDOUX6kwjKRTIDMDWi-SAUeCo/s1600-h/DSC00098.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6i8nadLjouQo49M2LcbAEdf_8tX8ssaW-9RlENT-3f0qXB_yjP4sBXa15f76tuKEizLcnjJBeoUPIoR5hothuA9O9uudmrOQgyA08k5J_u6KB9iGdr9CDOUX6kwjKRTIDMDWi-SAUeCo/s320/DSC00098.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278389700431128258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0iescohyphenhyphencJXIr-OuNEKmRZL5uYO_npl7ZQQoctMzYCSLIkW7CAAyvKPR9rDM_SQjSVGkYDauqXhKr7OZWuePf5cc26DvB9g0ZnCUTak58naOEsilQbEgKRgstU6lE5bx6uGhUOBFIrw0/s1600-h/DSC00097.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0iescohyphenhyphencJXIr-OuNEKmRZL5uYO_npl7ZQQoctMzYCSLIkW7CAAyvKPR9rDM_SQjSVGkYDauqXhKr7OZWuePf5cc26DvB9g0ZnCUTak58naOEsilQbEgKRgstU6lE5bx6uGhUOBFIrw0/s320/DSC00097.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278389691117977890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgES6uU0f4ZoybLfjRDpRyev6ksrLGVPJnxVw7SFm1BZQkjgGN_TS4aEB4PsM3uEH6mKG9avO-TXBcZosHuYS2ZAaY6D7NTpEMS88y_4DKeo_yvj7EZh-wl3vEZkOBiNPRk_WdCqWNmuhw/s1600-h/DSC00096.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgES6uU0f4ZoybLfjRDpRyev6ksrLGVPJnxVw7SFm1BZQkjgGN_TS4aEB4PsM3uEH6mKG9avO-TXBcZosHuYS2ZAaY6D7NTpEMS88y_4DKeo_yvj7EZh-wl3vEZkOBiNPRk_WdCqWNmuhw/s320/DSC00096.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278389683142252722" border="0" /></a>which seemed close enough and it was but getting back to downtown was a little more complicated - we ended up taking a taxi for 10 EL back to the Egyptian Museum - which was so fun and crazy some of the loot collected. King Tut's death mask was probably the most beautiful thing i have seen in forever - it was just so exquisite!<br />After the Egyptian Museum we headed back to the Hostel and rushed to the train station - we didn't plan too well in how much time to give, but we ended up having plenty of time. When we got to the train station we weren't sure who to get around, everything was in Arabic (go figure) but we found a tour guide who was willing to help us know which train to get on - so nice.<br /><br />The train ride was another experience as well - we had a private compartment for the two of us - which was nice. Dinner was provided and as they were serving our meal they opened our doors and we met the guys who were in the compartment next to us - they were two nice Australian guys who were traveling to Aswan and then over the Red Sea to do scuba diving tour. We could see into each other's compartments and when they were unfolding our beds we started to talk - we ended up going to the club car and talking stories and playing cards until 2 in the morning - too bad we got into Luxor (our stop) at 6 in the morning :). It was fun to meet some guys traveling around in a similar style to us. Always fun to meet new people!Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-23358195296299055382008-12-10T20:49:00.009-05:002008-12-10T22:38:21.168-05:00EGYPT TRIP part 11st day<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRF1KmoiOBPyUY2sQvomWVI4dDHzkeiyS91D05hjU6pgkEjiqkla4Ziub7h1501q6ox37_oCz3jQx1iYraiuipvVHyH6NWXX_yACPwd9hkc5V7SFBg4WDJD1kNINf9HvPtVF-G4Tvh8k/s1600-h/DSC00016.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLRF1KmoiOBPyUY2sQvomWVI4dDHzkeiyS91D05hjU6pgkEjiqkla4Ziub7h1501q6ox37_oCz3jQx1iYraiuipvVHyH6NWXX_yACPwd9hkc5V7SFBg4WDJD1kNINf9HvPtVF-G4Tvh8k/s320/DSC00016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278349688675151394" border="0" /></a>Left Boston Thursday after work direct flight to Madrid<br />2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">nd</span> day<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xexZbfwiKdWPlBM2yAyPrWV3tHlWte9tCrLXBgMOvXpFjLR4m3oXjZotshCjvb3AUDIP05UOLRuFS44Mrb1Isr65qoitN8iu3ZJuOSP5CnfuKR0UsFvh2wDtCGc68EcZYjP5d53o7-s/s1600-h/DSC00019.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xexZbfwiKdWPlBM2yAyPrWV3tHlWte9tCrLXBgMOvXpFjLR4m3oXjZotshCjvb3AUDIP05UOLRuFS44Mrb1Isr65qoitN8iu3ZJuOSP5CnfuKR0UsFvh2wDtCGc68EcZYjP5d53o7-s/s320/DSC00019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278349703575809698" border="0" /></a>Madrid - went to Rembrandt Exhibit at the <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzT50J_jOINS_GOXrYr5Uq1FYr3L2RhBJ1QYU44Sl-X35BB0QC2HL12WrmandXUTAVzAIE8zSCeA0aEN3o1d0QBXSV8Jbb-WeUnIg-mgh0PkhO6otl0OqED-pc-xE2szRaJ_wIuJUBtGc/s1600-h/DSC00017.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzT50J_jOINS_GOXrYr5Uq1FYr3L2RhBJ1QYU44Sl-X35BB0QC2HL12WrmandXUTAVzAIE8zSCeA0aEN3o1d0QBXSV8Jbb-WeUnIg-mgh0PkhO6otl0OqED-pc-xE2szRaJ_wIuJUBtGc/s320/DSC00017.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278361826573517618" border="0" /></a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Museo</span> El Prado - it was a great exhibit!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-Q9X8BfkzNmRYozxoiPmLWA6vTNtCyqUeFggCpc-ZMBDmHHdqT3r_Z4l5nsQNOk6HdjskSypnBoErRz65Ywthmf9spx7m98iA0ghGKgN0o_MDz0IIhZKWANF0aToNGvKukVgTRf4gY4/s1600-h/DSC00024.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD-Q9X8BfkzNmRYozxoiPmLWA6vTNtCyqUeFggCpc-ZMBDmHHdqT3r_Z4l5nsQNOk6HdjskSypnBoErRz65Ywthmf9spx7m98iA0ghGKgN0o_MDz0IIhZKWANF0aToNGvKukVgTRf4gY4/s320/DSC00024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278349704769121474" border="0" /></a>Fun to stop in Madrid - it was really quite warm - the sun was out and just a nice afternoon.<br />We got lunch in a pub and headed back to the airport to catch our flight to Egypt.<br />Landed in Egypt really late - got our stamps in our passports and found out ride to our Hostel.<br />The guys who run the Hostel were so great - so friendly and really helpful - that night they set up a driver for the next day to take us to the Pyramids and around Cairo.<br />The driver was coming at 8 and so we took showers and hit the sack (after all it was after midnight).<br />3rd day<br />woke up around 7:30AM (hello it was a GO vacation)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRLUvUMGYDDAiZpQ1Fwl8QaxFaN4qvsQ2Xo31qDhS4-LhgIUdAUOLxgWzTCPJMGxZzqj9IU20FnPyx2Z3GHuK9K4phusaia1QpsAaEadzIf3NFwompcwsgbrdxN7XsKLugIonEkzp1cI/s1600-h/DSC00026.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBRLUvUMGYDDAiZpQ1Fwl8QaxFaN4qvsQ2Xo31qDhS4-LhgIUdAUOLxgWzTCPJMGxZzqj9IU20FnPyx2Z3GHuK9K4phusaia1QpsAaEadzIf3NFwompcwsgbrdxN7XsKLugIonEkzp1cI/s320/DSC00026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278349709709709682" border="0" /></a><br />8AM headed off with our driver <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kahlead</span> - we first headed out to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Dashur</span>; on the way we saw the Bent Pyramid. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLYUzivspX8k9YeuI8j-J_4j1qZxf_hvPaoKUUXMRNZ3ZqHJ0stTua-YDtpnUJc8OKIHpxKr8s8B_7hDSnyX0aa65c4nBoMhRoIxcGkaNlx1FVplbttyfgho0vaP6-AkViBqGAnDGZs4/s1600-h/DSC00030.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBLYUzivspX8k9YeuI8j-J_4j1qZxf_hvPaoKUUXMRNZ3ZqHJ0stTua-YDtpnUJc8OKIHpxKr8s8B_7hDSnyX0aa65c4nBoMhRoIxcGkaNlx1FVplbttyfgho0vaP6-AkViBqGAnDGZs4/s320/DSC00030.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278349721062352018" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Dashur</span> was probably my favorite experience of the trip - we had been in Egypt for less than 12 hours and we climbed down 70meters at a 45 degree incline that was only about 4 feet tall (lets just say it was a crazy thigh workout!) When we got down to the bottom we found only one couple down in chamber - they left a few min later and then it was just Amy and I - we wanted to take a picture but of course it wasn't aloud - so we respected that - but it was so fun to be alone in the pyramid especially as the first pyramid we were at :).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfQWgf9KnYx4g9rBMZ2lX3jZuascRS3Ws8ArF7JC_VILAIGiyKoxOpe7L2H2wksrVjUBf91pbpvMQhyphenhyphenbmO6cs7uyDybra_vlw2mqjAPL7mRl24CpHuAQ1MGP3038GRvgZ6T9_yig4xHk/s1600-h/DSC00034.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfQWgf9KnYx4g9rBMZ2lX3jZuascRS3Ws8ArF7JC_VILAIGiyKoxOpe7L2H2wksrVjUBf91pbpvMQhyphenhyphenbmO6cs7uyDybra_vlw2mqjAPL7mRl24CpHuAQ1MGP3038GRvgZ6T9_yig4xHk/s320/DSC00034.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278351921289678162" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNadpKEYNBCAVPnwxkOLXMmV4H8XsXYByFwNp_iQ6lO5nHm-rcH-so3McXMlj5NUiCCJICiy3o6VaEhV8AEpIvAdwp_qPl7NDZud_ar2kNF75e6D6Pt46lZ-cdiFiLvHWiN9ScVEs8XFs/s1600-h/DSC00033.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNadpKEYNBCAVPnwxkOLXMmV4H8XsXYByFwNp_iQ6lO5nHm-rcH-so3McXMlj5NUiCCJICiy3o6VaEhV8AEpIvAdwp_qPl7NDZud_ar2kNF75e6D6Pt46lZ-cdiFiLvHWiN9ScVEs8XFs/s320/DSC00033.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278351919362194338" border="0" /></a><br />Next on the agenda was <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Suqqra</span> - the Step pyramids <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9w3qvufSJqCdOj2jo_OogwPG-g5G1W28hsSwREhYi9F7mOPF9vRuFYRMYK3eVxsk0_CRCBxoDmwZqOb1q4uMBNd8CCHkxzINqnzu_vEty5kN6x0-kWPQOftKRG1TSSWYyaleOmH1aE6Y/s1600-h/DSC00039.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9w3qvufSJqCdOj2jo_OogwPG-g5G1W28hsSwREhYi9F7mOPF9vRuFYRMYK3eVxsk0_CRCBxoDmwZqOb1q4uMBNd8CCHkxzINqnzu_vEty5kN6x0-kWPQOftKRG1TSSWYyaleOmH1aE6Y/s320/DSC00039.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278358332851127298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg67JiwuX9AS65GATE-mPgeadKxheLMJM9-U7At0vr-aALhtH51afGJckOUIa1QDwo7cJY67qBDL2zCTx0rnLROr3_olhSvVS1LWSEwgTPxFuND2g2EGKiXmM4I12UjVOdlEkxI6aLHTY/s1600-h/DSC00038.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg67JiwuX9AS65GATE-mPgeadKxheLMJM9-U7At0vr-aALhtH51afGJckOUIa1QDwo7cJY67qBDL2zCTx0rnLROr3_olhSvVS1LWSEwgTPxFuND2g2EGKiXmM4I12UjVOdlEkxI6aLHTY/s320/DSC00038.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278358319816481074" border="0" /></a>- they were very cool as well - <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m3_2ddVVuLjSHIXd6f_Q9SKh6Zc9ldPZ6MeWS5WdKrFajaGtz2T_6l3UfkLxvjGg8EArftPnCDKTusFrfLA21vJQy_9ulJnFpy8233GRKolDsC0l-QHCkeOwSOnU8TeaxEeW3jG_hWg/s1600-h/DSC00040.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1m3_2ddVVuLjSHIXd6f_Q9SKh6Zc9ldPZ6MeWS5WdKrFajaGtz2T_6l3UfkLxvjGg8EArftPnCDKTusFrfLA21vJQy_9ulJnFpy8233GRKolDsC0l-QHCkeOwSOnU8TeaxEeW3jG_hWg/s320/DSC00040.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278358344908982354" border="0" /></a>they have recently found a new pyramid site - so that was fun to see the start of exploring a new site.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19Q3C8zpixUQ1EWBDmMKEFt_9ZKOgT3rrvNM3vpxxqZpJtgCS8_s-H2UfJNp-lrB7D_BN11PrJcn8F_nURQG-sdDobO8SFYBW8FqJ46IaJ23zYKe3duVuTIBQGOx7zl5h1p8MNOU7VXQ/s1600-h/DSC00045.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19Q3C8zpixUQ1EWBDmMKEFt_9ZKOgT3rrvNM3vpxxqZpJtgCS8_s-H2UfJNp-lrB7D_BN11PrJcn8F_nURQG-sdDobO8SFYBW8FqJ46IaJ23zYKe3duVuTIBQGOx7zl5h1p8MNOU7VXQ/s320/DSC00045.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278361834779039922" border="0" /></a>At the same site is the tomb of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Mere-ruka</span> - first real experience with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">hieroglyphics</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lfr5Atq9Dk8pTeiZCPD5igxuO6ny1uoR3hSWONhDtgo2BRGz-hWjsytOZIOhp8VlgnI5wjDBwjhjqAzslKLNNVtZzxlDAeCT4z9SssDBVohi44qlcz-LdchnVj5TWkv8nHDBmICXkkI/s1600-h/DSC00043.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lfr5Atq9Dk8pTeiZCPD5igxuO6ny1uoR3hSWONhDtgo2BRGz-hWjsytOZIOhp8VlgnI5wjDBwjhjqAzslKLNNVtZzxlDAeCT4z9SssDBVohi44qlcz-LdchnVj5TWkv8nHDBmICXkkI/s320/DSC00043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278361845551028706" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhWsISuEJSvarI5_SGrVn-efDWP_r3JmGz6OoPpN46LgS0U6H7b9v_Zb4qb0i4JQKof8b1oIrNo1XgsM9h5q6kb1TbWHFZJaa-9iNyPH345VK7gJiKSAXXqtb6Sto1__TXCxwBdFvRLA/s1600-h/DSC00044.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXhWsISuEJSvarI5_SGrVn-efDWP_r3JmGz6OoPpN46LgS0U6H7b9v_Zb4qb0i4JQKof8b1oIrNo1XgsM9h5q6kb1TbWHFZJaa-9iNyPH345VK7gJiKSAXXqtb6Sto1__TXCxwBdFvRLA/s320/DSC00044.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278361846166791538" border="0" /></a><br />Next stop on the Agenda was really on our Driver's agenda not so much ours (but they want us to spend money at their buddies/family shops along the way) so we went to a Carpet "School" (but they pay them to go to school - so more like child labor that they call school - kind of sad - didn't take any pictures though).<br />Next stop was the Papyrus store <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxERuWYoUpscqqtYIxNswy-W5NJO0MJ7Q4THUb4pGY5pta9jbgAcjWavp3Yrp7RZzqv02h7SbwEQmXS05gJIdL9x7fFRY1iYr5curgZX8Vamqc6JpFW-xKbRLQy86J5RT6i9nloCX0nz8/s1600-h/DSC00047.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxERuWYoUpscqqtYIxNswy-W5NJO0MJ7Q4THUb4pGY5pta9jbgAcjWavp3Yrp7RZzqv02h7SbwEQmXS05gJIdL9x7fFRY1iYr5curgZX8Vamqc6JpFW-xKbRLQy86J5RT6i9nloCX0nz8/s320/DSC00047.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278361821897802690" border="0" /></a>- and yes i bought some - i am a total sucker for these sort of things, but i am excited about it - so i have a Egyptian <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Calender</span> on Papyrus - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">yippeee</span>!Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-36480296699955924162008-12-03T08:41:00.003-05:002008-12-03T08:59:53.198-05:00I'm BackSorry for the lack of posting, but i think i have a very good reason :). I was in Egypt for the past week and half - i will post pictures and stories as soon as i find time, it is crazy trying to get caught up with everything and everyone and enjoy the holiday season!!!<br /><br />I will post within the next week pictures and stories to go along with it. Here is an Internet preview - the pyramids blew my mind - just loved them!!!<br /><div align="right"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275559887781945458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYf7iZO5P-x9uAqo285IiBJzy7FsfTXK_wOX_CmRYo9cCxX8gw0gkdRXsdDCjCscmUsBkfHB8j5hATzGjHwIMUK_S0fj4InpLz0vPlj-oUTbA4Qce_GhJQecEGcBhxKTICmZ0d_bCJj1A/s320/Egypt1_Great_Pyramids.jpg" border="0" />Giza Pyramids</div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-45017421132230842982008-11-12T11:10:00.005-05:002008-11-12T11:41:14.433-05:00Dreams<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1REhd3CYhjTXro4Nw1zKrNUwWhHX4PGOIQgTqivbX4s7b6wNYXXnwdSWpk42nxkmxjRsGETmjFcBQ6RzEzWxBMDcwWaOjqmJgnvn_hAUbMXXyhPMB6fdbvY_x_nVOY9M5hg8uGKMQeU/s1600-h/UnderWaterTree_by_eebz.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267806916078485186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY1REhd3CYhjTXro4Nw1zKrNUwWhHX4PGOIQgTqivbX4s7b6wNYXXnwdSWpk42nxkmxjRsGETmjFcBQ6RzEzWxBMDcwWaOjqmJgnvn_hAUbMXXyhPMB6fdbvY_x_nVOY9M5hg8uGKMQeU/s320/UnderWaterTree_by_eebz.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div><div>What do you make of Dreams - do you remember all, some or none. How do you take the ones you remember - especially when they leave an impression?</div><div> </div><div>I am one that wakes up normally without much of a dream - maybe a "that was weird" feeling or "what was that" or "where did that come from" however i have had several dreams over the years that mean more (so i think) it seems if i can recall more "facts" obviously i can think about things a little more - but usually i forget them before noon - but like i was saying there were a few i still remember.</div><div> </div><div>I also have my reoccurring nightmare - i have it roughly once a month and have for years - i haven't linked it to anything that happens when i am awake...yet - but it has defiantly progressed over the years. Some of the details change and all the other characters change and don't really have names - but the idea is the same and i still do the same thing. Setting is a large old style boat (like a pirate boat) with a huge main mast in the middle of the blue large ocean. The other people on the boat are usually people i know well (or at least that is the feeling). Someone who can't swim or who is a weak swimmer always falls into the water and i am on the top of the main mast in the bird perch thing and i see a large shark in the near distance - so i dive into the water to help and as i do i see the shark increase its speed because of the sound of something new in the water. I get the person onto the ladder of the boat they are always slow in climbing up. I grab a hold of the ladder and start pulling myself up the boat - but of course the shark comes and grabs me - this is where the dream has progressed at first i would wake up with knowing the shark was about to bite and pull me down but now in the dream i get bit and dragged down to the point of darkness which is where i now wake up. Everytime i have the dream i think to myself interesting.</div><div> </div><div>Crazy how our imaginations work? </div><div> </div><div>Do share any thoughts on dreams or if you have dreams one of your's</div></div></div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-76042849282392028722008-11-03T09:31:00.001-05:002008-11-03T09:33:11.059-05:00WE WON!!!I just thought i would let everyone know - we get lunch from the place of our choosing - it was a close race - but we pulled it out!!! SO FUN!Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-47809463478043320712008-10-31T08:57:00.007-04:002008-10-31T09:23:55.458-04:00HAPPY HALLOWEENThis year Halloween has been quite the crazy time - so much that i planned a pumpkin carving activity for FHE but didn't actually carve one. Luckily work had a pumpkin carving contest - yippee!!!! <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div>Jocelyn, Sylwia and I were in charge of coming up with the idea for our department- so we brainstormed for a couple of days - we thought we should keep it in the theme of our department so we were thinking either a scary bride or a wedding cake. Jocelyn was pretty excited about the wedding cake idea (it was hers :)) so she said she would go home over the weekend and practice just to see if it could be done. She comes back on Monday with a small pumpkin that despite its moldiness (not her fault) resembled a tiered cake. So it was decided.</div><br /><div>Tuesday (the carving day) came around and Sylwia brought in some black and white beads and ribbon to do the trimming and that afternoon we went to work - originally i thought i would have little to do with the actual carving - but lets be honest i want to win so the more hands getting it done the better, right?</div><div></div><div>Wednesday I brought in spiders and spider web and a light up stick thing to put inside - we just loved it - during the process other keep saying it didn't look like a cake or it didn't look very good - well lets see who gets the last laugh now - hehe - just kidding i just think we should win!</div><div></div><div>Oh and Thursday the last and final touch came the Cake topper - we wanted to get a topper with the corpse bride - but no such luck in such short time.</div><br /><div>As you can see i was quite involved - hehe</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SoJKdv7ztXIdsr3yGC16X9TxuWMTUC9CMuZbwRZ0KkOahsjbgjw8GhoDKa4Y-1kRWOgjYOR3Ea-sfzHPs7XtgalDUAxKW8t_rk1XRHHzjGdR5o7FiOkn99Rh-5aztIZLLAIMYNwz3Q8/s1600-h/work+carving+pumpkin+15.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263304157926054386" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3SoJKdv7ztXIdsr3yGC16X9TxuWMTUC9CMuZbwRZ0KkOahsjbgjw8GhoDKa4Y-1kRWOgjYOR3Ea-sfzHPs7XtgalDUAxKW8t_rk1XRHHzjGdR5o7FiOkn99Rh-5aztIZLLAIMYNwz3Q8/s320/work+carving+pumpkin+15.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>ewwww the guts</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr9a08lVmUMIE7gi9GwVgBcKAblxuM4X4E1OEAOrQ32Oz43fCpZ-JMCE-lRPcBrbD6s4YMpNaAwi13sb8WdOj2iFushqo0wTSLGL_xCwXoWUxKfRN7YIm7y5EpHceA0DttWz5dTJOu7Y/s1600-h/work+carving+pumpkin+14.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263304154976783746" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwr9a08lVmUMIE7gi9GwVgBcKAblxuM4X4E1OEAOrQ32Oz43fCpZ-JMCE-lRPcBrbD6s4YMpNaAwi13sb8WdOj2iFushqo0wTSLGL_xCwXoWUxKfRN7YIm7y5EpHceA0DttWz5dTJOu7Y/s320/work+carving+pumpkin+14.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><div>two hands are better than one - the carving begins</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNX5_TTQCYeysUURukjHpAxjkSlC766GmmLG705SsowJ44e7aY5MHaG5BLFq53cr1ZXRs0zzr3Bn48V78CtwEWocRwQG2wd00rAGkx7QZVp77E2Fq3hFRa-XgJnLttju6TeDadVYtpk24/s1600-h/work+carving+pumpkin+8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263303826893538194" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNX5_TTQCYeysUURukjHpAxjkSlC766GmmLG705SsowJ44e7aY5MHaG5BLFq53cr1ZXRs0zzr3Bn48V78CtwEWocRwQG2wd00rAGkx7QZVp77E2Fq3hFRa-XgJnLttju6TeDadVYtpk24/s320/work+carving+pumpkin+8.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>we made quite the mess - but we cleaned it up</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieT6_lCBEUV6FQ7v2w5ABFG2cb4tMLxDjyTUWOEpr3_lw0H9bIAaon69ElpJV7l0YmlARb9Pc3WThCK6y6Vx2BLXinnKNkm9UKfifhNx8EYj85HeY1mv5ZIKHpHMEWLa2gvcPGSs033_M/s1600-h/work+carving+pumpkin+11.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263303829032451554" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieT6_lCBEUV6FQ7v2w5ABFG2cb4tMLxDjyTUWOEpr3_lw0H9bIAaon69ElpJV7l0YmlARb9Pc3WThCK6y6Vx2BLXinnKNkm9UKfifhNx8EYj85HeY1mv5ZIKHpHMEWLa2gvcPGSs033_M/s320/work+carving+pumpkin+11.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>we had snacks too </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhAq43ebmQXdWnqa_zEeqRUfyh91EeUhhjpQdBHt1Ec0yKCoN8o0pd2AiZWuCZi5qESGgMzK1Ne2KUvNk3r-OnbenN2JE_9M6BOPUPI2wqF0BE-jiPZp2aZMcydvJwOHIuWO3I9bZVOE/s1600-h/work+carving+pumpkin+12.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263304153013261282" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhAq43ebmQXdWnqa_zEeqRUfyh91EeUhhjpQdBHt1Ec0yKCoN8o0pd2AiZWuCZi5qESGgMzK1Ne2KUvNk3r-OnbenN2JE_9M6BOPUPI2wqF0BE-jiPZp2aZMcydvJwOHIuWO3I9bZVOE/s320/work+carving+pumpkin+12.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>first layer done</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjormh7eloDkjmM98O4kBhJ-xuS85wYXMB39ncyZdtRMgHa-_apSKq5gjfu56pNjMcZQ1mkobaQAAO7w4v_bW9zmxftdYSJrS3FMnA6DygncNOjq1aIY-AHlzTYBUXwaA21RuC1SKq2AYc/s1600-h/work+carving+pumpkin+9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263304151839012434" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjormh7eloDkjmM98O4kBhJ-xuS85wYXMB39ncyZdtRMgHa-_apSKq5gjfu56pNjMcZQ1mkobaQAAO7w4v_bW9zmxftdYSJrS3FMnA6DygncNOjq1aIY-AHlzTYBUXwaA21RuC1SKq2AYc/s320/work+carving+pumpkin+9.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>second layer</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTL1k8xzKL9FqOFJm5zy4bOUQujjAtFoVCKZQnpbAG0rAIYowN2jcwk97I2hyphenhyphen8ieo_sH8yxY93VQ7E9L8C7BmPz5xTsKRm48sPpbij8wbKKBGh5wMU7onrvMFhtnnULUO0LaGUaLhyphenhyphenWpc/s1600-h/work+carving+pumpkin+7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263303820662043906" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTL1k8xzKL9FqOFJm5zy4bOUQujjAtFoVCKZQnpbAG0rAIYowN2jcwk97I2hyphenhyphen8ieo_sH8yxY93VQ7E9L8C7BmPz5xTsKRm48sPpbij8wbKKBGh5wMU7onrvMFhtnnULUO0LaGUaLhyphenhyphenWpc/s320/work+carving+pumpkin+7.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>here is the piece cut out</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xSp923ZWrGQ6h-bxRgmlptLbzJrmT67yiXgw8mx1RaP8RZxgjp4V9FXOv9qejP-I5wBW3W8cNbogTQ9YjDT0kPHiuZRU7BJqvqiin2yepieZEkP3RKaTgFAQ5tWcENl13malKtyJnJE/s1600-h/work+carving+pumpkin+4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263303815752546114" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8xSp923ZWrGQ6h-bxRgmlptLbzJrmT67yiXgw8mx1RaP8RZxgjp4V9FXOv9qejP-I5wBW3W8cNbogTQ9YjDT0kPHiuZRU7BJqvqiin2yepieZEkP3RKaTgFAQ5tWcENl13malKtyJnJE/s320/work+carving+pumpkin+4.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>getting ready to take everything down to the Lobby so the guest can vote</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlG4Gi9R2-05hUlFwhhwXakC8c6H0Ovt0WEVQ7x6ODwck6fJ9Vxai-cdo3wWty_EyV0C4kwPiZye6M87RTt8M_fpzpP8ZrZjQT7PLusa8xPIdUqiZk7bTJRA8gU84WPhAMyEuLExLt4JA/s1600-h/work+carving+pumpkin.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263303813098416018" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlG4Gi9R2-05hUlFwhhwXakC8c6H0Ovt0WEVQ7x6ODwck6fJ9Vxai-cdo3wWty_EyV0C4kwPiZye6M87RTt8M_fpzpP8ZrZjQT7PLusa8xPIdUqiZk7bTJRA8gU84WPhAMyEuLExLt4JA/s320/work+carving+pumpkin.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>Final product - lovely don't you think?</div><div></div><div>We even cut a piece and pulled it out a little with a plate and fork waiting we also had a Champagne flute with beads.</div><div></div><div>The guests' are voting for their favorite yesterday and today - cross your fingers we want to win - we think we get lunch or a party or something like that - but really it is just about bragging rights :).</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-87813012303100682152008-10-17T11:51:00.002-04:002008-10-17T11:55:41.128-04:00Question for the World?!How have you found the best way to get someone out of your <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">system</span> - how do you stop caring about someone and re-focus on finding someone new?<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong><em>(i don't care if i know you, knew you in the past or talk to you regularly - if you see this post - please leave a comment - i think it will be good for not only me but others that read this)</em></strong></span>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-83617576436826929362008-10-15T21:30:00.002-04:002008-10-15T21:35:14.123-04:00Mind your manners, T urges rude riders - The Boston Globe<a href="http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/10/15/mind_your_manners_t_urges_rude_riders/?page=2">Mind your manners, T urges rude riders - The Boston Globe</a><br /><br />Posted using <a href="http://sharethis.com/">ShareThis</a><br /><br />Yesterday i was running around the city for meetings - while i was waiting at the train station reading a couple of men came up and asked me if i would mind them asking me a few questions for an article on the new campaign for people to be courteous on the T - and i am actually in the Boston Globe - i didn't really think i would get in, but lookie lookie!Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-68303864178794676922008-10-02T15:46:00.002-04:002008-10-02T15:50:03.573-04:00Forwarded Email - Not all true -but entertaining none the less<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T</strong></span><br />1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton..<br />2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper. <br />3. The dot over the letter 'I' is called a 'tittle'.<br />4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.<br />5. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.<br />6. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.<br />7. The 'spot' on 7UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He was albino.<br />8. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.<br />9. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.<br />10. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces will kill a small sized dog.<br />11. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the shark 's stomach from underneath, causing the shark to explode.<br />12. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).<br />13. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.<br />14. Ketchup was sold in the 1830's as medicine.<br />15. Upper and lower case letters are named 'upper' and 'lower' because in the time when all original print had to be set in individual letters, the upper case' letters were stored in the case on top of the case that stored the smaller, 'lower case' letters.<br />16. Leonardo Da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time, hence, multi-tasking was invented.)<br />17. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.<br />18. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.<br />19. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never a recorded Wendy before!<br />20. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orang e , purple, and silver!<br />21. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to paint Mona Lisa's lips.<br />22. A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad and sting itself to death.<br />23. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original 'Halloween' was a Captain Kirk's mask painted white.<br />24. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19. You also have the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar (good to know.)<br />25. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink in quicksand (and you thought this list was completely useless.)<br />26. The phrase 'rule of thumb' is derived from an old English law, which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.<br />27. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles At that time, the most known player on the m arket was the Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.<br />28. Celery has negative calories! It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same with apples <br />29. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!<br />30. The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher..<br />31. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.<br />32. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a space suit damages it. I NEED TO REMEMBER THIS.<br />33.. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart. 'Boy, I feel a lot safer now that she's behind bars. O. J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden too, but they take the ONE woman in America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard , and they haul her fanny off to jail.'Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-22501763222187218932008-09-30T23:38:00.002-04:002008-09-30T23:45:24.923-04:00Here a couple of videosthat i think are hilarious - who is this guy and how do people come up with this stuff! Love it!<br /><br />ENJOY!!! :)<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2JyfBFz9X54&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2JyfBFz9X54&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdpKwwomO_A&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RdpKwwomO_A&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-59957404701488976962008-09-29T09:57:00.002-04:002008-09-29T10:14:34.866-04:00Sad DayPaul Newman was a great actor, a unusually faithful man and on top of it all <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">incredibly</span> good looking :)!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwT-fgmrzAotnx0Jzqqehp2AaN9rTZX5Fgbs3TQpHvjrdSEb2omS-l1mNHuEmnAZNEAZVk1AFm9oos-We97F8Kh6bhSdTzbYR0An5w9Ux8CwbpBrrEuymmAhmOAjXNHGizupvKvdbNIZM/s1600-h/paul_newman.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251446022958301890" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwT-fgmrzAotnx0Jzqqehp2AaN9rTZX5Fgbs3TQpHvjrdSEb2omS-l1mNHuEmnAZNEAZVk1AFm9oos-We97F8Kh6bhSdTzbYR0An5w9Ux8CwbpBrrEuymmAhmOAjXNHGizupvKvdbNIZM/s320/paul_newman.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_quwL0OVQgBMmpLNuAYYTAoAYIMFLDP9VARpDF616Lxautmr6nVLlQPaENt_mw1zMJtCp6JidXfL7olCTxI12DB8kj0FpXLIgaFECtNmH8csraIcPBeqo3SHGTFBDpkTFCuY7Gd7Hdgg/s1600-h/paulnewman1.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251446026783226866" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_quwL0OVQgBMmpLNuAYYTAoAYIMFLDP9VARpDF616Lxautmr6nVLlQPaENt_mw1zMJtCp6JidXfL7olCTxI12DB8kj0FpXLIgaFECtNmH8csraIcPBeqo3SHGTFBDpkTFCuY7Gd7Hdgg/s320/paulnewman1.bmp" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Paul Newman, legendary actor, businessman, and race car driver<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_en_mo/obit_newman;_ylt=AonyoBgubIweijkApF.Ewmes0NUE"> died at his farmhouse </a>near <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Westport</span>, Connecticut, after a long battle with cancer.<br />Even for a movie star he was uncommonly handsome and charismatic. And yet, somehow, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056/">Paul Newman</a> defied the odds. He was a good man.<br />Born in 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Newman was the son of a Catholic mother and Jewish father who ran a successful sporting goods operation. Splitting the difference with dad, Newman always described himself as a Jew but credited the idea of a life in sporting goods for his interest in acting. After his discharge from the Navy in 1946, he studied drama at Yale before making his way to the famed Actors’ Studio in New York where he was trained in the vaunted method style of acting by the legendary Lee <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Strasberg</span>.<br />But for all his legendary screen performances and awards, nothing was more impressive than Paul Newman the man. Before it became chic, when it could hurt a star’s career, Newman was out there in the early 1960s with Charlton Heston, Marlon Brando, and Rev. Martin Luther King marching for civil rights. A lifelong liberal, Newman, unlike too many of today’s stars, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">didn</span>‘t trash the other side. Instead, he was a proponent, an advocate, and — more importantly — one who put his money where his mouth was.<br />The most legendary thing about Newman, however, was his marriage of fifty years to Joanne Woodward, an Academy Award winning actress in her own right. Once asked how he managed to stay faithful, Newman replied, “Why go out for hamburger, when you got steak at home.” It says a lot about man who talks about his wife in such ways. It also says a lot that of the five times Newman stepped behind the camera as a feature director, three of them involved plum roles for his wife.<br />Newman’s legacy will always be there for new generations to discover in revival houses and on DVD. His charitable legacy will also live on. Unfortunately, what is lost forever is the kind of movie star Paul Newman was — the kind who understood that being larger than life meant never crossing the line into the dark heart of celebrity; that it was possible to be politically active without insulting your fans; that living in rural Connecticut as opposed to Beverly Hills was how to keep your perspective.<br />A loving father, faithful husband, World War II veteran and philanthropist who gave away a vast fortune, being one of the all-time great screen legends was only part of who Paul Newman was. It‘s the rare circumstance where after their passing we mourn the loss of the man more than the star.<br />Paul Newman was 83.</div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-65823042122912943392008-09-16T14:06:00.003-04:002008-09-16T14:09:52.110-04:00Trying to Get Pumped for the Upcoming SeasonSo my old coworker sent me this picture of us from last winter - it got me really excited for winter - i am holding on to that excitment and hoping it will over power the dread of being cold again :)<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246682691410171874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-Dpix7cjtuu26Fmkiimb2jVg43ssvpZEuQ5N1dl_3KfLSKGFPZb2gqwxLMRWirksOpcO3td7RMqQE-JVo2MM1Iet-J6RAhcEXEMSCdfTMgqteiBSfV48q_8-ZhyyWTelMknuwFmyPxM/s320/janette+and+vicki.jpg" border="0" /><br />How do you get excited for winter? I need as many ideas as possible :).Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-11724463288682604272008-09-04T10:26:00.004-04:002008-09-04T11:04:18.532-04:00Politics<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7WzD_0XmGqJROToSqeXH4GaD4RfQ3zsV6o63SAkn6Fbp6uIvUE0ZDR2pNY1mUzdYpw1Si03XdTuv6L5Ijp1qWMOcGzcyQIUHCK2TNSBiGQlA9GWPhsEMik1TjQMJ08MojJmieYhBfAI/s1600-h/question.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242172592029433538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE7WzD_0XmGqJROToSqeXH4GaD4RfQ3zsV6o63SAkn6Fbp6uIvUE0ZDR2pNY1mUzdYpw1Si03XdTuv6L5Ijp1qWMOcGzcyQIUHCK2TNSBiGQlA9GWPhsEMik1TjQMJ08MojJmieYhBfAI/s320/question.jpg" border="0" /></a> I am joining in the blogging world to discuss (ever so slightly) politics. But first can i point out in the background of this pictures - does anyone else think the guy in the suit on the right side of the picture look like Bill Clinton - that was the first thing i thought. I know it can't be (we would have heard it if Clinton was at the Convention) but doesn't he look just like him.<br /><br />I don't want to get into the politics argument - so i won't really - but i did think Palin's speech last night was well delivered and good - i can't compare it to Obama's because i didn't hear his - but i have heard others say it was comparable in charisma. I think people who say McCain choosing her was rash decision took that back (at least a little) last night. Yes, i will admit her experience is weak (i am not 100% for or against i am just stating what i am observing) - but i think she is an intelligent woman who will support McCain and compliment his skills nicely. I think her investment in Alaska and knowledge of the oil industry will be a good push to seriously look into alternative energy options - which is a big issue.<br />Immigration - well lets admit that isn't the deciding factor for either candidate - considering both want to put a 700mile fence along the border of Mexico (does this sound stupid or like a waste of money to anyone other than me). Economics - none of the candidates know what to do with a natural fall in the economy (because it HAS to happen) but i would like to know what economic advisers each would bring into office -because they are the ones that know what they are talking about and will affect how and when the turn will take place - but i guess i will always agree to putting money back into the economy by creating jobs and helping business through tough times instead of different programs - to simply give money out. The war - i am very hesitant to say much - but progression is being made - good is happening (we know this because of the reports and the fact that the media is so quiet about it right now) - how could we just pull out now - why would we waste these past years and money by not accomplishing the task at hand when it is so close.<br /><br />So much for not really getting into politics - but i am trying to keep it mellow and trying to really get an opinion this time around not that it really matters my state would be blue without any campaigning - but i want to be able to say i voted even if it doesn't make a difference - so what did you think of the Palin's speech last night?Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-19580007216463247522008-09-03T10:37:00.003-04:002008-09-03T10:58:59.112-04:00Happy Birthday Dad<div>I wanted to say Happy Birthday to my Dad<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241805742875701410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5E23FJ-m6DVh-Lgi60GgUscBmc0jQZaIIm5yFakCdIOFeDcy9ULtviQMY4BtxwjJc9ozSualJE7VC9JoRPjrVFtkDKHYle1K1McZGPrAVAOqx1Fvxl_4oUaLkVTdMtWZszlcBedNeYdE/s320/dadchristmas.jpg" border="0" />and Happy Anniversary to my Parents!</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241805739939763858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9soGqyHwFmTjFsVPfDC7uz2s-6UxDqKedBuFLwDyqWMERdAx9j-Rv98aEebX-0RiKY1cOXbHoXFPV0DfzO239k7Hig2tF4X23BZLLE8_h3L-Y8FhCa3UgtQc7I21qC_xjJVYiUby4WIA/s320/mom&dad2" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241805739389242802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjniK7zff3_gDukVZQfrYqmgX0WBC_nfjg9D51-P9Gl8uyLgTe6DbEXachKwCVSB6QDHqPweIk5bjaojufVzZQhBnD9cordMeQTqS7D8plfTVERAJMgrHMm7F69hYMU2WmjO2NtpRgyKc/s320/mom&dad.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div><div><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>Here are some pictures i took from their blog so you can see how great they are!</div><div></div><br /><div>They are both so supportive - I am so lucky -they have always supported me in my random (really - <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Russia</span>, sharks, skydiving - you get the point) dreams (i have plenty) - they have always let me spread my wings and be well whatever i can imagine - thank you!</div><div></div><br /><div>They will be back from their Mission in Cambodia in December - it will be so fun to be all together at their house again!</div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-45933674131052900542008-08-29T12:59:00.003-04:002008-08-29T13:09:25.272-04:00Past weekendLast weekend I went home for 2 seconds - I had a bachelorette party to go to for Alexia - here is a picture from the shindig :).<br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239987589839087170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAkYFoyLUdMBDZsP__GXntR1ZEMAOgVUv_DiPlwTCzzE27COnbmmNCODzHDkh8RNmTgmXJpYjXNfBX8U5-8VKwTkyfQR6WwvMNTUpKmHGGWuANKPfp2THcyxhATDgrnCoZux6Bk5ay5c/s320/alexia2.JPG" border="0" />I know i needed to iron my shirt - but i have an excuse i was traveling :)<br /><div></div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-51646025008307640282008-08-08T16:02:00.004-04:002008-08-08T16:16:32.577-04:00GO PATS!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232240194283258738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCJFFm2WfxdFV2lBITnljHViBQLg5oEITVNDfqsJFF89JiM13ek4zfdM7lfiJvmofg_BnKs4mKsrQv2Khte6UkkOvhtodwGL09MH6mPJmiSNwUy9wXGq7X8gOxGw0lhz8CE24djwDs0AE/s320/patsopenkickoff.jpg" border="0" /><br />Opening Kick off - look at the little men - love it and THEM! You can see the lighthouse on the other side of the stadium - I must say it was pretty distracting as well as the Cheerleaders - but that is for another day :).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgaeMCqM0DPNXMn6ocCQWcBHfi7skAzfnTa0HU-aH7eud4PMxoy_fnQy-ZAx9Qrth3zbwpZ_vv1rjxRS5gHsEUP-9ApWBiKml79TdDlpKF-lwduIfzu5V8yMsEDZUEbQ6JAZ_RSnR6o0/s1600-h/patsgillet.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232240195751241458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgaeMCqM0DPNXMn6ocCQWcBHfi7skAzfnTa0HU-aH7eud4PMxoy_fnQy-ZAx9Qrth3zbwpZ_vv1rjxRS5gHsEUP-9ApWBiKml79TdDlpKF-lwduIfzu5V8yMsEDZUEbQ6JAZ_RSnR6o0/s320/patsgillet.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Gillette Screen - it is so fun to be in the stadium!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQUsi1L1xWUZRtD9_oBrw5HkjKaSpvCh5gKg8Kk42EDaoXd01DyRk0SPx8KKIeQAapReixuuaqsSb_tGcUgkuHk1onfJZXEqP10uD1Gx8UU3XKvu4kiqhlEPf1AN14tych5Eq54RB8rY/s1600-h/patsravenhead.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232240196304924082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQUsi1L1xWUZRtD9_oBrw5HkjKaSpvCh5gKg8Kk42EDaoXd01DyRk0SPx8KKIeQAapReixuuaqsSb_tGcUgkuHk1onfJZXEqP10uD1Gx8UU3XKvu4kiqhlEPf1AN14tych5Eq54RB8rY/s320/patsravenhead.jpg" border="0" /></a> I don't know why but it seems like things like this happen to me often, but when i sat down there was this little treat on the ledge directly in front of me - it was ironic because we were playing the ravens (a little morbid -but i didn't do it - i just found it).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIoK06DgzxLcj0_G4ZL9n2LJ1KMXm1dfwuMCtBapKTiOVvFrEurlPJQdM7W1MlIFtCljupanAJX_6DfOaTRJKQVXALsV6ib0V11jOtO1vJxiwF1PSAyTyEAr0IEJnw6DYYO-iycI9RKIk/s1600-h/pats-v.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232240198702996034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIoK06DgzxLcj0_G4ZL9n2LJ1KMXm1dfwuMCtBapKTiOVvFrEurlPJQdM7W1MlIFtCljupanAJX_6DfOaTRJKQVXALsV6ib0V11jOtO1vJxiwF1PSAyTyEAr0IEJnw6DYYO-iycI9RKIk/s320/pats-v.jpg" border="0" /></a> Me - we were up high - but they were good seats look how pretty the field is :)- we did think about going down closer (the stadium was probably only 1/3 full)- but we were good where we were.<br /><br /><div>Yes, I know the Pats lost - but I was there and saw it first hand - so here are some pictures of the cool stadium! </div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-75862176776347129262008-08-06T16:47:00.004-04:002008-08-06T16:53:15.495-04:00GUESS WHERE I WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlLym6sF297TqSFCBDlvBfROLpQmp1pY41Ck7X66ZCAHMjQCkVD3dKz6HRCnoBY8oZ2FhW7krUGnAfTx6YmtB6GdA8j1kSAYgcCfTbfIqeDyk-fIscc_CFPthyc57HazTUx7KmABg8AU/s1600-h/nepvsr.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231509501037371410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlLym6sF297TqSFCBDlvBfROLpQmp1pY41Ck7X66ZCAHMjQCkVD3dKz6HRCnoBY8oZ2FhW7krUGnAfTx6YmtB6GdA8j1kSAYgcCfTbfIqeDyk-fIscc_CFPthyc57HazTUx7KmABg8AU/s320/nepvsr.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">I got tickets through work - love it!!! Love getting tickets to things for FREE!!!!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">GO PATS!!!</span></strong></div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-43010327548982372742008-07-15T15:00:00.004-04:002008-07-15T15:04:20.462-04:00GUESS WHAT ELSE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER!!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3D_gbg3NRx7tkSAfpA9XL-sOn5QfRW6HZc6DuqZ9uIoglzvqyuhGR-AL4wesCpsjSLjR5T_GN5NilHxNtGGSjKhI9v5fnS9Hw2DxYT-TkfZxwrkvh03w6LfFyf0gjrF-HCWl9geD3Tw/s1600-h/breaching.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223318336457344002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3D_gbg3NRx7tkSAfpA9XL-sOn5QfRW6HZc6DuqZ9uIoglzvqyuhGR-AL4wesCpsjSLjR5T_GN5NilHxNtGGSjKhI9v5fnS9Hw2DxYT-TkfZxwrkvh03w6LfFyf0gjrF-HCWl9geD3Tw/s320/breaching.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><a href="http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek/sharkweek.html">SHARK WEEK STARTS NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!</a></span></strong></div><div align="center">Look for the best week of the year starting Sunday July 27th!!!</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>ENJOY</strong></span></div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-50412451940554494442008-07-15T14:03:00.006-04:002008-07-15T14:36:37.291-04:00The Excitement<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qTHmo2tT4mWBMNdoc8d5Iw-YfJkpNm57OcNazHS32b6iGAzkVJC_Ur0ajzab7wD2s7WtdfaOtNdTlwOtvW1jKoPKT_82a72EUDXzTzziJ6WMio2aQQwUpSisuDVP0Oq9cylIYdZxV0k/s1600-h/OSU.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223310834004958866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qTHmo2tT4mWBMNdoc8d5Iw-YfJkpNm57OcNazHS32b6iGAzkVJC_Ur0ajzab7wD2s7WtdfaOtNdTlwOtvW1jKoPKT_82a72EUDXzTzziJ6WMio2aQQwUpSisuDVP0Oq9cylIYdZxV0k/s320/OSU.jpg" border="0" /></a> I know this is WAY early - but someone mentioned <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Zanesville</span> to me and it made me think of home and naturally <a href="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com//SportSelect.dbml?ATCLID=&DB_MENU_ID=&CARTKEY=&PALBID=&DB_OEM_ID=17300&SPID=10408&SPSID=87745"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">OSU</span> Football </a>- so here it is for all you fans - start marking your calendars now!!!<br /><div><div><br /><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I love this place<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ch3YVTP3yMRMKl6_RhrIyzA5bLkkM4ZlYCXIA6KlZ3uht2hvS_E1OGFiTEKB3LvrHC7OcTk3vV4ui4sm7JNdnvU5ASs9S2HLI7hqRamq6-WPtF5OK_WWaiRPEsrjgGzCkv6jkkQhrqI/s1600-h/HORSESHOE.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223310650114702130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ch3YVTP3yMRMKl6_RhrIyzA5bLkkM4ZlYCXIA6KlZ3uht2hvS_E1OGFiTEKB3LvrHC7OcTk3vV4ui4sm7JNdnvU5ASs9S2HLI7hqRamq6-WPtF5OK_WWaiRPEsrjgGzCkv6jkkQhrqI/s320/HORSESHOE.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div align="center">and am so excited to see this!!!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223311071144714674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjppp5DWigcT4YKDvUZ3BVV80HmyaeaIStx9kvFl899CI2ZpU9dm63IRbUyCRSftImbp4ipvNX6o8G64DLiyQFUlvFRMGRormr3OJMMnd5KDrHNr6Zegkb4HycwjMxMC2Uv1ee1QAg7BlE/s320/RUNNER.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqQKVweml0jRXjrRVf9kLE5hBLgQo7aezyt_O6GXSeRY7vI0UyyLmijM5eKNCYyc24gAorVKWxa0OmCVcvLOnUQNpz5QVWv5VTEEdjz_hnwgikO9Kf1BlxCYnwwjHphUFQdJLJNDz5HY/s1600-h/RUNNER.jpg"></a></p></div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-23958285345900999352008-07-07T09:41:00.004-04:002008-07-07T10:05:56.188-04:00July 4th in BostonSo this past weekend was a fun and long holiday weekend! Thursday I worked a 1/2 day and then headed over to the hatch shell to see the rehearsal show of the Pops and rascal flats - we had great seats! My camera is broken - so i have to rely on others pictures - so maybe i will update this post later with more personal pictures (instead of what i can find on the Internet). It did rain crazy like for about 15 mins - so we just stood up and made a tent with our blankets - it worked pretty well considering the situation :) - we weren't very good at the whole planning thing! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDbXJX9_YdCTAA7_HIr7BSabOhx2j34p4TJIoq0akyouwcHUCdHn70xtiMjEPBJUPRGew4nXrO1HV2o2IiZLVxGASL3JXvz87GSvAcnEZsfGPQH3eFznal0HEfgxvgckqz3sO3uTCDAA/s1600-h/large_rascal.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220272687439405346" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDDbXJX9_YdCTAA7_HIr7BSabOhx2j34p4TJIoq0akyouwcHUCdHn70xtiMjEPBJUPRGew4nXrO1HV2o2IiZLVxGASL3JXvz87GSvAcnEZsfGPQH3eFznal0HEfgxvgckqz3sO3uTCDAA/s320/large_rascal.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Friday - we had high expectations for the weather regardless of the weather predictions - but for once the weather man was right on and it was cloudy, rainy and gross almost all day! So instead of hitting a beach we went and got brunch at the ball street cafe - it was quite good - and i love being a girl and getting free stuff! The owner thought he knew me from somewhere and gave us a plate of lovely fruit - loved it. Next ran some errands, went home napped a little and went over to Spencer's house he has a great view of the river and the fireworks. Even though he had an awesome view - Lina, Merrit, Rachel and I decided to go down to the river to watch - there is something about feeling the explosions and being around all sorts of people that make for an amazing firework show! It was amazing this year - lots of new technology - so FUN!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1He6rroSB4gBQMr9kUc6QbQzyAv6wRT6AO7cfkjCDuHxm3gn7unQYIaSw0R8uEMxgnRJoOLgipT_IlC1H1QrsdB2F2YewFKetWtxMepNnhmHP8e1yozkk4_ehhGCvF-rJEFo_aG1jfUQ/s1600-h/firework6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220272685135493826" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1He6rroSB4gBQMr9kUc6QbQzyAv6wRT6AO7cfkjCDuHxm3gn7unQYIaSw0R8uEMxgnRJoOLgipT_IlC1H1QrsdB2F2YewFKetWtxMepNnhmHP8e1yozkk4_ehhGCvF-rJEFo_aG1jfUQ/s320/firework6.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIGxeUoFPhD-ej1xL_TbE6cNPTtGc89oXWqIijmeMUfcrn5QyQIri8BV4fNDq6755g-PjyWBqScW5Fgq1_6VCnoV-W_ptKuuvMJpNerLQN0EeEQSe3aDaRAMPJP_7Vc7e0kH2NWgKV6A/s1600-h/firework8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220272679547746338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIGxeUoFPhD-ej1xL_TbE6cNPTtGc89oXWqIijmeMUfcrn5QyQIri8BV4fNDq6755g-PjyWBqScW5Fgq1_6VCnoV-W_ptKuuvMJpNerLQN0EeEQSe3aDaRAMPJP_7Vc7e0kH2NWgKV6A/s320/firework8.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNBAoVqh2i21VPxC5Y2GGKLF-jG727BIUDSntPJn0mqxK3j2fHJtcYn5lJcDewZMTL7LlkLCZDouQGgQvbL-h6cyKSarHWxDolSOgeU5Bx9_7Gp4p3gIvNi-R0IHEsGw0MCdfgXoESMs/s1600-h/firework1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220272680118471874" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQNBAoVqh2i21VPxC5Y2GGKLF-jG727BIUDSntPJn0mqxK3j2fHJtcYn5lJcDewZMTL7LlkLCZDouQGgQvbL-h6cyKSarHWxDolSOgeU5Bx9_7Gp4p3gIvNi-R0IHEsGw0MCdfgXoESMs/s320/firework1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Saturday - Again we had high hopes for the weather - needless to say i think it is the first time the weather man has predicted two days in a row accurately! I started off the day running (like a crazy person) with a new friend - the guy that makes the ice cream at Christina's - he is this crazy runner - runs 6min miles for 20 miles - i said crazy and i meant it! Nicky started talking about running with him a few weeks back and last weekend we went with him for the first time - it was a great run - but this weekend it was just me and him and HOLY CRAP he kicked my butt! It was a great run - we did 7 miles in an hour and maybe 5mins - for me that is awesome! He is so nice - b/c the whole time we were running he was like you are ready for races - you can certainly qualify for the Boston marathon - i will help you train - so inspirational - so we will see how dedicated i get about this! After the run Lina, Merrit and I ignored the weatherman and attempted the beach - we lasted maybe a half hour - maybe. It was cold didn't even take of my shirt and shorts. Instead we went over to the Flour (famous bakery in Boston thanks to the Food Network and Rachel Ray) - it was good - we didn't get sticky buns - but the sandwiches were good! Later we went to see Get Smart - really fun movie- laughed the whole time unless i was being grossed out (only happened twice - the rat scene and the vomit scene - just too much for me :))</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sunday was a lovely relaxing day - went to church and went home to relax and take a nap - feel asleep while Harry Potter was on and woke up to go have dinner with Chelsea (amazing bbq chicken!) played a couple rounds of liars dice and original Super Mario Brothers (that's right original). </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>There is the recap for the past weekend - other than that - back to work I go!</div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8042194822339039229.post-64327880590884968262008-06-18T07:22:00.000-04:002008-06-18T08:36:00.473-04:00BIG WIN!!!! GO BOSTON!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4I7Jrdhd6oQ-dyCBkNHUKwiwR-7rSIJEFwFQ2pmFK2sXGQSS6eGBPu7g3F_6g2rA8sSnUI1ZFQwUyXX5inPzoxBKJ_30Sb0YpOFEe53ZURLT33naBsXJGDz5hJ5VtsDnfPer10ydIBw/s1600-h/celtic4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213197871296126642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4I7Jrdhd6oQ-dyCBkNHUKwiwR-7rSIJEFwFQ2pmFK2sXGQSS6eGBPu7g3F_6g2rA8sSnUI1ZFQwUyXX5inPzoxBKJ_30Sb0YpOFEe53ZURLT33naBsXJGDz5hJ5VtsDnfPer10ydIBw/s320/celtic4.jpg" border="0" /></a>So last night was another great night for Boston Sports - the Celtics killed the Lakers in game 6 - so fun!!!!<br /><div><br /><div>I have loved the Celtics since I was a little girl watching Larry Bird play - I remember just loving him and the whole team (and in a girly way - I really like the Celtics green - but only slightly the focus :))! </div><div></div><br /><div>Sports up here have been particularly fun to root for this past year or so - when teams are winning it is easy to love them!</div><div></div><br /><div>Here are some pictures of the post celebration - just a glimpse at the craziness that assuredly happened - probably to the point of not wanting to see - but here is the fun beginning - hehe!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQ4H8MUbvDwQEg45q35RLULi6oxkS4RfDPAzeKFt-BZ6HVy7s4Pgo1k4ACfBVAFQaYtUO2UAWf3PZhqjjUASfq2t_DNgSkq-OlWruhCIhzuQxXcRg2q22yvu5jvE6wwozMSJbqNqTgeo/s1600-h/celtic2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213197440691870738" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQ4H8MUbvDwQEg45q35RLULi6oxkS4RfDPAzeKFt-BZ6HVy7s4Pgo1k4ACfBVAFQaYtUO2UAWf3PZhqjjUASfq2t_DNgSkq-OlWruhCIhzuQxXcRg2q22yvu5jvE6wwozMSJbqNqTgeo/s320/celtic2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxGxyEHja3S72YnK6bNVAiPJbwDhyphenhyphenb7XiqQ8SOAB5SYvaz-j5xZ4JxWsrhXgTY03tilMey35QHr8kBcANCgc3aMDLIO9Eg2n8Mvo4Le991e0gZbhmussz7YuDq-eQ_TljjsO3uThSIuY/s1600-h/celtic3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213197439821721314" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxGxyEHja3S72YnK6bNVAiPJbwDhyphenhyphenb7XiqQ8SOAB5SYvaz-j5xZ4JxWsrhXgTY03tilMey35QHr8kBcANCgc3aMDLIO9Eg2n8Mvo4Le991e0gZbhmussz7YuDq-eQ_TljjsO3uThSIuY/s320/celtic3.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcN07fQrUlgmPIBz58WurxDrtjjqax3bANQomPExEiDs77Z9pDrfu-HrS6CfuamAk5Z_Hvu1k7PNCeGOJPA0urB5UZTFBgR5D-LREfRWWfwV526Y5Peoar0sRyU-F_g7NxAH8TG2iUkk/s1600-h/celtic1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213197445923412050" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcN07fQrUlgmPIBz58WurxDrtjjqax3bANQomPExEiDs77Z9pDrfu-HrS6CfuamAk5Z_Hvu1k7PNCeGOJPA0urB5UZTFBgR5D-LREfRWWfwV526Y5Peoar0sRyU-F_g7NxAH8TG2iUkk/s320/celtic1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Victoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898064156747355805noreply@blogger.com