One more guitar mania

Guitar hero 3

Why the dogs were not howling I'll never know. Actually Mark and Bry entertained us with electric guitar music most of the afternoon (we took a break to go see the wretched Golden compass) and it really was quite fun watching and listening. Actually they both started off just playing a computer game and by later in the afternoon they were both actually rocking out!

Gingerbread creations and creators

Anne and Kim had the best time making gingerbread houses

Christmas 2007

What a great time we had. We started by going to visit University of Georgia in Athens with Anne and Mark on Sunday. This is UGA (or at least one version of him). Bry wanted to make sure the picture taking started out correctly Petey made sure everyone felt welcome, except Wood in HIS chair. The before dinner table.

Winter is here indeed!

It has been 23 or 24 when we've been getting up at 5 am to go to the gym, brrrrr. I think the azaleas and camelias are going to bite the dust for the rest of the year.

Snakes and dragons and mice, oh my!

couple more shots from the San Diego zoo. Look at how long this dude is! Komodo dragon I believe. Ok and now for the mouse/mice. One night last week while Wood and I were eating dinner on the couch, watching tv and enjoying a fire, Wood said, "BD look quick". Couldn't see what it was he wanted me to see at first, but then I saw a MOUSE IN THE HOUSE!!! Ok, you all know I can handle spiders and bugs and even snakes, but DEFINITELY not a mouse in the house. Makes me feel dirty and crawly. I did the girl thing (no not standing on the couch and screaming) and said, please get that mouse out of the house, I just can not handle mice in the house and I can't help you with this one. He really was a cute mouse, larger than the usual kind (I think it was a deer mouse or something, he had black around his eyes) but none the less he had to go. I thought he might have come in when we got the wood from outside on the deck but no, he has to go and disappear for awhile through a little tiny hole in the fireplace rock. Seems as though it isn't sealed quite enough to keep the little buggers out. Ok so we tried to catch him, to no avail, so finally Wood just opened the back french doors and he eventually scurried out (although I don't know why it was about 30 degrees out and why would you leave a cozy house with a fire to go freeze outside... hmm maybe pending doom if you remained inside? ) Ok, mouse story continued. Last night Wood started his motorcycle class for the weekend, so I was sitting (really reclining) on the couch watching the tube when ARRRRRGGGGHHH another and different/littler mouse scrurried out of a different hole in the fireplace rock and this time MUCH CLOSER TO ME!!! Ok, so I am by myself, no knight in shining armor to rescue me this time. What's a girl to do. Well I went to my bedroom and retrieved some pantyhose and stuffed all the holes I could find close to the wood floors with them. No more mouse for the rest of the night, but Petey and I heard noises constantly until Wood came home a bit later. So today on my list of things to do, get mouse traps, buy some silicon and finish the job the fireplace builders started by sealing up the fireplace. Have I mentioned I don't like mice? :-)

More SD zoo

What a fine looking specimen! This was taken behind glass! Pretty cool no reflection! I love hibiscus! This one really was a kind of ugly purple gray but it was huge and in its own way really gorgeous

Hurray for the San Diego Zoo!

We were able to see a couple of the pandas but they were really too far away with my little camera to get a really really clear shot. This is zoomed and cropped so a tad out of focus. They are big guys though! This dakir (?) was really intent on performing for us and wanted in the worst way to stand on his tippy toes for ??? who knows what reason.... I didn't see any food in the tree or smeared on the wire cage around the tree The mountain lion here just kept pacing back and forth and eyeing the little girl. It was kind of spooky really and I would have been a little nervous if I had been the mom, because it was so intent on the scrumptious morsel she would have made and its intentions were really obvious

Bring on the music

Wood just bought a new guitar today..... one he has be lusting after.... oops, desiring greatly for a looooong time. He played a few quick ditties this afternoon to demonstrate its sound quality and just general overall wonderfulness and I have to say, wowee, am I in store for some hot my-own -private concert sessions! He is great and the guitar is spiffy and the two together... mm mmm I am a lucky guitar music loving woman.