Relatively New Additions

 

Back in February, somewhere around Will's birthday, he was able to pick out three fish as a present from his family.  The result has been a trio of lovely, peaceful creatures in our family room.  We set up our tank and waited days for the water to be ready temperature wise and chemical wise.  Here is a picture of the new aquatic center.

 

The coolest part is that it glows in the dark.  Check it out.

 

Even cooler the fish glow. 

 

 

Our fellas are named Octavious, Red Bullet (after Will's coaster bike bequeathed to him from BFF Ethan) and for the love of me I can't remember the last one.  Wait for it.  Texting spouse.  It really doesn't matter because the little bugger hides in the cave all the time.  I couldn't even find him for the photo spread.

 

Flasher!  Thanks.  Also, per our aquatics manager (a/k/a Kev-bo) "He [Flasher] hides in the bottom of the cave.  Doesn't eat much." 

 

If he shows himself and I am so inclined I will snap a shot of him and add it later. 

 

Welcome boys.  Hold on tight it's going to be a bumpy ride.  

 

'Ello. Anybody out there?

Contrary to popular belief, I have not dropped off the blogisphere.  Yes, I am dangling.  Holding on for dear life and trying to get my foot hold.  Hopefully I am rallying back to life.

I am currently taking an online classes on Technology.  I had to create a 30 second video using Animoto.  Check it out. 

Spoiler:  30 seconds is really, really short.  There's no time for popcorn.  Don't even put it in the microwave.  The clip will be over long before the popping slows down.

http://animoto.com/play/NvEkAEdzCiOVEiIdayzUjQ

I would have embedded the video in this post, but I had to upgrade from the free version.  So 'not gonna do it.

Wow.  I sound so much more tech savvy than I did two weeks ago. 

I recognize that the photo of Kevin and I seems obstructed by random ebb and flow of the pre-fab ocean background.  If I was tech savvy enough to fix it, I would.

Move Over Pablo

Picasso that is.

When Kevin's co-worker texted and asked me to take a painting class at Michael's, of course I answered, "Sure!  Why not?"

On Sunday we showed up with painting supplies in hand to discover that our nice, 4-walled, private painting class room had been doubled booked for a kid birthday party, so we got the boot.  Where to you might ask? 

If you have ever been to a Michael's, picture the knitting department, rows of pretty and ugly yarns, knitting supplies and patterns, and then a fold out table with two novice painters and a teacher whom we can't keep up with.

"What are you doing?"  "Wait, slow down.  How'd you do that?"

After directing a few customers to cellophane and then frames, here is what I created.  I'm kind of proud of it.  Not bad for two hours in the knitting section.