Last few memories of 2006

Happy New Year Guys & Gals! 2006 has been a hell of a ride. New baby, New jobs, New friends, Old friends, Old friendships made new and on & on... Hope next year is everything you hope for! Bring on 2007!

If you leave the webcam going on Xmas Eve...

...you never know what you might catch!

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~ "Lobster claw mitts?! WTH!"
~ "I already sat on some big red fat guy's lap today, for your amusement, so what NOW!?"
~ "Do I look like Blogger Fodder to you?!"

Nothing puts the Xmas rush into perspective...

...quite like a Natural Disaster!


This tree limb came from across the parking lot and impaled itself into our building, right through the wall. Luckily, the 2 yr old sleeping on the other side didn't even wake up and no one was hurt.


You have to give credit for keeping a sense of humour! (Photo credit- Mike Lawsom)

I'll comment a little more later, but here's a couple pics from our area in this week's mess. Starting with unbelievable rain (think car wash), lightning, hail, and then wind so strong I could feel the building shaking. We're hoping that everyone will have power soon - we're extremely lucky to have it back already after "only" 3 cold dark days. later...
**So I was all ready to give you the detailed account of all the drama around here and about our personal adventure of days with no heat, hot water & power. But, a) that would feel like whiny gloating when some people are still waiting for power and in a lot worse shape than we even came close to and b) it would bore you to tears. So, suffice to say we learned valuable lessons about disaster preparedness, learned that Jaela does without TV just fine (yay!), learned that Kieran doesn't like cold bottles, but will take them nonetheless, and that candlelight bedtime stories rock!

It's no Bon Jovi...

but it's almost as good as T.E.S. Grade 6 Air Bands! Almost... ;)

Mt. Rainier Sunrise

These days, I see a lot more sunrises than I used to, so I've come to appreciate a really good one...