3D art...

I just redesigned my fish tank and I wanted to share a photo of what it looks like. For this picture I used my brand-new, state-of-the-art, 14.2 mega pixel camera. It is amazing how lifelike this camera makes things look. If I didn't know any better, I would say this looks real enough to print out and create a life size picture to fool all your friends into believing you have this in your house. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. (you are welcome to reprint this at any time)

Weekend Project...

I will preface this blog entry with…If you want a more exciting blog, please read someone else’s for today. Thanks
Last weekend, scratz and I decided to till up the back yard to get rid of all the sticker bushes that have flourished there. The dogs both limp due to the number of stickers in their feet, I have stickers permanently imbedded in mine, and as of last Thursday, the littlest girl at my place had them in her feet. Since I can’t banish the kids to the backyard if I have to run out every hour and save them when they get thousands of stickers in their feet. Even though this has been a problem for some time, we finally decided to do something about it.
On Friday, I borrowed a tiller from a co-worker of mine. The tiller was probably as old as I am but it still ran like a champ.





We spent the next few hours tilling and weeding the backyard. The lower level of the yard has terrible grass, but we decided to leave it so that the entire backyard wasn’t just a big dirt farm. After playing for a few hour and because it was getting dark, we called it a night. The next day we started playing again. We raked up all the stickers, picked all the weeds, and had even more fun. Since my house backs up against an large empty field, we were able to toss the buckets of weeds and rocks over the back fence. In the process of this, I dropped the bucket over the fence. So I had to climb the 6ft fence to get it. Somehow in the process, I scraped my leg pretty good.




The picture was taken after I cleaned up the damage, but it looked worse the next day.
Scratz had a nice sunburn by the time we were done as well.




I don’t plan on planting any grass out there until the fall. (if we still live here). So until that time, I have a nice dirt patch for the dogs and the kids to play in. This upcomming weekend we have a bunch more to do, we are still trying to get organized after the big move over a month ago.

How do you.....

How do you know what you said is said correctly if it is never been said?

The end of the world....

For those who didn't get a chance to see this years ago....
The End Of the World

Good Times...

After another not so wonderful night of sleep, I am back. Time for me to clean up all my junk, pack it, and get ready to ship out. Since check out for the "hotel" is around noon and my training doens't end until 3 or 4, I get to stow everything in my rental until I get to start the trek home. One thing I would like to mention before I forget is the special features this hotel has. The one that has been the handest (besides the bottle opener in the bathroom) is the heat lamp, which also happens to be in the bathroom. I wonder why it is really there. I can only guess that when this place was built there wasnt such a thing as heaters. Then instead of freezing when you get out of the shower, you just turn on the timer and BAM you now have heat. THe only other explination for it is that it allows you to pretend you are on the beach someplace as you drink your beverage while on the tolet. I mean, it is super bright and hot after all. Plus if you have been drinking enough to make use of the bathroom bottle opener, you might actually forget you are in a '50s dump.
Anyway, once training is over, I have to get in my rental and drive to the airport. I basically have only the "required" amount of time for the drop off and pre-screening duties. Once I am in the airport, I will sit and wait for my flight for an hour or so. Then I get to head home.
Once again, I must get going I have a ton of stuff that I need to do and I can't just was my time typing on this blog.
I know many of you wanted something a little more exciting to read, well excitement isn't part of the trip when you have to go for training. (and it's a little far for scratz to drive and bail me out of jail)
ttyl

Sunrise...

It's another day here in Maryland. Another long night on the rock hard things called a mattress. I can't really say they are rock hard, because there is a little give in them. I almost think they built the beds out of plywood and then wrapped them in fabric. Also I thought my room was facing West, but when the sun was stabbing me in the eyes at 5am, I found out otherwise.
Anyways, Last night I drove around the Baltimore area for a little bit, got lost with the gps, and then went to eat at Ruby Tuesday's. (long story, will have to post that one later)

There are two things that I have notice about the people of this area more than anything else. First, they all LOVE sports. It doesn't matter what sport they are talking about but they all have their favorites. The people will go out of their way to talk to other people about sports. This includes cars stopped at stoplights, people sitting at different tables in a restaurant, or even during a training meetings. When I say talk about sports, They really talk about sports. From the stats of certain players, to who "their" team is scouting for the year. It's pretty interesting to see both men and WOMEN talk so adamantly about their "team". I made the mistake of wearing my Michigan State hat to a few places now and apparently I should be shot. Who knew that the Spartans were so disliked by this area.
Second, every one here LOVES crab. If you go to any of the restaurants, the first thing on the menu is crab or crab cakes. Do you have to like seafood just because you live by the sea? The answer is apparently yes. Luckily they still have other things to eat because if I had to eat seafood or crab I would end up starving to death. I wasnt born with the taste for fish. I have tried many different types of fish and many different ways to cook the fish, but I have always had the same results, it tastes like fish. YUCK. If there was a third thing that I have noticed, it would be that no one believes I am from UT, They say all the UTahn's have some strange accent. So I guess that is a good thing.
Well, I was going to add a few more stories to this long blog, but my alarm is going off which is telling me I need to get out the door to go learn some more exciting stuff from the NSA.

Bright and Early...

Its now 04:30am and (wait I mean 06:30 EST) It is way to early for me to be awake. I still have to get ready for the day and be to my appointment by 7. I know my sister likes the east coast because of the humidity and how curly it makes her hair, but I have a great dislike of it. I think I officially have an afro. Luckily I have tons of hair product to glue it down. Ok, that is all for now or I will be late. However to show how nice of a place this is, I will include a picture of the sweet accommodation's.

You know it's a great place when there is a bottle opener in the bathroom!