Home Sweet Home

It's 8:56, and I am back from a two-day conference in Springfield. The girls are sleeping, the cats are sleeping, and Jeff is reading a book. It's quiet except for the occasional whoops of excitement from Modoc Field (K.U. is having their homecoming game). I'm relaxing on the couch. Life is good.
-- Amy

Read this now

The Savvy, The Extreme, and the Idealist

Fwd: Re: Please Forward!!!!!

Hi all,

Are you tired of getting messages like this that contain no facts? Me
too. Here is a link to a column by George Will, one of the most
conservative and level headed syndicated columnists in the country.

The column starts with a comparison between John McCain and the Queen
of Hearts from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

I found it very interesting.

I cam upon this column through The Savvy, The Extreme & The Idealist
blog.

Happy Trails.

-Jeff

P.S. Send this to all of your friends and your wildest wishes will come true.

First day of School

Well, Zoe is off to her her first day of school.



We got her all dressed, Zia all dressed, everyone's hair in a quail-tail, packed up the school supplies, took the checkbook to pay for hot lunch, then walked over to Roosevelt Elementary.



All the kids were lining up outside. Mrs. Williams's class stood closest to the entry gate. We got Zoe squared away.




She marched off with her classmates and Zia and I came home. I didn't know whether I would cry or throw-up all the way home (luckily, there was not throwing-up).

I'm so proud.

-Jeff

What a nerd! I'm going to blog about another blog post: I am now officially a Community Blogger for OregonLive.com, the Oregonian's website.

Check out my first post here.

-Jeff

Science Camp, Day 3

Today was self portrait day for Zoe. They drew chalk drawings outside (picture coming tomorrow) as well as a pencil drawing and a marker drawing. Note the chin in the picture on the left, and the full set of teeth (missing two) and all the fingers in the drawing on the right.

After, we played in ScienceWorks for about 45 minutes. She rode the exercise bicycle to power a train.

She played with the ball tower (I would like to play with this, but there are strict height rules).

She played with bubbles, though the bubble mix wasn't perfect today: they popped too quickly.

She pulled herself up in the chair (illustrating block and tackles) (blocks and tackles?)

Then we had some lunch before heading back to Nana's. Then Costco and the Library.

While Zoe was at camp, I rode from Ashland to Central Point on the wonderful Bear Creek Greenway. There is only one road crossing (at a light at Barnett Rd. in Medford) in the whole twenty miles. The path is in pretty good shape, baring a few roots poking up the pavement. All in all a great ride.

Day 2, Science Camp

Today, Zoe and I got up at 6:40am ("I'm done sleeping, dad"). At 8:15, we took off, stopped by Les Schwab to drop off a tire for repair (had to be replaced).

Zoe drew a picture of Meowmee (Mimi's cat) (legs and tail to follow), and drew and painted pictures of flowers.

After I dropped off Zoe, I put the bike together and headed up Dead Indian Memorial Road.


I only stopped once, right near the bottom to adjust my rear derailleur. It was hard and long. DIMR has been a goal for a long time. Also, I saw a rattlesnake.

Here are two pictures from yesterday:










-Jeff