sweet sweet friday...

Telling everybody there is "nothing to see here"



Snortin what's left of the donuts...

funny money!

happy, sad, happy, sad, happy...

quote of the day!!!

I so love this guy... and is SO sad that he's no longer here to share his hilarious observations and thoughts.


"I don't own a cell phone or a pager. I just hang around everyone I know, all the time. If someone wants to get a hold of me, they just say 'Mitch,' and I say 'what?' and turn my head slightly."
Mitch Hedberg


Oh, one of my favorites:

I was gonna get a candy bar; the button I was supposed to push was "HH", so I went to the side, I found the "H" button, I pushed it twice. Fuckin' potato chips came out, man, 'cause they had a "HH" button, for Christ's sakes! You need to let me know. I'm not familiar with the concept of "HH". I did not learn my AA-BB-CC's. God god, dammit dammit.

Thank goodness for YouTube

birthday girl

birthday girl
Originally uploaded by Downhillmonkey.

Happy birthday to my better half at the office!

he's allowed...

...to wake me up as many times necessary throughout the night.
These are his golden years and I want to avoid potential golden lakes and showers if at all possible. hee hee

# 359...life after death.

It's not what you think.

It was on my This American Life podcast from 7/18/2008.

Act One. Guilty As Not Charged had me in tears... literally sobbing one quiet Sunday afternoon. Of course, I have been known to cry over anything and everything but this was justifiable.

Author Darin Strauss talks about when he was a young teenager and accidentally killed a girl from his school.

Warning, it is a very sad story but really makes you appreciate your life and in my case, have even more compassion for others.

dog faces...

dog faces...
Originally uploaded by Downhillmonkey.

I think I know what type of dog I want to have next...
Blue heelers are AWESOME

It's Friday...

...and Homer started early!

Poof! I mean.. proof

Here's some proof that we DID climb St Helens and made it back down alive!
I think that's pretty good for someone who's 70... and of course, out of shape 30-something year old.

This was MUCH better than my last climb 2 years ago. My knee hardly sore when we got to the bottom and my time was nearly half of the time from 2006. I want to say thanks to my trainer at the gym and Jim for being so supportive and my mom for believing in me...

And I want to thank my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Frost, and the lady at 7-11 and the neighbor who always waves at me... I could go on... but I won't.
Acutally, I will. Thanks to Julie who was my math teacher from 2 years ago who said I could do it the first time. Maybe next summer she can join us! It's ever year, August 5th, as long as it doesn't erupt!

Yes, we are dorks!

My lovely co-workers and me.
I'm not the cute one on the end but the short girl in the middle.

birthday boy and his amazing wife

It's so nice to see such wonderful people SO happy together!

Surprise 70th!

Happiest birthday to the best thing that's happened to my family YEARS!
I'm so lucky to have a father like Jim!

i'm baaack

Let's see how long it lasts!
This is a lovely photo from Hartstene 07. T and me, enjoying the beautiful afternoon.