Many who know me, know my car ... I was the second owner and bought it 9 yrs ago.
As of right now, it is somebody else's car, and it is gone.
I mean catch-up ... with images
We provided service for kd lang at the Moore Theater ...
We also provided services to the a couple of shows at the Paramount Theater ...some guy named Brian Hugh Warner ...
I caught up on some work around the yard - this was a huge blackberry thicket (?)
In January, Mrs. H let me go on a field trip to S. California, I took these in the Gibson Ampitheater.
Today started off at 4-something-AM and sending Mrs. H off in a car to the airport. She'll be back soon. Then a couple of hours later Bobbin awoke and our day started! First it was getting dressed/breakfast/thorough questioning - "Where's Mommy?".
[I can't figure out how to get a Flickr image to populate this space - arrgghhh]
Then it was off to get some coffee and to soccer. She did great! She ran super hard for me today. Then it was lunch and "quiet time". After quiet time we went on an adventure ... we went to check out The Cougar Mountain Zoological Park. Here are a few snaps from today.
I have to say this now ... YES there are live animals at this Zoo, Cougars, Deer, Tigers, Lemurs and so on ... but we had more fun touching the Bronze Statues :-)
The other night H and I were watching a repeat on SNL on the channel or something. It was the one with Britney Spears as a guest host/singer. It was pretty funny. Then it was time for Britney's performance ... wait a minute, what's up with that graphic???
Well time to do a little catch up. Happy 4th of July everyone! I did my usual gig at Gas Work this year with minor problems (If you call a majopr soaking of electronic equipment minor). A little sunburn.
I helped a friend out and worked at Qwest stadium on Boeings 787 rollout.
Took my daughter to her first parade (there were no marching bands though).
BBQ-ed a couple of times.
I throw some images up here soon, like I said, been busy living.
I heard someone run in the other end of the house ...
...thud - thud - thud - thud...
CRASH .... SMASH .... CRASH ....
...thud thud thud thud thud....By the time I got to the kitchen I saw my husband running faster than I have ever seen him run ever! - with the fire extinguisher.
and saw the riding lawn mower on fire.
Sorry folks, no pictures
...well, actually it wasn't. It was a clear night with a very bright partial moon shining. As an added bonus, I got a meteror too!
It's funny who I ran into at the market today ... We chatted about the climate of his former industry, where they went, where they could go and so on. I told him I had always liked his honesty, although I am sure it got him in some hot water now and again.
He had some banannas, some fish, and some other relatively healthy items in his basket. Me? I had some tri-tip steak, OJ, fresh fruit, some frozen veggies and a brand new ice cream scoop (ours broke in half).
Today I ran into #99 formerly of the Seahawks, WSU grad ... really nice guy ...
....but not like this! :-) It was a pleasure to meet you Chad!
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So what have I been doing besides being a dad? Well It has been a pretty busy month for live sound, amoungst some of the shows, I have done Satriani, Guy and Black Street, and Big Splash 2006
We went to the Circus, but not just any Circus, we went to Cirque du Soleil
I have have made some new friends, who just happen to work for the Cirque. This is Eric and Thomas. They are from Quebec and Montreal. I took them up to the Everett Boeing plant where my good friend gave us a tour of the plant. The high point was riding around in this fire truck.
What's coming up you ask? I have no idea! I do know that we have a big commencment setup and some shows coming up, but that is all I know right now. Till then I am hanging with my family!
Sorry H - this trumped any family shot I had ;-)
... Been super busy, been working, been fathering, you name it - will update you soon :-)
Far behind in posting - Been super busy with the little one and enjoying every minute of it.
We post more stuff soon ... I promise.
Well - Sorry I haven't been active, been a bit busy with the baby, with work, and with settling in here at the Dream House! It's pretty exciting around here - hot air ballons cruise by all the time. That's one there in the distance.
We are also on the frequent dining schedule of the deer - the mother and the baby (it just lost its spots) come by to eat, rest and wander around. I have seem them at all hours day and night - IT'S very COOL.
I hear you ....
Well MUCH has happened - as you read, we had our baby and all is great. We moved! We finally took residence in our dream house ... There are a few "bugs" in the system, but this was a fairly large project and a few bugs are to be expected. I'll post images when I get as far as taking some.
I just learned that crows hunt mice ... I did not know that!
Boy has it been a busy busy busy few days - First off, some house keeping, Happy Canada Day to my family and friends north of the 49. Secondly I just have to comment on Live 8 - MTV, shame on you fro your horrible coverage!
My favorite part was the Pink Floyd set, it was absolutely fantastic to see them together again after 24 years. I thought it was incredible the mention of Syd, how appropriate.
image from Brain Damage
Roger said, "It's actually quite emotional, standing up here with these three guys after all these years. Standing to be counted with the rest of you. Anyway, we're doing this for everyone who's not here, particularly, of course for Syd."
The Family Fourth
On our Independance Day I was working - huh? OH I was down at Lake Union with a huge sound system and 65,000+ of my closest friends. This show is the one of the top three (I believe).
You can see some images of the day HERE
Last night found us at the first sold out show for U2 at the Seattle Centers Key Arena. What an amazing night, the seats we had were ok. Here are some humble images I was able to get with my cell phone, I should have brought my camera!
Last nights setlist
Love And Peace Or Else,
Vertigo/Stories For Boys,
Elevation,
The Cry,
The Electric Co.,
An Cat Dubh,
Into The Heart,
City Of Blinding Lights,
Beautiful Day,
Miracle Drug,
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own,
New Year's Day,
Sunday Bloody Sunday,
Bullet The Blue Sky/The Hands That Built America/When Johnny Comes Marching Home,
Running To Stand Still,
Pride,
Where The Streets Have No Name,
One
encores
Zoo Station,
The Fly,
Mysterious Ways,
All Because Of You,
Yahweh,
40
Well folks, in trying to discover new ways to finance strange hobbies (all of which are above board and legal), I have decide to give Google Ads a whirl like my sister-in-law.
Took a bit of fussing to get everything to look right - but I think is looks nice ... and I like it ... so there!
Who knows ... maybe I will make a couple of bucks along the way.
Well today I check after our second day of baby classes - we got the "so your having a baby" class, and today was part 1 of 2 on "how to have that baby" - there were a few moments in the class where all the women looked very concerned (everyone in this class was carry thier first baby) - during those moments, all of us guys looked terrified. Did I mention this was a 4 hour session?
After the class we drove out to the house (only 4 miles away from the hospital). Lots or progress (you can see HERE), The fridge was delivered and installed, the cabinets are installed, the slate tile is in and grouted! AND there is even one light installed.
Last night we hosted the gang for Bar-B-Que'd burgers and watched a movie ... ummm ... please note I BBQ-ed in the rain.
We all had a spontaneous dinner trip to Pen Thai for Dinner. MMMmmmm it was good.
Dave's head got cold so Ella loaned him her coat, ironically it fit his head well ....
Hello and greeting this fine Saturday! I have been super busy and totally neglecting this thing for a while. SO, Whets new?
- All the drywall is up at the house, SEE HERE (I'll update my images very soon!).
- Max has come home (we picked up his ashes the other day).
- Mrs. H is still preggo - AND we will find out the babies sex on Thursday.
- I went to Portland for a night to do a load-in.
- Mount St. Helens reminded all of us that she still is an active volcano.
Other than that - not much going on around here ....
What really happened! Hope your enjoying that French Riviera
Man it got real quiet around here after I put the Mrs on a airplane to France. She is on a business trip to Cannes for a tradeshow and will be home next Saturday.
In the mean time it is just us (the doggies and the kitties) hanging out. We have plenty to do, and hopefully when the rain stops we can get some yard work done (or not).
Sporty Rich was reading the Stranger personals to us tonight. While reading a 'Girl Seeks Boy' ad, Richy reads a part that says "Must have 'S.O.H.'..." and the conversation goes something like this ....
R: What is SOH? It says "must have S.O.H."...
Me: Set Of Hooters ...
R: Why would a girl seeking a boy want that?
Me: huh?
R: It's a girl looking for a boy ...
Me: ... OH! Sense of Humor.
No? Well it has here! The last few days have been down right pleasant, the bad part of that is - we have no snow pack and will probably be pretty dry this summer - or worse yet this spring. The weather talking heads say that the freezing level is dropping and that moister is on it's way - but until that really happens, it is only a guess err... forecast.
Other news - Mrs. H (mommy to be) is doing well and is very happy to have registered at 'Babies-R-Us', and I have to admit I had fun doing this too! If your interested you find our list HERE.
Our house is making progress - the electricians are doing their thing, the heating and ventilation guys are doing their things. The siding is going to start very soon. and cabinets are "in progress". All in all nothing major has changed - but stuff is a happening! You can see new images HERE.
Well that's about all I have to say for now ....
This morning brought us a beautiful sunrise of reds - oranges then bright yellows - spectactular!
I haven't had much to say ... the house is coming along, you can see that HERE. The puppies are doing well, and it has warmed up quite a bit around here. And Mrs. H is well.
We are home again ...... I need to do some unpacking and laundry. Then I will collect my thoughts and get this bad boy up-to-date!
Until then ... enjoy what's here.
Update - I have posted the trip images HERE
I got one of these ...
and one of these...(very cool Electric Football games in MINT condition!) (Thanks Chris!!!!)
Better image coming soon
A Retract-A-Bit and a Mini Retract-A-Bit
Flip grip pliers (and the smaller ones two not pictured)
I apologize for not posting updates regularly, first off the big news this week is that the first exterior wall was rasied on our house yesterday, you can see that HERE.
AS you can imagine this is a huge milestone in this project.
Secondly, you'll notice that I have posted nothing concerning "My beloved Seahawks" ... there is a reason for that .... I will not get into that right now. Well, I have finished up my OJ and I am on my way to the property to do some work .....
More to follow
After goofing around with the camera in my cell phone (Motorola V600), I decided to put up the images I have been taking ... they are kinda blurry ... kinda fuzzy ... not perfect ... but have a certain coolenss about them ....
Those are HERE
Also I updated the construction images ... you can get them HERE
As I sat around waiting for an 'important' telephone call I found my self surfing the web ... more exact ... surfing random blogs ("blurf-ing"?) out there. During the "window" for the scheduled phone call I learned that ...
Britney is working even harder on that reputation to be the "Queen of All White Trash Sluts"!
And that you really need to BE CAREFUL of what you are doing at all times now.
Then my call came in. That whole ordeal took 35 minutes. 35 minutes to convey what a bad situation I was in and why it was better to leave "voluntarily" than to wait and see "where the cards may land".
On a lighter note ... we are ever slowly inching towards breaking ground for our house project. We are both getting very very antsy at the lack of "things happening", even though things are happening (we just can't see them clearly).
I also want to add that I have been doing some web page "house-keeping" and updated these pages ....
Heather - Heather and Tim - The Kitties
I posted some newer up-to-date images ... I will be getting the pooches up-to-date very soon ... until then you'll haveto be happy with what I have done so far.
Have a great rest of your day ....
"over & out"
We lived through the barrage of the night.... Well most of us did, we actually had to give TOMMY tranquilizers to get him through the day. It was an absolutely beautiful day here with is rare (something like the weather is less than perfect 75% of the time here). We had a few friends (Chris & Deb, plus a little bit of 'Sporty Spice') over for a very low key get-together and Bar-B-Que'd some burgers and dogs.
This wonderful weather resulted in quit a large amount of fireworks being displayed ...
IT WAS A LOUD NIGHT!
Here we are having some "Safe and Sane" fun with sparklers ...
Today I had the pleasure to have been able to accompany my best friend to the "Fire Training Center" and witness him (and his co-workers) train and get re-certified. All I can say is WOW!!! I was at my closest maybe 200 yards away and the fires were HUGE! and HOT! All of this was way cool to watch in a controlled environment.
This is just the beginning of a "burn". Note that the firemen in the images are about 30 feet away from the flames.
In this one they are much closer and actively putting the flames out.
I took over a hundred images and you can see them HERE.
Thanks Chris for inviting me ...
Well this is my second Monday of not getting up and dragging my sorry rear to the place I was beginning to loath. In the past week I have work on the gardens, cleaned stuff, power washed stuff, walk the doggies, napped. Today .. I might be a little bored ... but I am not sure. I'm also not sure that is a bad thing (I'll let you know).
Got word from our renter that he is completely moved out, now we have an abandoned vehicle ... this of course can be donated after we get through the red tape of declaring it abandoned and clearing the title.
This Monday update has been brought to you by ME and only ME.
Apparently the weekend ended a couple of days ago .....
Who knew?
Today is a beginning to a new chapter in my life. It became very apparent that my wonderful employers were up to something and I felt that my career there was in jeopardy. After many discussions with Mrs. H, we had decided that it was time to leave the company to pursue new adventures. Which I did, Friday was my last day at the "Evil Empire" (as some of my friends call it).
This morning I got to sleep in (which really means I didn't have the alarm clock set). I am feeling a little weird in the way that I have no "purpose" (which is not true I have much purpose) ....
Anyways ... I have lots of little house projects (I'll include images at some point) that I have been meaning to do that I now can do (yay). As well as a new routine that we started (we = me and the doggies) ... our new routine ... a morning walk!
Well there is a lot happening in my life right now from the beginnings of building a house to summer rolling in to other things that I am not gonna tell you yet. We found out that we will be able to build our house, which as some of you may have known was not perilously in danger of not happening, but on shaky ground. I will have links up at some point for of end goal.
Today I received my "golden watch"!! Where I work they give you a personalized desk clock on your 5 year anniversary (technically it is the end of July, but I am not going to make a big deal). I can say the last 5 years have been a very interesting ride, with many ups and a few downs.
Sorry for not keeping up to date with posts and such ... Been super busy with work and other things. I just updated my CD inventory using this Music Collector CD Catalog Software. I love this product! The next step is to 'digitize the collection to MP3 or WMA format .....
Our friend Mr. Chris recommended a landscaper guy to use. Well, we had him come out to give us an estimate and was very pleased by how fair it was and hired him to re-do our front yard. Our front yard was a bit of grass, and a bit of an obnoxious ground cover, and some Holly trees, and just a poorly thought out "low maintenance" design (and it was ugly).
So Landscaper dude told me he was going to start this past Saturday, but it rained all day so I really wasn't too surprised he didn't show up. I was very surprised that he showed up around 2:30pm on Sunday! They started clearing old ugly plants, and weeds and that ugly ground cover. By the end of the day yesterday I had a front yard of dirt.... No weeds, just dirt ....No ugly ground cover ... JUST DIRT!
I will post images up later of the progress being made. I am REAL curious what it is going to look like today.
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As promised, the images are HERE
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