Having a great Sunday morning. Listening to some really good Blues in KVMR, a local station that plays a wide variety of stuff.  The sun is peaking out and looks like we are gonna have partly blue skies today.

My hope is to find a sitter for the kids for an hour or so later on this morning so Carrie and I can go for a trail run. If not I might just need to put a couple of the little ones in the double jogger and go for a run in Amazon park.

Back to my coffee and a Tinker Bell puzzle with Jaden.

Yes it’s been quite sometime since I posted anything. Sorry that life get’s in the way. Plus I’m not one to share my up to the minute happenings.

So what the hell have I been doing for the last several months? Well there’s work which is very busy right now.  The kids which keep is extremely busy. And somehow between working and maintaining the children, Carrie and I find time to work 3-4 days a week.

Jaden is now riding a bike without training wheels. Nathanael wants to be Jedi Master Cowboy Woody. Annie is hitting her terrible 2’s about 8 months early. We had to remove the kitchen chairs from the house because she drags them everywhere to climb up to something she shouldn’t have.

We’re looking forward to spring as the rain is getting a little old… although it’s been a pretty mild winter up here in Eugene. I thought it is was rather funny a few weeks ago when California was getting pummeled by snow and rain… it was sunny and warm up here.  The downside is right now the Cascades are hurting for snow it seems so it could be a pretty long and lousy fire season.

This animated video says it all. Anyone for Tea?

The US troops in Afghanistan proved they have retained their sense of humor.

“YOU MIGHT BE A TALIBAN IF…….”

1. You refine heroin for a living, but you have a moral objection to beer.

2. You own a $3,000 machine gun and $5,000 rocket launcher, but you can’t afford shoes.

3. You have more wives than teeth.

4. You wipe your butt with your bare hand, but consider bacon “unclean.”

5. You think vests come in two styles: bullet-proof and suicide.

6. You can’t think of anyone you haven’t declared Jihad against..

7. You consider television dangerous, but routinely carry explosives in your clothing.

8. You were amazed to discover that cell phones have uses other than setting off roadside bombs.

9. You have nothing against women and think every man should own at least one.

10. You’ve always had a crush on your neighbor’s goat.

Watch the video and then sign the petition. Stop the Energy Tax!

Only in Chicago can would you find such a fine establishment

This kid is fucking incredible!

http://www.vimeo.com/4407803

Well it’s been an interesting couple of weeks. Mom has been visiting which has been a blessing! Mom played with the kids and spoiled them to death which gave Carrie and I a well needed break.

I got to get out and ride some single track on my single speed. I even got to ride a trail with my wife this past Sunday. We drove over to Brice Creek, which is about 50 minutes or so from the house… about 25 miles or so east of Cottage Grove, OR in the Umpqua National Forest. What a beautiful canyon. Lush dark green forest with a canopy of old grove Douglas Fir.

Something i’ve been wanting to do is mess around with some video editing with mountain bike footage. Being the cheap skate and not wanting to drop the coin on a helmet cam,  I created a quick, cheap and simple mount for my Sony Cool Pix digital camera to shoot some video of our ride up Brice Creek. Once we got home I started messing around with Microsoft Movie Maker and published a quick video with music in under an hour.

http://www.vimeo.com/4357936

Being the camera was mountained on my handle bars… its pretty shaky at some points…. especially when I started going fast.

My mom is shopping for airline tickets so I’m putting up some ads for her to use and to give me a little kickback.

My mom took the Amtrak from Chicago to Eugene last week and is staying through the end of the month. When she leaves she’s heading to see my sister in Arkansas but unfortunately the train doesn’t take her where she needs to go.

We looked on Orbitz this morning a little bit and found something funny. We searched a ticket from PDX to XNA.. the itinerary came back with a 2 stop flight… Portland to Eugene to Denver to Fayetteville = 201 with taxes & fees. Now here’s the funny part.. we’re in Eugene so we figure hey save the drive and the emissions and all that.. If she were to book out of Eugene the ticket is like $30 more.  I don’t get it.

Anyway, if you’re traveling soon maybe there’s a deal here for you too.