Sunrise Dec 31st 2012

Not the best photo I could have taken....the sunrise was better from bed 30 seconds sooner.....and was gone in less than a min....but we got one! The last sunrise of 2012. We dont have a lot of them doe to the heavy cloud cover most days.....but today....we did!

Drool

Chris eats an english muffin.....while Vixen drools...

December 25th

Christmas to me as alway mostly means kugelhopf....which in my household is a slighly sweet bread with almonds inside. It's the only thing I really need to make it feel like christmas to me

Our first "tree" ha ha ha I went into the back and got some clippings from the trees in the yard. They didn't seem to mind much.

One of Chris' presents. He makes a lot of timed things .... I thought he might like a kitchen timmer. Too bad it dosen't "hoot" as the alarm.....just Brriiinnnnsgggg

Our house

The Hungry Hungry Caterpillar. That's Chris you know...

And this is the only Heli we own....

My Green Friends

V and Sun

It's a sunny day in december. and by sun I mean I have a shadow. I haven;t actually SEEN the sun, but light enough to have a shadow at 11am on a friday is as good as it gets most days here in washington.

Vixen says "the better to see you my dear"

Rain rain

I was woken up by the sound of thunderous rain......must be winter in Olympia. Not unusual to awaken to rain anymore.... On my way to work the weather forecaster is laughing while he says "Today...watch for heavy rain, after that....some more rain. Changing to showers, a drizzel and then steady percipatation....we will be looking at this as the forecast (snicker) until...sometime.....well until further notice (laughter) Because well ..... this is the north west. Below image taken today from weather.gov

Thank goodness I fendered my bike. I'm planning my trip to the land of sun as I type. I haven't come up with a way to pay for it yet....thoughts?

Well.....The training has begun. Trainers for the bike. Fenders for the other bike....and lifting heavy objects....tough to find the time for on my 7 day a work week schedule. but...it is what it is. Fun is what it is....and hard. but hard IS fun.....right?

Training....