Random post

While Vin was out catching bass fish, I was back in Oregon holding down the fort. Interestingly enough- I became increasingly aware of how much crap there is to do (well. crap we make for ourselves to do) when you are the only person doing it. So while I was taking out the garbage, mowing the lawn, picking up 2 dogs' worth of poop, pulling weeds, doing laundry, cleaning the house, etc (you get the point) I was thinking about NOW vs. THEN.

Some observations

NOW: two dogs equals twice as much poo.
THEN: one dog pooping in the snow made it not seem so bad. until the snow melted.

NOW: I don't know how to grow roses.
THEN: I didn't know about goldenrod.

NOW: Why do men always assume the role of the garbage taker-outer/recycler?
THEN: I had to do it myself.

NOW: Cleaning one bathroom is more fun than cleaning two.
THEN: I only had one bathroom.

NOW: Mowing the lawn takes forever when you have three times the amount of grass to cut.
THEN: Mowing took about 30 minutes.

Here are some pics as of late...





I also am putting up some cute pictures of the furry babies.



On a side note.. I've been thinking about choices a lot lately and how do we decide to make the decisions that we make, and how you deal with the consequences, good vs bad. And how do you determine if they are good vs bad. And really, for me, it seems to come down to the level of control you feel you have over your life and situation. It's made me really mull over some decisions. Getting married to Vin? Best decision ever. Moving out of the comfort zone in Vermont and coming to Portland? Good decision. Letting the dogs eat some mayonnaise? Not a good decision. Dying my hair dark red with magenta highlights? Probably not a good decision. I won't get into anything super deep- but you get the jist. It's really about taking ownership over the choices that you make- not playing the role of the victim. Something sucks? Then make a choice to make it better or make a different decision. Something kicks ass? Then keep making similar decisions. Own the choices you make. Keep making it a point to have/keep choices. Does more freedom = more choices made? Or does making less choices= feeling more in control?

Discuss.

Sunny time in PDX

It's been a rather delightful week here in PDX. There weather has been rad- sunny every day. Dogs are panting when they are outside- and that means summertime! Woo hoo!

we've officially been in PDX for 1 year+ now.

Here is some possible summertime business I'd like to get down to:
- somehow figure out how to get rid of the catshit (really. the cats) in our neighborhood.
- finish edging the front yard and do the back yard.
- somehow organize the "garage"
- identify the plants that the previous owners have planted.
- go berry picking somewhere on the coast
- go see Mt St Helens
- go snowboarding in June
- learn how to make video work on my damn website
- teach sirius how to play catch. catching the ball once and running around with the ball does not = catch.
- learn how to make gazpacho
- have brunch on the back deck once a month
- have some friends come visit me
- ride my new bike alot
- go camping alot
- learn how to surf
- learn how not to be afraid of sharks whilst learning how to surf
- hang out with my swingles more often
- take pictuers more
- blog more
- stop using the word 'fuck' with such high frequency
- get rid of some chub
- pick bellydancing lessons back up
- make dinner at home more often
- learn more than "basics" of CSS
- get some more furniture


This is a good place to start I think.