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Dodgeball, food, and friends

Where to begin....

I arrived home in TD friday night after finally making it through Ptown rush hour traffic in a record 2 1/2 hour time. Arg! Ok so that is one of the very nice things about living in such a small town, anytime I want to go anywhere it takes all of 7 minutes max.



Anyway.... We got to bed early (as opposed to the normal friday 3 am bedtime), so that we could get up early for dodgeball. What a blast it was. The tournament was put together by the parks & rec, it was double elimination. The Goog had 2 teams representing... unfortunately neither won the whole she-bang! Speaking of she-bang, that was M's teams name. They actually did win one game but lost the following 2, thus eliminating them. It was fun having a whole cheering section for the guys and watching them play their little hearts out. I am hoping that at some point there will be a dodgeball league. Watching the guys play reminded me being in elementary school and playing prison ball.. ahh those were the carefree days.



I spent time saturday and sunday getting my photographs ready for the art show. Sunday turned out to be a disaster as I spent nearly 4 hours and many, many return trips to Fred Meyer because they had no frames to fit my freaking photos. It was soooo aggravating! Finally at the last minute Chuff pulled me out of the bind I was in providing frames for the last of my photos. They look gorgeous! The art show is in The Dalles at The Dalles Art Center beginning March 1-31. This is the first time I have had my works on public display so I am a tad nervous. I hope they go well, not to mention they will also be for sale. Yay!

That's about it for now... Ciao!

Oh, and to enjoy more pics from the dodgeball game go here:

http://picasaweb.google.com/amymoore.74/DodgeBall2008?authkey=NmQMnOxKzrc

What a weekend!

So the big Hallmark holiday better known as Valentine's Day came and went..... and I barely noticed it being any other day. Why is so much pressure put on this one silly day for people to show their love to others??? Anyway, M and I went to the coast for our annual Seaside holiday.



It was a FANTASTIC weekend. The company was great, the food wonderful, and the weather even better. I couldn't have asked for a better weekend. Maggie and I did plenty of walking on the beach. There were a TON of people. The poor pup was soooo pooped by the end of the weekend she slept the whole way home. We did have a bit of excitement on our way back home. As we traveled through Tillamook and headed up Highway 6 I was watching all of the happy cows crazing in the fields. As we got closer to the last field there were several cars parked alongside the road. I thought they were looking at the cute cows, however as we got closer I looked and saw a huge heard of elk. There were probably 40-5o elk just wandering in the field. It was a pretty darn cool sight to see.



We got home Sunday evening and decided to go see Jumper. It was a pretty fun little flick. A lot less heavy than the previous weeks film of "No Country for Old Men". Fun effects, nice locations, and some skin made for a fun but short movie night. I also picked up my pics that are going to be in the art show at The Dalles Art Center in March. I am way nervous, never had my work on display before. I hope it goes well.

I had a nice suprise monday as M didn't work and did some chores in town, we went to lunch along with some of our HR friends. Funny thing to be having lunch in Ptown with friends from HR. Then at the end of the day someone brought me flowers at work. Now, I am not usually one to say go out and spend money on flowers that are going to die in a few days... HOWEVER... they made my day! I just love gerber daisies and the roses smelled lovely. All in all a super fantastic weekend!

Today... well today I went and got my hair cut and colored. I was thinking that I was just getting high lights, oh no.... it is much cooler than simple high lights. I have (red) more like pink highlights in dark brown hair now. It is so fun! Check it out...


That is all for now, I know I am not too terribly creative, just wanted to get an update out there.

Cheers!

Day before that Hallmark holiday

Happy hump day everyone! I love weds, it means that monday is over, friday is yet to come and most important for me it means PAYDAY!!!! WOOT! So, I have some money in my pocket or bank account rather, and bills to pay. The good news is that I will still have left overs for playing. YAY!

As for my weekend wrap up... Satruday just flew by. Did the drive to TD got in around 1 am. Went promptly to bed. Woke up to a doorbell and who should it be standing there the beautiful miss Ame around 11:00. It was photo shoot day. My very first attempt at taking photographs of a "model"/ a person posing for me. This was a bit tricky as I hadn't done it before since most of my work is landscape/cityscape and animals for the most part. The second challenge was finding a suitable place to take said pics. I think that we had quite a few good shots. I am happy with how things turned out. Of course now I can say, "oh I wish I had done "x" instead"... as they say hindsight is 20/20. I think I will have at least 3 good shots to use for the art show next month along with some new stuff I have been working on.

Later that night was a friend's surprise b-day. It was a good time. The guys played Axis and Allies while the women folk chased kids and watched "Love Actually". Ahhh, I LOVE that movie, how can you go wrong with Colin Firth and Keira Knightly??

Got to sleep in a little on sunday, went to the pancake house.. YUM, for breakfast before meeting up with a few friends for a viewing of "NO Country for Old Men." WOW! Excellent movie. Once again the Cohen Bros have made an incredibly smart, well written/acted/shot film. If you get a chance go see it. It isn't a typical Hollywood ending film and actually reminded me quite a bit of one of their other greats "Fargo". Then it was time to pack up and head into the big city again.

Looks like I have also managed to avoid the plague that has been hitting everyone in TD. Makes me glad not to be there right now! haha :P Seriously though, hope you all get better soon.

Go out and enjoy your hump day and the day before tomorrow (which will never come) Oh, and let's not forget about that damn holiday that was made up by Hallmark and the fine makers of Chocolate treats everywhere.

Be good kids!

Hump day, the beginning of Lent, and other assorted goings on

Not much to report, it is hump day as well as the first day of Lent for all of you Catholics out there. Hope ya partied hard last night since you have 40 days and nights of giving something up. Although I am not Catholic, nor religious particularly, I have been known to give up something in the past for Lent. This year I think it will be WoW. It wont' be too terribly difficult as I rarely play anymore anyways. I think it is a fun test of ones will power. Just in case I can't stay away from Wow, it has already been almost a week since I have played, maybe I can give up something else like... aw screw it I am not Catholic why should I have to give up anything! *evil grin*

On a completely different note... I have discovered deviantART.com, ohhh it is so addictive. It is an artists community for people to upload their works as well as sell them. I have listed several prints so far and am really enjoying the work of others.

http://amy-moore.deviantart.com/

I have also been playing with Gimp and trying to get some photos ready for the art show. I am going to be taking some photos this weekend of a friend to hopefully submit in the show. Aside from Gimp I have found some programs working with fractals. I am really enjoying this type of artwork and being creative.

Enjoy the rest of your week and those of you crazy enough to actually participate in Lent... GOOD LUCK!!!

Super Sunday

Ahhh yes, the Super Bowl. Beer, burgers, commercials... what could be better? Wait, a football game? Noooo, I am talking about the commercials! Let's face it who actually watches those overpaid (for the most part) grown men running around in tights catching the ol' pigskin? Not to mention the usually lackluster half time shows that they come up with for Super Bowl Sunday. Prince was pretty good last year, heck even Janet Jackson's nipple ala Justin Timberlake was better than Tom Petty. Don't get me wrong I like Tom Petty, but as a performer ya have to admit he is fairly lack luster.

All in all Super Bowl 42 was pretty darn good. The first 3 quarters weren't sooo exciting, but if you missed the last 2 minutes of the game thinking that the Pats had it wrapped up in their last TD, then boy you were in for a shock. Those Giants weren't going without a fight to the end, and that is just what happened. In an amazing drive down the field Manning led his team to a Super Bowl win. Those poor Patriots, having that perfect season doesn't seem so sweet now does it? All those wins for nuttin! I only wish that I had put some money on those Giants.

The commercials this year didn't have too much to offer. There is always the very cute Budweiser Clydesdales. This year I also really like the Dorito commercial with the human sized mouse jumping through a wall... made me laugh out loud. Did anyone else think those E trade commercials were a bit weird, especially the one where the baby burped up? Ewww gross. Let's not forget the "Jack sandwich". My mother was totally offended at that one and said she is going to write a letter to Jack in the Box about how inappropriate she thought it was. I just laughed at her "Ok mom, you do that", was the only respone I could muster up. haha :P

Whatever your guilty pleasure is I hope you enjoyed Super Bowl Sunday with friends or family, or in whatever fashion suited you.

-Ciao

Time keeps on slippin'

Wow, it is February already!!! I can't believe I have let a week go by without an update, I am sure all of you in blogger land have just been waiting with baited breath, so to speak, to hear of my exciting adventures in tax land. hahahaha I crack myself up!
Seriously, can you believe that it is February? I just have to pinch myself, where did January go?

On to the weekly update, as I have yet to be good about a daily blog.... Starting with the drive back into Hillsborito... OMG! Over the weekend there was a lot of snow and ice, especially in the HR area. Sunday morning I woke up nice and early so I could go out and buy some tire chains only to find out that Schwabs was closed. BOOO! Of all the shops in town only ONE, yes O-N-E, was open. They were nearly sold out of chains too by the time I got there at 11:00. Thankfully they had a set that would fit my vehicle. After breakfast at the Pancake House, a Sunday morning tradition, we got to the house where M helped me (ie; did all the work) put the chains on. Mind you the roads in TD were clear, but HR to Cascade Locks were required to have chains. I managed to get a couple miles down 84 before realizing I didn't need those silly chains and all hose big bad truckers passing me didn't have them either. I pulled them off quickly, jumped back in the car and off we (me and Maggie) went again.

Things were all good until just getting through HR and up the hills. Oh my! Ice and packed snow in both lanes on both sides of the freeway. I really should have left those damn chains on! 2 1/2 hours later, miles and miles of ice and snow, driving at 10-20 mph for what seemed an eternity, I finally reached the outskirts of Portland. Another 45 mins and I was safe and comfortably "home" in Hillsborito. I narrowly escaped several accidents as i went sliding from one late to another due to ice not to mention th idiots who think that just because they are in a 4x4 they are unstoppable. I vowed not to go back to TD if there was even the slightest chance of snow and or ice. I had my share thanks!

After having started my week off with that fun driving it was nice to finish the week on a quiet note. Got paid weds.. yay! Maggie is going to the vet today and getting her hair "did". Lucky dog. She is sooo shaggy right now and can barely see out through the fur. She is still th cutest doggles EVER though!

I think I might have to catch a flick this weekend or go to Powells or both even! Oh and isn't there some sort of football game this weekend? Whatever your plans are, stay safe and have fun!

-Ciao!