It's a boy! Shirley had her calf a couple of nights ago. Proud Aunt Laverne has been very diligent about helping and keeping watch. We named the calf Squiggy. :)

O.k., well, it isn't quite over yet but I'm ready for it to be! Poem "Spellbound" by Emily Bronte and music by Kevin MacLeod

"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe Narration by Urgelt http://youtube.com/profile?user=Urgelt Music: "Interiors" written and performed by Sara Ayers http://www.saraayers.com/ (used with permission) Video Production by Mejpye http://youtube.com/profile?user=mejpye This video licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 US license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ Complete poem can be found here: http://www.heise.de/ix/raven/Literature/Lore/TheRaven.html

home vid dec '07 ice storm

Joe playing Jackie Chan :)

It is amazing how taking a few minutes to enjoy something beautiful can really replenish your being. This is a sunset I caught last night. If you are feeling run over and fried, I offer you this video as a chance to 'stop and smell the roses' for a moment. :)

Actually, they're in the front yard. ;) Friendly little game of family baseball one summer evening. Part of 'cousins missourah vacation' vid.

Titus putting an escaped cow back in its pasture

My psycho corgi has issues with the garden hose

re-try (vid for blog)

Vid for blog

My little corgi puppy (for my blog)

Slideshow of my son's experience riding at Saddle Up, a theraputic riding center. He participated in the horse show and won second place. The day after the horse show, Heidi (a Norwegian Fjord like David's horse Bjorg) finally had her baby and David got to go over to meet new little Danika and help wash Heidi's "milker" so the baby could feed. This has been such a great experience for David to get to work with horses and so many wonderful people.

Just some footage I grabbed of my sons having a bit too much fun. David was making a little "Star Wars" movie and after filming they headed to the backyard to blow off some steam. I gotta get a freakin' liver transplant just so I can keep up with this kid!!!!!!! :)

Children's author Robert Munsch wrote this poem for my son. After his second liver transplant, David began calling his scar his "shark bite". One day we were at the beach when a shark was spotted in the water. People were being told to get out of the water and things got a bit crazy. My son David, dressed in just his swimming shorts, was running back and forth yelling at the top of his lungs, "I think that's the shark that bit me!!!" People noticed the huge scar across David's tummy and began to stare in amazement. It really did look as if David had been attacked by a shark. In 2003 my friend related this story to Mr. Munsch and he penned this little poem for David. "David" In the hospital In the dark, I got bit By a hospital shark. They swim the hallways Late at night Looking for kids That taste just right. But I was lucky Cause, you see, The shark didn't like The taste of me. He took one bite And swam away And that's why I'm Alive today.

Music written and performed by my friend Bernie. (BernieCU2 on YT--he has another song on his channel there you should check out!) Let me know what you think of it! :)

clip of my son working with his Sensei on a new technique

Jackass football fast food, I love this one!

Don't try this at home!

Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp?... Even till I shrink with cold (this from a California girl!), I smile and say, This is no flattery: these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am. Sweet are the uses of adversity; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything. I would not change it.