July 19th

Today would have been my mother's 61st birthday. It's the first birthday my family and I have gone through without her here. Instead of making this a day of mourning, we've decided to celebrate the life Mom lived.  I spent it enjoying some time on the phone with my sister and later split a slice of cake with Kyle. Happy Birthday, Mom. We love and miss you so much!

TWEET!!!!

I am now on Twitter.  If you have Twitter, come follow me! http://twitter.com/MOW83.

Mr. Maxwell

                 

                                                           Meet Max the average cat.

                                   Now meet Mr. Maxwell. The cat who's gonna be the next cat food star!!!

But why stop there? Maybe he could be president! ;D

My New Car!

TA DA!!!!

It's a Bat Mobile!!!!!!

Isn't she a beauty?!!!! Too bad this eye catcher isn't my car.

This is my new car.  It's a '94 Mercury Sable. 

It's a great running car and drives real smooth like a Bonneville I once had. I've been looking around for a car and haven't felt right about any I've really seen. I feel good about this car even though there may be a few small things that need fixed. Now I'm on 4 wheels again. I've lost alot of weight since riding my bike everywhere and the weight loss is going to continue. I've not blogged alot lately, but there will be a doing one  soon about how much I've lost and maybe a few before and after pics.  I looked at a picute of myself yesterday from last year and I can not believe how different I look already.

This is it for now.  Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!

My Day Zero List (101 in 1000)

I've debated about making an official list of things I'd like to accomplish. Yet after almost 7 months, I've finally started one on Day Zero. You can check my list in progress here. (updated link on 1-3-2012)  Let me know if you have a list too and give me some feedback if you'd like!

Major Tom

I've never posted a video on here, but I thought I'd share this one.  It's from Shiny Toy Guns.  I'm not a fan of them, but this cover of an old Peter Schilling song is very infectious. Maybe you'll like it too.

Trojan Park

Back in March, Kyle and I took a ride over to Trojan Park in Oregon to go exploring.  We've been to Trojan several times, but never as deep as this forgotten area that makes one feel as though they've steped through some kind of  1980's "after humans" time demention.  I felt like a kid again since I lived in the 80's and haven't seen structures in this fashion in quite a while. 

                           As Kyle went to hide a geocache, I took a moment to sit and absorb my surroundings.

I noticed an outdoor kitchen and had to go take a look. It had cutting boards, counters, sinks, and stoves all still there waiting to be used again.

One aspect I liked about this old area is the use of simple shapes everywhere. 

This wall looks like it would be fun to swing from.

Old broken benches

I took a few photos in color, but I really think the black and white look better.  The concrete walls are really worn down, but you can tell they once were suppose to look like they were made out of wood.

An old sitting area. 

I took this far away picture of Kyle as I was trying to get a good one of the outdoor kitchen structures.

Out along the parking lot a train came screaming down the rail.

Old horse shoe throwing area.

As we left the park, I glanced over and saw a herron in the middle of a fishing pond still used.  It was a nice day for exploration and can't wait till I get to go out there again.