Month: October 2010

• October 25, 2010

  The Perfect Bookstore

  This weekend while wandering through an area we haven’t explored much yet, J and I found what might be the perfect book store. The store front looked like any other small (but non-chain) book store, with a huge, light-up sign and a sale rack out front, but the sign on the door said “cell phone…
• October 18, 2010

  Unexpected Adventures– a New Windshield

  Take a good look at this: It’s kind of interesting looking. Well, except for the fact that it’s my windshield and that the roundish bit is lined up with (roughly) where my right eye would be. Not cool. I was on my way to the zoo on Thursday morning when I heard a sound like…
• October 14, 2010

  The Big Island really is BIG.

  This weekend we took a trip to Hawaii, the “Big Island,” and discovered that it’s very appropriately nicknamed. We barely drove half of it in the three days we were there. To be fair, we spent most of the first two days exploring and hiking around Volcanoes National Park, but we definitely didn’t have the…
• October 13, 2010

  Ineffective workout partner

  I’ll write about the weekend trip, I promise. Photos are uploading as I type this, and then I’ll caption them and then I’ll write a blog post about it. Really. But at the moment, I would like to explain why cats (especially Caspian) make ineffective workout partners. Head-butting my forehead is adorable, but when he…
• October 6, 2010

  Learn a new animal day! Siamang edition.

  I’m going to give you a leg up on the average zoo visitor today and teach you about this animal: Thoughts? Well, on a typical day while cleaning/feeding around this animal, I hear the following on a regular basis: “Look at the monkey!” “I love it when that howler monkey yells!” “(Name of small child),…