Month: January 2011
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A Weekend to Remember
Do you ever have one of those randomly wonderful weekends that you want to remember as long as possible? Yeah, that was my weekend. It started on Friday with the surprise filming thing (see the previous entry), and things just stayed great the rest of the time. Friday night we went to dinner at one…
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Accidental Debut
A funny thing happened to me the other morning. On Thursday evening a new-to-the-ship friend emailed me to ask if I wanted to join her for “something fun” on Friday morning. As she’s a professional photographer, I thought it must be something along those lines; maybe she needed me to help her carry equipment or…
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And Then There Was Cold
The annoying thing about our house is that it is two stories but only has one thermostat and only one air conditioning pump. This matters when you live in a place like Hawaii and your housing office wants you to keep the air running (they have, until recently, paid for it) to prevent mold in…
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Elephant in the bathtub?
Did anyone besides me read the book George and Martha when you were a child? It was one of my favorites, especially the story about Split Pea Soup and the one with Martha in the bathtub. You should know that George and Martha were best friends and hippopotamuses. It just occurred to me that they…
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Another Erdman Weekend
This weekend I spent most of four days on the north shore with about 30 high school students on a youth retreat. I came home exhausted and in serious need of a shower, but it was a great weekend and completely worth it. Highlights included a high ropes course (for which I took photos from…
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Insight in Six Words or Less
Tonight I gained insight into the mind of one parent who was shopping at the commissary the same day I did. I went to the freezer and pulled out one of my “Amy’s” brand frozen dinners (Indian food, yay!) and flipped the box to the back to check cooking times… where I discovered a tiny,…
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The Interloper…
Just a quick photo I took tonight of The Interloper. He’s fascinated by my camera and won’t let me take many photos without wanting to put his nose on the lens… Cute, though. Now that our company is gone, I should be able to get him scheduled for all of his vet appointments and make…
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Tiny sea life
Today was a nice, quiet day that we spent (mostly) at the beach. I took some photos that will get uploaded later, but in the meantime, I wanted to show you the tiny hermit crab I found. I love how colorful he is, and that his eyes are the width of the ridges of my…
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New Year This’n’That
Happy New Year! I have a few random things to share, but nothing very philosophical, so here goes. First, 1-1-11 is fun to type! I didn’t think about it until this evening, so I guess I’m a little late on that one. But I’m hoping people call it “twenty-eleven” and not “two thousand eleven,” which…
Joanna Volavka 