It's been a while... (scroll down for pics)

I really would like to keep up on the blog. I love teaching, but the last thing I want to do is come home and get on the computer. No promises on how much I'll post, but I will start posting more in the coming weeks and months.

I wanted to show off my new haircut... I don't think my hair has been this short since I was five... but I like it. I needed something new, so why not?



Teaching seventh grade has been great. I'm really enjoying getting in to the groove of my new career. Every day is an adventure... not quite as adventurous as Bosnia, but everyday has it's own surprises!

Skoobi is doing well... I'll put a new picture of her up here next time I sign on. I actually have a video I want to upload, but for some reason, it won't take. Let's just say she is quite fond of Dunkin' Donuts!

Besides teaching school, I've been busy at my new church attending a ladies Bible study on Tuesdays and then teaching middle school girls on Wednesday nights. It's a lot of fun, and I am so glad they asked me to involved with the youth. I am team teaching with a wonderful lady named Liz. Her and her husband took me out on their boat a couple weeks ago. It was SO much fun! I can't wait to go again. I put some pictures down below.

Liz does a ministry to the nursing home on Mondays. A few weeks back, she met a very downcast lady at the home... as they began talking, she told Liz her family was from Serbia! She has never actually been there (she's in her 70's, I think), but her family spoke the language when she was growing up. It was very fun to be able to go to the home to speak to her before we went on the boat. My language is so rusty at the moment, so it will be nice as I stay in contact with her to practice some. Liz and I plan on cooking up a little Eastern European something before we go next time. That should be fun!

In September, mom celebrated her 60th birthday. We decorated her office, and had a really nice day for her. No one had to wonder how old she was since we put the "Hoppy 60th birthday" sign outside her door! Yes, it's "Hoppy" since she collects frogs, remember.

A few weeks ago, two of my friends from Bosnia were here - Tiffany and Sladjan! It was really fun to catch up with them. We went to Downtown Disney, and had a nice and relaxing afternoon.

The most fun thing that has happened in the last two days was after 31 years of living in the same house, in Florida, by canal... we finally had an alligator in the yard! OK, it wasn't more than two feet long, but we finally had an alligator in the yard! It was so cool!! Mom was out walking the dog for me (I tend to come home from work and fall asleep on the couch for an hour) when she suddenly was at the window, yelling in a loud whisper " YOUR CAMERA, GET YOUR CAMERA NOW! THERE'S A GAToR OUT HERE!" And I'm thinking "Save my dog...! And yourself, of course!" :) So I grabbed the camera and ran out to find the sweet gator I aptly named Fred. He is pictured below... we haven't seen him since, but I'm more concerned about meeting Fred's Momma! :)

OK, well, I am back to blogging! I hope some of you are still out there! Drop me a line and let me know!

Just a couple pictures from my day on the boat. I loved being out on the river and the ocean. The ocean was very cool with all the waves. I would put a video on here, but it's kind of embarrassing hearing myself yelling "woohoo" the whole time :)

Tiffany and Sladjan show their true colors!

We had fun on Mom's birthday! It's great working at the same school together.

The sunrise over our canal and dunes the other morning... apparently this is where Fred-the-Gator was born!

Can you find Fred-the-Gator's eyes? Look smack dab in the middle...

There is Fred right before he went in the water. I tried to video his move, but my camera battery died! AARGH!

And here is a close-up of Fred... what a cutie!

First Day and Fay...

The first day of school was Monday. I think it went very well. I enjoyed my first day as a teacher. It seems that I have many good students. However, we have yet to have second or third day of school! While Fay was only a tropical storm, she was full of water, and our county is flooded. Thankfully, we don't have any damage, but some friends of ours, only about a mile away, have a foot of water in their house. Most of the streets are impassable. We don't know if the schools will be able to open tomorrow since the people who need to go out and inspect them (like my dad) aren't even able to get to most of them.

One thing we need to work on is getting Skoobi to go potty in-between feeder bands :) She did fairly well, but did need to go out once in the middle of some good rain and wind. I'll put some pictures below for your viewing pleasure. As soon as that's done, I need to go and revamp all my lesson plans. No matter when we head back to school, it's going to be the first day all over again!

Just a quick video from our back window yesterday afternoon

(the video wouldn't upload, so I'll try again later)

The back yard beginning to flood... The neighbor's was already flooded.

This plant is supposed to be standing straight up, but it looks like a giant stomped on it!

More backyard pics

Skoobi loved the wind

The front of the house usually floods with more water than this, but it's still raining so you never know.

While not liking the river or ocean, Skoobi seemed to have a fascination with the really big puddles.

Skoobi's nemesis checking out the storm from inside her cozy room

The canal next to our house rarely has water in it... you can't really tell, but it's about 3/4 full... probably about 4 feet of water or so.

The backyard water started to receed this morning, but has kind of stalled. It will probably be there a few days, beckoning many mosquitos as it stands. Uugh.

Skoobi had to go outside at 11 last night. There was just so much water, the fire ants were floating around everywhere, and both Skoobi and I got bitten. The fun just never ends :)

A morning at the beach - blog post #200

We took Skoobi to the beach Saturday morning. I've been wanting to do it for a while, but the dog beach is about a half hour away (the people beach is only about 10 minutes away) and I just haven't wanted to drive that far. It's also funny to me that the dog beach is directly across the road from the nuclear power plant... hmmm... But anyways, Saturday morning was beautiful, so off we went. As the above picture shows, we got there just after sunrise. Next time we'll try to get there for the sunrise.

I was hoping Skoobi would just want to jump right in (like the other two dogs that showed up after a while). But alas, she just doesn't seem to be a water dog. I think she is afraid of the noise the waves make when they crash. She's lucky it was low tide otherwise I don't think I could have gotten her this close to the water

There she is not liking the water too much. It's amazing how fast she could move when the waves came in. Maybe she's just a spoiled diva who doesn't want to get her precious paws wet.

Yep, she was not at all into the water. I'm not going to force her, we'll just go maybe once a month or so and hopefully she will get over her fear.

She did like the seaweed. Thankfully there were no jelly fish or crabs on the beach, or we probably would have had to stop by the vets office on the way home. :)

And there are her paw prints gracing the shoreline - at least till the next wave comes and washes them away.

Below is a video of Skoobi on the beach. I think I finally figured out what she is... part Dalmatian, part sissy-chicken! :)



Thanks for sticking with me through 200 blog posts... wow!

You Ain't Gettin' My Donut...

We try to take Skoobi to the river for a nice long walk 3-4 times a week. It's about a 7 minute drive to the inlet and is much more scenic than the neighborhood. We went Saturday morning, and as usually there were quite a few squirrels running around. Skoobi saw one before we did (as she let us know by doing her new 'squirrel dance and whine') - it was really blended in to the tree it was sitting by. As we got closer, my mom and I finally saw it and noticed it was eating something. The squirrel kept one eye on us and the dog, and one eye on the food she was munching down on. We finally got too close and the squirrel made a break for it up the tree - with a whole donut in it's mouth! It was so funny watching the squirrel scramble in circles up the palm tree with a whole donut in her mouth! We just laughed and laughed - we couldn't decide if Skoobi wanted the squirrel or the donut more! Ad that squirrel was NOT letting some well fed spoiled dog even get a sniff of her precious donut. It was really cute.

Besides walking the dog, I've been cleaning the two bedrooms I'm living in. They aren't "dirty" but they have turned into storage units for me and my brother and sister. I found a dress I haven't seen in 4 years, some CD covers I knew I didn't throw away, my birth certificate and some medical papers I've been looking for for years. The good news is, I think I'm on my fifth garbage bag of stuff. That's liberating. I also have a lot for an upcoming garage sale and a pile for Goodwill.

I've also been volunteering a couple days a week at my mom's school. I helped at the book fair last week. My proudest moment was when I talked a boy out of buying some plastic bracelets and into buying a book. My least proud moment was when I tried to give kid change from a twenty when he only gave me ten. But he immediately pointed it out "Uh... I only gave you a ten." So, I gave him a free pencil since he was honest. I really enjoyed interacting with most of the kids. This week, I am observing/helping out in an autistic classroom for the morning on Wednesday and then on Thursday I'll be helping the kindergarten classes decorate cakes for Mother's Day. That one should be fun!

This coming month I'll be filling out job applications, visiting friends and supporters, and doing some babysitting. I'll continue to clean out these rooms, do some volunteering and a bit of traveling to visit people. I'm attending a good Bible study and trying to do some reading. It's still very strange being back, but I decided to take it one day at a time and "be still and know He is God..."

I had flowers...

Pretty flowers growing in the yard... yellow, purple, pink. Even two daffodils. The tulips were coming up, and I was hoping they would bloom before I leave next week.

But alas...

It's snowing.

Yesterday it was sunny and I was out doing errands, walking in the sun and the relative warmth. I didn't need or want a jacket.

But now it's snowing.

I also have a very bad sore throat and a cough. I really hope it goes away before I fly next week.

This time next week, I will be over the Atlantic with my dog in the cargo bay. Hopefully we will both be sleeping.

I do know when we get to Florida, it won't be snowing. My flipflops are packed on top of the suitcase. I'm so excited not to have to wear socks when I get to America. Socks are evil. I'm wearing them now, though, hoping they will make my throat feel better.

I can't believe I'm sick, and I really can't believe it's snowing. Ok, I suppose I can believe it's snowing because I already gave my winter coat away. Maybe that's why I'm sick.

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Randomness and that dog of mine...

So, there hasn't been a lot to update on since my trip to Bosnia. One thing I did decide to do was bathe the dog. Skoobi hasn't had a bath in probably four years. Now, that's not as gross as it sounds - I brush her almost every day, and I spot clean her as she needs it. Besides, if you were anywhere in the vicinity of the last bath she had, you'd recall it just isn't worth it. She puts up a fight like a mad dog, and even though she comes out clean, everything else around her becomes quite messy.

But again, I was bored, and I figured I should give her a good cleaning before her first plane ride. So four days ago, I bought the shampoo and I gave her a good scrubbing. She hated it, but we got through it. Two days ago she was outside playing as normal. I went to the door to check on her and here is what I saw:

She hasn't been that muddy in a long time. The phrase "death becomes her" crossed my mind, but sometimes you just have to shrug your shoulders, roll your eyes, and grab the dog brush :) So, that's what I did - I just gave her a good brushing and all was right with the world once again. I can't wait to get her to Florida and introduce her to the garden hose.

And I must thank Jana for fixing my computer. I went to put a blank dvd in the other day to back up my files, and the disk wouldn't go in - it was like something inside was blocking it. I tried a bunch of things with no success. I mentioned the problem on her blog and got an email saying "I can fix your computer!" I read the email and my initial thought was "How can I trust this if Donovan didn't know about it?" (No offense, Donovan - I just wasn't sure I could trust Mac advice if it didn't come from you! ). But I decided to go ahead and try it, and it worked! So, thank you for fixing my computer Jana!

Tomorrow I'm having people over for dinner,s o today is straightening the house and making some food. Then I need to plan a trip to Zagreb one day in the next week, and that's about it. I'll post some pictures of my dinner party later this week. Thanks for stopping by!

Baby sitting

I've baby sat for Tomislav and Petra a couple of times the last few weeks. Here are some pictures of Daniel and Petar. Even though they didn't look happy, they really were having fun making cookies. And they had a lot of fun eating them too :)

Superbowl

I was hoping to catch the Superbowl today. I like both the Patriots and the Giants, and even though I really didn't follow the season this year, it would have been fun to watch the game. It should be a good one. There's one Croatian channel carrying the game, but I don't get it on my TV. I was hoping to watch it online, but alas. I can listen to it online, but being in the wee hours of the morning, I just don't think I'd be able to stay awake without the visual stimulation.

I really don't know who I want to win... Like I said, I like both teams. It would be kind of fun for the Patriots to be 19-0, but it would be fun for the Giants to beat the the so far unbeatable team. I guess I'll just wake up tomorrow and be happy for which ever team won. When two teams I like play each other, I usually would cheer for the underdog (Unless it's Tampa - I alway s want Tampa to win), so maybe I should be rooting for the Giants. Oh, I don't know. It's just a a game. I kind of wish I lived in Arizona so I could rent my house to one of the crazy people paying thousands of dollars to go to the game.

The best thing about the football season was that Miami was 1-15. Oh how happy I would have been if they were 0-16, but 1-15 isn't so bad. :) There's always next year for Miami to be a perfect 0-16.

OK, well, more later this week...

Christmas Outreach

So, where were you a year ago today? I distinctly remember where I was a year ago - being turned around at the border during my first attempt at the move to Croatia. But, while I can roll my eyes at it now, I decided not to dwell on it and post the cutest video ever of Skoobi opening her Christmas presents. I lost the video. I was so bummed. It was adorable. I guess I shouldn't attempt to do anything I consider important on December 27th. I think I'm officially declaring December 27 "Stay in bed, snuggle with the dog, read books, and take a nap" day. And since that is what I basically did today, I'm off to a good start :)

Below are some pictures of our Christmas outreach this past weekend. It was a nice time and very well attended by about 35 people. Lots of food, fun, and fellowship as we celebrated Christmas together. (Captions are under the photos)

Group shot

Ana, two of her kids, and Anita around the food table - so much food!

Dragica talking to Beba and one of Beba's friends

Ana's close up with Anita's son (Marko), her dad, and a surprised Anita

Zlatko's wife, Ivanka

Marko again

Luka (Anita's older son) and Nancy preparing some Christmas songs

My friend Janice, pictured with me above at the outreach, came from Sarajevo to spend Christmas with me and the mutt. She just left today after spending a fun week here playing games, walking in the snow, watching some movies, and hanging out. I'm glad she was able to come as it was nice to have company, especially for Christmas. She's part of the reason I stayed in bed most of the day - her being a night person, I was up so late some nights, but still up early the next day. I was exhausted! But it was the good kind of tired, because it really was fun having her here!

Ok, well, even though I don't have that cute video, I'll post Christmas in Varaždin pictures tomorrow. I'm off to start a new book - I already finished one of the ones I got from my mom just last week! I always say I'm going to read slowly, but once I get started, I just get so into it!

Catching up... and some pics

So did you ever have one of those couple of days where you think - "Oh good grief - what else?" While nothing bad has happened, little things keep happening that make me think "If one more thing happens, I'm going to go insane!"

On Saturday, I put a bowl of soup in the microwave, turned around and heard a not-so-good noise coming from behind me. I turn around and wow - what pretty fireworks are taking place in and around my microwave! So, we quickly pull the plug (which so happens to be on the other side of the kitchen) and just kind of stand there thinking... "OK, well then, that was exciting!"

So for 48 hours I had heat up food on the stove. Totally not complaining, it's just... different. I can't just take the plastic bowl out of the freezer and make it hot. There are just more steps involved with out a microwave.

So then let's back up 24 hours. Monday night I was so excited. The last episode of Survivor (I know - totally pathetic, but I can't stop watching it) downloaded and I had a busy yet quite productive day so I planned to heat a frozen pizza, hunker down under lots of covers on the bed, and enjoy the Survivor finale. I turned the oven on to pre-heat and jumped in the shower. Thirty minuites later, I'm so excited... in my pajamas, gonna have hot pizza and watch Survivor. I open the oven to put the pizza in - the oven is stone cold. AAARRGGHHHH! The light is in on like normal, but no heat. It's as cold as my refridgerator. I want to cry. No microwave and no oven = no pizza.

I was going to have that pizza if it killed me. So... I decided to pan fry it! I wish I took a picture. My two little baguette pizzas just a frying away in the pan. OK, honestly, it didn't work all that well. The bottom was very nice - hot and crispy, but the top, well, it was a bit cold. Although when I chewed it, it kind of turned a nice temperature in my mouth... My crappy appliances were not going to beat me!

So Anita took me to buy a new microwave today - it's a lot better then my old one - it really heats things up fast! My landlord called a repairman to come in the morning for the oven - kind of strange to ask for prayer for an oven, but with Christmas coming, I committed to baking a million cookies for presents and other things, and well, ya can't really do that without an oven! I'm really hoping it's just the element and can be fixed quickly. And I know when I hope about those kind of things, it usually turns in to a huge drama... please, no oven drama!!

Here are some pictures because I decided blogs without pictures are a bit boring...

Anita took the two pictures below in town the other evening.




Below is my Christmas grass... When I was out with Anita today, she put one in the cart. I eyed her suspiciously and said - "Why are you buying a pot of grass?" She said it was a traditional Croatian Christmas custom. So of course I bought one. I want to be traditional - when in Croatia... and then she said I had to tie and ribbon around it. So now I think I'm really traditional, but I have no idea the significance of it all. I'll get back to you on that!

Here's a picture of me by my Christmas tree.

And here is the puppy, kind of depressed that she has all these cool gifts under the tree but she can't open them till Christmas :) i found a store with cheap dog toys! i was so excited as she really needed some new ones, so I got her three for about $6 - very cool!


So, on Thursday I'm heading to Zagreb to visist my friend Ljubica - remember her? We used to walk together in the park every morning. And then I am meeting my friend Janice - she' s coming from Sarajevo to spend a week with me here for Christmas - yea! I'lm very happy to have company, especially someone for Christmas. Pray for safe travels, and a fun time with Ljubica and with Janice. Also please be praying for our Christmas outreach this coming Sunday evening.

OK, thanks for stopping by - Talk to you again soon!

A real pain in the mouth...

Why do I love laptops? Here I am working (doing paperwork for my church, writing emails, posting on my blog) and I'm still in bed at 3pm. OK, technically I'm not still in bed, but I am bundled up under the covers while I work! I think yesterday and today have been the coldest days yet this year. The low this morning was about 25 and the high 32. Yesterday was the same. It snowed yesterday and just started again about a half hour or so ago.

I just got up to let Skoobi out for a few minutes, and made some slightly warm coffee for myself. Why only slightly warm when the house is kind of cool and it's snowing outside? Well, yesterday evening Anita and I went out to do some shopping. We met in town and it was cold and a bit snowy (but thankfully there was no ice on the sidewalks - I followed a sidewalk plower/salter home. I'm smart like that sometimes). We went to a couple stores and I was so bummed because I took my most awesome glove off to check my cell phone and a few seconds later, I realized I didn't put the glove back on and it was gone! We retraced our steps three times, and no glove. I was so bummed. Not only were they the warmest gloves ever, they were a gift from one of my best friends. That sucks.

But otherwise it was a nice time out. How does this tie into slightly warm coffee? I'm getting there... So on the way home, I was still bummed about the glove. I had older ones with me, but they didn't really work, so walking home, my hands got really cold. I stopped by the store near my house to buy something warm and easy for dinner. I decided to make fake pizza. I bought some bread and cheese, and when I got home, I put spaghetti sauce on the bread along with the cheese and shoved it in the oven.

Then I was happy because I checked my email and I had a message from Itunes telling me the newest episode of Survivor was ready to download - Yes! So I started to download it while I got ready for bed and the pizza was cooking. I talked to my friend on-line while the pizza was to finish and the episode to download. Then the download was complete and I got the pizza out of the oven and snuggled into bed with the dog and the pizza and hit play on the computer...

So Survivor starts and I'm so thankful for a warm bed and hot pizza...well, the pizza was really really hot. I just bit right into it and - OW! It was so hot! I'm spitting out pizza and guzzling milk, missing the first few seconds of Survivor. So I wait a few minutes for the pizza to cool, and take another bite. Apparently I didn't wait long enough... Aargh! I have a huge blister on my tongue and another on the roof of my mouth. So I can't even eat anything fairly warm without being in a lot of pain.

OK, so that was a long boring story - here is another one. I heard a bunch of dogs barking last night. So did Skoobi. She wasn't happy to not have been invited to the party. But they eventually went away and we went back to bed. I got up about 7 and was going to turn the heat on and let the dog out, but I popped open my email window first to let it download. Well, as I'm standing there, I swear I hear a dog crying. I look at Skoobi and she's snoring, not crying. So I listen, and I hear it again. I go to the window, look out, and there is a dog in my yard! My yard is totally gated - I have no idea how this dog got into the yard!

Well, I can't let Skoobi out until I get the dog out of the yard. So I get semi-dressed (it is 25 degrees outside mind you) and go outside. Skoobi is inside crying and whining her head off. I go into the yard - no dog. So now I'm really confused. I know there was a dog in the yard, and I have got to figure out how it got there. Well, then I see it - in the neighbors yard! I'm thinking "What the heck?! The dog is obviously stressed and looking for a way out. So in my pajamas (because we all know I can't leave a dog in distress) I unlock my gate, walk down the icy sidewalk to my next door neighbor's gate to see if I can let the dog out. I didn't even know if I could open the neighbor's gate, but turns out they don't lock the gate so I opened it quietly and tried to coax the dog out. The dog iwas terrified and wouldn't come to me.

So, I open the gate a little and leave a doggie treat by the door, hoping he would just come out on his own. So I walk to my gate and turn around and see the pup trotting off down the street. Poor guy. Hopefully he found his way home.

So I come in my house and let my mutt out. She proceeds to go crazy cause she smells the dog scent in the yard. I'm searching all over the yard trying to figure out how the dog got in and out. I think he squeezed through the big gate sometime last night, and then I found where he went under the fence into the neighbors yard. Skoobi can't do either, she's too big, so I'm glad there isn't a gapping hole somewhere I didn't see where Skoobi could escape. Sigh... a day in the life.

One other thing about shopping with Anita is I was able to buy Skoobi some Christmas presents for really cheap - woohoo! She needed some new inside toys and I got three for only about six bucks - not so bad! They are all wrapped and under the tree. She'll be so excited :)

Well, there you go... a long and boring blog post. Sometimes life's like that. It's nice to have a boring day every once in a while to catch up with paperwork and email and write on the blog :) Now I think I'm going to go outside and stick some snow in my mouth - even slightly warm coffee is painful!

The dragon in my bathroom

Ok, so it isn't really a fire-breathing dragon, but it sure reminds me of one... I remember when I first moved into the house here and took my first shower - the water heater turned on automatically and scared the bajeebies out of me. So, here is my water heater turning on - it heats all the water in the house plus the radiators. It's really nice because I have a never-ending source of hot water, which is a super-bonus plus now that it's winter time! :) And make sure you have the volume up so you can hear the fire-breathing dragon in all its splendor!

Firsts...

The first printing of the Bayash Bible for Children has been published. Here it is pictured below. You can see more pictures of the Bible in the hands of the kids on Bob's blog: http://roma-diary.blogspot.com/




We finally had first snow this past weekend. It was almost a relief - you knew it was coming and the tension was just growing and growing and you could feel it in the air... OK, that's probably quite over-dramatic, but now that it has snowed, it can snow anytime and it's just snow. It made everything nice and pretty, but a south wind blew in this week and now you'd never know we had any of the white stuff at all.






Skoobi loves the snow, as you can see in these couple pictures above. It's nice having the yard as now i don't have to bundle up every time she wants to go out. We did play snowball catch for a while, and that's always fun.

Below is just a strange thing... Skoobi hates the bathroom. It's where I send her when she's bad or when I need her to be gone for a while, like if I have a repairman over or something. But she REALLY hates the bathtub. I haven't given her a bath in years because life is just too short to deal with her kicking and screaming (My dog is very clean, don't worry, I brush her like a mad woman, and I spot clean her when she needs it). But anyways, the last two days I've come home to paw prints in the bathtub and shampoo bottles knocked off the shelves! It's so weird. I have no idea why she would want to go in the tub... It's very twilight zone-ish, especially for those who, back in the early days, knew the trauma of giving the mutt a bath!



Yesterday (Thursday) Anita and I went to Zagreb to have lunch with Ivanka (Zlatko's wife). Anita and Ivanka are pictured below. It was really nice to see Ivanka as I don't get to see her that often. We had a great lunch at the new mall, and just chatted and had a good time. It was nice to get out of town for the day and of course, we had to do a little shopping. I had to buy a new mixer/chopper thing because mine broke and I pretty much use it every day. I also finally bought a full length mirror! After six years, I finally don't have to stand on a chair and look at my reflection in a window to see if I look semi decent in my outfit... I spoil myself...



Sanja, my language teacher and I had some hang out time yesterday. A huge, new store opened up here in Varaždin and so we decided to check it out. The stuff is so expensive it's just ridiculous. We weren't planning on buying anything anyways, but even if we were, we wouldn't have been able to! We had a lot of fun, which was the point of it all. I'm glad Sanja and I are able to be friends outside of my little tutoring session. Pray for her as she'll be gone all next week taking tests back at her college.




I love this picture of Skoobi. It's just so cute... That's her "Oh please don't make me come in I really really want to play some more in the snow" face. :)

My Thanksgiving dinner was canceled, and so yesterday was just a regular work day for me. But it was nice to go visit Zdenka and then hang out with Sanja. I did make some turkey chili for dinner, so at least I had some of the bird :) I am planning on making a small Thanksgiving dinner for a couple people the week after next. It will be nice.

Well, I guess that's it for all. I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving, and I'll try to post again soon... I had a really fun video to post, but I couldn't get it to download. It's the second video on my camera I've lost, so I need to figure that out... but anyways - more later!