This is a Flip Video I just took at 6:20pm on the last day of class. It is what it looks like from my seat in the back, right-hand side of the room. I took the video and popped the USB drive into the computer and uploaded it onto the blog. You should all get one of these Flip Videos. What a perfect way to blog when you go on vacation! Everyone can join you on your trip.
Monday, May 19, 2008
2007 Oriole Court
This slide show is for you Professor. It's what the residents of our house on Oriole Court were up to last year. A year in pictures. (I'm sticking this on here because it was way easier than I thought to upload youtube videos. In fact, it was easier than the blogger movie option.)
Our First Hike on Mount Diablo
Here's a video of us hiking on Mt Diablo. I made this video and posted it on you tube. So now I'm going to try a different kind of video on this blog.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Slugfest
For you to see into our weird world. This is a group of photos I took back in 2003. Check it out. Long live Movie Maker.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The Sunset Last Night
The evening grew closer and the heat began to subside. We went into the back yard to feel the cool breeze off of the bay, and we found this. I guess there's something to be said about hot, still evenings with a touch of particulate matter in the atmosphere. :)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Birth-Day!
They came. And they kept on coming.
Total count.....10!
4 boys and 6 girls.
They are beautiful and healthy and mama is wonderful.
Here are some pics.
And just to let you know, they were all sold before they were conceived. Each of them will go to a family that wants to do sports with them.
Here's Michael's website so you can check it all out.
If you look under "dogs" then under "breedings" you'll see the "W" litter listed.
www.loupsdusoleil.com
Here's Joujou playing they day before she gave birth.
Here's the fantastic 10!
Total count.....10!
4 boys and 6 girls.
They are beautiful and healthy and mama is wonderful.
Here are some pics.
And just to let you know, they were all sold before they were conceived. Each of them will go to a family that wants to do sports with them.
Here's Michael's website so you can check it all out.
If you look under "dogs" then under "breedings" you'll see the "W" litter listed.
www.loupsdusoleil.com
Here's Joujou playing they day before she gave birth.
Here's the fantastic 10!
Monday, May 12, 2008
Chora,malade, krank, больно, άρρωστοι, enfermo....
Whatever language you use, I AM SICK!
I came down with the worst cold last night. I woke up stuffed and achey and really didn't want to go to work, much less hang out in class until after 9pm. But I can't miss any class time because it is such an advantage to be there. I get so much information about the projects - more than I would just by reading the syllabus.
Anyway, the good news is that our dog started having puppies tonight. She had her first one at 5pm. My husband is going to keep me updated, via email posts, about her progress.
This is a head shot of the mama. Her name is JouJou. It loosely means teddybear/little toy in French.
I'll load some pictures of her pregnant and then with her babies tomorrow.
The first one that came out was a girl and she was perfect.
Hopefully I'll get home in time to see her have a few more.
Until tomorrow.....
carol
I came down with the worst cold last night. I woke up stuffed and achey and really didn't want to go to work, much less hang out in class until after 9pm. But I can't miss any class time because it is such an advantage to be there. I get so much information about the projects - more than I would just by reading the syllabus.
Anyway, the good news is that our dog started having puppies tonight. She had her first one at 5pm. My husband is going to keep me updated, via email posts, about her progress.
This is a head shot of the mama. Her name is JouJou. It loosely means teddybear/little toy in French.
I'll load some pictures of her pregnant and then with her babies tomorrow.
The first one that came out was a girl and she was perfect.
Hopefully I'll get home in time to see her have a few more.
Until tomorrow.....
carol
Monday, May 5, 2008
Now
It has been 12 days since my husband's mum passed away and I'm finding it quite exhausting to catch up with everything I put aside while she was in the hospital and afterward. Not only do I have tons of work to do, but I find that I'm totally emotionally and physically exhausted. I'm sure it has to do with getting very little sleep. But moreover, I have realized how much strength it takes to live within the kind of intense emotion that comes when someone you love dearly is ending their life right before you eyes. I have known her since I was 17 years old... back when I fell in love my husband during the high school days.
It's weird how our reality has changed.
And yet, there are moments that I can forget that all this has happened. I mean, I can go on about my days and become completely engrossed in all my daily activities and almost enjoy the feeling that everything is the same as it was before......that nothing has changed. Then I have the urge to call her or I come across one of the myriad household gifts she gave me over the years, and all the feelings of sorrow come surging back and I break down crying, alone in my kitchen, holding a serving bowl.
I miss her.
I know that she wouldn't want us to fall apart. I know that she would want us to continue our lives the best way we can. And we intend to. I just can't believe we can't talk to her anymore. It sucks.
It's weird how our reality has changed.
And yet, there are moments that I can forget that all this has happened. I mean, I can go on about my days and become completely engrossed in all my daily activities and almost enjoy the feeling that everything is the same as it was before......that nothing has changed. Then I have the urge to call her or I come across one of the myriad household gifts she gave me over the years, and all the feelings of sorrow come surging back and I break down crying, alone in my kitchen, holding a serving bowl.
I miss her.
I know that she wouldn't want us to fall apart. I know that she would want us to continue our lives the best way we can. And we intend to. I just can't believe we can't talk to her anymore. It sucks.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Letterboxing
Hi all.
I thought I would take a moment to introduce you to a hobby that has been diversion of mine for a while now. It's called letterboxing.
It's like a treasure hunt and scavenger hunt at the same time, only it's never ending fun.
Letterboxing started in England in 1854 at a place called Cranmere Pool. A man hid a jar somewhere at this serene picnicing area and suggested that all the visitors leave a note saying that they were there.
Well, this caught on and soon there were journal jars all over the place, hidden away from public view. The only way to find them was to get the clue from someone. Now-a-days we have the internet and over the past 150 years the hobby has grown and evolved. Now the letterboxes are small plastic containers that have a small journal and a rubber stamp inside. When the letterboxer finds the box she takes out her own journal and stamp and exchanges stamps in the journals and writes a little note to say hello and, very discreetly returns the letterbox back to it's hiding place.
This hobby is soooooo fun. There are about 30,000 hidden boxes all over the U.S. and more in Great Britain and Europe! Here's a couple of website links I made for you to check out and get the bug to start hunting!
http://www.letterboxing.org/
http://www.atlasquest.com/
And let mw say that one of the best parts of the letterboxing hobby is that while you're hunting you get introduced to beautiful places that you never knew about before. And it's really fun to do with the family!
Ask me any questions you may have and I will happily and eagerly help you get started.
I thought I would take a moment to introduce you to a hobby that has been diversion of mine for a while now. It's called letterboxing.
It's like a treasure hunt and scavenger hunt at the same time, only it's never ending fun.
Letterboxing started in England in 1854 at a place called Cranmere Pool. A man hid a jar somewhere at this serene picnicing area and suggested that all the visitors leave a note saying that they were there.
Well, this caught on and soon there were journal jars all over the place, hidden away from public view. The only way to find them was to get the clue from someone. Now-a-days we have the internet and over the past 150 years the hobby has grown and evolved. Now the letterboxes are small plastic containers that have a small journal and a rubber stamp inside. When the letterboxer finds the box she takes out her own journal and stamp and exchanges stamps in the journals and writes a little note to say hello and, very discreetly returns the letterbox back to it's hiding place.
This hobby is soooooo fun. There are about 30,000 hidden boxes all over the U.S. and more in Great Britain and Europe! Here's a couple of website links I made for you to check out and get the bug to start hunting!
http://www.letterboxing.org/
http://www.atlasquest.com/
And let mw say that one of the best parts of the letterboxing hobby is that while you're hunting you get introduced to beautiful places that you never knew about before. And it's really fun to do with the family!
Ask me any questions you may have and I will happily and eagerly help you get started.
Monday, March 31, 2008
My Computer Class Entry
Hi
My name is Carol.
I have had this blog for a while, then I switched to a .mac blog.
But, since we are doing this project for class on blogger.com, I thought I could say hi from here instead of creating a whole new one. I call it The Carmic Chronicles because my husband's name is Michael and I'm Carol. So I split our names and got carmic. It has a nice double meaning too. So please feel free to look around my blog. I have a lot of pictures and videos.
I am new to the Bay Area. I am originally from San Diego, where I got my teaching credential from Chapman down there. Then I moved to NYC to obtain an advanced degree and lived there for five years.
When the East Coast weather got to be too much for me, we moved here. Now we live in Hercules.
I am a Home and Hospital teacher for Mount Diablo School District. I am also a theatre director. I director plays for children with Golden Thread Theatre Productions. In fact I would like to invite you to see one of our performances this Saturday, April 5th at the Berkeley Library at 10:30am. It's free. Bring your children. They'll really love it.
Here's the website address for the theatre company I work for. http://www.goldenthread.org/
I also have a theatre company of my own where we do experimental theatre. Here's the web address for that.
http://www.ochlostheatreworkshop.org/
As I said in my little classroom speech, my husband is a professional dog trainer. You can see what he does at this address.
http://www.loupsdusoleil.com/
It was very nice to meet all of you and hear all the stories that brought you to this class.
See you next Monday!
My name is Carol.
I have had this blog for a while, then I switched to a .mac blog.
But, since we are doing this project for class on blogger.com, I thought I could say hi from here instead of creating a whole new one. I call it The Carmic Chronicles because my husband's name is Michael and I'm Carol. So I split our names and got carmic. It has a nice double meaning too. So please feel free to look around my blog. I have a lot of pictures and videos.
I am new to the Bay Area. I am originally from San Diego, where I got my teaching credential from Chapman down there. Then I moved to NYC to obtain an advanced degree and lived there for five years.
When the East Coast weather got to be too much for me, we moved here. Now we live in Hercules.
I am a Home and Hospital teacher for Mount Diablo School District. I am also a theatre director. I director plays for children with Golden Thread Theatre Productions. In fact I would like to invite you to see one of our performances this Saturday, April 5th at the Berkeley Library at 10:30am. It's free. Bring your children. They'll really love it.
Here's the website address for the theatre company I work for. http://www.goldenthread.org/
I also have a theatre company of my own where we do experimental theatre. Here's the web address for that.
http://www.ochlostheatreworkshop.org/
As I said in my little classroom speech, my husband is a professional dog trainer. You can see what he does at this address.
http://www.loupsdusoleil.com/
It was very nice to meet all of you and hear all the stories that brought you to this class.
See you next Monday!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
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