neti pot this...

do you know what this is?

easy... it's my larynx with vocal folds

and you can see down into my trachea

otherwise known as awesome...

here is my soon to be graduated speech pathologist then i got my hearing test

results: passed a look from the soundless room to my examiner
scary animals that light up to help involve small children
creepy...
but it does remind me of something,
some tv how from the past
but i don't remember which one...
any help?

part of day one of reno

went on my own jet plane

to reno.
the sun shines here
i've already laughed multiple times
a ride in a red bug will always make one happy
good times ahead...
stay posted.

a good day ahead

my water heater is finally fixed
after about a week...
today i was not chilled after 5-7 minutes
it's going to be a great day
let the steam continue!

springtime in the oregon

walking to and fro

using your feet to get to work

definately has it's perks
when one thing stops blooming

another thing starts...

quite magical

in this way

here in the oregon

not bad for a cell phone camera

new day, new belly

i feel SO much better today

one thing i learned
while being laid up all day yesterday is
my mice foes not friends are still around
it looked like they left
and the neighbor's cats did their job
but i could hear them
in walls
running about

dirty little...

ginger brew to the rescue!

well so much for having a productive friday at work

i ended up getting sick and am hoping

this will just be a 24 hr virus

i feel like if you have a sick day

you should at least be able to watch movies,

read books, eat a little...

but nope it's 5:30 at night

and i missed a beautiful sunny day

that i got to see from the window of my bedroom

what fun is that?

i do have to thank amanda

for introducing me to ginger brew though

back when i lived in moab

and thank kait for getting me some today

normally i have a back up bottle in the frig

but no luck today

i was out

this strong ginger ale

normally helps so since i've been drinking it

and have successfully had

no mad dashes to the bathroom

not all of us can cure stomach whoas

by picking a lemon in our new backyard

and mix it with honey and water

and be cured.

i'm jealous.

all i've got is a lawn that needs to be mowed.

wish me luck.

i SO didn't want this for a friday/weekend!

not fun.

leaving on a jet plane... not me

All my bags are packed I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn
The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time let me kiss you
Close your eyes I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go

Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

(p.s. it also is the only song i can play
all the way through on the guitar)

final installment... 3: lil' hikes

to the jetty near one of the batteriescoffenbury lake

taking it all in

rain don't stop us

installment 2

fort stevens beach:

i secretly would love a lil' old toyota

like my dad's

yes we're allowed to drive on beaches here

the public owns our beaches

another reason

oregon rocks

the shipwreck!

we seemed to show up

at the same time...

high tide

and couldn't climb up...

it was rainy and super windy

still smiles

astoria column:

hot bangs i know

windy at the top

i wrecked our glider's back wing

before we got to the top

sad but it still flew
like a champ

ohhh so mysterious...
where the columbia meets the ocean
one of my fav places...

fort stevens installment one: root beer challenge

when your friends unfortunately

can't make it from utah

plan b had to come into effect

with the weather dreadful

about everywhere from washington

to oregon to northern california

we opted for camping at the coast

to help cheer our spirits

we discovered a ridiculous amount of root beer

at the local gas station

the attendant was surprise of just root beer

but we decided to take the challengedidn't look suspicious at all

with two brown paper bags

the line up

intense competition

deep thought and time

went towards making this hard decision

but these were the winners in order...

buckin' root beer from jackson hole

topped the chart...

also it was the source of many jokes later

i recommend you look for it when you're in wyoming

or that antler filled town

brands

there are some things
that branding does matter

as observed by this morning breakfast
the knock off brand of my multi-grain cheerios
isn't working.
even mixed with the real stuff
isn't working

i tried
but it's not making it.

other must have brands are:
heinz ketchup
reduce fat wheat thins
brianna's red wine vinaigrette
reef flip flops
st ives collagen elastin facial moisturizer
and probably a few others

goonies side trip

participating posers:

wanna be abercrombie model va-voo!why yes those are highlights...

(he just moved to so. cali...obviously)la virgen de guatalupe

(not a self given title)remember the skull key

and how the rock lined up with the skull? i just liked this tree

would have liked it better

with no people in the background...

it looks like a sign for adversity or something...

a lil' truffle shuffle
doesn't hurt anyone...
group o' posers

+

(thanks be to david for the majority of good pictures)

another fun time...

check.

camping at silver falls

furlough days

have turned out to be very enjoyable...good company+ waterfalls+ cheezy grins+ sun +moss covered branches

=good three day weekends

table rock... playing catch up

i know i'm a slacking blogger so

i'll try to catch up...

hike to table rock in the gorge

dwarf participants:

happy pouty

not really...just likes pictures

obviously

looking to the top of where we're going

stunning even before the top

boulder field... still better than mt. timp ANY DAY

we took the heart break ridge trail

notice broken heart

please don't notice crazy bangs

looking from atop

mt. hood across the way

gorge to the east

valley below

gorge to the west

very exposed rock

happy and pouty

mt raineer and helens (i'm pretty sure)

for those of you not seeing green in the spring...

come to oregon

or washington we're actually in washington

pouty is really actually happy

but doesn't show it till on top of the mt

happy continues...

shrooms are facinating

to be seen on the way down

greasy spoon as a nice reward...

i should work for toyota...

missing in action/causality along the way-

my beloved green paddy pullover gets lost along the way.

rest in peace