Treasure!

Our fourth (and my favorite yet) geocaching grab led us on a nice brisk hike in the hills that we see every day- Happy Hill Love was the backdrop as we braved the chill in the wind (and my paranoia); grasping the GPS, we trotted back and forth on the dirt roads of Temecula's lovely landscape.

The cache was quickly found and we retrieved our target- Smoochy, his Travel Bug firmly intact. Grace was thrilled to welcome him into our home and introduce him to all the other snuggle bugs around our happy home.

My Flickr photo Set has more captions, with local history and other items of interest.

Or watch the photoshow highlights by clicking here. (http://www.photoshow.net/watch/ef6QX6nc )

Studio 60

A tribute to a wonderful television program IMHO.

Oh and at the end of this clip the coolest fictional, yet up to the minute, and totally apropos, song ever... (you may have to turn up your speakers!) click here for lyrics

Entry for February 10, 2007

I first heard of Senator Barack Hussein Obama from the opening comedian (Rajiv Satyal) for Kevin Nealon, at the Irvine Improv. Shawn's brother and his wife took us (it was their Christmas gift to us- love those gifts that keep on coming!) last weekend.

Rajiv was of course poking fun at the Senator's name- how could a black man, who's first name sounds like Iraq, middle name is the same as Sadam's, and last name rhymes with Osama ever become president? Everyone laughed, but there was a touch of underlying tension for a moment as our collective minds dwelled on those unfortunate connections.

And now it is official that Mr. Obama will be making an attempt to do just that. Vying for the Democratic nomination is our potential first female president, Hillary. Two choices that seem as far as you can get from out current Texas "Good Ol' Boy", Bush. I was interested to read this lightly critical opinion of possible President Obama from Ezra Klein.

And what will the Republicans do?

Check out all my PINK links above to research an answer for this poll- if you don't already have an opinion.

[the poll was a Y360 feature where this entry was originally posted, below are the results]

Who would you nominate for the Dem's?

The Senator from New York, who grew up in Illinois- 2

The Senator from Illinois, who grew up internationally-1

Completed the third!

A very quick find, and clever hide- Vanishing Breed was the name of this Geocache hunt that led us to Superman's dressing room, back in the day. We had started out on Sunday planning to walk to this one which looked to be out behind our house. Photos here!

A valuable geocaching lesson was learned about bearing and overview maps! We had to turn around as our walk led us in a big circle out to the front of our neighborhood. We took Ford who was unleashed and he couldn't cross the very busy street.

So today after hunting again unsuccessfully for the final on the Independence Day Multi- our second geocaching adventure, we took Chicken to gymnastics and grabbed this one on the way home.

Entry for Feb 8th, 2007

Ok so I started this big long retrospective of our first 10 years together, and since I only got through the first 5 years: I haven't been blogging, waiting to complete and put that memory filled essay up for all to read- silly huh?

Shawn had an interview at Bay Alarm today while Grace and I cleaned out the garage ("before" picture above- "after" picture to come!) to prepare for a garage sale. Oh such the suburban life!

Uh-oh! I think they just went for a walk in the "backyard's backyard"-

"There they go, I must hasten after them- for I am their Leader" (the other thing that always graced the walls of my parents bedroom when I was growing up- for the first thing you'll have to read my comment on Mel's blog).

Oh good they haven't left- they are trying to fix the yellow flashlight for Me! They have theirs (Grace's pink hello kitty & Shawn's Mag lite!)- I get the cheap 2-for-a-dollar, emergency - batteries-are-always-dead-when-you-need-'em plastic jobby. But... I also get 2 very dear souls who are willing to put new ones in so we can all get our daily family walk in- even though it's 8:00.

Well we're out of batteries- so Grace brought me the green latern. And we're off!

Garage Clean Up:

Click here for First Break photo

Click here for Finished for the Day Photo

Second Attempt on our Second Cache Hunt

Are we lost?
Originally uploaded by barefootin.

We went back yesterday to try and find that treasure that now includes a much coveted Travel Bug! We searched high and low (and gathered a whole grocery bag full of trash- cache in, trash out!) and still couldn't find it!

After a short playtime in the sand we went home to see if Shawn was done working so he could help us- no luck! We are going to try and walk over today again- this one is supposed to be easy! The faded second waypoint may be the problem. I went ahead and looked at the logs of past cachers and with a new clue we may be in luck!

Carrot Balls

After a long rainy day spent reorienting myself to all the growth Barefoot Books has been rightfully experiencing while I was otherwise occupied (have you checked out the Winter Sale?), Grace and I took some time to play Chutes & Ladders and make Carrot Balls.

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She wowed me with her reading skills when, while I was trying to pull a fast one on her, she read "Eat now" in the Kinder Krunchies, Too cookbook we love from Discovery Toys. I had said we would need to put them in the fridge until dad got home, and she caught me! I was so proud.

The carrot balls were yummy, and life is good. The family is all snug inside with a fire... the baby kittens are starting to explore, Tiger is playing with Phoebe and Ford is settled in his big doggy bed. National Treasure is the backdrop for this evening... some people have TV on in the background all night, with us it's DVDs- from the moment Shawn comes out of the office. So even though I proudly proclaim to all my mommy friends, "We don't even have TV in our house"- I don't mention the spinning towers of entertainment that we have accumulated, nor the revolving door in our mailbox for Blockbuster Online DVDs (did I mention I LOVE their new Total Access program, best deal ever).

Oh and while I am on it, have you tried Roast-a-Roma? It's yummy...

Okay my consumeristic rant is complete.