100000

So this may not seem like a big deal to some of you but it is something that I have been lookng forward to for weeks now- ever since my car hit 90,000 miles. This weekend it finally happened. I was on my way home from second service and was just on my way up the big hill on Twin Oaks Valley. It happened- my odometer went to 99999. So of course I took a picture- I had been carrying my camera around in my car all week so I wouldn't miss the moment- it only happens for one mile! Then I was figured I might as well take a picture when I hit 100,000 miles too, and then 100001 looked neat also so I took a picture of that. I have a silver 2000 Audi A4 that I have owned since June of 2000 back when it had 11 miles on it. Hard to believe that I have now clocked over 100000 miles in my car, in just 8 short years. Anyway, thought I'd share. You'll find find more pictures when I hit 111,111 and it would be really cool if I can get 222,222 out of it- guess I'll find out in another 8 years!

This is it at 99999- click on it and you'll see a bigger image:)

Here it is at 100000, and a picture of me at 100000 and where on the road I was at 100000.

And lastly when I hit 100001. Yes, I am a nerd.

Boogey-Woogey

Cat sent me this great clip of 2 people who know how to jitterbug! If you don't know what that is watch this clip- then I challenge you to ask your grandparents or great grandparents if they used to jitterbug back in the day! Anyway- I love dancing and I always enjoy watching talented people perform! So I hope you like it- I want to sign up for dance lessons:)

Winter Camp!!!

Ok- so check out this incredible picture!!!! That is our winter camp right now. All we need is for the temperatures to stay cold and we will have snow there- so fun, I can't wait! Bring a warm coat and some gloves for a huge snowball fight! You can Click Here to view the webcam from the Thousand Pines website.

Brainity

Hannah G and I were hanging out yesterday and she showed me this cool game. It is called Phit and it is challenging. I think I was on level 18 or something when she had to leave and I stopped playing- how high can you go?

Click HERE to play!

Cool Poem

I got this sweet poem that I tholught I would share with all of you. Valerie Hansen sent it to me so you can thank her. Take a second to read- definitely worth it:)

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids

On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain

Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night

You better slow down.

Don't dance so fast

Time is short

The music won't last.

Do you run through each day

On the fly

When you ask "How are you?"

Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done

Do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores

Running through your head?

You'd better slow down

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

Ever told your child,

We'll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,

Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,

Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time

To call and say,"Hi"

You'd better slow down.

Don't dance so fast.

Time is short.

The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere

You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,

It is like an unopened gift....

Thrown away.

Life is not a race.

Do take it slower

Hear the music

Before the song is over.

I'm back

Wow- it feels like it has been forever!!! Christmas was in Pittsburgh- cold but no snow:( Fun times though. We were back here for New Year's but then gone again on a cruise down the Baja Pennisula! Now I am home and it feels good!

Here are some pictures from our trip!

This is Pittsburgh at night from Mt. Washington. You actually ride this really old incline up to the top of the mountian- it's pretty cool (and yes, I took this picture myself:)

Here we are on Christmas Day. We are in Jim's aunt's neighborhood. It is our tradition to take a walk on Christmas - so we did.

This is us in Cabo San Lucas. The water behind us is the Sea of Cortez. It was a beautiful day in Cabo- but when we were at sea it was cold!

This is La Bufadora- it is a blowhole in Ensenada. There is an underground cave and when the waves come in just right it shoots air out with this funny sound and then blows out water like a geiser! It was pretty neat to see.

Well I'm glad to be home- until next time!

Optical Illusions Part 3

Wow- it has been some time since I have posted some optical illusions!!! These ones are pretty sweet too:) I got them from Hannah Gardner. Check 'em out!

This is not a test - just a phenomenon. All readings are explained.
Read out loud the text inside the triangle to the right.

More than likely you said, 'A bird in the bush,'! And. .
If this IS what YOU said, then you failed to see
That the word THE is repeated twice!
Sorry, look again.

Next, let's play with some words.
What do you see?

In black you can read the word GOOD, in white the word EVIL

Now what do you see?

You may not see it at first, but the white spaces read the word optical, the blue landscape reads the word illusion. Look again! Can you see why this painting is called an optical illusion?

What do you see here?

This one is quite tricky!
The word TEACH reflects as LEARN.

Last one.
What do you see?

You probably read the word ME in brown, but.......
When you look through ME you will see YOU!

Next:
EYE TEST
Count every ' F ' in the following text:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...

HOW MANY ?
WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.
READ IT AGAIN !
Really, go Back and Try to find the 6 F's before you scroll down.
The brain cannot process 'OF'.
Incredible or what? Go back and look again!!
Anyone who counts all 6 'F's' on the first go is a genius.
Three is normal, four is quite rare.

O lny srmat poelpe can raed this.
I cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd what I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in what oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is that the first and last ltteer be in the rgh it pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can still raed it wouthit a porbelm. This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? Yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed this psas it on !!

Hope you enjoyed it!!!