Portrait of Alondra

It's been a while since my youngest daughter has appeared here. I was in a portrait sort of mood this morning, as was Alondra apparently.

Thursday morning she decided to spice things up and put a good scare into Mom and the preschool staff. She suddenly spiked a fever, then as Deanna was getting her coat on to head home, began to choke. An ambulance ride and an hour or 2 later, the theory is that the fever caused a bit of an upset stomach. Some spit up down the wrong pipe is what likely caused the big scare.

Alondra's airway history combined with the sudden fever led the ER doc to admit her for the night. I spent the afternoon with her sweating in her sleep, waking long enough for a few pages of a book and a sip or 2 of juice.

Deanna took over for the night shift. As soon as I left, Alondra decided she was all done being sick. The fever broke and she was ready for playtime. Late that evening she had worn out her welcome and I got the call to pick my girls up.


Alondra did get Bear out of the deal. He's her new best friend. From how she's been running around the house since, you would never guess she was sick on Thursday.

Extra Credit for Spanish Class

That's my kind of extra credit assignment - home made salsa! Something the whole family can enjoy.

I also finally got a shot of one of the elusive blue jays.

Lauren 2005

Shoot to Thrill

Me and several thousand of my close personal friends relived the music of our youth yesterday. Once the headliners came on stage, we were all on our feet rocking the rest of the evening away. Special thanks to Eric for securing the great seats and who's cell phone took a far better picture than mine. The highlights for me were Angus's guitar solos in Shoot to Thrill and Whole Lotta Rosie.



The crowd was decidedly older than the last AC/DC show I saw in 1984, and thankfully much less intoxicated - older and wiser. Many even brought their school age kids. From the smiles on the faces of the crowd as we filed out of the X, it seemed like a good time was had by all.

The band showed their age though. Angus only did a single 360 on the elevated platform during his Let there be Light solo. But they still sounded great, even if it was a little on the loud side. But as my new friend Chuck would most certainly point out, that problem had more to do with my age than the volume of the music.

Slow Trigger Finger

We've had 3 blue jays frequenting the feeder in the morning. This was my second attempt to get a shot of them. I failed again. The first try was new years morning. I even had a great title in mind for that post - Happy New Years Jay.

Since I'm too slow to catch a decent shot of the jays, you'll just have to settle for the less skiddish and fuzzier chickadee. Here's a stationary maple seed as well. Those I can do.

Merry Christmas

Light Graffiti

Saw some cool light graffiti shots on a blog last week. So the kids and I gave it a shot.