Originally uploaded by lyzadanger
We went “gliding,” as my father-in-law would say. The big all-terrain tires made it more off-roady as we glided over the sand.
The photo is on the pier in Pismo Beach. It was sunny but pretty darned cold.
Originally uploaded by lyzadanger
I wish I could have shot this on film. It looks digital-y. I used my sister’s genius Christmas gift to take this: a tripod ball mount on a little rubber cup-thing. It’s meant to be used on the top of wine bottles as a super-portable tripod-y thing, but it works great on other things, e.g. fence post tops, as in this photo.
2008 is breaths away and the Pencils are ready!
Right now, Mr. Pencil is moving his telescope (laboriously) down from the 4th floor (attic) in Chez Pencil, with the goal of getting a good look at Mars. Mars, see, the planet, it’s closer to earth this week than it will be for another dozen or more years. Something along those lines.
Being sick this weekend gave us a wonderful opportunity to catch up on some much-neglected Warcraft-ing. All in all, one of the least productive weekends in a while, and, except for our sickness (me: sore throat, snot; him: snot, sinusy, coughing), it was everything I could ever hope for. Between bouts of Warcraft there was napping and eating and drinking. And some reading. Although it doesn’t look like I’m going to make it through 1000-page book #52 by midnight (I’m on page 650).
I’m honestly excited about 2008. I kind of have a knack for objective- and goal-setting (I’m strangely organized in that department. Go figure.) and so I’m whipping up some mighty-detailed spreadsheets for stuff I want to do in the coming year.
My 2007 goals went fairly well, with an overall success rate of about 60%. I want to aim to achieve 75% of this year’s goals, however. Woop!
By the way, this post didn’t so much have a point as it had several, unplanned ones. Sorry.
Guys!
Mr. Pencil and I are planning an epic feast on Thanksgiving, but we don’t have enough people to serve! Right now it’s just a family affair, but we’d like to extend an invite to friends of ours in the Portland area who are orphaned or otherwise free on Thanksgiving. Let us know if you’d like to come eat with us!
January 2nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
happy new year’s lyza! i’m sorry you’re sick. i am recovering from a serious infection myself.
tripod anywhere thingy sounds interesting. any urls? would you recommend it?