Quote of the Day:

"Any purchase over fifty dollars gets you a good hit of pot."

-a man trying to make deals with us at a garage sale (he was serious too)

I got my first apple today! I have been subbing at the same second grade classroom for a few days and today when I looked on my desk there was a perfect red apple with a little note taped to it that said, "To Annie From Madeliene". My heart leapt with joy. I can't tell you how wonderful it made me feel. My very first apple. I went out and bought myself some shoes for the occasion. They make my feet look like little presents - you'd have to see them. They're red.

Paul and I are participating in not buying gas today, although we are not sure this whole thing will work. We only have a fourth of a tank left, so there will be no hikes in the gorge tonight.

Thieves stole a rare penguin called Piglet from a sea life center in northeast England and dumped it in a garden, police said Tuesday. You have to be some bored thieves to target a penguin ...

Taking a walk after Easter dinner 

The Robinson's and the Tuppers 

Well, I just wrote a gut-wrenching, heart-breaking post about my spiritual struggle with job searching, but it accidentally got erased, so I will not write it over again. It's a cloudy day here in Lake Wobegon (er- I mean Portland). The mist is rising over the West Hills. It's a day when I wish I had a bike.
I don't know if any of you know this but Paul and I have some pet birds. Well, they really are wild and they live outside but we like to think of them as our own. We hung a bird feeder a couple months ago and now our house is the most popular gourmet hangout for all the birds in Portland. Seriously, birdseed is going to start taxing our budget. Someday, when I have my own digital camera I will take a picture. I can hear them right now because the backdoor is open. It's very comforting and now I think living here would be boring without the sound of our pet birds. Another thing about pets, I want a dog, but Paul is against it. That's another post.....

Another picture - my brother's at Easter riding things. My Mom and Aunt Becky are on the right. 

My first time posting a picture to my blog. This is Paul on Sauve Island last December.