Every year (or almost every year, depending on the year) we have a pizza party for the tenants. It’s shared housing but semi-seperate houses so usually one household doesn’t know the neighbors . . . well. That’s what the pizza part of the party is for! There’s something unique about it. You see, the ingredients of pizza all stick together when hot. The same is true for the people eating the pizza. Even though they (each household) don’t know each other, they kinda bond together like pizza does. Why? Well, since heat … Continue reading ‘Pizza! And Party!’
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This morning we experienced Black Friday for the fourth time. It became a family tradition quite by chance in 2004, when we happened to go in to OfficeMax on Black Friday for some paper clips and ended up bringing back a ton of stuff. Most of it free or nearly free after rebates. We also got a deeply-discounted LCD monitor—our first. Hot dog! The next two years brought a few more LCD monitors, hard drives, memory, a digital camera and MP3 player for Mama, and who knows what else (I don’t). Back then, I enjoyed the novelty of waking up at 5am and buying all those low-priced ‘toys’. This year, however, I wasn’t feeling the spirit.
After our Thanksgiving dinner we all gathered ’round and checked out the Black Friday ads. I hung around for a while, for tradition’s sake, but soon left after seeing no “outrageous deals” on anything I/we were interested in. Kyle and Papa, on the other hand, were all over it. They … Continue reading ‘Black Friday 2007: An Abbott Tradition’
Years ago, Luke and I fished a lot on the wharf. However, that kinda petered out. Not just ’cause the wharf was over-fished, but I knew that I could never top the whopper I caught in 2003!
Yesterday was my 21st birthday. In honor of the American tradition of (to quote a friend) “getting hella drunk” when turning 21, we went to a place called 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall. The problem, however, is this: I don’t like the taste of alcohol.
I always feel like I’m drinking paint thinner (er, not that I would know what that tastes like…) and, while I’ve heard it tastes better the more inebriated you get, I’ve never been motivated enough to get to that point. So, sober I’ve stayed, despite my dad’s best efforts to … Continue reading ‘Luke turns 21′
Can you believe it? This is the ocean nowadays. Must be global warming. The ocean has been like one big lake these past few weeks or so. It’s quite odd really, especially when we saw these surfers doing their best to find some action. Ha!
Last week I went to Alaska and taught a week-long 4-H kids’ music camp. It was fantastic; both the trip and the camp. I’ll write about some of it a little later, but since its been six days since I got back I figured it was high time that I at least posted some pictures. 
See all Cordova Music Camp photos (there are dozens!)
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See all Cordova Music Camp photos (there are dozens!)
We live a few blocks from the main drag in downtown
A few months ago, just in the gate from being downtown, I heard yelling by ducks and ravens. I saw a red tailed hawk with its broad wings taking off to the top of the telephone poll as if in slow motion. I looked around to see if the ducks were okay; we have three, and saw only two living. Under the orange tree, lying spread open was bright red blood and feathers and exposed breast bone.… Continue reading ‘Baby Monitor Is For the Birds’
In the beginning of this year, Mama has discovered this Dr. Phil-ina who looks like a slim Paula Dean from the Eating Channel. Anyway, this gal Byron Katie has a life-changing way of taking the fun out of arguments. How? well, when you feel negative feelings towards somebody, you take those feelings and turn them around. Let’s role play here: So, think, “That guy is stupid!” Well, when you Byronize it, it sounds like this, “That guy is not stupid! I think he is but it turns out it is a reflection of my feelings towards myself which I am projecting onto this Starbucks clerk who gave me a Double Cha-Mocha Ascretymbia instead of my regular Grimbles Coffeeprimonade.” Sure, it puts a more Taoist Perspective on life, but it’s hard to have a good argument with Byron-Vision turned on.
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