I'm SAILING Awaaaaaay...

Sorry for the Styx, I couldn't help it.




My niece now has a pet tortoise. I have a soft spot for most reptiles, and I used to keep tortoises as pets when I was a kid, too.




Packing for a six week trip to Hong Kong isn't the easiest thing in the world. Note the two full sized suitcases (and my terribly messy bed).

Hey, it's 6 months until Christmas Eve Eve!

On the 20th, my sister held a Father's Day cookout at her house. My 10 year old nephew was enthralled by the backyard hammock, haha!


I happen to have been diagnosed with ear infections in both ears a week before I go on a sixteen hour flight. Luckily, that's how long it takes for an infection to clear up, yay!

The Thunder Rumbled

The thunder rumbled from this direction, to the southwest (pardon the dirty window argh).


The thunder rumbled from this direction, to the northeast.

Tying up the straggling ends of our immigration paperwork has been stressful and frustrating. But we managed to tie those ends up into a neat little package later!

This is what I see when I look out the window by my computer.

Apparently we suck at updating.

This is one of my little buddies! He's one thing that makes it worth getting up every morning :3


I have a passion for vintage cameras (and this is the closest to a self portrait I'm ever going to get to posting on here. Except now that I say that I'm totally going to make a liar out of myself distantly in the future).