Planet Wilder

Photo taken using a Google Nexus One phone & processed using FXCamera Android App

I haven’t updated in weeks, 20 days to be more exact. I have been taking photos and still committed to Project 365 but posting them online has been kind of difficult because somebody else also loves to be “typing” with me. But when nap time comes along or it’s night time I rather use the time to clean or work on paper crafting projects. Even though my husband said it’s not work, to me it is because the companies I create for rely on my creations to sell their products. I have deadlines to meet and so late at night with all is quiet Savitri “works”.

But today I decided I want to do more than just post photos of the day. It does get boring posting just that. I mean sometimes there’s not a lot to tell. I am hoping, from now on, that I’ll still be posting my 365 projects here but on days that Savitri’s out eating somewhere or cooking something different my photo of the day will be a full review of the whole experience. Or, if I’m into researching an area to visit I’ll post on that too. I think the best way to travel is on your own. The only restriction is yourself. I can’t picture myself in a group tour!! So maybe my posts can help others plan their own trips too. If not, then you all can just get a glimpse of how complicated my brain is.

I love my other blog, my craft one, because it’s not just me posting photos of my creations. It’s also my journal. It’s nice to know what special thing happened between M and I a year ago. I want this blog to be the same. I want to be able to remember which restaurant had that delicious crab salad in London or which Chinese restaurant we all went to on Christmas day {::SMILES}. It’ll be nice too to see what fabulous B&B we stayed at when we were in France or what not to bring to Italy.

So far I have a lot to share. It’s the time that I don’t have since there are a lot of details. I need to catch up on posting 20 days of project 365 first while training little fingers to keep her hands to herself… or her toys!

The above is today’s photo. Once I figure out what day today is for the project I’ll edit the title. I caught my oldest a few seconds before hitting a fly on little sister’s head. Sisterly love… and hate.

PS: Those two not so attractive… ok UGLY… wardrobes are not mine. They’re loaners from the base since UK homes, at least the older ones, are not equip with closets. Somehow though, after I spoke to the folks at the furniture loaning place, the paperwork states that these wardrobes are to stay for as long as we rent this house. We can return them but we have to do it ourselves. You know how hard it is without a truck?!?! I might have to food bribe a truck owner to get this task done!! Them wardrobes ain’t gonna fit in our lil Honda!

Wow, it’s been a while since I posted here. I’ve been having too much fun in my other blog, www.scrapbit.com, making cards and scrapbook pages.

What’s new… nothing really. Just been really busy with work, school, and family. Drew got an A in economics, yeah!!! He’s been really good at explaining the whole economic imbalance with with. The me who’s freaking out about the recession and quite depressed each time I look to see how much $$ we’ve lost today in the stock market.

Well, M’s birthday is coming soon. So we’re busy getting her princess party together. Laters and if you have time, visit my other blog. It’s more fun. Actually I’m thinking of letting Drew take over this. He’s so much funnier than me. You’d have great laughs when you visit.

How incredible technology has effected the world.

There’s not much to write about.
We’re so busy.
Drew’s swamped with school and upcoming test.
Savitri is finishing up a class and getting ready for two spring ones.
Emma think Santa is going to come tomorrow.
We’re quite happy.
The family’s doing great.
The pup is learning and growing.
The dog and cat plays.
I’ve got Christmas stuff all over the living room.
Not motivated to finish decorating.
Can I just sit and not do anything? :)

It’s the end of the month. Wow! My summer class was over last Friday which means that summer will be over soon. Ahhh, where did the time go? I have two fall classes again this year and one will be really fun. We’ll play with current web technology and putting them into use in the classrooms. Maybe it’ll be so fun I’ll have more students next year :D This is the first time I’m teaching this course. It’ll be online too, so I’ll actually be in Indonesia, Germany, and Singapore when these courses happen.

It’s been a few weeks now too since Kato left us. We still miss him. But we buried him in front of our home, so we get to see him everyday. We have almost 3.5 acres and there’s a little hill between the house and the road and that’s where he lies. I love him! Shady is still somewhat sad we think. She’s getting better, not as bad as the first few days but not the old Shady as of yet. Who knows when we’ll get another dog. I’m still researching which is best for us, but we are 75% sure that we’ll be fostering after we come back from our trip (very soon!!).

There’s this shelter in KC, Wayside Waifs, that seems to have a good foster program. We’re going to try it and see what we think of fostering. Hopefully we won’t want to keep all the animals that we get :D

So this site of ourse… hmmm… I’m trying to think of ways to make it better. I mean it does get boring reading about us all the time but I just haven’t had the time to really do much. Even the layout is a template and I’m a web designer/developer. Eeek! We’ll see. Maybe after the trip I’ll have some inspiration and make the reading material more worthwhile and not just be a place for our family and friends to keep in touch and see how we’re doing here.