You are Elizabeth Bennet of Pride & Prejudice! You are intelligent, witty, and tremendously attractive. You have a good head on your shoulders, and oftentimes find yourself the lone beacon of reason in a sea of ridiculousness. You take great pleasure in many things. You are proficient in nearly all of them, though you will never own it. Lest you seem too perfect, you have a tendency toward prejudgement that serves you very ill indeed.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Motorcycle mania!
I'm laughing out loud right now and I've seen these pictures about a dozen times. First of all, you have to know what a character Lynn (Mark's dad)is - just a great guy with his own unique sense of style. He got a small motorycle a few months ago and he's turned into quite the roadster - he finds reasons to ride his "cherried hog" and he's always talking about it - have you seen the movie "Road Hogs"? He is part of an older generation road hog group in good old Marysville - these guys are hilarious and totally out of touch with how ridiculously caught up they are in their "steel & wheels" - total mid life crisis - in fact, the ring leader dies his naturally gray hair light brown, as if no one can tell the difference - funny stuff. Mark's dad isn't that bad - he's sort of the new guy on the team. Anyways, he's been dying to take Mark out for a ride - and Mark has turned him down everytime he's offered - not because he's scared of Motorcycles - he just doesn't want to look like an idiot - the bike isn't exactly a mo-ped but it aint no harley either and we all know how big Mark is, so needless to say Mark was still skeptical right up to the last minute - he said he'd only go for a quick ride as long as I took some pictures because he knew they would be absolutley hilarious, and he was right! When Mark said, "Yeah, I'll go on a quick ride with ya" Lynn was so happy. He wheeled his bike onto the pavement and tried starting it. No such luck. He tried again. No such luck. He tried again. No such luck. Then he sat there for a minute, totally peeved, sort of pouting - Mark was dying, so I took a photo - that's the second photo you see here. Anyways, when he finally got it to start, lynn said, "Oh! That's the problem, she (the bike) just needed a moment to get ready for the ride!" Good stuff.
Monday, June 2, 2008
The train tunnels
We had a blast hiking to the 'train tunnels' this past Saturday. We've been cooped up with all of the crappy rain lately and we've been yearning to get outdoors and play a little. Saturday wasn't raining - in fact the sun poked through every now and then! We drove down to Marysville and met up with Mark's dad for a hike - first one this season! I'm not sure where exactly the train tunnels are - you would have to ask Mark, but it's a great hike - especially for beginners - the incline grade was probably only 5% and that was only at the very end of the trail - there were huge rocks we had to manuever over and through and at times my maternal instincts kicked in and I felt unneasy about taking Gracie any further, but Mark was the one carrying her so I felt reasured that everything woud be ok. . . and it was! We had such a great time talking with Lynn ("Pop") and we were glad he was able to come with us. Gracie LOVES being outdoors - she probably has a little cabin fever just like the rest of us. It was just a great day and we are looking forward to many more hikes! YEAH!
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