Weekend in a Cabin

As a Christmas gift to ourselves, David and I rented a cabin in a northern Ohio state park over the weekend. We mostly ate, drank, and kept warm by the fire inside the cabin. Of course the laptop made use of its namesake and stayed pretty much in my lap. I worked on curriculum ideas based on my MFA project and chugged through some design issues with my website. We managed to take a nice long hike with Pai. It wasn't too cold, but it was pretty muddy. I had a couple of fun slips and falls and I even ripped my jeans on a tree. I ended up just throwing those jeans away. (That one rip was among many.) Pai had a great time but is pretty tuckered out now as I suppose David is too since he's taking a post weekend trip nap. It was great to get out of town and I look forward to another weekend trip when I'm out of grad school!

Posting Student Work and Grooming Pai

The past couple of days have been spent logging and posting student work for their own personal review from Vickie Blaine's composition class.  I'm always amazed at how long that takes me.  It's a frustratingly tedious task - one that keeps me from working on my own videos.  But it's done now - at last!

The other pretty time consuming chore involves a big hairy dog. One third done - two thirds to go.  You'd think she'd be bald from the looks of this picture - but no - still as furry as ever.

I Feel Spring

Last night was the first night in a while that it was warm when I took Pai for her last walk of the evening. It took me a while to understand why the houses looked different - there weren't banks of snow covering their front yards! It actually felt like Fall. As we passed one house, I noticed a cowboy hat on the ground where a snowman used to stand. Yeah seasons!!!!!

Now back to finishing papers and final projects. Spring Break is around the corner!

Snow Day - February 16, 2010

Yah, I know - enough with the dog! It's just that I love seeing her play in the snow and we have so much of it.

Ah, Christmas Day!

Here's a slideshow of our house (now that we have all the rooms finally set up and decorated for Christmas) and a few things we've been up to during the holiday break. Hope you're having a wonderful holiday too!!!!

The Fun Continues

Another wonderful day off! I'm really having a hoot! This morning, Pai and I played outside in the snow.

After a nice lunch at Northstar with some co-workers, I went home and decided to finally deal with the window in the "hobby room."

The window is opposite this wall.... This is David's banner by the way....

I was able to get a new picture with David - we just got our hair cut last week at Lucky 13. I highly recommend it!

I corrected some code for Jennifer's website and then I decided to manipulate some pictures for an art project. What an awesome day!

Holiday Break

The quarter finally finished and I am at last enjoying a break from my part-time job as well. Last night around midnight David and I looked out the window to see the ground blanketed in snow and beautiful powder flying all around. We put on our coats, gloves, suitable shoes and - after calming Pai down - walked outside for a midnight winter wonderland stroll. Pai loved it! And we did too!

I'll be posting more now that I've had a chance to catch my breath. Look for updates soon on projects!

Till next time~

A Mystery

A month ago I went to take a shower and found dog prints in the tub. Today, there was dog hair in the drain. I think Pai has some xplainin' to do.

Sunday Hike

We went on another hike today. This time, a little shorter - although it was much hotter. This weekend we had temperatures in the 90s, a little closer to normal summer temperatures for Columbus. Today's hike was a 3.5 miler at Highbanks. The pet trail is more wooded than at Glendon and is overall, a larger park. I'm looking forward to going back again, but also going to the next park. This discovery thing is pretty cool!

Saturday Hike

David and I hiked an epic 6 miles roundtrip, stopping off at a dog park. We came across some full breed Pyrs along the way. They were MASSIVE! I'm guessing they were each 150 lbs easy. I can't imagine taking a dog that big to the dog park, although they should probably go because they need to be socialized! Although I guess, they wouldn't be as good at their guard duty....

Video of the Day I Left