The Cousins

Great weekend! Lunch on the deck followed "Merry Wives of Windsor" Friday night.


Sunday rafting followed "Intimate Apparel" Saturday evening. Yes, that's Hazlehurst in the pink hat!


Tony enjoyed two- man person kayaking - following Bobbi while observing veteran Ross!


Wednesday we host Betty Nellis ( ex-Prep ) in a tune-up for next weekend.

Coming Attractions

Think you know who will be ready for this?

Why dogs attack people...

Ok, I hope none of you ever dress up your dogs like this...

Have a great day!

TGIF!

Sounds like it's been a rough week for just about everyone - preparing for guests, emergency plumbing, obstreperous kids (how's that for a vocab word?). But at least it's the weekend! Hopefully everyone will be able to take some time to enjoy it. It's going to be a scorcher in So Cal - 105 degrees in the valley (yes, Brian - the real valley!) I'm going to have to figure out some way to keep cool - maybe the beach?

Just to keep everyone smiling, I ran across this site on the Web - funny pictures. Click on the photo to take you there...

Have a great weekend! And remember - we're all together next weekend! Woohoo!

A quick preview...

Well, it has been a while, but I didn't want this to turn into my online diary... Fortunately, I have some new material to work with this weekend. Of course: The Twins. Here we go:

Wearing their cool new sunglasses (Thanks, Alli and Rich!):

The men:

Haley, the prim and proper lady:

And the family at play:

That's it for now. We're planning on a Father's Day early breakfast, then Gammy and Pappy on the road by 9:30 or 10:00... Don't worry, there's a whole CD full of pictures for those of you who couldn't make it down this week!

Love to all,

Son Jo

One more year gone...

Whew! That was it. Yesterday was the last day of my precalculus class. We had Critical Thinking Olympics on Thursday and Friday - the grand prize for solving various puzzles: a backwards wall clock, just like the one in my classroom!

Spent today shopping and packing - it's time for the senior trip! We leave early tomorrow morning, then after an excruciatingly long bus ride, it's four days of fun in the sun. Or at least fun for the seniors... Seriously, I'm really looking forward to it. Besides the fact that it's in the 90's here, I'll be up by my old stomping grounds...

In the meantime, remember it's all a matter of perspective:

Once you can accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy.
— ALBERT EINSTEIN

P.S. In case Dad hasn't told you, it looks like I'm crossing the great divide. When I get back from the trip, I'll be getting a new laptop: a MacBook Pro. As Mom would say, "Yikes!"

Have a great week!

Two More Days!

Ok, even though the original intent was for this blog to be a place where WE could SHARE our thoughts, etc., seems like we've got a bunch of lookie loos and two contributors... Not that I'm griping/whining... I was just hoping this would be more than one-way communication. What's going on in Morro Bay and Dark Hollow?

Ok, 'nuff said. The last couple of weeks have been interesting. First, a quick trip to the Renaissance Faire. I can't believe how elaborate the costumes were - and not just for the people working there. Seemed like every other person dressed up. I bought this really cool mobile with a glass ball that appears to be levitating...

Since then, it's been a progression of end of the year activities. Last week, I gave my final for Calculus, leaving me one class to teach till the end of the year. We also had our Spring Sports Award ceremony - we had three girls make all-league, which was a nice surprise. Last weekend was a chance to relax and take it easy - I fired up the BBQ for the first time in months. (Thanks, Brian, for the propane tank!)

This week started off with our softball team party. I put together the slide show, which went over pretty well. Turns out I went to school with the stepfather of the girl who hosted the party. And he was kind enough to show the girls our high school yearbook. Ouch! What happened to that young stud?

Yesterday was a long, painful CPR certification class after school. Now that I think about it, why didn't I just have my ever-so-wonderful sister give me the class while I'm up there for the 4th? I'm sure I could have paid with a little Dark Hollow labor...

This weekend I leave for our senior trip - this year it's at a YMCA camp in the Santa Cruz mountains, just west of Stanford. Very different from our white water rafting trips (much tamer activities), so we're all a little apprehensive... Not to mention a very long bus ride! (A drive I'm intimately familiar with... lunch at Harris Ranch, anyone?) Gone from Sunday to Thursday, returning just in time to grade my finals...

Yes, the end of the year -hard to believe it's gone by so fast. And former students are starting to show up. Including some that have just graduated from college! Wow...

Speaking of nostalgia, I figured I'd end with this strip - which of us hasn't had that Brady Bunch episode conversation?