blooming holiday cactus!
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Coffee Review
I am the only one at my office that needs coffee. Since I am too cheap to buy my own coffee maker and can not leave to buy coffee, I usually drink instant coffee (for shame!). I decided to give the new Starbuck's via a try. It's Starbuck's version of instant coffee. Holy cow are these things good! It does not taste instant at all! Two thumbs up for Starbuck's Via!!!
whoa!
Haven't visited the blog in quite some time and I just realized there's been no action since AUGUST! Sorry about that! I offer you a quick run down of things that have happened since then:
- I got bit by a giant spider. There are a lot of them around here. Long story short I got caught in a downpour riding home from work. In an effort to save my laptop, I stopped on the side of the road and used myself as an umbrella over my pannier. In doing so, I must have pissed off a rabid wolf spider. See below:
- In september we went to interbike. It was my first time to interbike and my first time to las vegas. It was quite a lot of fun. You can see some pics of our fun time here.
- So far this month, the Steinbrenner twins have turned 1 and we went to their party. It was nice to see them again.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
More Pleco Pics
Dan got some better shots of the fish.
Isn't he cute?:
Here you really get to see how large he is. Check out that fin!:
Isn't he cute?:
Here you really get to see how large he is. Check out that fin!:
Friday, August 14, 2009
Blogging can be hard to do
This blog has been great. I have been able to share exciting news and sad news with all my friends and family out there. Through your comments and emails this blog makes me feel connected to you all even if we don't speak daily or see each other nearly enough.
However, this blog has also made me realize that our lives are pretty darn boring. Wake up, work, unwind, then do it all over again. I mean, other than some major things we have been through in the past year: marriage, pregnant, then not pregnant; we are really not that exciting. With that said, I am going to try to spice things up by highlighting people, cats, fish, etc in our household. So that you can all get to know the true Niedz family.
Here goes:
He is in charge of keeping our fish tank clean. He is big and old. Older than Dan and I have been together. He enjoys filling his days with eating, pooping, and wildly thrashing about the tank for seconds at a time and for no apparent reason. Pleco is about 8" long from head to tail. If you would like to read about his type of fish you can go here. Some interesting things about pleco are that he: blinks (yes, he blinks, why he needs to keep his eyeballs moist while he lives in water, i do not know), he comes to the surface and lets out air making bubbles, and he also poops the longest poops I have ever seen come out of a fish.
So now you know one more member of our household.
However, this blog has also made me realize that our lives are pretty darn boring. Wake up, work, unwind, then do it all over again. I mean, other than some major things we have been through in the past year: marriage, pregnant, then not pregnant; we are really not that exciting. With that said, I am going to try to spice things up by highlighting people, cats, fish, etc in our household. So that you can all get to know the true Niedz family.
Here goes:
This is Pleco
He is in charge of keeping our fish tank clean. He is big and old. Older than Dan and I have been together. He enjoys filling his days with eating, pooping, and wildly thrashing about the tank for seconds at a time and for no apparent reason. Pleco is about 8" long from head to tail. If you would like to read about his type of fish you can go here. Some interesting things about pleco are that he: blinks (yes, he blinks, why he needs to keep his eyeballs moist while he lives in water, i do not know), he comes to the surface and lets out air making bubbles, and he also poops the longest poops I have ever seen come out of a fish.
So now you know one more member of our household.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Birthdays are Fun
Saturday was my birthday. Had a great day that went something like this...
Woke up later than we have in a while. Sleeping in is so great sometimes. After coffee we went on a ride. We rode up to this little airport near our house. Nothing but a large grass field to land and take off from and a few hangers. It was still really neat. Since it was Saturday there was a lot of action going on there. Biplanes, ultralights and gliders all coming and going. Then we continued our ride to a road Dan had seen before with a warning sign at the very beginning: "cross at your own risk." So, of course we needed to find out what that meant. Turns out, there is a big "creek" crossing in the middle of the road. I say "creek" because it felt more like a river. The water was pretty deep at some points, but still a lot of fun. A few hills and miles later we made our way home. It was a really fun ride, check out the pics below.
Stopped for a break at this covered bridge. Went for a little dip in the creek below it too. It was the perfect temp.
This is the mighty creek crossing in the middle of the road. (It's bigger in real life than it looks in this picture)
An ultralight getting ready to take off. It's like a bicycle plane. Can't say that I'd ever want to be on one of those though. Looks scary.
A bi plane getting ready to take off. In the foreground is a glider. Notice how it is just laying on its belly. They only have one wheel in the middle.
This is a pic of most of the airport area.
Woke up later than we have in a while. Sleeping in is so great sometimes. After coffee we went on a ride. We rode up to this little airport near our house. Nothing but a large grass field to land and take off from and a few hangers. It was still really neat. Since it was Saturday there was a lot of action going on there. Biplanes, ultralights and gliders all coming and going. Then we continued our ride to a road Dan had seen before with a warning sign at the very beginning: "cross at your own risk." So, of course we needed to find out what that meant. Turns out, there is a big "creek" crossing in the middle of the road. I say "creek" because it felt more like a river. The water was pretty deep at some points, but still a lot of fun. A few hills and miles later we made our way home. It was a really fun ride, check out the pics below.
Stopped for a break at this covered bridge. Went for a little dip in the creek below it too. It was the perfect temp.
This is the mighty creek crossing in the middle of the road. (It's bigger in real life than it looks in this picture)
An ultralight getting ready to take off. It's like a bicycle plane. Can't say that I'd ever want to be on one of those though. Looks scary.
A bi plane getting ready to take off. In the foreground is a glider. Notice how it is just laying on its belly. They only have one wheel in the middle.
This is a pic of most of the airport area.
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