... out of 26

i am starting a new photo project and want to encourage anyone with a digital camera to do the same. the project is to take a picture that represents every letter of the alphabet. here are the 3 i have so far.

theletter O. This is from a large cannon ball that was hollow, taken at an old fort in Puerto Rico.














This letter E is from the same fort, a rock wall that had some decomposition.















This letter x is from the same fort, and the intersection of stones on a path.






Go for all 26 and make a web album and post the link for everyone to share!

my webalbum for the project is found at http://picasaweb.google.com/JeffPeo/TheAlphabetProject

the road to 207

i am starting my weight loss regimen. (notice that i waited until the day after thanksgiving to start my diet - no sense in failing on day one!)

my current weight is 247 lbs. my goal is to get to 207 by march for the moab volleyball trip. (40 lbs just seemed to be a nice round number - or maybe 207 seems to be a much less round number)

i will keep a chart on the side to show my progress.

...our halloween jack o laterns

...just four things this time... our pumpkins that we carved for this year.

Maggie's Boston Red Sox pumpkin!

Jeff's headless horseman

Alley's mummy

Mitchell's scary hands

...i love about the fall

ahhhh - i love the fall!

here are 3 things i love about the fall - especially here in new england

1. all the trees changing colors (pictures to come)
2. crisp, cool nights, with pleasant temperatures in the day
3. pumpkin deserts (like my pumpkin toffee cheesecake with ginger snap crust and caramel topping)

...about our new golden doodle puppy

• she is a cross between a golden retriever and a standard poodle



• she is hypo alergenic (wont shed like a normal dog)



• her name is lucy

...crazy billboards

in my travels, i see some crazy things. here are three billboards that may me do a double take.

1. in downtown detroit - a bus company billboard that advertises $20 bus tickets to go see relatives in the state penitentiary.
2. on the road between pittsburgh, pa and indiana, pa - an adult "bookstore" advertising as the place to get gift certificates for mother's day.
3. in east st. louis - a paternity testing company billboard that said " who's the daddy"

do you have any to add to the list?

...turkey cove part II

three more pictures from our trip to maine.

...some fun from our labor day trip to turkey cove, maine

while delise was away at a girls retreat, the kids and i went up to maine for the long weekend. we played catch with the football, played in the tidepools, swung in the hammock, and did some sailing. we had a great time. here are several pictures.

...the best concerts that i have ever attended.

my three favorite concert experiences

1. violent femmes in salt lake city (1986 ish) - my first concert ever - went with my friends forrest and jon. we were front row center stage for the entire concert and left with bruises all over from being there. nothing quite like your first concert
2. u2 - the zoo tv outdoor tour in denver colorado (1992) - christian and i borrowed bunna's vw fox and drove to denver to see the concert and drove back the next day. a great concert by one of the greatest bands ever.
3. sting in park city - my favorite singer of all time. the man is a performer! great concert.

honorable mention - rem - the green tour in slc, and james taylor - in kansas city.

...fun things i did with delise and the kids today.

aren't saturdays great! here are 3 fun things we did today

1. played sardines (reverse hide and go seek, where one person hides and the rest go find them. when you find the hider, you have to hide with them until all seekers have found the group.)
2. played catch with mitchell
3. looked at golden doodle puppies. we also decided we are going to get one of them when they are old enough to leave thier mommy.

...best uses of chocolate as an ingredient

in no particular order

1. "holiday" lindor balls (milk chocolate outside, white chocolate inside)
2. white chocolate raspberry cheesecake
3. hershey's kissables (not the highest quality chocolate in the world, but i just really like them)

...celebrities i would like to have lunch with

1. tiger woods
2. sting
3. steve young

... ways that general authorities eat their Resse's Peanut Butter Cups

ways that 3 of the general authorities eat their Reese's.

1. thomas s. monson - I remember I ate my first Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup when I was a tender lad of eight. My mother came up to me, and with a loving twinkle in her eye, asked, ‘Tommy, are you eating a Reese’s?’
   And I would invariably smile up to her, ‘Yes, yes, I am.’
   ‘But Tommy, did you know that Sister Jensen next door hasn’t eaten a Reese’s Cup in years?’ My young mind thought upon the plight of my neighbor. Tears were shed. Hearts were gladdened. A cup was shared.
2. richard g. scott - If you have not eaten a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, I plead with you. Eat one now. Enjoy the chocolate, the peanut butter. Do not delay. If you have thought, “That’s not for me,” I plead with you to reconsider. Of all foods I treasure, this one was the first.
3. neal a. maxwell - I intentionally initiate the delicious design of the deglutition of a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup by nibbling a negligible nit of the culinary creamy cavalcade. It is exclusively through small entities that the great things are fabricated.

these were 3 of 10 found at the following link. http://www.mormonmomma.com/index.php/2007/the-top-10-ways-general-authorities-eat-a-reeses-peanut-butter-cup/

...talents i wish i had that i didn't have to work for.

so - you know in the matrix movies when they sit in the chair and download a skill set into neo's brain and he has instant use of those skills? it got me thinking... what 3 skills/talents would i download first if all the hard work and effort were avoided, and i instantly became an expert. (is this the ultimate lazy post or what?)

1. guitar - especially acoustic guitar skills
2. painting - water color, oils etc. not flat, eggshell and semi gloss
3. photographic memory

... that make me smile today

1. maggie is on her way home today after spending time with gramma christie and all the cousins in arizona
2. finishing the tree house tonight after work for the kids
3. having already played 9 today! nothing like a quick 9 holes before work.

...movies i want to see

1. the bourne ulitmatum - great book series - movies totally different, but true to the spirit of the books
2. rush hour 3 - the other two have really made me laugh
3. dan in real life - saw the preview for it the other day - maybe i am just a sucker for steve carell - still looks good to me.

... i would buy if I had the extra money

1. a nikon d80 digital camera
2. corrective eye surgery
3. sony 70" sxrd hdtv

...maggie's reason for not eating her dinner

1. but mom, eating that makes me dizzy.
2. but dad, my legs are tired.
3. i just need to stretch for a few minutes.

...pictures from my cruise

mendenhall glacier

sea kayaking (yes - those are lobsterman pants)

hubbard bay glacier

... i got to do on my alaskan cruise

1. see up close (20 yards or so) lots of bald eagles (around 13 or so) fighting over a salmon that one of the eagles had caught.


2. see baby humpback whales playing in the bay, doing barrel rolls and breaching.


3. see huge glaciers from very close (around 1/4 mile or so)

...great songs by gomez

A group you may or may not have heard.

1- see the world
2- how we operate
3- hamoa beach

...fletch aliases

1. arnold babar
2. mr. poon, SEC
3. john cocktosten

...why I love being a father

1- coming home to squeels of excitement
2- watching my kids grow and progress
3- being a parent without actually having to go through the labor and delivery thing

updated... brushes with fame

an update for my brushes with frame post.

yesterday in the fbo terminal at midway airport I ran into mitt romney. he makes the top three. jim gray is out of there.

... I eat/drink way too much

1 - diet coke (with a lime please)
2 - chocolate
3 - red meat

No wonder I am 35 pounds overweight!

...golf courses i want to play.

1. pebble beach golf links

2. augusta national

3. the old course at st. andrews

...brushes with fame

1. steve tyler (lead singer of aerosmith) getting off a private plane as i was getting on to brent's plane in norwood, ma. the man is tiny - looks like maybe 110 pounds soaking wet.
2. doug flutie (former boston college, cfl and nfl quarterback) on a flight from las vegas to boston. he is a hero in boston. he was very patient with all of the people on the flight that asked to get pictures with him.
3. jim gray (sportscaster - known for interviewing mike tyson when tyson said that he wanted to eat lennox lewis's children) sitting next to him on (where else) an airplane.

...tv shows i look (or looked) forward to seeing every week

here are three shows that i really like.

1. lost - it got a little side tracked this season, but finished strong this season. can't wait until january or whenever it is supposed to start again.
2. the office - it just makes me laugh. i love the pranks jim pulls, the political correctness gone waaay wrong. great show
3. traveler - new show on abc in the lost time slot. so far so good.

i had to drop 24 off the list after this last crappy season, but i still will watch day 7 every week. honorable mention to friday night lights, how it's made (discovery channel) and planet earth (discovery channel) - i guess that is seven shows. i think i watch too much tv.

...celebrities i don't want to hear another thing about - ever

why does the press talk about these train wrecks. better yet, why does the public listen

1. paris hilton - makes me never want to stay in a hilton hotel again


2. rosie odonnell - loud and obnoxious


3. britney spears - lack of morals + lots of money = out of control

...favorite things to eat when I am on the road

with all the travel that i do, i end up eating out a lot more than i should. here are my three favorite things to eat on the road.

1. pork chops bryan - carrabba's italian grill - it is on the menu as chicken, but get the pork instead. goat cheese, sun dried tomatoes, and basil lemon butter sauce over two large pork chops.
2. chang's spicy chicken - pf changs - sort of like general tso's chicken, can be very spicy.
3. filet mignon egg rolls - celebration hotel, celebration florida - boursin cheese and steak in an egg roll wrapper with a spicy sweet chili sauce.

feel free to comment on your favorite things to eat when you are dining out.

...signs that i am getting old

1. hearing various sting and the police classics on the elevator and easy listening stations in doctors offices
2. realizing that i have been out of high school for more years than the age i was when i graduated
3. gray nose hairs