... that my 5 year old says that make me smile

Kids that are learning provide great entertainment.  My 5 year old is always trying to use bigger words that she hears others using.  Here are three that make me smile everytime.

1.  Anoxious - "Those boys in my class are anoxious .  they are always talking to me."

2.  Allicious - "Mmmm.  that dinner was Allicious."

3.  Noid - Q.  "What is wrong?"

A.  "I am noid (annoyed) that it is not my turn to play Wii.

One last one.... it began to snow here on Sunday, and for a while we were getting little hailstones.  She looked outside and said " Hey look! it is raining snowballs!"

... 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