I WANT This!

It's an inflatable pub! Tell me that woudn't be cool next to the kiddie pool!!!

Modem Hell aka I'm back on line!

Good ness that was painful! I finally got my modem and I'm back on line (after threatening to take my laptop to the local coffee shop just to get this month's update done - thankfully I didn't have to do that). You don't realize how much you depend on your computer until you don't have it anymore. What I needed it for in the past three days besides work? Checking movie times, paying bills, and a small research project. I'm currently digging out of the mound of email and getting the update done. Woot woot!

Wild Kingdom

Living out in "the country" has provided many an interesting vista over the past year. My yard has been dubbed "Wild Kingdom" and a few days ago "National Geographic Land", based on a recent find. While hanging out on my back deck, the following creature was spied. This is known as a "Hummingbird Moth" also known as a "Clearwing Month" The size of a large bumble be, reacting like a hummingbird but actually belonging to the moth family this little guy has a means of gathering nectar from flowers (no stinger thank goodness). He's a really cool creature to be sure: