Raising Us

Our evolution, herein contained

Elk burgers are in - cow is out!

Posted on April 30, 2007 - Filed Under Adult swim | Leave a Comment

Jason went to the Boise farmer’s market and picked up 6 elk burgers and a pound of ground elk. The meat is from a local Elk ranch. The burgers are very good and do not taste ‘gamey.’ The taste is closer to buffalo meat than beef, lean not fatty. A 6 oz burger has only […]

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If you’re wondering…

Posted on April 29, 2007 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle | 1 Comment

If you are wondering where we have been, we have been busy. Maggie and I just got back from visiting her grandparents in Florida. Maggie walking has definitely added a new dimension to traveling cross country. She slept on the 4 hour plane rides but was awake during the 2 hour flights. She actually did […]

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Our sweet little girl

Posted on April 15, 2007 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle | Leave a Comment

Yesterday, we stopped by the Concert for Climate Change held in Boise. It was held in a park with nice green grass, so we let Maggie get down and walk as she wished. And walk she did!
One of the things she did was to walk up to another little girl, this one was three years […]

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Red Cross Pet First Aid

Posted on April 15, 2007 - Filed Under I AM an animal!!! | 1 Comment

I did something yesterday I have been wanting to do for some time: I attended the American Red Cross class on Pet First Aid. This weekend was a good one for me to do something like this because I didn’t have any papers to grade or anything. I guess the thing which drove me to […]

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*”Keep close to Nature’s heart, yourself; and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean …”

Posted on April 3, 2007 - Filed Under And your point is? | 1 Comment

*John Muir
If you ever questioned why I like hiking or why I am constantly putting up links to pictures of the outdoors over on the right side of this page, watch this video. Granted, it profiles a trail I would likely never hike (I cannot stand the Florida heat and I like the challenge of […]

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Maggie updates from Mama

Posted on April 2, 2007 - Filed Under The Daily Doodle | Leave a Comment

After turning one year old, Maggie’s development has hit the warp-speed. About 2 weeks ago she started communicating with Jason and me by pointing and making an ‘Eh’ sound. Most of the time she wants my cell phone, the cordless phone or her bottle. I am also learning new things at warp-speed. For example, […]

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