Archive for the ‘Everything Else’ Category


Caves, Creeks, and Poisen Oak

This weekend’s adventure showed me once again, that you never know what you are capable of until you try it.
After a very long drive, our group of 8 teenagers and 6 adults find ourselves pulled over on the side of a back road, a loan pit toilet marking the start of our hike. I know [...]

Somebody Thinks I’m Awwsumm!

Hey Look! Marilynne at Marilynne’s World thinks I am an awwsumm blogger. Yea! Really I don’t deserve it. I don’t post often enough. But I will take it anyway.
Here are the rules for being an awwsumm blogger.
1 - List seven things that make you Awe-Summm.
2 - Pass the award on [...]

Today.Com No Longer Pays You To Blog

Just over a month ago I joined Today. com.  I get paid $1 for every post I write, and $2 for every 2,000 impressions.  So far I have written 33 posts and have just over 2000 unique impressions. Today has a minimum payout of $50, so  I am looking for my first check from them [...]

Powerful Beyond Measure

I just watched Akeela and the Bee, and in the movie they use one of my favorite quotes. It is from Marianne Williamson. Enjoy
[by Marianne Williamson] Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, [...]

Grand Canyon Day 2 and Beyond

I have decided that if I go into great detail on every day of the trip, I will end up writing a book! Plus there are many other things going on that I would like to write about. For this post I am going to summarize the trip, and then as I get time and [...]