Archive for November, 2004

Burps and Bananas

Tuesday, November 30th, 2004 by Shae
  • We tried bananas for the first time today. Another thumbs up.
  • Johnathan now tries to “burp” me when I’m am burping him.
  • No more shoulder rides… he just puked on my head. Well, maybe I’ll give him a second chance.

Hazel Dell

Monday, November 29th, 2004 by Ben

Check out the new seasons here!

November Happenings

Monday, November 29th, 2004 by Shae

The thing about journaling is you have to write about what happens, when it happens. If the task is put off for too long, more things to write about come along, and the things that you wanted to write about before have become too many and now you’re left with a headful of ideas to write down, but it doesn’t get done.

Too many special and new things have occurred this month to not share them with you all fabulous and fine people. So, in light of all this, here is a brief overview of things that have happened this month in cronological order.

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November Album

Monday, November 29th, 2004 by Ben

The next album is up with nearly 500 new images. Enjoy… Click here.

To see all the new changes to the gallery (pretty minor) you may need to clear your browser cache as it is heavily relied upon for the thumbnails.

2 More Videos

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004 by Ben

Here’s a few more fun ones of his development. Shae witnessed him doing this while I was in AZ so she will probably have more to say.

MVI_0563.avi - 8.04MB

MVI_0565.avi - 9.62MB

Arizona

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2004 by Ben

The trip was a mild success for everyone. I needed a lot more time to accomplish what I needed to do. The remote access tools I installed have already come in handy on my first day back home though! That should be test enough that they were needed. With the holiday shipping season coming up I have a feeling that it will be even more important for me to be able to access this systems directly.

I have never really thought of the desert as anything but desolate space. A barren land for the vultures. On this excursion I think I felt how Alice Walker must have felt when she “saw” the desert:

I am so thankful I have seen
The Desert
And the creatures in the desert
And the desert Itself.

The desert has its own moon
Which I have seen
With my own eye.
There is no flag on it.

Trees of the desert have arms
All of which are always up
That is because the moon is up
The sun is up Also the sky
The Stars Clouds None with flags.

If there were flags,
I doubt the trees would point.
Would you?

It was beautiful.

Poem from - Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self

Off to AZ

Thursday, November 18th, 2004 by Ben

Looks like I’ll be flying out early tomorrow morning to call on several of our locations in Arizona. Three days and six stores with twenty-four hours notice. I sure hope I can prepare enough.

It will be nice to get into the sun but I sure will miss these two!

Ben & Shae Cecka’s family in Gilbert, AZ