Today marks Clarence's first adventure outside of his Palace. While not yet quite free, he got to romp around the apartment in his big rollin' ball! It was lots of fun for all of us :)
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Monday, March 12, 2007
Hi! My name is Clarence!
That's what he would say if he could talk. Clarence is our new little pet. He is a golden hampster about 4 inches long or so. He's been very active ever since we brought him home and so far he has been adjusting well. Since we live in an apartment, Clarence is about as big of a pet as we could get w/o having to pay a crazy expensive deposit. There should be lots of fun pictures of our little guy in the future. Here are some of the first ones :)
Friday, March 02, 2007
Stanley too!
A lot has happened since my last little post. Sandra and I went to see Brian Regan live in East Lansing. He's the best comedian ever and totally cracked us up! Laughter is always such great medicine and we got more than our fair share last Thursday.
Sandra and I, along with our good friends the Whitings, went to church last Sunday at a little Spanish church in Saginaw. We were hoping to go to a Korean church, but figuring out what time their services started was difficult, so we went to the Spanish church instead. The service was in both Spanish and English, and had the cutest little congregation you've ever seen.
When we first got there we were asked by the pastor if any of us were musicians. (hmm....) Of course I told I played a little here and there. Apparently this was the wrong answer, because later in the service when worship time came, the pastor asked me to play some songs. Nuts! Now, I love music. I like to play. The problem that I have is that since I play multiple instruments, I like so many different songs, and I never perform. This results in me never really having any music memorized. When people say "Hey, play something for us" I'm always at a loss. So, the pastor welcomed me up front and handed me his guitar. Gulp! On my way up I spotted a music stand and I started thinking up a plan. If there's some music there then maybe I can play the chords and he could sing them in Spanish. No such luck. All that was there were words, no chords, notes, or tabs. So.....I don't speak Spanish, I have no music, I don't have anything memorized, there are people looking at me while smiling, and I have a guitar in my hand. It was brutal on my nerves, but I'm here to tell the story so it must not have been too bad!
Last and not least, to refer to the title, Stanley too, we are attempting to grow a grapefruit tree from a seed. As you can see he's doing quite well considering we're in Michigan where the sun forgets to shine. The name of our little plant is just that...Stanley too! A picture of our sturdy little sapling is below. I'm not for sure what we'll do with him when he's bigger, but for now we'll simply enjoy his company :)
Sandra and I, along with our good friends the Whitings, went to church last Sunday at a little Spanish church in Saginaw. We were hoping to go to a Korean church, but figuring out what time their services started was difficult, so we went to the Spanish church instead. The service was in both Spanish and English, and had the cutest little congregation you've ever seen.
When we first got there we were asked by the pastor if any of us were musicians. (hmm....) Of course I told I played a little here and there. Apparently this was the wrong answer, because later in the service when worship time came, the pastor asked me to play some songs. Nuts! Now, I love music. I like to play. The problem that I have is that since I play multiple instruments, I like so many different songs, and I never perform. This results in me never really having any music memorized. When people say "Hey, play something for us" I'm always at a loss. So, the pastor welcomed me up front and handed me his guitar. Gulp! On my way up I spotted a music stand and I started thinking up a plan. If there's some music there then maybe I can play the chords and he could sing them in Spanish. No such luck. All that was there were words, no chords, notes, or tabs. So.....I don't speak Spanish, I have no music, I don't have anything memorized, there are people looking at me while smiling, and I have a guitar in my hand. It was brutal on my nerves, but I'm here to tell the story so it must not have been too bad!
Last and not least, to refer to the title, Stanley too, we are attempting to grow a grapefruit tree from a seed. As you can see he's doing quite well considering we're in Michigan where the sun forgets to shine. The name of our little plant is just that...Stanley too! A picture of our sturdy little sapling is below. I'm not for sure what we'll do with him when he's bigger, but for now we'll simply enjoy his company :)
Stanley too!
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