2008 has been strange....so far.

As I sit here, wondering "Where have the months gone already?", I realize that some are missing to me.

The year started out fine. We had a nice Christmas and a quiet New Year. Then....things got strange.

In February, I was in an accident.

The car was totaled and we replaced the Toyota with a used Mini Cooper (sorry, no photo yet). Despite my 2005 Mini being a convertible, I loved everything else about it so we searched and found a hardtop with low miles and in good condition.

I seemed "fine at the time" but things started to get worse, for me, over the next month or so.

I ended up.....


The animals kept me company as I waited for surgery and as I recovered. They were great helpers......

and typically amusing.


I kept myself occupied (for 4 months) by taking an "independent study" class, which required a TON of reading. Naked Man worked a LOT and the time passed. By June, I was bored and decided to ROLL my bike out of the garage to take some new photos of it. I am sure it was amusing for the neighbors.....the bike did not want to cooperate with our sloping driveway so it ended up out in the street with no easy way for me to get it back in the garage. I finally had to ride it a whole block to put it back. I went back to work in mid July, with "shortened" days for a month, and am now working full-time. I am also able to maneuver my bike fairly well. No more rolling it around 100% uncontrollably! (I'm only a little bit out of control!)



Naked Man decided to trade in the Goldwing late August and we were able to make our favorite trip to Iowa for the Davis Rally, September 6. He wanted to break in the new bike, a Yamaha Roadliner (a better photo to come). Really..... it is about throwing candy to the little kids watching the parade!


We were not in Iowa long but I was thrilled to snap a shot of, what I like to call, "Bubba butt crack"! You have to look close because it is.....ummmm.... in jail!?!

Oh, I am sure I have more things to "share" but this is it for now. Naked Man and I have to get back to our studies. He is in a business ethics class and I am in two technical communication classes. We are finding that school just ain't what it used to be!

It's been a LONG time....

I haven't posted for SO LONG.... I almost forgot how, but I am here and I am alive. Many things have happened in the past six or seven months so I have a lot of catching up to do. Stay tuned!