tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-138736612024-03-23T11:08:07.724-07:00Lucky Red HenLuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.comBlogger334125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-22423469151933855462010-10-21T00:10:00.000-07:002010-10-25T17:40:17.539-07:00New Blog LocationCome find me here...<br />
<a href="http://www.luckyredhen.net/">http://www.luckyredhen.net/</a> <br />
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Perhaps I'll figure out how to fix all the formatting issues here, but find my musings at the new location until then.LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-2786616428272895572010-08-23T19:56:00.000-07:002010-08-23T19:57:41.899-07:00New Blog Coming Soon!We're going to shake things up around here...<br />
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P.S. You can kind of thank Kim for the jump start.<br />
(Said she was tired of seeing Captain America<br />
everytime she came to Lucky Red Hen . net.)LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-92220360346862208192010-03-23T19:22:00.000-07:002010-03-28T21:21:07.926-07:00Captain America and, um, Mrs. Captain America?<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">ComiCon attendee as Captain America</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ye0Qai97Q400dyswBWvhbxN5S3bNKAOmg7ZDYX8RCBLke1lzXpasX4iTMqVB3rJxVhj5OCbknqbT__uAe4wlwDOfrWI4wO-Ma6ZWWiNLAAa8vg1sY3fR9czjIHIjlIFCj60y/s1600-h/IMG_1338.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ye0Qai97Q400dyswBWvhbxN5S3bNKAOmg7ZDYX8RCBLke1lzXpasX4iTMqVB3rJxVhj5OCbknqbT__uAe4wlwDOfrWI4wO-Ma6ZWWiNLAAa8vg1sY3fR9czjIHIjlIFCj60y/s320/IMG_1338.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">ComiCon attendee as, um,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mrs. Captain America?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zcPWatajYQ2QrxXxgJyZfijRFkG1xppbxbwWuJCNjFrwe8GWdVr8DBemUB9_BUr_KtHJjQzUMvMAj1URBIIPmuTvywH9w3MSUMG3y5HVWq3WFRPCYt4xre0I1KQi5tDbcvXq/s1600-h/IMG_1556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1zcPWatajYQ2QrxXxgJyZfijRFkG1xppbxbwWuJCNjFrwe8GWdVr8DBemUB9_BUr_KtHJjQzUMvMAj1URBIIPmuTvywH9w3MSUMG3y5HVWq3WFRPCYt4xre0I1KQi5tDbcvXq/s320/IMG_1556.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">At <a href="http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/">Emerald City ComiCon</a> last weekend,<br />
we saw some crazy costumes!<br />
Go to <a href="http://www.crankleft.com/">http://www.crankleft.com/</a> for LOTS of</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.crankleft.com/photos"><span style="font-size: x-large;">PHOTOS</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">from the event.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can also find the <a href="http://www.crankleft.com/comics/jack-burton-adventures">Jack Burton Adventures</a> graphic novel<br />
(only 5 bucks)<br />
and <a href="http://www.crankleft.com/merchandise">t-shirts</a> for purchase (those are 18 bucks).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Saw a <a href="http://www.goldenshowtimepalace.com/">Sonny Bono impersonator</a> outside!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTmjbQ6BHrdL4GU8gnE8xpoPZx86WmB2YOCdzukyiUCd6khG3vlgFxjNZF-IvH10r5ZQDu-TVKRfjKFPS_Ou_z4Ww8LPdAaOEMeAAfZaIcf-VUm_6RYD5KLcS64_lZzuK-fVm/s1600-h/Sonny_Bono_Impersonator_1617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTmjbQ6BHrdL4GU8gnE8xpoPZx86WmB2YOCdzukyiUCd6khG3vlgFxjNZF-IvH10r5ZQDu-TVKRfjKFPS_Ou_z4Ww8LPdAaOEMeAAfZaIcf-VUm_6RYD5KLcS64_lZzuK-fVm/s320/Sonny_Bono_Impersonator_1617.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee">Stan Lee</a>, Spiderman creator, shaking a fans hand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzzIrCfdXCk98nTUrKgKEFYbugmJzvdJlH-7jcT7rrHxYC1A4EnYJ7CBLY-9cPzXsCc0XzjZC-S3bQnlMp23uIImKGxJ71R3onxODuEU7q_R50kpgah2U_v5ng12w8g0Lyh2n/s1600-h/Stan_Lee_Spiderman_1404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzzIrCfdXCk98nTUrKgKEFYbugmJzvdJlH-7jcT7rrHxYC1A4EnYJ7CBLY-9cPzXsCc0XzjZC-S3bQnlMp23uIImKGxJ71R3onxODuEU7q_R50kpgah2U_v5ng12w8g0Lyh2n/s320/Stan_Lee_Spiderman_1404.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.louferrigno.com/">Lou Ferrigno</a>, The Hulk, who was SOOO NICE</div><div style="text-align: center;">and had soft hands (he was my favorite part</div><div style="text-align: center;">of the entire ComiCon...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was so nervous to be around him</div><div style="text-align: center;">- absolutely star struck!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Nf0P95BQEVC-cv7ukcuVTcPNBTXn3v3DIJBAxr_bqa2VGbTDNb87LMj-9Wc5pzgp8r3UwL_-l6FBcBhnHbUZJeDsAjFN0gxLAoPsiRT4S88G6wNzCy-jOz5VwjzLoteE5FEh/s1600-h/Lou_Ferrigno_1638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3Nf0P95BQEVC-cv7ukcuVTcPNBTXn3v3DIJBAxr_bqa2VGbTDNb87LMj-9Wc5pzgp8r3UwL_-l6FBcBhnHbUZJeDsAjFN0gxLAoPsiRT4S88G6wNzCy-jOz5VwjzLoteE5FEh/s320/Lou_Ferrigno_1638.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.watchtheguild.com/">Jeff Lewis</a>, The Guild, was fun to visit with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mbU1eeGGjROTeB_jkUtcejEi066rPP5iPtYp0W5UxjARs8AbDXvru5Xj90aBETJcGEW-j3seA9uwOKEEYklHkPbVc2_q4o6eALHw9sdRe3ovsKqUzThndd5wZ0fGjtFQrnfa/s1600-h/Jeff_Lewis_The_Guild_1422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mbU1eeGGjROTeB_jkUtcejEi066rPP5iPtYp0W5UxjARs8AbDXvru5Xj90aBETJcGEW-j3seA9uwOKEEYklHkPbVc2_q4o6eALHw9sdRe3ovsKqUzThndd5wZ0fGjtFQrnfa/s320/Jeff_Lewis_The_Guild_1422.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.aarondouglasfans.com/Appearances.html">Aaron Douglas</a>, Battlestar Galactica,</div><div style="text-align: center;">acted like he was mad, but he wasn't.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He was nice :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizn5qkd_KUtm1PPo_rpxF0y0X7eUot0_mVQ_ua7pWLvPUWW6iBgYFn48TsOalL3LdxLykaJJIhRPbbGE8GdcqftJg4uv5-OVWOrGSeZTJZoKNxBsWLf2u7c_aisrFFsFEDCETw/s1600-h/Battlestar_Galactica_Aaron_Douglas_1430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizn5qkd_KUtm1PPo_rpxF0y0X7eUot0_mVQ_ua7pWLvPUWW6iBgYFn48TsOalL3LdxLykaJJIhRPbbGE8GdcqftJg4uv5-OVWOrGSeZTJZoKNxBsWLf2u7c_aisrFFsFEDCETw/s320/Battlestar_Galactica_Aaron_Douglas_1430.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2828524/">Robin Thorsen</a>, The Guild,</div><div style="text-align: center;">was GORGEOUS and very</div><div style="text-align: center;">fun to visit and photograph.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAI1nsWovnT-V9UuOHuWzBfvrqWLtcFIHfVw1OXrLdQaAjdKiMQsk76lBz6dbg9Xs4VjC9DNP8dipS-j6cv86ZniLdJfP08Esk35RNakPpqiHh5YnDPH_VWiWIaBwaYaIRpqd/s1600-h/Robin_Thorsen_The_Guild_1424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVAI1nsWovnT-V9UuOHuWzBfvrqWLtcFIHfVw1OXrLdQaAjdKiMQsk76lBz6dbg9Xs4VjC9DNP8dipS-j6cv86ZniLdJfP08Esk35RNakPpqiHh5YnDPH_VWiWIaBwaYaIRpqd/s320/Robin_Thorsen_The_Guild_1424.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The highly securitized</div><div style="text-align: center;">(can you tell I made that up?)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20277811,00.html">Leonard Nimoy</a>, Spock,</div><div style="text-align: center;">was smiling (at $60/autograph</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd be smiling too, winkwink).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOhJiuGCgb5klNQk6YBOYEIXW3BzP7bN7sbSHXbUG3Mbllqv8-3Li32Bm_htkM7ZCi3ZAmLFZSEoFtmUNqq4YM1I9sRu57VOJQ5cL8nBDLQ1PqF2lSv4R2dirAZ5tqibRS0yk/s1600-h/Leonard_Nemoy_Spock_1445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBOhJiuGCgb5klNQk6YBOYEIXW3BzP7bN7sbSHXbUG3Mbllqv8-3Li32Bm_htkM7ZCi3ZAmLFZSEoFtmUNqq4YM1I9sRu57VOJQ5cL8nBDLQ1PqF2lSv4R2dirAZ5tqibRS0yk/s320/Leonard_Nemoy_Spock_1445.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/">Wil Wheaton</a>, Star Trek TNG,</div><div style="text-align: center;">was proudly talking with a fan</div><div style="text-align: center;">of his Canadian hockey team</div><div style="text-align: center;">at the recent Olympics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKS7VQNW9KLiMoIYTHjQ9JsjRTgzrrTBP3V97e6MlMIPq5naepbIh6yLsefV9dM3zYfBby0FUJwe3v51Dej7qeV3PFk9dTVu3spf5CSt6EKZxgOO0YS6nJFZX6ZAFbnJU1Z1RG/s1600-h/Wil_Wheaton_Star_Trek_TNG_1392.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">Yesterday was unlike any other I've had before.</span></div><div></div><br />
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It might have been life changing. <em>It could have been life saving.</em> I don't know which.<br />
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We were heading 20 minutes away to the in-laws for Sunday dinner when we approached a motorcycle accident that had just <em>barely</em> happened. There was still a plume of smoke from the crushed bike several feet away, with a steady stream of broken yellow bike parts.<br />
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Some knob drove through the wreckage, crushing some of the pieces. What? They couldn't be bothered with going around?<br />
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Traffic had stopped. Two guys were standing a couple feet away from the injured biker. He wasn't moving. One of the guys was on his phone when I noticed the bikers arm move. The bystanders didn't move closer, so I leapt out of the car, flipped off my slippers, and ran over in my socks to kneel close and provide comfort and advice to be still. I spoke into his helmet face opening so he could hear me.<br />
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His body was twitching in percussion with his arm movement as his eyes rolled back into his head. There was a little bit of blood on the pavement and some spots on his face, but I didn't notice other obvious injuries. It seemed he was in shock as he seized so I talked to him calmly, telling him to stay with us, help was on the way, we're right by him to keep him safe. I rubbed his torso, thinking that if his extremities were numb and in shock, then he might feel my touch if he couldn't hear my words.<br />
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His twitching stopped, which made me nervous because the movement was a sure sign that he was still alive. Again, I told him to stay with us, we're right here, help is on the way. I feel like I kept saying that over and over. I told him and the bystanders (one was on the phone with 911) that I was going to reach into his pockets for his cell phone to call family (probably not the best thing, looking back) but found his ID instead.<br />
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His name is Shawn (Shaun, Sean... I did not get a good look at his name, the guy on the phone read it to me).<br />
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Then he moved his hand toward his helmet to try and pry it off. "Shawn, leave your helmet on. You must keep your helmet on. Put your hands down and be still. Shawn, help is on the way, you're going to be okay." He rocked his legs to one side and moaned as if he were trying to get up. I kept telling him to be still, "Shawn, you need to be still." It took a moment but his movement stilled. Finally, he looked right at me.<br />
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"Hi! You're doing great. Just stay still. Help is on the way. We're right here with you. You're doing great. Stay with us." I smiled and hoped he understood what I was saying. I want to believe he did.<br />
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"What happened? What's going on?" Shawn asked, confused. I told him he was in an accident with his motorcycle but help is on the way and he'll be fine. "I wasn't riding today. I didn't get on my bike today," he replied. "Well, you did because I see it. It's a yellow bike. I have an orange Harley. I'm a biker, too, that's why I stopped to help you. You're going to be fine, just be still. Can you tell me your name? My name is Shannon. What is your name?"<br />
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"Shawn."<br />
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"Alright, Shawn, we're right here with you and the ambulance is on its way. Just be still, you're doing great!" I tried to sound encouraging, positive and full of hope.<br />
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He'd sharply blink and look around, again try to take his helmet off. He rubbed his forehead, smearing the blood, luckily not revealing an open would. He reached for his gloves, wanting to take them off. "Would you like me to take off your glove, Shawn?" He said, "Yes."<br />
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As I unstrapped his glove, I found it was soaked. I got nervous that there was something bad underneath, but it turned out that the black & silver ring he wore on his right ring finger probably caused a cut, the source of the wetness. Looking back on it, perhaps I should've kept the glove on, but he kept trying to get it off and I wanted him to stay still. He would lay still for me, so I took the glove off. The other glove was too far away, so I told him he'd have to wait for that one to come off.<br />
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"Who are you?" he'd ask, looking at me. "I'm Shannon. I'm a biker too. I stopped to help you stay still," I tried comforting him.<br />
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He'd keep asking what happened, and I kept answering him the same as before. "Where am I?" I told him we're next to the Home Depot, on the street behind the store. "What happened?" he kept asking. "How did I get here?"<br />
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I was glad he was conscious and talking. His eyes were alert and the color in his skin seemed pink enough. He finally stopped trying to move, except to bend his knees and move his arm once in a while and seemed fine listening to me. I kept talking, trying to keep his attention. I told him when I heard the sirens approaching, "I hear the sirens, they're getting closer and almost here! You're going to be fine, you're doing great." <br />
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A Redmond, Washington police officer arrived. He saw that Shawn was alert, talking back to me and lying still. He radioed base and I handed him Shawn's drivers license. He went on to take care of the traffic situation, I guess (I say that because I wasn't paying attention what others were doing around me).<br />
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When the paramedics arrived, the EMT asked him to squeeze his finger. The gloved hand could a little and the ungloved right one barely moved. I told the EMT, "His name is Shawn. At first he was twitching with his eyes rolling back in his head. Once he stopped he tried taking off his helmet and moved his legs, trying to get up. I couldn't find a cell phone but gave the officer his driver's license. He's been talking and following directions."<br />
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Eventually I stepped away, professional life savers were there to take over. I gladly backed off so he could get care...LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-24057450411048282472010-01-28T16:09:00.000-08:002010-02-19T10:36:00.084-08:00Portraits for Haiti | Helping Those Devistated by the Recent Earthquake<div style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv__VmrMg6GkY8JQ_soMu2ax4SJ04b-f1SjW6IkW1U1SOEmipsi1wBvCW4PtXzO4YIYUzVUuirkCntxMLlei1MhA0oGs-HAen9jee2inoXBj_8ClgDdm4dA6mQ8Kj5phnpp_Ms/s1600-h/PortraitsForHaiti_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" mt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv__VmrMg6GkY8JQ_soMu2ax4SJ04b-f1SjW6IkW1U1SOEmipsi1wBvCW4PtXzO4YIYUzVUuirkCntxMLlei1MhA0oGs-HAen9jee2inoXBj_8ClgDdm4dA6mQ8Kj5phnpp_Ms/s320/PortraitsForHaiti_logo.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Some of my awesome photographer friends and I want to do something to help the Haiti earthquake survivors so we came up with a plan to donate our time and talents in exchange for your donations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">On Sunday, February 21st,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://kimcharie.com/blog/">Kim Charie</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.hanaumi.com/blog/">Jessica Hanaumi</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.jfkstudios.com/blog/">Jenna Karwoski</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://amandamays.blogspot.com/">Amanda Mays</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.emmajanephotos.com/">Emma Smith</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.juliewattsphoto.com/">Julie Watts</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">or</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.luckyredhen.com/">yours truly</a></div>will take some gorgeous pictures of you, your family, your teen, you with whomever... you get the idea.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The mini session will last for 30 minutes and you will get a disc of edited images by March 8th. Appointments are being taken on a first come, first served basis (ten spots already filled up). At least a $50 donation is required and ALL proceeds go to Haiti relief efforts (value is at <em>least</em> $350).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Email <a href="mailto:PortraitsForHaiti@jfkstudios.com">PortraitsForHaiti@jfkstudios.com</a> for an application and information.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">EDIT: The location is in Renton. As of 2/19 at 10:30am I have a few spots left: 3:30, 4 and 4:30. This is a SCREAMING deal because you'll get at least 10 high-res files ($500 value) for just $50+ Haiti donation :-o</div>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-39128636641442005832009-12-31T00:59:00.000-08:002009-12-31T01:05:45.348-08:00My Husband Treats Me Like A Princess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEmMsaUwpKFOqdD16JV-diJaPaenTM49EiZIrQhZ3vzURm9oLXm6H4DfSsHmYTGR1iQG68GMT1t9sz-hvOhqsqFntk_xwF3uOo_2OzH_Y0Tb76aOejsKkX4-k7wGlrgKR3OCM/s1600-h/ben_4thJuly09_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ps="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEmMsaUwpKFOqdD16JV-diJaPaenTM49EiZIrQhZ3vzURm9oLXm6H4DfSsHmYTGR1iQG68GMT1t9sz-hvOhqsqFntk_xwF3uOo_2OzH_Y0Tb76aOejsKkX4-k7wGlrgKR3OCM/s320/ben_4thJuly09_w.jpg" /></a><br />
</div>Have I told you lately about how GREAT my husband is to me?!?<br />
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(sounding shocked) <span style="font-size: x-large;">I HAVEN'T? :-o</span><br />
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Here's a little synopsys at midnight thirty, well past the time I should've been in bed...<br />
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For Christmas, we discussed that we didn't need to buy each other presents (except for the red enamel cooking pot I would've bought for myself at Costco and gorgeous silver and red earrings, that I happen to be wearing at this moment, that I told him to buy for me while at <a href="http://www.pikeplacemarket.org/frameset.asp?flash=false">Pike Place Market</a> last month; and he said he'd like new underwear, ooh - exciting gift).<br />
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But he lied.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, I'd like to announce my husband is a liar.</span><br />
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But, I forgive him. Know why? Because I am <em>spoiled</em>, that's why! It's not like we're loaded with cash (far from it, like a lot of people out there), but he treats me like a princess in non-monetary ways and I can get what ever I want (honestly, <em>and I speak this from the heart</em>, I try <span style="font-size: large;">REEEEALLY</span> hard not to pull the I-know-you'll-let-me-because-I-can-get-whatever-I-want card).<br />
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So I got him a bunch of underwear (woo hoo) and made him a double-layered flannel blanket.<br />
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(Want some more honesty? The blanket... I sewed two rectangle pieces of flannel together about 1/2" from the edge all the way around.)<br />
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What'd that liar <span style="font-size: xx-small;">*snerk*</span> get <strong>ME</strong> (you ask, since this is the POINT of the post)?!? A new <span style="font-size: xx-small;">(refurbished, that's ok)</span> computer that can handle my photography business (you know, <a href="http://www.soarwithmera.com/Galleries/Submissions/10499462_eeZj4#747253023_Pubai-A-LB">the one I've been meaning to start</a>, <strong>FOR YEARS</strong>) and some lighting equipment that <a href="http://www.glazerscamera.com/">Glazer's</a> recommended I might need (yes, he drove DOWN to their store, talked with the sales guys and decided on 3 items he thought I could use to better my biz).<br />
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Me ... underwear and two pieces of fabric stuck together (no stocking... I thought we weren't doing them)<br />
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Him ... new computer, lighting equipment and a pop-up reflector (as well as stocking stuffers of goodies)<br />
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There's more good news...<br />
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Was it today, or maybe yesterday? I don't remember, the days have been a blur. Ben looked me in the eye (now I think I remember it was yesterday, but that's beside the point... back to my point), and told me that he'll do <strong>WHATEVER IT TAKES</strong> to help me to make my photography business a success! He explained that I could make appointments whenever I want to and he would be home from work by the time the kids get off the bus so I don't have to work around their school schedule (not that I'd do that every DAY, or very often, but it sure was a HUGE relief to feel that obstacle shatter in my favor). I've got free reign to use my Saturday's for wedding and portrait shoots (however, I'm still a mom and wouldn't just spend every Saturday away from my kids/family, but that helps me to better coordinate my schedule to maximize my time to benefit both my family and clients... win/win!)<br />
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So there's my mini-shout about my great hubby ("Hi, hubby!") It's just about 1am so I should scoot off to bed. Ben's at his folks house watching a movie with his brother's and BIL, so I know he won't want to wake up too early tomorrow with the kids either ;)<br />
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Awe, teamwork... isn't that nice?<br />
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I love you, Ben! Thanks for my GREAT Christmas! Hopefully I'll make your birthday special than Christmas (more underwear?).LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-73626818532356611922009-12-28T00:01:00.000-08:002009-12-28T00:11:57.508-08:00Baby Calvin's Pics Made Into A Memory BookToday I'm cheating by using someone else's blog to do my work ;)<br />
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I share with you a <a href="http://amylovesdamon.blogspot.com/2009/12/from-heart.html">love story</a> about a baby who was supposed to share this Christmas with his family in person... and I get to say that <a href="http://www.luckyredhen.net/2009/10/tough-day.html">my talent</a>, that the Lord has blessed me with, made it possible to help them heal and remember him. I cried.<br />
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EDIT: Dudes, I should really catch up on my blog reading (I follow too many people, time to pare down). Amy posted a <a href="http://amylovesdamon.blogspot.com/2009/12/in-middle-of-it-all.html">picture of the necklace</a> I made for her with Calvin's picture on a Scrabble tile. She liked it! Yay :)<br />
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Sometimes I get a wild hair and take on projects I don't even know how to do. Case in point: I told her I would make a fascinator (fancy hair clip with feathers) to match her dress and since I was doing that I should go ahead and whip up some matching earrings and necklace. I'm crazy, I know, but I think they turned out pretty fantastic :D<br />
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Warning: These images were taken with a lame point-n-shoot that I don't really like using. Carry on.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here's the "fascinator" hair clip... <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The earrings and necklace... <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Her cute smile and the necklace up close (and blurry)... <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Her friend, and date, Reid... <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Reid cooking the meat for spaghetti sauce... <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Aren't these brown eyes TO DIE FOR?!? <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Drea with our friend, Bella, and Glen like a monkey on her back<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Glen (my partner in crime, and by crime I mean board/table games like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000P13PH4/?tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=3811955891&ref=pd_sl_19z9adjz0d_b">Wackee 6</a>)<br />
with his date, Dom(inique), and their perfectly hued outfits!<br />
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Drea, hurry back!LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-76439566707739518072009-12-15T19:05:00.000-08:002009-12-24T08:49:28.334-08:00My Friends (family) Portraits at The FarmGosh, this post got buried from LAST summer :-o Dangit. It's funny to see because everybody looks older now. But there's a reindeer in one picture, so it's fitting to post it so close to Christmas! This is also the place I've been working the past few weekends (starting Black Friday) selling Christmas trees! Ho ho ho! But now I'm done, the tree season is winding down. I was mostly cashiering, but once in a while ended up outside directing shoppers to their perfect tree (or the Honey Bucket, "Back of the parking lot, folks," whatever might be needed at the moment). EDIT: Added their TV footage from QFOX NEWS on the Christmas Tree Farm at the bottom. <br />
<div style="text-align: center;">My bro-in-law, Jake, welded this reindeer critter. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrqWPl6zDm-O9J1nE1lQ1xPZZQAw75vMqhyZXUtLxkMslIh9kB9Bv-yWZDxhsJnO8dHNijlsCArCrGvFf8umecCZFZXFXa6s275B-xyc6DtGZHwLsRc5vobBKjQDwl3f_Blwe/s1600-h/IMG_4164_w.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415671077785047586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgrqWPl6zDm-O9J1nE1lQ1xPZZQAw75vMqhyZXUtLxkMslIh9kB9Bv-yWZDxhsJnO8dHNijlsCArCrGvFf8umecCZFZXFXa6s275B-xyc6DtGZHwLsRc5vobBKjQDwl3f_Blwe/s400/IMG_4164_w.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 267px;" /></a> This next pic is Drea recently, for her yearbook picture (it had to be straight forward with neutral background)... <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">These two are recently engaged to be MARRIED!!! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Pablo's smile makes his eyes disappear, and I wouldn't have it any other way! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Jana looks GREAT here, but she looks even BETTER these days! <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">David's away serving a church mission. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I love this pic of them in the tree field. <br />
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I think I'm funny; funny enough to write stuff down on my blog for others to see and get a tickle out of it. I'm SEW funny (get it?) that I used to have an email address stating that fact. Wink wink. Nudge Nudge.
But, and there's always a butt <em><span style="font-size:78%;">(misspelling intended)</span></em>, I'm a bit irritated at the way my posts are spaced improperly. <span style="font-size:180%;">Is it me?</span> Am I the one that's improper? (Yes. Sometimes I am improper. It's inevitable and I sometimes try not to be and sometimes I am fine not being ~ <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">geez</span>, did that even make sense?)
There is so much to blog about that hasn't been fully divulged via <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Facebook</span>. In no particular order, we've got:
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<li>my little bro visiting us (not for the first time) with his ex-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">carni</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">tattooed</span> girlfriend (who we adore, she's rad) for the first time over Thanksgiving leftovers (Jake's stuffing was THE BOMB)</li>
<li>me working at the Christmas Tree Farm on the weekends for extra dough while having started Slim Fasting (working hard for 8-10 hours straight keeps you from being hungry)</li>
<li>crafting up a storm holiday gifts with my sister-in-law, mother-in-law and soon-to-be-sister-in-law to sell at an anticipated venue that earned us a whole $12 in sales (that blew)</li>
<li>soon-to-be-sister-in-law (we're so excited and it's about dang time)</li>
<li>Jack and Piper doing so very well at school; Jack is on a basketball team and we're looking into a Jump Rope team for Piper</li><li>the Humane Society dog, Maggie, we <em>accidentally</em> adopted (she has bowel issues, <em>great</em>)</li><li>my irritation with <span style="font-size:180%;">underarm hair</span></li><li>the ache I have for missing my friends (nobody wants to hear <em>that</em>, <strong><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">wah</span></strong>)</li><li>how selective I am at adding <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Facebook</span> friends; really, I want to KNOW you to add you (I make friends <strong><span style="font-size:180%;">EVERYWHERE</span></strong> ~ one of my dear friends is getting married next week to his dream girl I helped him win over; he was our waiter at my favorite restaurant and we have an AWESOME story). Without warning, I delete friends if they SPAM my other friends.</li><li>I'm going to launch my photography business in Washington, finally!</li><li>the cold weather means I don't see my riding buddies as much, but we had some good times this summer and fall riding around Western Washington!</li></ol><p>So, I guess I need to be blogging more and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Facebooking</span> less. If I look at blogging as a way to journal my life (which I think is <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">IMMENSELY</span> important, I just don't do it), then I might actually do it more often.</p>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-56580188148740804882009-11-06T23:28:00.000-08:002009-11-06T23:31:28.654-08:00Erika - Senior HeadshotUgh! Blogger's still making my pics look RANK! Honestly they are crisp, clear and delish. I gotta figure out how to fix it or change blogs. Here's a quickie senior yearbook photo!
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And here is her family dog...
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[edit] Ugh, the pics look GROSS on here! Not sure why they are distorted and fuzzy :[
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I woke up early (you'd think so, but that wasn't the rough part) to get ready for a solo trip to the <a href="http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/">Seattle Art Museum</a>. This no-children-all-day-while-they're-at-school is mighty nice.
However, before I head out of the house I usually check the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">interweb</a> (get it, web, it's Halloween month) for the latest news. Unfortunately, this morning brought news of the unexpected early birth and death of my friends baby.
A few years ago I had the privilege of documenting the short life and death of another pre-term baby, <a href="http://www.luckyredhen.net/2007/04/average-schmuck.html">Natalie Anne</a> (her name is forever on my heart), who was the second baby for that couple to not make it past infancy. They had found me through a bereavement photography service I had registered with called <a href="http://www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org/">Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep</a> (photographers donate their time for nothing in exchange).
Never having experienced or seen a baby who's passed away, I wasn't sure what to expect when I got to the hospital. On my way there, I prayed... a LOT. I asked for strength and composure for myself and peace and comfort for the family. My heart told me it would be o.k. Because I have a belief that we will live beyond this earthly life <a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=3e16b850e318b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD">in heaven, and with our family</a>, I maintained my composure (the family did too; they also believe the same blessing) while taking pictures for them.
She was tiny, about 12 oz (not even one pound) and only 17 weeks gestation. Her skin was very thin and almost translucent, giving her overall appearance a very dark red coloring. But she wasn't as un-formed as I thought she'd look (I pictured an alien). Her face was tiny, but all her features were there. Her tiny toes and fingers looked healthy and she looked peaceful. She was beautiful. She had fingernails, pouty lips and a little button nose (oh! that little button nose). Her knees bent, wrists flopped and head tilted. She was, in fact, a human being. That she didn't live past two, short breaths doesn't make her invisible. That she didn't open her eyes to see the world around her and gaze into her adoring mothers eyes doesn't mean those 17 weeks of growth were for nothing.
<span style="font-size:180%;">She was a human being.</span>
Not because she took those two breaths but because she was created in <em>God's image</em>. She was moving, growing and developing since the moment she was conceived.
<span style="font-size:78%;">[At this point in my typing, I started feeling angry and wanted to put out a for-life statement.</span>
<span style="font-size:78%;">But today isn't the day for that.]</span>
Today is a day for putting our faith in our Heavenly Father that He can give us <a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=01ede5e18be63110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD">peace</a> for the heartache we cannot understand.
So today I dedicated to the Barry's and not to the Seattle Art Museum. They were experiencing grief in the moment whereas the exhibits could wait for me. Today I was humbled to be a part of their families sacred time. I was on the Lord's errand.
<span style="font-size:85%;color:#990000;">"I will go, I will do, the things the Lord commands."</span>
Their other <span style="font-size:180%;">five</span> children had their own ways of dealing with the grief of losing the baby brother they've been so excited about. I watched in awe at the strength and gentleness of their grieving mother who bravely explained to them in a way they could understand what happened: The babies body wasn't strong enough to live. His heart wasn't growing right and couldn't keep him alive. They performed CPR on him to try and get his heart to start beating again. The cord was wrapped around his neck two times. The doctor and nurses in the operating room were all crying. This was the first baby this doctor delivered that died. His spirit is with Heavenly Father even though his body is left here. We won't be bringing him home. I'm proud of you for crying because it means you understand what's happened and it will help you feel better. What should we name him. What about a middle name?
Thank you, <a href="http://amylovesdamon.blogspot.com/2009/10/heartbreaking.html">Barry family</a>, for trusting me to be there. I'm grateful for the opportunity to serve.LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-69884926281452255892009-07-19T17:35:00.000-07:002009-07-19T17:38:21.461-07:00Health Care Video<p>There's lots of talk back and forth about government vs. private health care. Both sides give compelling reasons why they are right. Sure, I want everyone to have health care... but HOW is the million dollar question.</p><p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/q2jijuj1ysw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/q2jijuj1ysw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-13114914864647176472009-07-14T10:21:00.000-07:002009-07-14T10:38:33.396-07:00Elayna & Tim's WeddingElayna just wanted 5 pictures taken before her wedding reception (they were married the day before, out of town): them with Tim's family, her & Tim, them with her sister's family, her with her sister and her hair. I took a few more than that and here they are. I loved the orange (the color of my Harley - woot!) and Gerbera daisies.
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We're off to Home Depot, Costco (might have dinner there - LOL) and to see Public Enemy!
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBFDfEHhqtV_6J3pGOm8jpWnV1qSW7RfEHoEdHk5nQu7VAeEV3Uv1SX4h2x0dKx005Qjmx2Rj6Bwm2tUzPX4_LsZlRhvr0Hds-v2imU65N1enIiqBJ9eER1hbIWNg-0IZizeY/s1600-h/IMG_2053.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356975577056408546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBFDfEHhqtV_6J3pGOm8jpWnV1qSW7RfEHoEdHk5nQu7VAeEV3Uv1SX4h2x0dKx005Qjmx2Rj6Bwm2tUzPX4_LsZlRhvr0Hds-v2imU65N1enIiqBJ9eER1hbIWNg-0IZizeY/s400/IMG_2053.jpg" /></a></div>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-13833444086270406982009-07-01T22:17:00.000-07:002009-07-01T22:19:14.138-07:00You're a JerkThis song makes me giggle... a lot. You're a Jerk (I know)...
<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qv9VKKXwVxU&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qv9VKKXwVxU&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-33608599200189890902009-05-30T21:11:00.000-07:002009-06-01T12:33:38.982-07:00A Few Words and No More<div align="center"><strong>The Quiet World</strong>
by Jeffrey McDaniel
In an effort to get people to look
into each other's eyes more,
and also to appease the mutes,
the government has decided
to allot each person exactly one hundred
and sixty-seven words, per day.
When the phone rings, I put it to my ear
without saying hello. In the restaurant
I point at chicken noodle soup.
I am adjusting well to the new way.
Late at night, I call my long distance lover,
proudly say I only used fifty-nine today.
I saved the rest for you.
When she doesn't respond,
I know she's used up all her words,
so I slowly whisper I love you
thirty-two and a third times.
After that, we just sit on the line
and listen to each other breathe.
</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">- from <a href="http://elvisenthusiastsunite.blogspot.com/2009/05/few-words-and-no-more.html">Elvis Enthusiasts Unite</a></span></div>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-84556881976379808052009-05-29T11:20:00.001-07:002009-05-29T13:21:01.053-07:00My 30th Birthday - again!<div align="left">Yay! I've made it through another birthday <span style="font-size:78%;">(you should be reading that with the same sarcasm that I'm intending)</span> and getting older <span style="font-size:78%;">(now I'm feeling a little grumpy and less sarcastic)</span>.
The BEST part <span style="color:#990000;">(here's where I stop being sarcastic and grumpy and instead be completely sincere)</span> about having my birthday <em>(especially if it's during the week so I can spread out the celebration over 9 days --- p.s. What's with all my parenthasis obsession?)</em> is making an excuse to see my friends and get in some extra squeezies!</div>
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<div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">I LOVE squeezies!</span>
</div><div align="center"><span style="color:#990000;">Especially the little bit longer than
you think a squeeze should be kind ;)
They are even better when
you wag your tail (trust me, try it)!</span></div><span style="color:#990000;"></span>
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So this birthday week (my bday was yesterday, Thursday the 28th, mark that on your calendar for NEXT year) started last Saturday with a BBQ at our place with some photographer friend families (no pictures... ironic, no?) Monday we had some area friends (mostly friends from church, but not all) here for a BBQ (mmm... Cowboy Salsa and Elisa's homemade Oreo's were a hit), Tuesday we had family over for a BBQ and Wednesday Amanda had me and some girlfriends over for Ponderosa Banana Cake (hot out of the oven, very impressive).
Thursday, yesterday, my actual birthDAY, I awoke to a freshly made omelet, hugs n' kisses from my kidlets (Piper's peepers were barely opened as she layed in bed and said, "Happy Birthday, mommy." -- ugh, die) and a Harley Davidson gift bag! The gift was a surprise because we combined my Mother's Day gift with birthday (so I thought), but I was HAPPILY surprised with plug-in heated riding gloves :) Even though the weather is nice right now, it's not always (welcome to the NW) and my hands are the first to get chilly. Eventually I'll get the rest of the plug-in warming gear (jacket, pants and, I hope, socks) and extend my riding season.
I had several good choices for the day: Taco Thursday Ride at 3, photography meeting at 6:30 or Quilting Group at 7. Ben came home early and I went R I D I N G and it was JUST RIGHT :) I left at 3, met up with 2 bikers in Redmond (Tad and Dan), met up with 6 more in West Seattle at <a href="http://www.chowfoods.com/endolyne/index.aspx">Endolyne Joe's</a> (Tim, Pat, Big K, DeAnn, Mark, Beth), 2 more at a park (Matt & Sheena, with Tiger Lucy with her pink thong on back) then 10 more in Tacoma for $1 Tacos at <a href="http://www.cliffhouserestaurant.com/">The Cliffhouse</a>. We rode along the coast, went around a couple round-abouts 2 or 3 times while cars waited (only one car got a little ticked) with the last stop at DQ for some <a href="http://www.dairyqueen.com/us-en/eats-and-treats/menu/treats/peanut-buster-parfait/">birthday dessert</a> (substituting pecans for peanuts), thanks Mark, and joyous singing of the traditional birthday song!
Wanna know something weird and kinda disturbing? If you don't, then don't continue reading this paragraph and move on to the next instead. When you ride, you should stay hydrated so I kept guzzling water with my tacos. I pottied at the restaurant before we left. About 30 minutes later when we stopped in <a href="http://thepark.thenewstribune.com/">Point Defiance Park</a> along the 5 Mile Drive I went into the forest for another potty break (no bathrooms, great, I hope I didn't get a tick, <em><span style="color:#990000;">ESPECIALLY</span></em> down THERE; thanks, K, for keeping guard). Then at the golf course on the ocean where we stopped for a group photo, I had to go AGAIN and the public bathrooms were locked (so I went over a berm out of eyesight)! Mind you, stripping down with leather chaps, jeans and a hefty belt ain't so graceful). Even went again after dessert (but at least there was indoor plumbing that time). What the HECK?!? Typing the story makes me need to go again...
Alright, I'm back.
So I left home at 3pm and rolled back in at 11pm. A full day of romping across the coastline with other biker enthusiasts in the PERFECT weather (not too hot, not too cold). The views were magnificent... Mt. Rainier, the Puget Sound, downtown Seattle, the ocean, quaint neighborhoods with meticulously trimmed hedges and blooming foliage of all shapes, colors and smells (oh! the smells while riding --- except when we dropped into Tacoma, then there were patches of STINKY STANK). The NW on a beautiful day is a treat!
Here are some pics of birthday friends at Amanda's and some of our ride yesterday (I've noted the one's that I borrowed from Pat's camera).
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<p align="center">The following image needs an explanation. Lisa gave me a bag of her old jewelry to tear apart and remake into something fun, so Amanda thought it'd be hilarious to put them all on me at once and take a picture of me looking like Mr. T. Not the most flattering, sure, but my waist looks good (I promise, no photoshop) so I couldn't resist :)</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDrlNFAJqFEbpgWPPE04j-t1E3pcDTkoEMS-FxuEZDGxORl0U65zOsLiUnlkZcIKXLPK8zgohU1vJP_zysxzU3vhGMxY09E-52Cd0AZyfoPYSCSdOxl1TPoirZxv252q6aPZy/s1600-h/CIMG4060_w.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341327402006858034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDrlNFAJqFEbpgWPPE04j-t1E3pcDTkoEMS-FxuEZDGxORl0U65zOsLiUnlkZcIKXLPK8zgohU1vJP_zysxzU3vhGMxY09E-52Cd0AZyfoPYSCSdOxl1TPoirZxv252q6aPZy/s400/CIMG4060_w.jpg" /></a> From Pat's camera of us picking up Matt & Sheena.
I'm kinda in the middle by myself (4th person from right).
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RoOmaTizugO7Qyt-19zwCoZhONe4xxeP6D1soiBnwqyWzaQoXcJJzvUMi0HPI6kydEGMElEnBeIKShALPM5LXkMyu9dOs95tzt5rs7gHZvQVCRiEEqmwBK5vEEHvhYEsZZFI/s1600-h/TacoRide_byPat_PickingUpMatt.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341327445792483618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2RoOmaTizugO7Qyt-19zwCoZhONe4xxeP6D1soiBnwqyWzaQoXcJJzvUMi0HPI6kydEGMElEnBeIKShALPM5LXkMyu9dOs95tzt5rs7gHZvQVCRiEEqmwBK5vEEHvhYEsZZFI/s400/TacoRide_byPat_PickingUpMatt.jpg" /></a>From Pat's camera of Mt. Rainier.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBljnJpfilCshXEvYHV7EKxt3XK9EmNE2B_0qV2hReOU218oyEoASV1NEKUi8KG-yTq0rYeQssM4s886GGrtpse58V02a-zIffYTfMw3Xb5yUBWkZQ_fTgfnI-0cX8t2-guxF/s1600-h/TacoRide_byPat_MtRainier.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341327432992696082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVBljnJpfilCshXEvYHV7EKxt3XK9EmNE2B_0qV2hReOU218oyEoASV1NEKUi8KG-yTq0rYeQssM4s886GGrtpse58V02a-zIffYTfMw3Xb5yUBWkZQ_fTgfnI-0cX8t2-guxF/s400/TacoRide_byPat_MtRainier.jpg" /></a>From Pat's camera riding through Point Defiance Park.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHO2TT48vzUdOdDbAfV6G25DlKIXSZCu0K9jhI4_XakoaGaQX-1aZ4p8JBQof7GVF7lZtQ8Z627DEY9v5Owsb84PT3tAT5gUVYs_NHB12RRjq6-vYJWjubuRSJV7jIAsC0G3h/s1600-h/TacoRide_byPat_throughTHEtrees.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341326647650157058" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtHO2TT48vzUdOdDbAfV6G25DlKIXSZCu0K9jhI4_XakoaGaQX-1aZ4p8JBQof7GVF7lZtQ8Z627DEY9v5Owsb84PT3tAT5gUVYs_NHB12RRjq6-vYJWjubuRSJV7jIAsC0G3h/s400/TacoRide_byPat_throughTHEtrees.jpg" /></a> From Pat's camera when we were stuck in traffic.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ_kYpSEoHzfM6WqVXiYHQzoIe0651c2wCgEesIP7lk52h97tVKCpfLh-4VAfB7Ex_c_LuG8Rs-JcKOJ0loKW6kuz-h7juCbYEccms2b5iUqwQFEFXFihC05AOgy_D_BxRiwR/s1600-h/TacoRide_byPat_stuckINtraffic.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341326634521752610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijJ_kYpSEoHzfM6WqVXiYHQzoIe0651c2wCgEesIP7lk52h97tVKCpfLh-4VAfB7Ex_c_LuG8Rs-JcKOJ0loKW6kuz-h7juCbYEccms2b5iUqwQFEFXFihC05AOgy_D_BxRiwR/s400/TacoRide_byPat_stuckINtraffic.jpg" /></a>From Pat's camera (is that Tacoma Narrows Bridge?)
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSVfSEse-TeCLhvuLu2GBhYfdeY5fViSle8PEGk6JTEDuv2qqm1lticzuJca_TpY-geBLeNu1fwo4fpNOl_RRut7Mw8gb2lNyigoMeuuUlS200h16hwh1VaAWLsdID2LauO4z/s1600-h/TacoRide_byPat_PointDefiance.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341326620746442098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSVfSEse-TeCLhvuLu2GBhYfdeY5fViSle8PEGk6JTEDuv2qqm1lticzuJca_TpY-geBLeNu1fwo4fpNOl_RRut7Mw8gb2lNyigoMeuuUlS200h16hwh1VaAWLsdID2LauO4z/s400/TacoRide_byPat_PointDefiance.jpg" /></a></p><p align="center">I'm sure I was saying something funny and that's
why some heads are aimed my direction ;p</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyncHAVpydvyMXTV99KJzTxANx0GH7Y9tP0DpJeGIWlfo9hDppNhwy4B3zgDXwEUyAaLQuhe98PIdFFTn9gCljIit4thyphenhyphenTgAUvi6RvV4bSDP0mVH4KJNto6xrzA3dkppXahVg/s1600-h/CIMG4062_w.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341326672279151074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXyncHAVpydvyMXTV99KJzTxANx0GH7Y9tP0DpJeGIWlfo9hDppNhwy4B3zgDXwEUyAaLQuhe98PIdFFTn9gCljIit4thyphenhyphenTgAUvi6RvV4bSDP0mVH4KJNto6xrzA3dkppXahVg/s400/CIMG4062_w.jpg" /></a>Tana's hubby, Scott, my riding buddy :)
I'm showing you how helmet hair and riding does NOT
make me look very attractive, and I'm happy with that
because riding with cool, down to earth people ROCKS!
<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341326660892978546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Xk4mhjWGY4tbnO-NHDSiJCnmH9Ff5LLF4Jjqepa0rhNJ6J86AQzda5aHOHs4AahF-ydGKSPddPr57EUj5iie96RGeOVT-VQRheYtptxLBXxJj4bGkbR62BI8Fj-_jpOw80cR/s400/CIMG4066_w.jpg" /></p>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-10964259473881745782009-05-26T10:57:00.000-07:002009-05-26T11:20:51.653-07:00My Lisa and Uncle EliMy title is a little misleading. Lisa really isn't "mine" and "Uncle Eli" really isn't an uncle... yet.
But for all intents and purposes, My Lisa is what I call my BFF. And since there are so many Lisa's, I needed to differentiate her from all the others: Lisa N is my eyeglass shop owner friend, Lisa B is my brother-in-law's girlfriend (who is also my friend) and Elisa is my friend who goes by Lisa but her birth given name is Elisa (pronounced uh-lee-suh, not ee-lee-suh) and I just couldn't name her Lisa W (because double-ya doesn't flow off the tongue as easily as Ehn or Bee). My life is so complicated, eh?
Then there's Uncle Eli, or Uncle Blockhead to Piper. Aunt Lisa (that's what we call My Lisa to my kids) took Piper with her to work one day and introduced her to Eli. Somehow it was decided that Piper could lovingly call Eli "Blockhead" and that's all she can remember, no matter how many times we try to explain that his real name is Eli. So since there's an Aunt Lisa I figure that he'd be Uncle Eli (or Uncle Blockhead if Piper prefers) when they got married... of which they ARE getting married ;)
Here are some pics I took of them last week in Kirkland, WA...
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fBH6RviWF5CWPLeyPIGMs6CqFUcItFkkZ_dzUGvSfqj56WbBqGW15WzuSAX8apI3cBg_jO6-pSIT-2ZGKkeOypcSQeqIaCwtlSEEyACIBaOGgAEPnmxOFbEHUaZymPcc8ZJU/s1600-h/IMG_1966_w.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340195808893565586" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fBH6RviWF5CWPLeyPIGMs6CqFUcItFkkZ_dzUGvSfqj56WbBqGW15WzuSAX8apI3cBg_jO6-pSIT-2ZGKkeOypcSQeqIaCwtlSEEyACIBaOGgAEPnmxOFbEHUaZymPcc8ZJU/s400/IMG_1966_w.jpg" /></a>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-62058276681552627182009-05-21T12:36:00.000-07:002009-05-21T12:39:32.355-07:00Can I Have Your Number?<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kTFZyl7hfBw&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kTFZyl7hfBw&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-73818993155223208342009-05-14T21:52:00.001-07:002009-12-27T23:14:12.790-08:00Bridal Hair and Make-Up at Kelsey Creek Farm in Bellevue, WACan you BELIEVE it?!? I'm aaaallliiiiivvvveeee :) Sorry about my lack of blog updates. I'd like to explain how busy I've been or blame some random act of God for my absence, but that'd be lying... and I don't lie (at least I <em>try</em> not to). I <strong>do</strong> have a reason, <em>not</em> an excuse. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/">Facebook</a> (FB) has taken over (a little <a href="http://twitter.com/">Twitter</a> on the side, but only to update my FB status and the handful of friends who only Twitter and not FB). That place has sucked me in and won't spit me out, I tell ya! Now that I have FB on my <a href="http://www.apple.com/iphone/">iPhone</a> (which is another thing I cannot seem to live without), it's almost constant contact (which reminds me of the movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118884/">Contact</a>, with <a href="http://www.people.com/people/matthew_mcconaughey">Matthew McConaughey</a> (yum!) and Jodie Foster). Anywho, I realize not everyone is on FB (or they're not in my "friends" list), so I need to neglect the blog no longer. Besides, I always have something to say (don't I?) My hair and make-up friend, Rachel Williams, is launching her bridal business soon and needed some images to prove her point. That's where I come in. Since having children, my hair hasn't been quite the same. I've been a slave to coloring (darker on the bottom, wish Fire Engine Red would work permanently but it doesn't yet, and blonde highlights above) so we worked out a little barter. Wee! Her friend, Emelienne (ah-me-lee-ann), was our fantastic model. She's not a professional model, but she certainly could be! She was such a sport in the cold weather with barely anything on and was up for anything I wanted. Luckily I didn't have to tell her exactly where to put her hand, shoulder, hip, etc. everytime. Yay! I'd love to take her picture anytime :) P.S. The sun was going down and affected the light I had to work with. It was really fun to think on my feet and adjust my settings quickly as the clouds would cover the sunshine then move out of the way and shine again... like an amusement park ride (except I don't go on rides because I get motion sick). These were taken at Kelsey Creek Farm in Bellevue, WA. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimgLwv8o46RscWwvlnC38GFXoy7DIlZ2VXHcAx8Z2SxtaAdsrGQW4XeeCUR7NARiy5fVMq5MxE_pCk1uw-ceDGynoFvn5Uwf-41Cws-fVTRak9N0n1TfSvcap3HlkGuIGsMIkR/s1600-h/IMG_1514_w.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335910152800920066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimgLwv8o46RscWwvlnC38GFXoy7DIlZ2VXHcAx8Z2SxtaAdsrGQW4XeeCUR7NARiy5fVMq5MxE_pCk1uw-ceDGynoFvn5Uwf-41Cws-fVTRak9N0n1TfSvcap3HlkGuIGsMIkR/s400/IMG_1514_w.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> <br />
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</div>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13873661.post-67016584450456114162009-03-10T19:17:00.001-07:002009-03-12T21:13:16.139-07:00My March Trip to UtahSometimes when I'm on a flight, I don't mind talking to my flight mates (if I say "mates," do I sound as cool as an Australian?)
Like the time last Friday on my way to SLC.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF89wVlQiAXFdfEz5hf7NrFLgvEQDIk1nkV6-_4A1nGUFPGVO3xoPPZwwwhlT1RKyx44dyg-pUdsTZVgnXrEeXlP3muaMx2LrEVrAYzJN5MhPe-uro8Z6yvOcvYYwaA0j5bVvT/s1600-h/Flight_buddies.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748962597015090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF89wVlQiAXFdfEz5hf7NrFLgvEQDIk1nkV6-_4A1nGUFPGVO3xoPPZwwwhlT1RKyx44dyg-pUdsTZVgnXrEeXlP3muaMx2LrEVrAYzJN5MhPe-uro8Z6yvOcvYYwaA0j5bVvT/s400/Flight_buddies.jpg" border="0" /></a>This is Heather (a nurse for kids with cancer) and Ryan (helps people in Mortgage crisis). We <span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;">ROCKED</span> the <strong>First Class</strong> section on our Southwest flight (which is the first row on the left; didn't cha know?) If only <em>every</em> person on the flight was as cool as us (if only).
Doh, like the time<span style="font-size:130%;"> <strong>eons</strong></span> ago (my early 20's feels like eons)...
There was a drunk and dirty man ranting and raving in the terminal prior to boarding. An off-duty policeman offered to let them rearrange seating so he could assist, but the plane was full and we were about to board.
I take my seat at the window, an old man took his aisle seat and, <em>of course</em>, the drunk and dirty man sat in the middle! What to do, oh, what to do?!
I did the only thing I could get away with... I played deaf.
Not that I know how to sign, beyond the alphabet that Annette and I would use across the room during band class, but I CAN not talk (hard to believe, I'm sure)!
Sticking my nose into a magazine worked for only a few minutes before he started in on me about how absurd it was that they weren't serving alcohol soon enough (he was set with his miniature bottles, stashed so carefully in his carry-on) and that they wouldn't let him smoke in the "can." I pretended not to notice him talking until he biffed me on the arm to claim my attention. Acting startled, I turned his direction and shook my head while pointing at my ears, motioning to him that I couldn't hear. He seemed puzzled as he asked with slow-moving lips, <span style="font-size:85%;">"Y o u c a n ' t h e a r m e ?"</span> I repeated my earlier response; a shake of my head while pointing at my ears. He "hmph'd" then turned to the old man and started in on him.
When it came time for drink orders, I handed the stewardess a piece of paper that said, "Coke, please" and smiled as I nodded my head asking for confirmation that they understood. Drunk and dirty dude blurted to her that I was deaf as the wide-eyed stewardess nodded back to me.
<div align="left">When the flight landed, drunk and dirty dude shot up out of his seat and shoved his way off the plane, exclaiming obnoxiously about how badly he needed a smoke. Suffering through the flight as well, the other passengers let him pass. Upon my approach to exit the plane, the stewardess that brought my Coke motioned toward me as she told the others standing there that I was deaf, pointing to her ear. Slowly she said, "T h a n k s f o r f l y i n g w i t h u s !" Smiling, I replied, "Thank YOU!" As her face froze in shock, I explained that I faked that I was deaf because of drunk and dirty dude.
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<div align="center">Some of the labies at our 3 hour Carrabba's luncheon on Saturday...
(l-r back: RCola, <a href="http://jetsetcarina.blogspot.com/">Azucar</a>, <a href="http://suedonym1.blogspot.com/">Suedonym</a>, <a href="http://nitzwood.blogspot.com/">NitzWould</a>, yours truly, <a href="http://igottab.blogspot.com/">b.</a>, <a href="http://compulsivewriter.com/">Compulsive Writer</a>, Geo
l-r front: <a href="http://formerlyphread.blogspot.com/">formerly phread</a>, <a href="http://biffytalk.blogspot.com/">Sister Pottymouth</a> (holding her baby), <a href="http://gerbsrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/">Gerb</a>, <a href="http://lorienf.blogspot.com/">LoDown</a>, <a href="http://pflower10.blogspot.com/">pFlower</a> (holding Twisted's baby), Tiffany Twisted (by the way, my arse isn't as big as it looks - it's actually quite cute thankyouverymuch)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748811077761218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslZyxChXTf31w5AGcxTirxEWibnTwqxVfFKRt-I3REhjmkMTq244KUO-t6Y-TU_ERnbO-DwmNd6S3OUwqX15Cr95GeKz6Kqh0X66-LSUxtmxrY2T5yeuunQWTkv3sEi3uA0UWAw/s400/Carrabbas_Orem_Labies2.jpg" border="0" />
<a href="http://www.carrabbas.com/index.aspx">Carrabba's</a> proprietor, and my buddy, Clay Drinkwater
(trust me when I say it pays to know the owner)</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748955738128738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt_mbuciPGdos-3kVX-8SDID7IVzc3Wbmz0V1ehkYP3wAOXD93aAw3DViNlXMhdpSW9eiD7tizSjJds6kFkVVl7TYcbBVxTxMGVWpJ-y0rTj47h6cbjmez2VbGlFoMCnLl9Ocd/s400/Clay_Drinkwater.jpg" border="0" />
<p align="center">Then I stopped by Provo to hang with this fella, Jared Smith (a.k.a. my lil' bro), and help him get ready for his date with Angela (incidentally, we met a couple years ago when he was a waiter at Carrabba's - that's how I roll... does it MATTER where/how you meet a friend?). <span style="font-size:180%;">Man, I look fabulous in this picture, ifIdosaysomyself.</span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748965061395010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDolFkVMWm7ohL3dLtNmYxBhTbMhJkz-sXltvu1jh61olFUgBZhkoTP6yelEGuDxQ_No2fXb-Rfl1tuywS9Jx9sm5rHky-7Q6iBjzK-UfVLiLQR0E_3KrNGXxfcb67_J9Sk68i/s400/Jared_Smith.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p align="center">Retired UT County Sheriff, and my Harley Davidson riding instructor, Lance McDaniel (a.k.a. my family - that guy knows how to make me cry at the drop of a dime - I'm such a baby). He runs the service department at the <a href="http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/2009_Motorcycles/dwp_2009_motorcycles.jsp?locale=en_US&dwp_dealerid=60639&dwp_pg=nb_landing&dwp_ps=wide">Lindon, UT Harley Davidson</a>, and I ALWAYS stop by to say HI when I'm in town (I didn't even do any shopping this time, darnit). By the way, he really IS smiling, even though you can't tell with the facial hair in the way!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKxeUr6khN_eljim65IhMz_8dNqzh82ubb_Kd6QB8zFDNJInuNuxiohqI7hQPPx369Eg6suw68K0eH9UKhzdeZeNlxAVu0TIubw3Q_9EiG0ZUklETdAyMVnHrahNidGBya4Am/s1600-h/Lance_McDaniel.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311749185761101426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKxeUr6khN_eljim65IhMz_8dNqzh82ubb_Kd6QB8zFDNJInuNuxiohqI7hQPPx369Eg6suw68K0eH9UKhzdeZeNlxAVu0TIubw3Q_9EiG0ZUklETdAyMVnHrahNidGBya4Am/s400/Lance_McDaniel.jpg" border="0" /></p></a><p align="center">
Then some more <span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;"><strong>hot South UT County momma's</strong></span> got together with me for <a href="http://www.caferio.com/flash/index.html">Cafe Rio</a> in Lehi and gabbing. l-r is Tiffany, Linda, Cathy, Anita, yours truly and Amy. It was FREEZING as the camera was on timer, and nobody likes this picture of them - but I DO because they're my friends :)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748810738668658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtOOZSi9WjsulFeJ6Qh_7jA5Ttv3F3fHFlZ6EQlrs-IzgsGVBfyW4cA_2-4CgEKkLxHl2j9ndeq4sd3WR9TFPumojfWJyENI1v9Dp8THGRq6AaxM8OaJPU6QXaHerpFj_YBASDQ/s400/Cafe_Rio.jpg" border="0" />
One of my boys, Jared Wardell, who's going to Spain for a couple years :)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311749100104875538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAUYhpK11FiW9xFYzWJFwbLRiqqxceCyFiG2gn012V-WVgAPD_OA8j1siWoHPmK1Nlr2cLjT0yaGsDJoAEMBEt4JrCWMQEwg-MDxFq5GyWL_mDXFoccEN9drooPp_VfqLygWhX/s400/Jared_Wardell.jpg" border="0" />
Jared W's brother, Corey, who's a magnificent <em>(hetero)</em> dancer.
Whenever I'm over there, he claims he's my favorite in the family.
I usually humor him and agree (he really IS great, of course,
even though I stopped paying him by the hour for yard work
and started paying him by the job instead).<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748960930255010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTm35-v7Sh2mfYLxZBU-pztGFZgzKGiVWI2V5fGG8wZJpyhjrP9aPn1PW3DjgRKA2JTUT3QSeRAn8XurvXHn7Ap0pcSVfvoEHNC8ttMkhlItm2LdLzgeZxBjQibb3ewWvr0LyX/s400/Corey_Wardell.jpg" border="0" />
Beautiful Joy, with other peeps on the couch.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311749107358006034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEV6mlR4yud0mv5uuKi8laQ3lnLJkHU3mhMtu6TFYJ3QUVD_ei5wohdH11Nu8KzGz6i_jkkiYy70qAA9cCzgc7qhiWYjXsUb1hyphenhyphenpWY-LM2uO3hyphenhyphenijLIwxSWZpe6fyxICgo9h1R/s400/Joy.jpg" border="0" />
My old neighbor kid, Chris Weaver, who used to do yard work and other odd jobs for us when we lived there <span style="font-size:130%;color:#990000;">(he's worth every penny - hard worker and amazing person)</span> and the man of the hour, Jared (again). We were giggling all afternoon! Banana woman :)<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748815877220002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9u01bonHqMrpb0nQ0_rBAOUYwVdUbgTlJlYr28dn2EC6aGyfvVe_vOL5d09va69woWGHVpv33foSE1OD4N5BzAwiFzWkC-R3SzJXSdMUGSELFVsV2XCzF499Y7QYSqbvlMbh4w/s400/Chris_Weaver_and_Jared_Wardell_2.jpg" border="0" />
...in between giggles.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748810615757442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_ueqTfpabYp4qXTtJQ8adXJACL8JKZvso_YPbxu26eqhRrXUTgop02iKnd4bw1SjhiQeD3vBKiwJhcr6CCG1zGrqTyO6-Jil5ZgRhaPnYdVPSpRqofdLNE_kLI6VCIlUBCl3Hw/s400/Chris_Weaver_and_Jared_Wardell.jpg" border="0" />
Jared and Corey's sister, Jen, and I before the next picture. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311749103118510594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXxKz4pdqSTIuHRcQGhJsMIyinfy-U6Kv4ti0g_GqvumcnLWKkC2VNBBN2g2EnFvt7pqqgzILmEi205MX_Fa7mUfs-OPtyQ6akB9sp2tLcuooIELiOKA9QW4Bk3kd8Tc_ROfHy/s400/Jen_Wardell.jpg" border="0" />
Jen and I AFTER the previous pose.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311749101921423394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgob6EB-3uCSjhRipUlgJa9UzBXSptGssCgOvErC3uDIBI0oS68FQoYlszEI4X7zj3JYSioXh1upV0JhTwvA-cHFF8KacDzAmx_-ZRx8y5QLZJ0AFkhN6NdTxrIJtWnvjEjYm/s400/Jen_Wardell_goofy.jpg" border="0" />
Oh. My. Goodness. THIS fella is very special to me and he married a SUPER sweet girl and have a super cute daughter with a son on the way! This day was his BIRTHDAY, so I'm glad I was in town to wish him happy happy in person! I heart you, SCHLOPPY!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311749103681845090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsF_FmwbuQVIMlqOpRrKxhGCn2lt4Ki1Ntp8s6KviB6Y3TPCG6eYm4z_mtUtAcnF1gYqPMNjrOeEbuzXJbXX11oOTXmDg2dcAs-Sn-hZ_UZMjaTbLC0E6EqA-9IB7xm_4Lk6Q/s400/Jeff_McCall_Richards.jpg" border="0" />
Dedicated readers will remember this hunk, <a href="http://www.luckyredhen.net/2008/06/colbys-football-album.html">Colby</a>, my fav.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4GEPIo-ulnbrbibCFr_16S9NQFwpohV4dJUyb2b3LgrTRfOYi1licB6PkWDVRwv0yWjswySju5gPLHTBF3mYCaPffylAvU1ouGQ0rzMim92PHl7X1Wp2xdJ-U-h1RW6s_tkQ/s1600-h/Colby_Gray.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748958220592674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih4GEPIo-ulnbrbibCFr_16S9NQFwpohV4dJUyb2b3LgrTRfOYi1licB6PkWDVRwv0yWjswySju5gPLHTBF3mYCaPffylAvU1ouGQ0rzMim92PHl7X1Wp2xdJ-U-h1RW6s_tkQ/s400/Colby_Gray.jpg" border="0" /></p><p align="center"></a>But have you seen Colby's super sweet little brother Myles? Here he is, in all his glory. WHAT. A. SWEETIE! I'm not sure where their sisters were at this moment, because I should've gotten a pic with those gorgeous girls too (beautiful family).<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311749186245479938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2WSBCzznEmq7EIcxaK_bL8idGAGbAmkkvETg7zQ3DJA9Q5jaL2UdBpt4wpDkCa255fBIfHTvKOhgPc3Ca-FKa8aVwbUAwP67JR4yf0sYfyPw0wP5uizuI7-lzW-kaNwWoCpe0/s400/Miles_Gray.jpg" border="0" />
And the piece de resistence (say that with your best <a href="http://blog.cjanerun.com/2007/11/un-lphant-qui-se-balanait.html">Fronsh accent</a>), <a href="http://blog.cjanerun.com/">Miss CJane</a> and <a href="http://blog.cjanerun.com/2008/12/who-we-call-when-annie-leibovitz-is.html">The Chief</a>!
What's weird about this pic is that I almost don't want to post it for fear it makes me look like a CJane blog stalker. So I guess I need to preface the pic with the proof that we're <a href="http://www.luckyredhen.net/2006/04/viral-shirt-awareness.html">ACTUAL friends</a>, pre-fame (she hates when I say that because she doesn't really feel like she is and I really shouldn't have to feel like I have to prove myself). "Happy favorite birthday, my sweet." Keep The Chief away from me next time because I seriously don't think I can resist taking a juicy bite out of that lil' fella. MmMmMm!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcHZFS6ctigoLv3yK7x6bBYwvmEU67xb2PoTjvZuq2Gqgq98rdra63qtkLGeSUq1G5RRFaqi_lI-vFMIwS7HnRCx61m8DnJUjjUGrUDtA7GIbFMNDpZxVmIVHjF2M08Y0Ps5j/s1600-h/CJane_Chief.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311748818585215986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcHZFS6ctigoLv3yK7x6bBYwvmEU67xb2PoTjvZuq2Gqgq98rdra63qtkLGeSUq1G5RRFaqi_lI-vFMIwS7HnRCx61m8DnJUjjUGrUDtA7GIbFMNDpZxVmIVHjF2M08Y0Ps5j/s400/CJane_Chief.jpg" border="0" /></a></p>LuckyRedHenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02999331968314504791noreply@blogger.com4