TO ALL

HAVE A BLESSED, HAPPY, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS

NEW YEAR 2010.

happy birthday Enzo

my baby boy is 5 years old today. i thank you for everyday you give me. you have brought us more than you know and of course more than you could ever understand.
happy birthday littlemanz.

again, full circle

i was one of the fortunate ones who grew up with parents who loved the outdoors. every weekend we were out camping, climbing, skiing, etc.
here is my mom, who used to shred the rocks back in the 70s with my dad. after watching her today i realized where i got my amazing footwork. today my sister made her way into the gym for the first time since the original gym way back when. i love the holidays for this reason. my family comes home.

Nalle

Could Be Worse from Boulderkeskus on Vimeo.

BOX OF COOKIES

I used the Peppermint Collection from DCWV for these simple in a hurry boxes.

my boy dino

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I WANT TO WISH ALL

A SUPER HAPPY VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

AND BLESSINGS FROM ABOVE

LOTS OF HEALTH FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES

AND WISDOM TO UNDERSTAND THE THINGS WE CAN'T CHANGE.

LOVE, HUGS AND PEACE TO THE WORLD 

for most fans, this will be hillarious

Star Wars: Retold (By Someone Who Hasn't Seen It)

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you know who doing you know what

CRUSHING

THE CARD I MADE FOR MY SON'S BIRTHDAY

This card is from the Wild Card Cricut Cartridge, page 31, cut at 7-1/2 inches

I used the red Couture Cardstock I received from the My Pink Stamper giveaway

and I love, absolutely love how my Cricut cut it

The golden one from where I made the bow from is textured cardstock from Die Cuts with a View and it cut well too but I wanted to cut the "for you" words and it wasn't coming out too well so I decided to use my red marker then for the inside of the card.

This is my son yesterday morning a bit upset from me taking photos for my albums.

MY SON'S BIRHTDAY IS TOMORROW

He will be 17 years old.

 Let's say Happy Birthday to him.

Happy Birthday dear son,

May God bless you today and always

Lots of health and wisdom

We will always love you too.

THIS IS THE INSIDE

THE HEART IS FROM THE SWEETHEARTS

CRICUT CARTRIDGE

MY PINK STAMPER LIVE DEMO CHALLENGE

THESE ARE THE RULES:

Use a christmas image from any Cricut cartridge and use the cut in a non traditional way? An example would be....
Using a Christmas stocking from the Christmas Cheers cartridge on non-christmas pattern paper and use it to make a card or scrapbook page.
Post a link to your site or message board post in the comment section.

HERE IS MY PROJECT:

I ALMOST DID NOT MAKE IT TO POST ON TIME

IT READS:

"I can not BEAR to b"

and in the inside reads

"without you".

The "BEAR" is from Joys of the Season Cricut Cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by.

saturday nights

we all wish we were surfing, for real

if you are in Manhattan, check out my homeboy's shop
http://blog.saturdaysnyc.com/

chihuahuas looking for homes

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my wife and I are so happy with our boys, we couldnt recommend this more. the best thing for your life is loving a chihuahua. http://www.adoptapet.com/pet-search-display?clan_id=1;clan_name=dog;country_code=US;current_page=1;end_number=50;family_id=36;family_name=Chihuahua;geo_range=100;geo_range_km=160;is_dog=1;is_family_specific=1;postal_code=98103;quote_filename=%2Fhome%2Fsap%2Fexternals%2Fproduction%2Fwaiting_page_quotes%2Ffamily_specific_dog_quotes%2F%2F1.html;sex=m;start_number=1;state_code=WA;tmpl=search_dogs_36

A few Vegan zones my wife and i frequent, check them out.

http://arayasplace.com/
dont really need to say much about this joint, everyone knows it and everyone loves it. go there.
http://www.hillsidequickie.com/
this place has some of the best greasy spoon food you can get.
http://www.bamboogarden.net/
oh my god i love it here. chicken balls, nuff said.
http://www.pizza-pi.net/
hadnt been here in a long time and went there the other night, it was wonderful. my wife cooks the best vegan pizza known to man, but these guys do a pretty good job for sure.
http://www.thkseattle.com/
we really enjoyed this zone when we went there. its not 100% vegan, but they did have some great vegan dishes and great service.
http://www.carmelita.net/
when we like to spend a little extra money on great food, we usually go to carmelita. i proposed to my wife here, table 25. they have done a great job catering to a vegan crowd with a high class dish.

Sidecar

http://www.sidecarforpigspeace.com/main/index.html
we do much of our shopping at the Sidecar vegan grocery. it is run and operated by many volunteer animal lovers here in the northwest. all profits go tohttp://pigspeace.org/main/index.htmlsanctuary for rescued pigs and other animals. stop in and check them out when you get a chance. it will blow your mind how much great food you will find.
it may just answer that question you want to ask your vegan friends before you ask it.

mighty O

http://www.mightyo.com/
i truly believe that if there was one food i could eat for the rest of my life it would be something from the mighty O donut shop. all vegan donuts and a great backing for the rights community.

U STREAM AND MY PINK STAMPER

I had lots of fun last night on the video that Robyn had last night on U-Stream.

I recognized a few of you and some of my followers.

I do not want to miss the next one.

Signing up to U-Stream was easy and fast.

See you soon

Busy-Busy here

remember who loves you

Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.

where it all started

found this shot down at tacoma today. the original gym. where it all began. where i began taking this way too seriously. man those were good days. begging my dad to take us down there as much as possible. taking the bus after school and skating home in the dark after the session. loved that place.
mike smith, craig hadley, erik kubiak, will catlain, carl kayala, darryl cramer, erik thickston, dan cauthorn, rich, kevin newell, august welch, carmel schimmel. just a few of the folks i remember well from those days.
the 45, divots only.

tacoma vid and pics

spent the morning down at tacoma today. it is really starting to come together. pretty excited about whats going on. best of all was walking through the door and seeing an old friend brian doyle. brian is a hell of a routesetter and a great climber. years and years of experience from this guy. super psyched he is going to be a part of the crew. bret and i and brian set a few today and ryan was finishing up on a bunch of things. then comes in josh simonaux. he is doing the electrical for the gym. pretty rad to see the community really coming together. it really is getting a great vibe and i can only imagine how welcome it is going to be down in the tacoma area. i love seeing our community grow with such a positive attitude.
i also loved that there was a whole bunch of "new pour" pusher sets in urethane. revolution is doing a very limited run of these and ryan was one of the first to get in on it. i loved walking in and being able to use the classics like the sickle and the midnight lightning. not to mention the whole font set and granite set. i could use those every day all day.
overall, really great terrain and really great feel. the place is going to build some pretty special climbers. the walls are tall and you are going to have to man up a little for the big ones.

I RECEIVED THIS PACKAGE YESTERDAY FROM

COUTURE CARDSTOCK

It is the candy I won from MyPinkStamper giveaway.

It's a thick textured cardstock, matte and it reminds me of my white linen textured cardstock from Wausau.

Thanks for stopping by!

LOCKER for 1 more year!!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!!!!!!!

OUR PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED. THANK YOU JAKE! WE LOVE YOU!!!

tacoma gym. almost done.

WEEKEND GOODIES

I went to Ross this past Saturday to get somethings for Lulu and I found the Paper Gator for $15

and the Karen Foster kit for $7.

AND...this Monday morning Fed_Ex came in to bring me my two

Solution cartridges from the G promo.

ANOTHER BOX OF CARDS

the albino rhino, and fritz climbs team member blogs

http://bretjohnston.blogspot.com/
http://fritzclimbs.blogspot.com/

huge storm hits portland........um no it didnt. clubsport comp dec 12

once again our team has great support for its older members

portland today with mike helt and my quest to become the fattest man on the planet

i drove down to portland this morning to hang out with my good friend mike helt. we rode bikes around portland and did a tour of all the lovely vegan joints. in my december desire to become the fattest man on the planet, i felt it was necessary to get down to the portland vegan fare.
after riding around and doing some shopping, where we spent a good amount of time getting mike suited up at macy's (great sale, great suits right now), we headed to Voodoo doughnuts. i have heard tale of this place and had to sample. the pictures tell it all. holy crap. prolly 1000 calories each. cookies and peanut butter with chocolate. then the other one was fruit loops, frosting and cake. oh god, so good.
then we headed to Sweatpea vegan bakery. i got a couple cupcakes (mint chocolate, and maple). they were good, but nothing like the doughnuts. then we went to the Hungry Tiger too. i had a couple vegan corndogs and tater tots, and vegan ceaser salad, and vegan wontons, pumpkin style. i believe this was about 5000 calories. i dont feel that good right now, but i know this was worth it. soon i will be the fattest man on the planet, and it will be another success in my long list of successes ;)