Introducing: Max & Vader

There comes a time in every parent's life, when the kids come to them begging for a pet. We have seem to have hit that stage as Tanner has been begging for a pet. Last year he spent several weekends taking care of his pre-school class pet guinea pig, Snickers, and has since caught the pet bug.

And so, last weekend, we finally gave in and invested in a pair of gerbils. Hence, Max and Vader. And now we seem to be in "Spoiling gerbil" mode. It is amazing to me what is required to take care of such little creatures! From the cage, to the food, to the miles of connector pipes, establishing the coolest little gerbil habitat known to mankind... We have it now in Tanner's room.

So now, in addition to playing referee to kid's fights, we play referee to the new members of the family trying to come to an agreement over where to put the food dish (Vader keeps putting it under the exercise wheel, making a huge noise when it spins... Typical Dark rodent behavior). And so our pet adventures begin.... Click here for more photos of the duo.

Project: My Digital Life

I am in the process of a new project I have deemed "My Digital Life". Every photo I can get my hands on, I am scanning into the computer and organizing. This means al those stacks of prints stored all over the house, all the photo albums, all my Dad's slides, etc..... All slowly working their way into the digital universe, to be archived away for safe keeping or easily used in one of my digital projects.

While attempting to do this, however, I am coming across some strange things from my early childhood... Like clothing I was dressed in. I mean, who wears pants with indians on them?! How disturbing...

Welcome to Calvin's Chimerical Cosmos

Here we go! It's finally time to enter the blogging world! Welcome to Calvin's Chimerical Cosmos! What in the world is this? Simply the name for my little spot on the internet. Calvin (as in Calvin and Hobbes) has long been my personal mascot. I seem to identify with the little trouble maker in many ways. And, I have always said that I wanted to have a kid just like him. Well, I now have a little 5 year old Calvin, and while he keeps me on my toes... I wouldn't want it any other way. His little imagination is just amazing and always has me laughing, even when he does push my buttons.

So this will be my spot, to elaborate and enlighten on my crazy universe, my own world (Chimerical Cosmos) and the unique way I see life. I'll also use this spot to track m progress from overweight junk food eater to marathon runner (Disneyworld Marathon, 2007..... 313 Days to go!) and to tell of family stories and events.

So stay tuned! This should prove to be interesting!