Blog, Blog, Blog, and more BLOG

Well, from the title you can see, or perhaps infer, that I am almost blogged out, overblogged, or just plain bloggy. Anyway, Susan (gophergetter) had a nice long post not too long ago, go read it. It is directly beneath this post. Anyway, not much else going on that I can (work) or need to say at the moment. However, for your pleasure, here are the rest of my blogs:

1. Vox
2. Livejournal
3. Myspace
4. Bathroomguide (seldom, if ever, updated)
5. Facebook (I am ashamed to admit, but here it is)

Go read them, they are all subtly different, or are they?

Hallelujah! A Brand New Year!

Well, Mike's right. I have been lazy on posting, but I've been pretty damn busy. Let's see....where to start. Well, I started writing my thesis on January 1, so some progress is being made there. I've got to have my thesis edited, bound, presented, and defended by April 1. It's daunting, but I can do it (hey, I never claimed to be sane)! I have to if I want to graduate this May. And that is something I really want to do, because if I graduate in May I can go work on my Ph.D. the following fall with this awesome prof who works with the influences of hormones on avian behavior. Yep, I know that means I'll have to go WAY out of my comfort zone and learn how to work with birds and (heaven forbid) acquire some laboratory skills, but I'm ready for a challenge and this opportunity is just too good to pass up.

The gophers are good. Mike has had to help me clean over the holidays, but he hasn't fussed too much. I was pretty fortunate that my good buds, Zach and Tommy, fed the little buggers over the holidays so we could go home for a little while. The three amigos (cats) were kept alive by my other good bud, Stacie, so many thanks to her as well!

Well, I'm off to go through some more data. We started working out again and although we are sore as heck, we have more energy, so I'm putting it to good use. Enjoy the pic!

News on the Horizon

There is news on the horizon, but I am not going to be the one to say it, spoil it, jinx it, etc... I will let Susan speak of the news when she sees fit - GopherGetter that is. I could probably shout it out from this blog because those whom it will affect do not read this - although they should!

Good day to you all...

Holidays

Well, the holidays are upon us and the Christmas parties have begun. Let's see, this Friday is the CALS'(Central Arkansas Library System) Christmas Party; this Friday is also, I believe she said this, Susan's office party at UALR; this Saturday is Heidt's Christmas Party (the funnest of the three); and I am sure I will be having an office party sometime in December (the infamous potluck). What Christmas parties do you have coming up?

Aside from that, I have most, if not all, of my Christmas, Birthday, and Anniversary shopping completed - maybe an impulse gift here and there, but I am mostly done. I will be off work starting around December 22 until January 6, so I am realllllly looking forward to that time off. I do not know how long we will be able to stay in Lafayette/Greensburg - probably just for a week at the most. We need to get back and try to actually ENJOY some time when WE are BOTH off together.

Susan is the one that will post on her "what - ho" doings over the past few weeks, so bug her about our future involvements.

Oh, and if you have not already, watch Memoirs of a Geisha. It's a good movie, but don't ask Susan about it because she may have slept during the middle of it. I think I want to read the book because the movie feels as if something was left out.

That's enough rambling from one post; I am sure more will follow at a later date.

Thanksgiving Belated

Well, I do know that this post is slightly belated, but it is still Thanksgivingish related. For Thanksgiving, we went down to Greensburg to visit, hunt, and eat with Susan's family. We came back on Sunday - back around 7 p.m. Anyway, we had a good time and we ate lots of food (pie, turkey, brisket, "the dish," etc...). Luckily, for the deer, we did not shoot or even see anything in regards to hunting. I think, both Susan and I, saw lots of birds - I think because I know I did, but only think Susan did. That's another blog - LiveJournal.

It was good to get away from Arkansas, if only for a little while. It is now about to get really cold and possibly snowy over here for the next few days. We will have to wait and see how the weather turns.

Everyone is doing rather well. Fuzzy, Ash or cat, is, I hope, getting better after having to have the vet come see him at home. Some skin rash or allergy. He is also not eating, or appears to be, very much for some reason - we don't know why and are trying to give him various foods to eat. He has lost some weight, but is still as crazy and fuzzy as ever. I hope all will be well with him - he's a good Fuzzy after all.

To conclude, I am very thankful for whoever is reading this blog although a comment now and then would be nice so that we know you are out there. I am also thankful that my brother-in-law does not read this blog because of the following picture. Good day to you all...

Grading, cleaning, and inspections, oh my!

Yep, I guess I better post something. It's been kind of hard getting time to play on the computer these past few days. We had a field trip with our mammalogy class a couple of weeks ago, which was super fun--caught the smallest gopher I'd ever seen! Also managed to catch a couple of animals with PIT tags in them that I had tagged in January, so that was cool. I've got students' papers coming out of the wazoo (trust me, it hurts) and I've been wading through them over the past couple of days. Our animal facility is also getting ready for a big inspection, so I've been spending most of my afternoons this week making sure all the gophers have clean cages and clipped nails. Oh, and there's that little thing of trying to find a Ph.D. mentor as well. I was prepared for people to tell me "yea" or "nay," but not so much "maybe." Anyway, enjoy the pic.

Leafage - Garvan Gardens

Leafage - Garvan
Originally uploaded by Famille-DeVries.

This is an example of some of the leafage I told you about in my last entry. This was taken while we were exploring Garvan Gardens - Hot Springs, AR.

That GopherGetter needs to do some posting - What do you think?

Sick

Well, I am more or less sick. Just starting to get over poison ivy and now I am fighting with a cold or something. Not fun, not fun at all. Susan isn't feeling too well either.

Anyway, we had to get a new washer because the old one finally coughed and spluttered its way into washing machine hell. It was a not so good machine that did not last more than 8 years. I seem to remember my parents having a washing machine that lasted around 20 years, but I could be wrong.

Also, the family Brecheen came up to visit this past weekend. We, at least I, had a good time, and I assume they did as well. Our cats were very gracious. We managed to go the Garvan Woodland Gardens and see some leafage - it was nice. We also ate some good food and, as a bonus, they hauled away our dead washing machine. Yeah!!

That is all...