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So glad we’ve graduated to a point in our lives where all we have to do is the demo work and then pay the professionals to do the part we don’t like to do. Sheet rockers and painters are coming in next week to fix this former stain above the 2nd story bathroom at the cabin. It turns out the 3rd-story toilet leaked when a renter decided it was cool to flush an entire bar of soap down it.

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Okay, actually this was me practicing my long-exposure photography tricks. This was the best of the bunch. You can see the cell-phone in Patrick’s hand that was used to make the circle. We loved that this took place the same night as the lunar eclipse. We fooled a lot of people.

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We made it!

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The Arden area DMV is a slightly more upper class section of the dregs of the Earth. Thanks, Jason A. Smith!

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Ok I’m a little slow with posting first days! Both at the same school this year, Emily is a señor and Patrick a freshman.

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[caption id="attachment_3648" align="alignleft" width="300"] Steve has a good head off his shoulders
[/caption]I was the first mascot for the Sacramento Kings. Long before there was Slamson there was KC Gull, a Seagull designed by the same guy who created the famous San Diego Chicken costume.

Just out of high school, I was ecstatic to earn 15 bucks an hour prancing around in costume. I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I’ve also always been shy. Running around anonymously in a full-body costume was the perfect way to get my acting fill. I wasn’t allowed to talk, and I wasn’t allowed to tell anyone that it was me. Without doubt it created some of the best work-related memories of my life. Along with Kings games, I danced at the Sacramento Jazz Festival and worked parades, parties and countless Sacramento-area events. I sweated at outdoor

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