Pure Abby

Melon head

These were not done on purpose. Both taken the same day.

Abigail likes to see pictures of herself. I am posting these for her so she can look at herself online.

I was just reading earlier this week about the National Park in American Samoa and was thinking this might be a good place to work. A tsunami hit there today and many of the workers are missing. Quite sad. Even though it's so far away I feel like they are our neighbors. It could have easily been us.

Zombies

Marnie zombie?

Night of the Living Dead zombie girl.

What is it with Zombies? Ok, so I happen to believe this particular version of Armageddon will be the one, but why am I not the only one to be particularly fascinated with these blood-hungry dead people? It seems like I should be the only one drawn to the horror of postmortem cannibalism.

It began with George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, well, I guess it did for most. For me, it's the way the terror begins, the young couple unknowingly driving to meet their end. Then of course subsequent popular films continued prepping us for the infection - Resident Evil (Mila is hot!), 28 Days Later, and there's many more, everything from Redneck zombie's to Astro-zombies.

Exploration of possible past and future outbreaks of zombies is found is a variety of forums. For example, there is a page on Archaeology.org website: http://www.archaeology.org/online/interviews/zombies/
Now, I work at an archaeological repository, and everything we say is true, so how could I possibly ignore the archaeological record of zombie outbreaks?

So what is it about Zombies? They don't feel any pain and unrelentlessly pursue their desired object to no end.

Almost two

Here's Abigail on her 1st birthday. I can't believe in just about a month she'll be 2. I am very excited for my little darling stinker.

This is what I saw the most actually - tin celing. Lucky I had it to look at. I had just two thoughts in my head.

Victorian schoolhouse where my parents are living temporarily.
I actually lived there before, so it felt like home. My apartment was the one with the rounded windows. My parent's is just across the hall (not shown).

Inside - note slate chalkboard. Those windows are like six feet tall, or more, huge.

Air Force Museum

Those runway pieces should look familar, for those of you in Kodiak.

No surprise where we spent our stay - WWII wing.

Marnie likes it. It's shiny.

Failure

Another word of the day -

Failure refers to the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury.

Silly Sully

My parent's Golden Retriever, Sullivan, LOVES Abigail. Normally a reclusive dog who hides in his "den", he waits for Abby to wake up, and barks until she does sometimes! He loves her so much he likes to steal articles of clothing, toys, stuffed animals, dirty diapers, just about anything.
He really wanted her bunny that my friend Jessica gave her when she was four months old. It's the one stuffed animal we brought from home. Well, he finally got it. As he does with his toys, he ripped an eye out, torn off an ear, and nipped its fluffy tail off. It looked straight out of a Rob Zombie horror film. My friend Joan came over for a visit yesterday, and decided she would help repair poor bunny. Apparently some of the behind is being used to patch the eye. It now also has the end of a Santa hat for its tail. It's back in Abby's arms, and Sully still wants it.