Bart got stung by a bee yesterday. He wasn't in any distress, but he did look awfully funny. Here is the BEFORE photo:


















































And the AFTER images:

New and Improved Sir Bart

Puppies!















Stephanie's puppy, Kaia.















Ranger


















Sir Bartimaeus (Sir Bart)

Sitting Room

The New House
So here are a couple of pictures of the new house.






















This is obviously the front.




























A view from the side balcony.



























The back of the house, with pool.



























Me in the living room on moving day.























The view from my balcony this morning...

Okay, well once we get the boxes out I can show more inside pictures. :)

Hola!
Hello everybody! I know I haven't updated in a long time but I haven't had much computer access up until now. However, we have finally moved in to the new house, and my computer difficulties are mostly solved. There will be pictures up here very soon...

Also, a small anouncement for those of you who don't already know: I got an internship at KTSM TV, Channel 9 news. I start next weekend!

Hola! This last weekend I went on a cruise to Baja California, to the city of Ensenada. Since I have done some copy editing for PlainJoe Studios they kindly let me fill a vacant spot on the Paradise. (Thanks!) I had a really wonderful time with the PlainJoe employees, especially Christy. :)
























Ensenada was beautiful. Christy and I toured the area with a guide that took us to La Bufadora, "the most spectacular marine geyser in the world." It shoots water 80 feet in the air every 30 seconds, but sometimes, as the guide informed us, it keeps Mexican time and only blows every minute or so.

The Blowhole also makes an eerie sound like a buffalo (I'll take the guide's word for it, having never heard a buffalo). It sounded like a whale to me, and one legend has it that a whale is trapped under the cliffs. In the picture above on the right you can see the spray behind us.

Everyone was impressed by La Bufadora, but I think the Americans on our bus were most awed when we drove by the Costco and Smart and Final.

We also visited the Habana Banana (below left) which had really good salsa. The rest of the time we spent on the ship, mostly eating the thousands of meals a day that were served. We tried unsuccessfully to dance a little, but the disco music rendered it impossible.

Greetings!
After much prompting by several interested parties, I have decided to join the dark side and create a weblog. Actually, I just don’t want to have to call everyone long distance from El Paso all the time. So if you’re really an interested party, check back from time to time for news from the border.

(This first entry dedicated to Liza. Thanks for being such a dedicated blogger and showing us how it’s done!) :)

That’s all, folks!