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12/23/2009 03:34 #50640
happy birthday Metalpeter!Category: birthday
Hope your Birthday Rocks!
12/21/2009 14:31 #50617
meet blinkyCategory: pets
Originally we got adopted two kitties from the local shelter but it turned out to be a bit of a nightmare with two. Always fighting, body parts getting caught in the middle of those fights = many ouchies.
Luckily my colleague loved Inky so she adopted him from us. At least we still get to visit and play with him :)
Blinky is a special needs cat in that she has no eyeballs. We can't sew up her eye sockets until she's old enough to handle anesthesia so we just have to try to keep them clean. In her first solo picture she still has a bit of an infection. Second one, taken just moments ago, she's doing much better.
Special needs is a bit of a lie too, because this kitty is balls out the most adventurous little bugger I've ever known! She often overshoots her target by leaping an extra foot into the air, has an adorable weasel like side pounce attack, and runs through the house with ease. On occasion she bonks her head into a wall but it hardly phases her. Ironically, she has great skill in poking us in the eye while we're in bed.....
We're so happy to finally have the "Christmas Kitty" we've been wanting for several months now!
Inky and Blinky in a moment of calm
Blinky likes to curl up in the trash basket
Blinky being as Hallmark cliche as possible playing with a giant ball of yarn.
Luckily my colleague loved Inky so she adopted him from us. At least we still get to visit and play with him :)
Blinky is a special needs cat in that she has no eyeballs. We can't sew up her eye sockets until she's old enough to handle anesthesia so we just have to try to keep them clean. In her first solo picture she still has a bit of an infection. Second one, taken just moments ago, she's doing much better.
Special needs is a bit of a lie too, because this kitty is balls out the most adventurous little bugger I've ever known! She often overshoots her target by leaping an extra foot into the air, has an adorable weasel like side pounce attack, and runs through the house with ease. On occasion she bonks her head into a wall but it hardly phases her. Ironically, she has great skill in poking us in the eye while we're in bed.....
We're so happy to finally have the "Christmas Kitty" we've been wanting for several months now!
Inky and Blinky in a moment of calm
Blinky likes to curl up in the trash basket
Blinky being as Hallmark cliche as possible playing with a giant ball of yarn.
metalpeter - 12/21/09 20:27
wow those no eyes is freaky looking. It is to bad the two kittins didn't get along. Sometimes that happens and sometimes they get along great, not sure why in either case.
wow those no eyes is freaky looking. It is to bad the two kittins didn't get along. Sometimes that happens and sometimes they get along great, not sure why in either case.
tinypliny - 12/21/09 18:34
Heeellllllooo Blinky!
Heeellllllooo Blinky!
matthew - 12/21/09 14:42
Awww, what cuties! Congrats!
Awww, what cuties! Congrats!
theecarey - 12/21/09 14:38
Awh, what a beautiful lil girl. Blinky has found a good home with you two.
Awh, what a beautiful lil girl. Blinky has found a good home with you two.
12/17/2009 15:21 #50584
get in the mood!Category: christmas
The Webbers wish you a Happy Christmas!
metalpeter - 12/17/09 19:51
Thank You
Thank You
11/15/2009 14:32 #50309
URTI - feeling so miserableCategory: photos
So I have a pretty hefty upper respiratory tract infection. Joy, joy, joy. To brighten things up a bit I thought I'd share just a few shots from the US leg of our tour.
the traditional British group photo after the ceremony
the husband and I with the man who took our pics, the one and only (e:Libertad)
one of the coolest shots we got in the cemetery
my favorite kissing shot
the traditional British group photo after the ceremony
the husband and I with the man who took our pics, the one and only (e:Libertad)
one of the coolest shots we got in the cemetery
my favorite kissing shot
metalpeter - 11/17/09 17:17
Nice Pictures thanks for sharing some of them.
Nice Pictures thanks for sharing some of them.
deeglam - 11/16/09 10:31
I love!!!! Thanks for sharing. So beautiful!
I love!!!! Thanks for sharing. So beautiful!
ladycroft - 11/16/09 07:24
well, the doctor didn't seem to be concerned with that as a possibility, and i even told her i had been doing a lot of traveling lately, including the US. it doesn't feel like the flu though, in any capacity that i've ever had in the past at least.
well, the doctor didn't seem to be concerned with that as a possibility, and i even told her i had been doing a lot of traveling lately, including the US. it doesn't feel like the flu though, in any capacity that i've ever had in the past at least.
mrmike - 11/15/09 21:53
Me, too, Jenks, we got cropped out
Me, too, Jenks, we got cropped out
paul - 11/15/09 17:00
Sure its not the swine flu, I hear that is all respiratory.
Sure its not the swine flu, I hear that is all respiratory.
11/10/2009 09:10 #50263
back in dohaCategory: potpourri
Mr & Mrs Webber have arrived home - amazingly. We had a lovely party in the UK, though a little chaotic to get set up apparently. We also ran out of time to do our slideshow which means we carted around our projector around the world for no reason...oy. Everyone around us was sick, and between that and the traveling I didn't really stand a chance. SO now I'm sick too. Rory was, but seems to have thwarted any major affects. Getting on another plane with a head cold made the pain so much worse. I had to actually take a sick day today, which is almost unheard of for me.
We barely made our plane out of London because we got stuck in so much road works and traffic on the way out. I'm so proud I managed to drive in and out of Heathrow airport - that place is nuts....and I still sometimes try to get into the 'wrong' side of the car when I'm over there. Or bash my fingers into the window reaching for the gears, when they are on the left as well. Nonetheless, I think I've qualified as a world driver now.
So, back in Doha we just picked up keys for our 2 bedroom apartment - YAY! I'm supposed to have one anyway as part of my contract, but there are lots of promises made that get broken here, and that was one of em. So, now that I'm a married woman, they HAD to give me a 2 bedroom (which is like 3 times the size of my one bedroom).
In other words, we now have a BED for people to sleep in - so if you have ANY desire in seeing the world outside your backyard, particularly experiencing the middle east, this would be the time to do it. Hotels are very expensive around here and there are no motel 6 type dos. Even if you use it as a 2 day layover on the way to someplace else.....and I think we might try to plan a group stay at Rory's aunt's place in Indonesia next year. That would be tre fun!
Anyway, sooner that later because before you know it, 2 more years will pass and we'll be on our way to somewhere. Nothing sounds worse that opportunity as it whizzes past your head.
When we're back in our time zone and the 3rd party is over, we'll get a few shots posted from the big affair :)
Ciao, Mrs. Webber
We barely made our plane out of London because we got stuck in so much road works and traffic on the way out. I'm so proud I managed to drive in and out of Heathrow airport - that place is nuts....and I still sometimes try to get into the 'wrong' side of the car when I'm over there. Or bash my fingers into the window reaching for the gears, when they are on the left as well. Nonetheless, I think I've qualified as a world driver now.
So, back in Doha we just picked up keys for our 2 bedroom apartment - YAY! I'm supposed to have one anyway as part of my contract, but there are lots of promises made that get broken here, and that was one of em. So, now that I'm a married woman, they HAD to give me a 2 bedroom (which is like 3 times the size of my one bedroom).
In other words, we now have a BED for people to sleep in - so if you have ANY desire in seeing the world outside your backyard, particularly experiencing the middle east, this would be the time to do it. Hotels are very expensive around here and there are no motel 6 type dos. Even if you use it as a 2 day layover on the way to someplace else.....and I think we might try to plan a group stay at Rory's aunt's place in Indonesia next year. That would be tre fun!
Anyway, sooner that later because before you know it, 2 more years will pass and we'll be on our way to somewhere. Nothing sounds worse that opportunity as it whizzes past your head.
When we're back in our time zone and the 3rd party is over, we'll get a few shots posted from the big affair :)
Ciao, Mrs. Webber
jenks - 11/10/09 19:11
awesome, welcome home! I would love to come visit... but am pretty broke this year... How long are you guys there, anyway? And, do you know what/where is next??
awesome, welcome home! I would love to come visit... but am pretty broke this year... How long are you guys there, anyway? And, do you know what/where is next??
metalpeter - 11/10/09 13:56
1. Sorry you two got sick
2. Glad you made all the connections
3. Glad you both made it back safely
4. Looking forward to seeing pictures
5. When you have time a few of my posts have pictures (didn't finish up with the reception yet though)
6. I don't have a passport so I won't be traveling but, the point you make about a stay over for a couple days is a great one.
6A. I was watching (American)football [not soccer] and the Fox Crew went to Afghanistan and they went over how they got there and they had some night footage of the Doha, Airport. I was surprised they got that much into detail. The only reason I knew what airport it was, is that they said.
7. Congrats to you both
1. Sorry you two got sick
2. Glad you made all the connections
3. Glad you both made it back safely
4. Looking forward to seeing pictures
5. When you have time a few of my posts have pictures (didn't finish up with the reception yet though)
6. I don't have a passport so I won't be traveling but, the point you make about a stay over for a couple days is a great one.
6A. I was watching (American)football [not soccer] and the Fox Crew went to Afghanistan and they went over how they got there and they had some night footage of the Doha, Airport. I was surprised they got that much into detail. The only reason I knew what airport it was, is that they said.
7. Congrats to you both
joshua - 11/10/09 12:13
:)
Hopefully your crazy globetrotting schedule will slow down a little bit now that you are back!
Man I would LOVE! to come and visit you guys sometime.
:)
Hopefully your crazy globetrotting schedule will slow down a little bit now that you are back!
Man I would LOVE! to come and visit you guys sometime.
leetee - 11/10/09 10:09
First of all, congrats once again. I could not be happier for you (and yeah, Rory, too). :o)
Sorry to hear about all the sickness. It's really going around here, too. Two co-workers are out with official H1N1, and others are just calling in sick and not wanting to get the state required flu test to have the full 7 days off work. Feel better soon!
And, thank you for answering a question i had, but kept forgetting to get around to asking. I was wondering if you were going to change your last name. i don't know how you felt about it, but it felt like the right thing to do for me... and made the marriage somehow more real and tangable, not just a really fun cool dream. Silly, i know, but i loved the first couple of years being a Mrs. Hope you do too! ;o)
Congrats too on the 2 bedroom. Coming to visit is tempting... and i would love to, thanks for the invite. When's winter there?
First of all, congrats once again. I could not be happier for you (and yeah, Rory, too). :o)
Sorry to hear about all the sickness. It's really going around here, too. Two co-workers are out with official H1N1, and others are just calling in sick and not wanting to get the state required flu test to have the full 7 days off work. Feel better soon!
And, thank you for answering a question i had, but kept forgetting to get around to asking. I was wondering if you were going to change your last name. i don't know how you felt about it, but it felt like the right thing to do for me... and made the marriage somehow more real and tangable, not just a really fun cool dream. Silly, i know, but i loved the first couple of years being a Mrs. Hope you do too! ;o)
Congrats too on the 2 bedroom. Coming to visit is tempting... and i would love to, thanks for the invite. When's winter there?
Thank You. 2 Parts of my Birthday are over and I have one more to go. It started out when I bought myself Tickets to The Sabres Games. I wanted to see the penguins and they played before and after my Birthday. So I got a ticket to both. On Sat. I Went to the first one and am so behind I don't have time to put pictures up yet on here. Last Night I wound up getting a new coat, think ski/snowboard with a bunch of pockets, I really needed a new one. Then went to Famous Dave's BBQ with the family that was a good time. The food was really good also, again I haven't even downloaded those pictures yet.
I hope you had a good one peter!
Wow, you missed Christmas by two days. heh
Hope you have a fun-filled riot of a New Year ahead!
Happy Birthday!!!