2007 Vacation-San Antonio, after Corpus Christi

Hi! I'm at the Children's Museum in San Antonio.....Milam Park
Lunch at the famous Mi Tierra at El Mercado.... The infamous Riverwalk....... Somebody was grumpy at the Alamo....LOL! Natural Bridge Caverns Where the name "Natural Bridge" came from.
Be nice to the goat.................
What you lookin' at?

Invasion of moose and zebra........

Some real Texas Longhorns!!

No Bull! It's a buffalo.......

Lauren, a silhouette

2007 Vacation-Corpus Christi

The largest sand castle??? Shark!!!!

The crew chillin' at the beach....or would that be fryin'? A stretch of Padre Island......... So how many sharks do you think are actually out there? Sand. It does your body good. Mmmmm.................... Our first time, ever, at the beach. The first look of wonderment.............. Workin' for their lunch.One of Columbus' ships......
I wonder if my head will fit in its mouth? Dawn's early light, an image from our hotel room...........

USS Lexington:

2007 Vacation-San Antonio, before Corpus Christi

Sorry no pictures from Schlitterbahn.....didn't want to ruin the camera. It's a waterpark ya know!

SeaWorld San Antonio:

Six Flags Fiesta Texas:

At the end........Lauren was pooped!

Believe it!~(Japanese, "Dattebayo")

I haven't posted in a while and thought I would discuss the new joy in my life. Anime and Manga of Naruto!

The family and I have been watching Naruto marathons trying to catch up with the Japanese. We Americans and other nations are almost 4 years behind them. Cartoon Network, if they keep Naruto going, can't catch up fast enough. Then the manga (Japanese comics) is over 150 chapters ahead of the Japanese anime...so that makes other nations...what?....okay, more than that!

So now, after finally catching up this weekend (and waiting for the next Japanese episode), I've found free online manga to catch up with that. Gosh, how I love this.

Some, I know, think I'm weird. Geez, I'll be 36 next month and have this weird fascination to a cartoon. I know, I know. But hey, I know a few adult females who have weird fascinations for World of Warcraft and Halo!! LOL! Oh, yes! I could name some names but won't. LOL!

So why do I love this cartoon that once annoyed me to no end. I thought it was one of those stupid raunchy, idiotic ones that Cartoon Network is known for. But no. I watched every Saturday evening with the boys and accidently got caught up. Then every Saturday I was excited, elated for 8pm to roll around. And would be quietly depressed if it was missed (rarely, I might add).

Then one day, I discovered that there were more episodes...but not shown here yet. What? No!!! And then found out that CN was 4 years behind. I had THAT many episodes to watch? Trust me. Overjoyed is a very low-key term here.

So here I am.....almost 2 weeks and most of my days filled with online Japanese, English-subbed episodes of Naruto. And my heart breaks because we have to wait now for the next episode to air in Japan and then wait for it to be subbed in English. Ho-hum.......

So manga keeps me company. Back to reading............

But wait! I digressed. Why do I love this Japanese anime? It's a true to life story. The bonds we create as children. Our characters that form from very different lives. Friendship. Love. Hate. Lots of comedy. But, in the end, too never give up our dreams and hopes. Teamwork is the key. Too never go it alone. Never give up. Too fight for what is most cherished to you (your friends and family). And, most of all....revenge will never give you peace, but only sorrow and loss.

As Naruto would say........"I won't run away anymore... I won't go back on my word... that is my ninja way!"

"Dattebayo"....Believe it!!

A Tarot Card

You are The Lovers

Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse.

The Lovers represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made.

Originally, this card was called just LOVE. And that's actually more apt than "Lovers." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that the you have or will come across a person, career, challenge or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

All mushy inside.........

Take the test at planetzot.com!

Not funny.........

Okay, maybe a little............

About FREAKING Time!!!!

Sunni Revolt Against Al-Qaida Spreads

Any body else happy that THEY are finally getting off their asses and taking care of their own problems? Maybe the fear of US (we the United States of freaking America) leaving their land has them realizing that "Hey, we can't veg on our dilapidated couches and eat our kibab while the foreigners kill the terrorists for the rest of our lives!"

'Bout time.

He's almost home..................

.......from Ft. Eustis, VA!

TAKS Alert

Eric passed!!!!

So that means.....we are going on vacation!!