2006.10.28 Lake Michigan Wind

Our electricity was out for several hours during a wind advisory, so we drove to South Haven to get pizza.  I like to drive past the Lake when we’re there.  The wind storm was creating large waves on Lake Michigan.  You can’t really see the waves well with my camera phone……..but it’s another video snippet of life.

October 28, 2006

2006.9.30 Our First Video

In November of 2001 I had bought a video camera for my online Speech class.  In the video below  I just turned it on and was trying to figure out how to use it, when the kids decided to do their thing in front of the camera.  I made it into a little mini-movie.  Luke is 10 and Charlie is 7.

November 2001 (Luke 10, Charlie 7)

2006.9.25

Wow!  I forgot just how time consuming college was.  It’s definitely hard to work, raise kids (thank goodness they’re old enough to fend for themselves) and attend college.  But online classes save me driving time and can be done at midnight, if necessary.  But I’m on a mission.  I’ve begun classes at Baker College and am pursuing my Bachelor of Web Development.

Oh my, how am I going to do it?  I’m going to have to move the submission of Wasp to February 14, 2007.  Even that’s an ambitious date.  I’ll set my timer and just commit to it.  I’ll do it tomorrow…..really, I will.

While I was driving down my driveway these strange birds were in my path.  I think they belong to my neighbor, Steve.  He has chickens, sheep, and the like.  They’re cool looking, though.

First Days of School 2006.9.7

Here’s a couple short videos of Luke and Charlie describing their first days of school at Bloomingdale.

Charlie 7th Grade 2006

Luke 10th Grade 2006

Crop Circle 2006.9.2

While driving to pick up Luke from a friends house I noticed this unusual corn field, about a mile from my home.   Later, with camera phone in hand, I went back to get a video of the matted down corn.  What caused it?  I ruled out the wind because you can see from the road that the corn was matted down in swirls, not a sweeping motion you’d expect with wind.  It wasn’t from a car or 4-wheeler because there were no tracks.  People messing around?  Maybe, but it appeared to cover a large area.  All I know for sure is that I’ve lived around corn fields all my life and I don’t remember seeing anything quite like this.  I wish I could’ve seen it from above.  One thing I learned from this…KEEP THE CAMERA PHONE STILL!!!

Crop Circle, 47th Ave., Grand Junction, Michigan USA