Watching Invictus with the Boys

An activity for a rainy day...

We found something to do on this cool rainy day. The local "Redbox" has provided us with a very good movie "Invictus." Not the normal viewing fare of the boys, although they do like movies about team sports. I am enjoying the movie and the time with the boys. It would have been fun camping, but I think this is nice as well.

WM MRF

How is that for a brief title made up of acronyms? WM is the trademarked logo for Waste Management. A MRF is a material recovery facility. In layman's terms it is a facility that sorts through and recovers recyclables from a single stream collection. All the recycling put into your bin and set out for WM to collect is loaded into one "garbage" truck. That truck will drive to the MRF be weighed on a truck scale and then will dump it's load. I can't wait to see it operational. The separation is highly automated. With coolest newest technology in place if everyone will do their part and set out their recyclables we can divert a lot of material from landfills.

Thanksgiving 2010

Some photos were obviously not taken by me... we had a good Thanksgiving Dinner at my moms!

4 Watson Children

Black Friday 2010 started out grey and rainy. We ate breakfast. Waited for Salvation Army Store to open, went shopping and then returned to the Watson house and woke everyone up. After the sun came out we convinced everyone to go to the park. Once there we started up some charcoal... started a casserole, grilled some burgers and played hide and seek. Zachary is really good at hiding in the brush (or up in the trees). AND text messaging adds a new dimension to the game... he started sending out hot and cold clues. The only other folks in the park were runners, walkers and others doing some sort of exercise. A few other families were showing up with small children in tow as we were leaving.

On the Run

My mobile blog was supposed to be a convenient way to quickly post photos and other brief thoughts via my phone.  So far, it is a failure.  I am much more likely to post such things to Facebook.  I guess it was something I had to try.  My newest resolution is to carry my camera with me more often and take more photos, although if I use my phone as a camera I am more likely to push the photos out faster.

I am always more comfortable behind the camera.  It is a conversation starter, an ice breaker and a great way to fade away into the background when you want to!  I also like the feeling, the feeling that is hard to describe, the feeling I get when I know I have captured a moment... created something special with the visual aspect that I have captured.  Enough rambling from me, I am going to go veg.  I am at the tail end of this cough, cold thing that has had me in its grips since Wednesday evening.  I hope to sleep well tonight and start the week off strong with a run and crossfit workout.

Good Night!

Egg White, Spinach & Feta Wrap | Starbucks Coffee Company

Egg White, Spinach & Feta Wrap | Starbucks Coffee Company

So happy to have "my starbucks - http://assets.starbucks.com/store/17807 " finally get a warming oven. I love these wraps! And try having a pastry or cookie warmed for just a few minutes! Nothing is better than that just out of the oven flavor of a chocolate ship cookie (especially the double chocolate chip cookie)!

july 10, 2010

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Zachary's Birthday, started with a buffet breakfast. Then this visit to Houston Museum Natural Science (HMNS). Our next stop was Starbucks, then Salvation Army Store and then home to do a quick clean up. Zachary has some young men spending the night. They have been swimming, eaten at Cici's Pizza and I am not sure what they are up to right now. As long as they are quiet and aren't getting into trouble we will get along fine!