The Slothful Moth

The Important Things

2009-11-07T21:45:00.000-08:00

Some of you may remember back to my ranting about the Crazy Daycare Lady who proved unreliable, so we backed out of our contract, losing some money in the deal... only to have the Crazy Lady commit cheque fraud against us afterwards.We were still owed our deposit back from her, due at the end of October, and we assumed we'd never see a dime.Well, we were surprised to receive the cheque from her

Window Gazer

2009-10-27T21:31:00.000-07:00

Being a dad is still just amazing to me.So many "firsts" ... it's just awesome, in the true meaning of the word.Emma is doing great. She's still small, but growing along steadily.She's juuust about got the walking thing all figured out. She walks along pretty good, but still has some epic wipe outs once in a while. Hehe.She's still apparently got a great sense of humour, as she is often

Embrace The Oops!

2009-10-11T14:41:00.001-07:00

Sometimes a little mistake can result in something good.I was editing some photos for my employers website, which we will be updating in the next while, and at one point, instead of applying some sharpening, I accidentally hit the wrong filter... and the result made me stop and go "Whoa, that's cool!"Hehe... so, I thought I'd share the result.Apple and SkyThis is one of the reasons I enjoy

Still Here

2009-10-10T00:03:00.000-07:00

I've been sadly neglecting my blog, and others blogs, for quite a while... my slothful nature coming out?Actually, the opposite... I've had a lot on the go and just haven't been motivated to do much blogging or blog surfing.I'll catch up though, I promise!Things are plugging along.Lisa is back at work... was part time, then almost immediately was up to full time (Yay!), then yesterday got bumped

Emma's First Birthday!

2009-09-27T13:31:00.000-07:00

Wow! A year has passed already! Unbelievable.Emma officially turns 1 year old on Monday, but we celebrated with a party on Saturday, and had a great day.Beautiful weather, our good friends allowed us to use their home, and we had the party out in the front yard, had lots of food, laughs, and Emma had a great time.I wanted to share some photos, and I think the easiest way will be to post a link

Good Karma At Last

2009-09-18T17:22:00.000-07:00

Woohoo! Lisa landed a job today! She'll be a office admin/receptionist at another plumbing company in town, and will be trained in some accounting too (which will be good experience for her) as the office manager (owners wife) wants to ease off her own work load and transfer some of that to Lisa over time.It's only 4 days a week and is $1/hr less to start than she was getting at her old job..

Another Wordless Monday

2009-09-07T18:28:00.000-07:00

Ice Cream at the Fair.

When it rains, it pours

2009-09-01T11:25:00.000-07:00

First, it was the daycare fiasco.We got that sorted out, but it cost us an arm and a leg.Then there was drama between Lisa (and me to a degree) and my step-mom.That's still a work in progress.Then, I got sick, and am feeling like shit right now.Finally, Lisa went back to her job today after being on maternity leave, to be informed that she no longer has a position there. :(They parted on good

A Brighter Monday

2009-08-31T13:36:00.000-07:00

Things are certainly a bit brighter today than they were over the end of last week and the weekend.Lisa took Emma to the new daycare today, along with our friend Betty, who has sort of become Emma's adopted gramma, to spend a bit more time there. Betty also needed to meet the daycare provider, as Betty will be the one picking Emma up sometimes, and the daycare provider needed to meet her.The

Light Painting

2009-08-29T22:44:00.000-07:00

Matt, over at Geeks R Us posted a photo challenge a couple days ago... you can click the link to his blog to read about it.It sounded like a great thing to play around with, so I gave it a shot.My wife came out to the living room while I was just finishing setting up... and wondered what the hell I was doing... a flashlight hanging from a string, sticking a hook in the ceiling, lights turned off.

Ratcha fratcha, piece of wtf, holy hell!!

2009-08-28T15:04:00.000-07:00

Incoming venting, freaking out, etc!! You are warned.As I've posted recently, Mrs Moth is going back to work next week after a year at home with Emma.We had a daycare all lined up.Unfortunately, over the past while, the operator of that daycare has done several things that have annoyed us, frustrated us, and had us second guessing using her service.A friend who was also signed up to use the

A Wordless Friday

2009-08-21T21:54:00.000-07:00

Just a photo today, to celebrate the days ... Friday-ness.

It's almost time

2009-08-18T22:16:00.000-07:00

It's almost time for Lisa to go back to work... which means daycare for Emma. o_OTime sure flies! Seems like yesterday we were just bringing Emma home, now she's going to be spending all day in day care.Lisa and I both agree that there are a lot of great aspects to having Emma be in day care... the socialization, creating a group of friends, having more stimulation, etc.But it sure does kinda

Questions of Ignorance?

2009-08-11T20:55:00.001-07:00

Why is it that we can live in a place that has been shrouded with the smoke from several nearby forest fires, for weeks, yet people STILL flick their cigarette butts out of their car windows while driving down the road?Why is it that a person decides it's OK to toss their empty Slurpee cup onto the sidewalk rather than carry it to the nearest garbage can? Better still why is it that a grown

Reverse It

2009-08-09T17:21:00.000-07:00

The Slothful Moth wakes from his slumber! =)I know, amazing, right?Anyway... The other day, an online friend of mine, Matt (of Geeks R Us fame) was asking me about lenses, and his desire to find a way to get a decent macro lens, at a decent price.After some round about, back and forth online conversation, we came to the conclusion that he was going to probably have to spend a bit more than he

Published! (sort of :p )

2009-07-23T19:10:00.000-07:00

After having uploaded the smoke photos (see my previous post) to my Flickr photostream, today I got a request from an editor at NowPublic.com (a user-submitted current events / news site).I thought that was pretty cool... it's basically just one random person deciding that they like my one random photo... but cool, none the less for someone to notice it. :)NowPublic.com (at the moment my photo is

Terrace Mountain Fire

2009-07-22T22:07:00.000-07:00

The area where I live is, this year, hot and dry... like usual. But it's somewhat hotter... and drier... than normal, and there's fires as a result.There have been 3 major fires in the area over the last few days, with people being evacuated, unfortunately 3 homes have burned down. Nowhere near where we live, they are across the lake, but still definitely impacts us, if in no other way than the

Wordless Monday

2009-07-13T11:46:00.000-07:00

Just a few photos, for a Wordless Monday.... wait... those were words, weren't they? >_

International Space Station

2009-07-05T01:53:00.000-07:00

CLICK FOR INFOThe ISS (International Space Station) is especially visible for folks in N. America these days... click the link above for sighting info, and details for your areas as to where to spot the ISS in your skies.So cool... I had a listing for 1:10am Sunday morning in my location (about 40 minutes ago), and went out on the balcony... and saw it at about 1:12am on my clock.It was supposed

Margaret Falls, Kids, Teeth. and Climbing

2009-06-27T11:25:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, during our camping trip, we were visited by my sister and her daughter and son, and we went for a short hike up the trail to a waterfall called Margaret Falls.As we were walking along the trail, my nephew said, about the waterfall we were going to see, "I hope it's turned on! " :) Gotta love kids.Lucky for us, the waterfall WAS turned on, and was actually flowing pretty good, so

Baby's First Camp-out

2009-06-22T22:08:00.000-07:00

This past weekend, Lisa and I packed up the car (and I mean PACKED .. like... to the roof...) and headed out camping overnight.It was Emma's first camping experience, so we only went for a single night. We weren't sure how Emma would like it... specifically, how she's fare overnight sleeping in the tent... but she was great.The new tent we bought... we knew it was big... but once it was set up

No Change in the Wind

2009-06-08T19:01:00.001-07:00

Wow... it's been a while since I updated.Anyhoo... as I explained in my last post, I had applied for a new job in a new city, doing very different work than I'm currently doing.Unfortunately, I did not get called in for an interview :( .I'm only semi-disappointed. I mean... I'm disappointed that it didn't work out. I think if would have been a rewarding, interesting job, with a lot to offer

Attempting a Change

2009-05-16T23:13:00.000-07:00

I've been working at my current place of employment for about 12 years... in the position I currently hold for the last 10 years or so.I like a lot about the job. I have learned a lot, and continue to do so. Some of the people I deal with are really great people. It's a good mix of inside and outside work. The pay is ok... not great, but ok.But there are also things I don't like about it. I

Editing Binge

2009-04-25T22:54:00.001-07:00

I've been in a photo-editing mood lately, so have been busy monkeying around with some pictures, and wanted to share some here.This first one is an attempt at HDR (high dynamic range), where you start with 3 or more photos of the same scene, all taken with different exposure levels, and then blend them... the result being (hopefully) an image showing more detail than would normally show in a

Little Town

2009-04-23T20:30:00.000-07:00

Interesting day today... it was frigid this morning... I was even being snowed on at one point. The weather eventually improved, and was at least sunny, if still cold.Then I met a new orchard owner out at his farm to discuss a few things, and he decided to take me out for lunch, which I wasn't about to refuse. :)And, I decided to take my camera along with me today as I was hanging traps in