tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307Sun, 29 Sep 2024 05:37:42 +0000beerfoodcolindreamsguitarGreg, Christine, and Colin's site (but mostly Colin's)http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (greg)Blogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-7776176673424053922Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:46:00 +00002008-07-02T08:46:54.930-07:00identity markersOriginally uploaded by gregandchristineMy dad passed away yesterday and I am in his room looking at the things he left behind. These were all in his dresser drawer, and paint a pretty clear picture of how he saw himself.He died of a heart attack after repeated hospitalizations for complications from diabetes. There are notes on flickr for what each of these pieces are.http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2008/07/pieces-that-remain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-7999739782427315461Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:25:00 +00002008-06-23T22:27:43.481-07:00DSCF0020Originally uploaded by gregandchristine...was the longest day of Christine's lifeSo today is Colin's birthday, he got to wear a crown all day at school and have cookies, and afterward Grandma and Grandpa Perry took him to Chuck E. Cheese's for his birthday dinner where he hugged a mouse and got to eat cotton candy. After that he blew out his candles on a birthday cupcake and got his http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2008/06/four-years-ago.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-28515075252305979Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:14:00 +00002008-04-14T20:23:49.371-07:00His favorite song is Feist's 1 2 3 4. He has "1234 tell me that you love me more, sleepless long nights (doesn't really sound like this is what he is saying)" memorized. After that he just kind of moves his head.He calls me twinkle stars with complete sincerity.When a guy asked us if we wanted to help save the whales and we politely declined, we still had to wait for the signal to change and we http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2008/04/random-colin-bits.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Christine)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-9221489166560110742Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:07:00 +00002008-01-11T11:11:15.043-08:00Colin: I am so hungryme:Okay... do you want some cheese?Colin: Nome: How about some oranges?Colin: I am 'lergic to orangesme:You are what?Colin: oranges are 'lergic to me, I no can eat themme: Who told you you are allergic to oranges?Colin:[shrugs] I not know...mommy?http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2008/01/colinrandom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-6837022046321286004Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:07:00 +00002008-01-06T20:07:20.272-08:00 CIMG6815 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine We headed up to Mt. Hood yesterday to play in the snow since we have been essentially snow-less here. We ended up in Parkdale and played at the school there. There was about 8 inches of snow on the field and a couple decent hills to sled on. We also stopped for ice cream, and oddly enough we were not the only ones in the place. On the wayhttp://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2008/01/snow-trip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-4654482933199536060Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:45:00 +00002008-01-01T11:45:08.143-08:00 CIMG6776 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Colin made it until 12:02 last night. He toasted at midnight, put his glass down and passed out on top of Christine. We asked Colin what he wanted to do for NYE and he said he wanted to make sugar cookies. SO we hung out and made snickerdoodles with blue sprinkles, drank our cider and waited for the ball. I drank a bottle of beer from http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-new-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-8258589676515585519Tue, 25 Dec 2007 05:55:00 +00002007-12-24T21:56:38.129-08:00 CIMG6674 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine We just finished laying out all the xmas bounty for Colin. His little head has been threatening to explode for about a week, so he had a bit of trouble falling asleep tonight.us:you have to go to sleep for Santa to come.Colin: it is taking so so SO SO long for night night time to come.Colin:I just want to stay up all night and it be morning http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/12/he-knows-that-santa-on-his-was.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-1150158722269145870Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:00:00 +00002007-12-13T12:00:37.090-08:00 the next level Originally uploaded by gregandchristine I finally assembled all the parts of my birthday present and figured out how to use them. I have one full 5G keg, and 2 full 3G.Now that I know how to tear down and clean the kegs, this will be much easier than bottling.I still have more to learn about CO2 volumes and carb times, balancing dispensing pressure, but I think the study http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/12/next-level.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-4814219043871334448Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:11:00 +00002007-11-04T10:11:44.119-08:00 CIMG6419 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Every year we have been in Portland we have made it to the Woodstock Wine & Deli annual vertical tasting of SN Celebration. This year was a 6 year tasting, which ended up being a little daunting. The odd years were definitely the winners. 2,4,6 were all a little off in their own way. 3 was my favorite, and 5 was Christine's dad's. The http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/11/tasty-three-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-8052247438324045185Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:03:00 +00002007-11-02T16:03:02.233-07:00 CIMG6366 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine This is a Spiderman kid's meal toy that turns black when you run it under cold water... I just picked it up off the counter and took this picture of it. There is a comparison picture of what it looks like warm (what is SHOULD look like) up on flickr. We have made it to November without turning on the heat, which I think beats most NW http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/11/is-it-cold-in-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-3336511007956413312Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:26:00 +00002007-10-31T22:26:48.860-07:00 CIMG6343 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine As a surprise to no one... Colin dressed up as Thomas for Halloween. He hit our neighbors and went to to Christine's parents neighborhood to add to his stash. Bedtime is flying by and Colin is still running on corn syrup...http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/10/happy-candy-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-3581212583582787512Sun, 21 Oct 2007 22:05:00 +00002007-10-21T15:05:24.968-07:00 CIMG6315 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine We headed up into the hills a bit to pick out some pumpkins for fall decor (and bread). They had ponys and tractor rides and pumpkin guns, a catapult and a trebuchet. They were showing off the gun and the catapult , but we didn't get to see the trebuchet in action. Colin's favorite part can be seen in this pic...he called it a "sticky http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/10/pumpkin-patch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-7677662893799905208Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:55:00 +00002007-10-13T21:55:10.857-07:00 CIMG6206 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine I actually brought my camera to this beer fest, but I only took two pics. We hit the fifth annual Fresh Hop Festival today. Last year this was a great low key event, but this year was a damn zoo. There were some great beers, but the lines were way too long and way too close together. Double Mountain from Hood River was the strongest http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/10/fresh-beer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-4509262322481016513Sat, 13 Oct 2007 03:44:00 +00002007-10-12T20:52:52.113-07:00For further proof that Colin has inherited my intese and random dreams, here is a summary of a conversation we had today...Colin: I punched a robot last night.me: you punched a robot?Colin: Yes, him came into my room last night in my dream.me: did you tell it to go away and not to scare you?Colin: no I PUNCHED him and he went away!me: was it the spider robot you saw in that commercial last night?http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/10/more-than-meets-eye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-2904554545122949521Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:02:00 +00002007-10-12T10:02:03.346-07:00 CIMG6196 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine This is the first leaf pile of the season, and the leaves have not even really started changing colors on our tree. We are going to try and stay on top of it this year so we don't end up with the great wet mountains we had last year... anyone with a penchant for raking is welcome to come and indulge themselves in out yard...http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/10/so-it-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-1342646216582614607Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:12:00 +00002007-09-28T10:12:42.485-07:00 CIMG5590 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine "Daddy please you go outside and open clouds so I see blue sky"http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/09/cutest-thing-you-hear-all-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-1974962802649513967Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:33:00 +00002007-09-24T21:33:44.361-07:00 CIMG6194 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Just had to brag about our find. Albertson's is clearing out there summer stuff and they had a deal where you can fill up a bag for 3 bucks. We got 11 of the helicopters and boats (to take to Colin's school) marked 50 cents each (originally 2 bucks) everything else probably adds up to 15 more bucks at their clearance prices... and an http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/09/cheap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-244920170512013435Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:33:00 +00002007-09-21T13:33:42.615-07:00 CIMG6161 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Looks like someone has been watching Scooby -Doo...Colin and I went to the Children's museum today, and I realized we hadn't taken any pics there in some time. He still spends most of his time in the train room ,but he likes to play in the kitchen now too. They are in the middle or remodeling the kitchen area, but they have some new toys http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/09/someone-get-him-string.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-2793714090462314645Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:19:00 +00002007-09-17T16:19:02.512-07:00 CIMG6120 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Our powerbook crapped out this weekend and refused to even acknowledge that it had a hard drive. The instructions I found online for a DIY upgrade had an unpleasant number of warning exclamation points throughout them, but getting someone else to do it was gong to cost like 100 bucks, plus the drive. So I decided to go for it and hit http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/09/professional-installation-highly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-4447205358740672725Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:50:00 +00002007-09-07T13:56:46.188-07:00While at Costco today I overheard the following conversation tidbits from the same enlightened and ponytailed individual: "and I had my gun on me that day, as I increasingly do while walking in Aloha at night... my hand was in my pocket and the safety was off, if he was going to come at me - bullets were going to fly (referring to an unleashed bulldog in someone's yard he walked by)" and then http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/09/overheard.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-6941601256132847830Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:36:00 +00002007-08-27T14:36:47.158-07:00 01590018 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine This is a pic from Colin's first trip bowling, there are already some pics up from his second time bowling, but I forgot the camera so we bought a disposable to capture the cuteness, and promptly forgot to get it developed.,, Colin rolled a few gutter balls and then the clerk watching us came over and showed us how to turn on the http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/08/little-lebowski-urban-achiever.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-6350438798982743176Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:39:00 +00002007-08-24T17:41:26.315-07:00While trying to put clothes on a still sleeping Colin this morning he uttered these word in a slightly irritated voice with very poetic pauses...cheese and crackersit's morningI wanthttp://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/08/short-poem.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-5928782010753464828Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:27:00 +00002007-08-20T15:33:14.067-07:00Some out of breath dude just banged on my door and told me he was the owner of Cascade Superior Foods and that he was done with deliveries for the day and had some boxes of steak and seafood in his truck he was practically giving away. His truck was a pickup with a refrigerated box on the back, and I think and it did say cascade on it, but nothing comes up in Google for "cascade superior foods".http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/08/hot-steak-and-seafood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-3243414508645536265Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:26:00 +00002007-09-28T10:16:20.458-07:00 CIMG5770 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Almost 4 years ago we were helping John and Julie pack up for their move to LA. Once the truck was packed there was some celebrating at the ice cream truck. Christine got one of these spongebob treats that has black gumball eyes. She kept wiping the eyeballs on me leaving black streaks. I told her to stop, but I eventually ended up knockinghttp://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/08/interest-free-but-not-sugar-free.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7555307.post-2001063174646143099Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:08:00 +00002007-08-16T21:08:48.181-07:00 CIMG5434 Originally uploaded by gregandchristine Hey there... so obviously it has been a long while since we last updated. We are keeping busy, which if you are interested in, I guess with flickr you can follow a lot of our life in pictures without much of the story. I am done for the summer after my first term of clinic work and it will nice to have a break... not that I didn't http://gregchristinecolin.blogspot.com/2007/08/hiya.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (greg)0