which I guess requires having kids and money. Neither of which I have right now so I guess I have to put those two things in the future plan.picture found here
"I'll be right down"
I'm not really sure of what I want in the future (should I be admitting that?) but I do know I want this...
which I guess requires having kids and money. Neither of which I have right now so I guess I have to put those two things in the future plan.
picture found here
which I guess requires having kids and money. Neither of which I have right now so I guess I have to put those two things in the future plan.picture found here
summmaa timmeee
Last night as Bret and I got home from an 8 hour drive I said, "we better make sure to get the caramel chexmix and all our food wrappers out of the car because of the bears". We've pretty much been on vacation for the past month and some of that has included time in the wilderness where we feared every night that our car doors would be ripped off due to a french fry under a seat or a hot tamale in the cup holders. Luckily no car doors or tent doors were ripped off during the past month.
Anna did a good job summing up our trip to Sequoia but she forgot to mention that although I only had about 12 troops left on the risk board, I was still planning world domination. Here are some more pics.
Then Rhett and Mon swung by and she took some pics too.. as seen here
Utah was next on the docket, a summer must do for any Mormon. It was everything I could have hoped for.
We also headed back to girls camp to take a group of 15 year old girls backpacking for three days. The girls all squealed when they realized I could totally decipher their coded language to talk about boys.... they didn't realize that I too spent my formative years talking in code about boyz. Oh and there was snow in July, but it was still a good time and Bret caught a fish that the gutted and fried, such a man.
Finally we went down to Huntington Beach to meet up with family and friends. I think we slept a total of 10 hours in the 4 days we were there.
Anna did a good job summing up our trip to Sequoia but she forgot to mention that although I only had about 12 troops left on the risk board, I was still planning world domination. Here are some more pics.
Then Rhett and Mon swung by and she took some pics too.. as seen here
Utah was next on the docket, a summer must do for any Mormon. It was everything I could have hoped for.
We also headed back to girls camp to take a group of 15 year old girls backpacking for three days. The girls all squealed when they realized I could totally decipher their coded language to talk about boys.... they didn't realize that I too spent my formative years talking in code about boyz. Oh and there was snow in July, but it was still a good time and Bret caught a fish that the gutted and fried, such a man.
Finally we went down to Huntington Beach to meet up with family and friends. I think we slept a total of 10 hours in the 4 days we were there.
I love Hawaii and Shave Ice and Bret- In That Order
Don't let my mullet and sweat pants gathered at the ankle distract you too much from the glory of Hawaii. In case you were under some false impression that I was at all cool, this video will prove otherwise. And can I give another "what what" to Bret with his video taping genius, and that baby... Ms. Brooke Muff, greatest adventure baby in the world.
Ode to Hawaii from Bret Baker on Vimeo.
Ode to Hawaii from Bret Baker on Vimeo.
Come On Over
Today while walking through the park I saw two boys playing monkey in the middle, but instead of a child or a friend as the "monkey in the middle" there was this huge german shepherd. I laughed out loud while walking alone. German Shepherd in the middle? maybe the worst idea ever. I only stuck around long enough to watch the dog attack one guy's leg and I decided I had had enough.
On another note, I spent the past 730 days scouring craigslist for a white sectional couch with skinny legs, and low and behold two pot-smoking, mid-twenties oaklandites had one in their apartment and on Saturday they sold it to us, two non pot-smoking mid-twenty alamedians. It's 7ft x 8ft of pure joy. You, your mom and sister and german shepherd could all fit on it. Laying down.
please disregard the wall heater
On another note, I spent the past 730 days scouring craigslist for a white sectional couch with skinny legs, and low and behold two pot-smoking, mid-twenties oaklandites had one in their apartment and on Saturday they sold it to us, two non pot-smoking mid-twenty alamedians. It's 7ft x 8ft of pure joy. You, your mom and sister and german shepherd could all fit on it. Laying down.
please disregard the wall heater
If I act a fool on the bus, I can't go on no field trip
Every time I announce something in class that my students don't like or say no to something there is always one student, Kaliyah, who says "Ahhh dat's jus coolld". One Monday morning she came bouncing in SO proud of herself and presented me with a drawing she had been doing all weekend...
Richie Rich
A few weeks ago at school one of my students said, "Ms. Baker when I first saw you today I thought you were a man". Note to self- don't wear baggy shirts to work. When I looked in the mirror later in the day I realized I did kind of look like a man, but not just any man, I looked just like my dad. The main difference was I was wearing stretch pants with my baggy collared shirt, and my dad usually wears jeans pulled up to his belly button.
Happy Birthday Dad, I'm glad I inherited some of my looks from you and also the tendency to move my mouth when I'm thinking.
Happy Birthday Dad, I'm glad I inherited some of my looks from you and also the tendency to move my mouth when I'm thinking.
Buckle Your Seatbelts
As I have said before, I make a lot of bold statements like, "Bret, I wouldn't eat at Applebees if that is where they held your funeral". Most of these are obviously false, but when I made the statement that we would make a theme to every year of our marriage, and this is year of the learner, I was serious. So I will now give a nine month progress report of how our learning is coming along. I will being doing this in bullet point fashion as I have been told many-a-time that people read bullet points much more often than paragraphs, so for your reading ease:
-I've learned a lot about the urban education system and in three weeks I will have a California Teaching Credential and 1/3 of my masters (I didn't know until two weeks ago this thing was a partial masters program, and it suddenly made sense because it has been insanely time consuming)
-Bret has learned a little about design and in a couple of weeks will be a certificated graphic designer and will be moonlighting with some graphic design projects
-We decided to learn about all of the regional and state park systems within three hours of us so if you are interested in going to Briones Regional Park, Las Trampas Regional Park, Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Muir Woods, Redwood Regional Park, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Sibley Volcanic Reserve, The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, Sunol Regional Wilderness, and any other state/regional park you can find on google maps, we may have some tips as we have spent some serious time at each of them.
-We learned that the bacon sandwiches we eat at least twice a week contain 900 calories, then we laughed and continued eating them. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, but in this case, i have full fat content knowledge and those sandwiches are still pure bliss.
-We learned that you can go caming in Hawaii in a VW camper van parked in the middle of nowhere and not be killed... see the following picture:
-I've learned a lot about the urban education system and in three weeks I will have a California Teaching Credential and 1/3 of my masters (I didn't know until two weeks ago this thing was a partial masters program, and it suddenly made sense because it has been insanely time consuming)
-Bret has learned a little about design and in a couple of weeks will be a certificated graphic designer and will be moonlighting with some graphic design projects
-We decided to learn about all of the regional and state park systems within three hours of us so if you are interested in going to Briones Regional Park, Las Trampas Regional Park, Pt. Reyes National Seashore, Muir Woods, Redwood Regional Park, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Sibley Volcanic Reserve, The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park, Sunol Regional Wilderness, and any other state/regional park you can find on google maps, we may have some tips as we have spent some serious time at each of them.
-We learned that the bacon sandwiches we eat at least twice a week contain 900 calories, then we laughed and continued eating them. Sometimes ignorance is bliss, but in this case, i have full fat content knowledge and those sandwiches are still pure bliss.
-We learned that you can go caming in Hawaii in a VW camper van parked in the middle of nowhere and not be killed... see the following picture:
Ode to Alameda
You may remember a little video Bret made one night when I went to bed early.
We felt it was time for a second edition dedicated to our hometown... The Island City of Alameda (and by we, I mean Bret, he's the one with the skillz).
We felt it was time for a second edition dedicated to our hometown... The Island City of Alameda (and by we, I mean Bret, he's the one with the skillz).
Ode to Alameda from Bret Baker on Vimeo.
Some Really Great People
I promise this willl not become a birthday post only type blog, but I have put everything on hold in life until March 31st, including this blog. Why? Nothing exciting, just busy-ness.
But I have not put birthdays on hold and on March 15th, two very important birthdays take place.
I'm usually a birthday fanatic, I LOVE holidays, especially the personal type but like I said before I put most things on hold, so this year bret got a hatchet for his birthday. Happy Birhday Bret, you're my favorite human being on the planet. Enjoy your hatchet/tomahawk
And Lindsay Lark, your present will be coming a week late. You're really great. I wish you were here so we could play dodgeball with juggling hacky-sacks and you could beat me at board games.
But I have not put birthdays on hold and on March 15th, two very important birthdays take place.
I'm usually a birthday fanatic, I LOVE holidays, especially the personal type but like I said before I put most things on hold, so this year bret got a hatchet for his birthday. Happy Birhday Bret, you're my favorite human being on the planet. Enjoy your hatchet/tomahawk
And Lindsay Lark, your present will be coming a week late. You're really great. I wish you were here so we could play dodgeball with juggling hacky-sacks and you could beat me at board games.
The way my heart races it's like I'm competing in the games
I think Shaun White should have to compete against animals or some kind of extra terrestrial being because no human can match his awesomeness.
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