Teo's Corner

Remember a time before digital cameras, when each shot was carefully rationed out and only used for really important things (because you wouldn't want to waste $0.20)? Then came digital cameras where you could actually see how your picture turned out before developing the roll, and if necessary, erase the picture and take it again. The only problem -- maybe it was just my problem -- was a shortage of space on the memory card. I only had a 128mb (or maybe it was kb) card so it was always filling up. Then came the 2 gig card and I could shoot as many pictures as I wanted to, without the worry of using up precious memory. Also made me a little more relaxed when other people wanted to use my camera. I think I may have been a camera nazi in the past.

Teo loves to take pictures, and although you get the occassional off-kilter shot of someone's rear end, they often turn out surprisingly well and even artistic. In this new weekly picture series I will showcase some of the more memorable shots taken by Teo. Now maybe beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but I like giving her the camera and seeing what catches her eye. BTW, my profile pic is courtesy of Teo.

This one's a little creepy




the aforementioned rear. Notice how it takes up the entire frame.

The purple cast

So last month Teo was bouncing around one day like any sensible 6 year old when suddenly she took a tumble and cracked her elbow - ouch!



Depending on how "active" a child is, with this type of break they can either wear a sling for a few weeks or get a hard cast. She got the cast.



The cast was very popular at kindergarten and soon it was covered with signatures and well wishes.



She got used to the cast in no time and before we knew it, the three weeks were up and it was time to cut it off. Apparently there was excessive giggling while the saw was cutting.

Everything seems to have healed nicely.

Utah trip

Once I've got the blog rhythm down I'll post pictures in a more timely manner, but for now I'd say a three week lag time is acceptable. Here are pics from our Utah trip.

Teo had a great time at the playground near Grandma and Grandpa Ohsiek's house.
Swinging on the bars


Whistling soulfully


We got to meet Joe's cousin Marcie and her husband Lee, and the dogs


Then we took a trip down memory lane (to Provo) and went to dinner with Joe's nephew Keegan. Apparently the Brick Oven used to be called Heaps. Who knew? Obviously not me. I forgot about huge drinks with free refills. People are very thirsty in Utah. I had two 64 oz. apple beers, aka Martinelli's. mmm, sugar.


Chris took us to the downtown SLC farmer's market - very cool, I didn't know SLC had that kind of thing. Ate jerk chicken skewers and some sort of organic tofu breakfast burrito. Joe got an awesome farmer's market t-shirt that I'm just a little bit jealous of.
Stopped at Chris's place to look at his Halloween decorations.


Saturday night we had a yummy dinner with about 4 kinds of barbecued meats, salads, veggies, chips, spinach dip, dessert - the usual Ohsiek smorgasbord, followed by the inevitable food coma in the family room. These are not pictures of comatose people. At some point I'll remember to take pictures that go along with the narrative, or maybe only post pictures that support my story. Whatever, just look at the pics.




It was a quick, fun trip and we got to see lots of family, and everyone got to know each other a little better.
Flew home just in time to carve a pumpkin. Teo has never been one to shy away from pumpkin guts.

Change Has Come!

To all my Republican friends and family, I promise that this will be my first and last politically slanted post, but I felt the occasion was worth it. I won't have to move to Canada.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/

I guess the stories on that link will only last for one day, but just go look. Amy, I know what you're thinking-- Christine Gregoire looks like the Grinch. And while that may be true, I'm still so happy that Barack Obama won!

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics/archives/153526.asp

BYU Magazine

Okay, I just have to add one more thing. I was leafing through the latest BYU Magazine, remembering the good old days when Wendy, Karren and I would go to the volleyball games, when I read this little snippet:

"Only 36 percent of U.S. babies are breastfed through six months, reported sociology prof Renata Tonks[hello, HP!] Forste (BS '84) in the Journal of Human Lactation. The government goal is 50 percent by 2010. "


The Journal of Human Lactation.


Seriously?????

Early Voting Results

The polls are now closed. After a record 50 submissions we have a winner - Maria Fofia (as in maria maria bo bia banana fana fofia me my mo mia...maria!) Okay, so Joe submitted it on behalf of Teo which means the batch of homemade cookies will be staying right here. It's not voter fraud, it just happens to be the one that I liked the best. There were several honorable mentions - fRANKly speaking, asian spice, rambling rank, the rank mojo, marichi - but this one clicked for me.

Okay, on to the pictures.

Teo was a very scary pirate (not a gypsy!) for Halloween. She and Frida, dressed as a ghoulishly green witch, hit all the hotspots and made a, well... killing.



I don't understand why the pictures keep attaching to the top of the message, forcing me to cut and paste the whole string of code, but I'm sure I'll figure it out someday, hopefully.

The next day Teo wanted to try different kinds of makeup, so after dance class we did a little experimenting.

Notice how she's still wearing the earrings. She loves dangly earrings!
She then did my makeup, which included lots of blush and smiley, winky eye wrinkles - she's got a steady hand, don't you think?


Then she decided to fill in my eyebrows. (no shower yet, hence the grungy greasy head)


Sorry, that last one's a little scary. Here's a nice relaxing sunset taken this summer from the deck.


That's it for the first post. Don't want to give away all my secrets just yet.