Sahayla's Horse Attack
Thursday, July 03, 2008
East Coast Rough Riders, MD
The ECRR just had the 2nd Gymkhana
June 7th and thier annual trail ride was this past weekend. You can see the Gymkhana pictures here: http://www.roughridersonline.com/Gymkhana2/index.html
I know they will take at least a week to get over the party from last weekend but I'll post pictures when they do.
The ECRR just had the 2nd Gymkhana
June 7th and thier annual trail ride was this past weekend. You can see the Gymkhana pictures here: http://www.roughridersonline.com/Gymkhana2/index.html
I know they will take at least a week to get over the party from last weekend but I'll post pictures when they do.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
The Sun Tan
She's becoming a little scrumptious piece of toffee. She's yummier than Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake.
http://stickytoffeepuddingcompany.com/46/sticky-toffee-pudding
She's becoming a little scrumptious piece of toffee. She's yummier than Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake.
http://stickytoffeepuddingcompany.com/46/sticky-toffee-pudding
At The Park
I went to Bowie Park for a few hours with the children trying to get some good pictures. There were so many geese out with their newborns that I decided to take pictures of them instead. They geese were out taking a family stroll in the park like the rest of us. The male walked with his chest out making noises to warn man and beast to move aside because his family was coming through. :)
Starting Them Off Young
We've always felt that a child for the most part will never do what you say but will instead do what they see you doing. So in our effort to do less talking we've decided to do more walking and have begun a series of activities which we hope will encourage our son to be a productive man and husband one day.
With the rise of TV shows which show men in a stupid, dumb, over weight, or a semi "sweet" state. The culture promotes men who wouldn't know how to tie their shoes without a woman's help, and some are now more "diva" than woman. There are so many men who can't even change a tire these days and even fewer who can do any home repairs. It was bad enough that so many lack basic cooking skills and clean habits. Losing a mans ability to be helpful around the house is just so sad and we think there needs to be some sort of rights of passage into manhood in the form of classes or camps. When you have to get someone to cut your grass because your husband is to lazy to do it or lacks pride of ownership in his home by letting his house fall down around him, and his grass turn into something from the Discovery channel, then there is a problem.
As mentioned in previous post we intend to tackle issues surrounding male development on various levels. Being male doesn't mean he has to be a unfeeling brute but we personally think our son should have some type of trade skill in addition to his higher education goals (we hope he will be a physics major) inshaAllah. Currently he is learning how to do various haka dances. He started basic martial arts too. Idriss has had time on a horse and I plan on putting him into a equestrian-swim camp. We've also taken advantage of the land passed down in the family to introduce him to farm life. It's very important for him to keep company with men who work outside and aren't afraid to get dirty. He sits with the men when they clean weapons and do yard work. He hikes with his daddy in the mountains and at the dormant volcano's around Albuquerque. He has very little TV time and because of this he will not watch TV no longer than 10 mins. Most children have a innocence about them but we think some of our efforts are the reason behind him having little to no fear. He goes down into basements when its pitch dark. He walked right up to grandpa's goats and rabbits cages and attempted to stick his hands in there to say hello.
My father loves to watch him all the time. With pride he laughs when ever Idriss gets into something and yells; "That dar is a BOY, I tell yah!"
We've always felt that a child for the most part will never do what you say but will instead do what they see you doing. So in our effort to do less talking we've decided to do more walking and have begun a series of activities which we hope will encourage our son to be a productive man and husband one day.
With the rise of TV shows which show men in a stupid, dumb, over weight, or a semi "sweet" state. The culture promotes men who wouldn't know how to tie their shoes without a woman's help, and some are now more "diva" than woman. There are so many men who can't even change a tire these days and even fewer who can do any home repairs. It was bad enough that so many lack basic cooking skills and clean habits. Losing a mans ability to be helpful around the house is just so sad and we think there needs to be some sort of rights of passage into manhood in the form of classes or camps. When you have to get someone to cut your grass because your husband is to lazy to do it or lacks pride of ownership in his home by letting his house fall down around him, and his grass turn into something from the Discovery channel, then there is a problem.
As mentioned in previous post we intend to tackle issues surrounding male development on various levels. Being male doesn't mean he has to be a unfeeling brute but we personally think our son should have some type of trade skill in addition to his higher education goals (we hope he will be a physics major) inshaAllah. Currently he is learning how to do various haka dances. He started basic martial arts too. Idriss has had time on a horse and I plan on putting him into a equestrian-swim camp. We've also taken advantage of the land passed down in the family to introduce him to farm life. It's very important for him to keep company with men who work outside and aren't afraid to get dirty. He sits with the men when they clean weapons and do yard work. He hikes with his daddy in the mountains and at the dormant volcano's around Albuquerque. He has very little TV time and because of this he will not watch TV no longer than 10 mins. Most children have a innocence about them but we think some of our efforts are the reason behind him having little to no fear. He goes down into basements when its pitch dark. He walked right up to grandpa's goats and rabbits cages and attempted to stick his hands in there to say hello.
My father loves to watch him all the time. With pride he laughs when ever Idriss gets into something and yells; "That dar is a BOY, I tell yah!"
Monday, April 21, 2008
Warrior Dance
Idriss is learning various warrior dances. The Hakka is a Maori warrior dance from New Zealand. All males Maori or not know these dances and preform them before team sports, funerals, weddings, and before long journeys.
Check dude out in the very front with the green bandanna on. He is completely feeling it but whats even cooler is the guy behind him with the neck brace on.
Just Awesome.
Idriss is learning various warrior dances. The Hakka is a Maori warrior dance from New Zealand. All males Maori or not know these dances and preform them before team sports, funerals, weddings, and before long journeys.
Check dude out in the very front with the green bandanna on. He is completely feeling it but whats even cooler is the guy behind him with the neck brace on.
Just Awesome.
You're Missed
Hey Daddy!
I'm being a big brother and watching Sahayla just like you taught me Ba Ba. To be honest.... it's hard work...
Hi Daddy!.... I'm doing what I do best..... just hanging around. I miss you Ba Ba because you use to stay up all night holding me and walking me around while mother slept. Now these haters keep making me sit down. One of them "old ones" say you've spoiled me just because I prefer to be held and moving at all times. Whinners... lol
Daddy, I miss you...
Grandpa keeps calling me Kazoo!! (from the flint stones)
The Aunti's are calling me Eeeeek (they say that's how I sound when I talk)
and the cousins call me R2D2.
If I could, I'd clip them as they step off the stairs. lol
Hey Daddy!
I'm being a big brother and watching Sahayla just like you taught me Ba Ba. To be honest.... it's hard work...
Hi Daddy!.... I'm doing what I do best..... just hanging around. I miss you Ba Ba because you use to stay up all night holding me and walking me around while mother slept. Now these haters keep making me sit down. One of them "old ones" say you've spoiled me just because I prefer to be held and moving at all times. Whinners... lol
Daddy, I miss you...
Grandpa keeps calling me Kazoo!! (from the flint stones)
The Aunti's are calling me Eeeeek (they say that's how I sound when I talk)
and the cousins call me R2D2.
If I could, I'd clip them as they step off the stairs. lol
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
A Dancing Machine
Idriss has to break it down when ever he hears music. It doesn't matter what channel is on the screen; if the music is on; then he's just has to dance.
Idriss has to break it down when ever he hears music. It doesn't matter what channel is on the screen; if the music is on; then he's just has to dance.
Armid is to busy dancing with him to hold the camera still. Please forgive him, for he knows not what he do. There is a M. Jackson moment in the 2nd video. NO, we didn't teach him that!!!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Monday, November 19, 2007
Housing Slump In NM
Like many areas we suffer from a over priced market, high inflation, high gas, and a super weak dollar. When I 1st moved here I could see homes being built as far as the eye could see. I still see lots of building but the new home construction has slowed dramatically as many people are finding it hard to sell there own homes to move into bigger ones.
Over the summer we went to visit the neighborhood across from where we brought our home to see what Longford Homes had to offer in comparison to Pulte Homes new development. You can see the Longford home a few post below. The house shown was listed for 483,000 with a very small back yard. However, it also had:
3588 sq ft
4 br
3.5 baths
3 car garage
Bonus room & Den
2 Fire Places
Balcony off the Master Bedroom
483, 575 is completely out of our territory so they waved us away like the peasants they assumed we were. 5 months later they can't sell any of these mega houses and were all to happy to lower the prices and sound more reasonable. This same house sold for 270k at auction this past Saturday.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Who is laughing now.
Now back home in DC no house will sell for less than 1 million with the same kind of stats; so I guess we shouldn't grumble to much about the original price tag.
But wait!... I'm in New Mexico... 483k for this ugly looking
house.
Ok, it's not completely horrible. It's just that the entire neighborhood is this color. Where is the stone, or brick front, a little grass, and a decent back yard? They wouldn't even landscape the back yard. This is not a gated community and the houses are very close together. It's no wonder they had a hard time telling them.
For a complete listing of homes that homes that sold this past Saturday. You can go to http://www.auctiontoday.com/ and also check out the other auctions that could be happening right in your back yard.
Happy Hunting!!!
Like many areas we suffer from a over priced market, high inflation, high gas, and a super weak dollar. When I 1st moved here I could see homes being built as far as the eye could see. I still see lots of building but the new home construction has slowed dramatically as many people are finding it hard to sell there own homes to move into bigger ones.
Over the summer we went to visit the neighborhood across from where we brought our home to see what Longford Homes had to offer in comparison to Pulte Homes new development. You can see the Longford home a few post below. The house shown was listed for 483,000 with a very small back yard. However, it also had:
3588 sq ft
4 br
3.5 baths
3 car garage
Bonus room & Den
2 Fire Places
Balcony off the Master Bedroom
483, 575 is completely out of our territory so they waved us away like the peasants they assumed we were. 5 months later they can't sell any of these mega houses and were all to happy to lower the prices and sound more reasonable. This same house sold for 270k at auction this past Saturday.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Who is laughing now.
Now back home in DC no house will sell for less than 1 million with the same kind of stats; so I guess we shouldn't grumble to much about the original price tag.
But wait!... I'm in New Mexico... 483k for this ugly looking
house.
Ok, it's not completely horrible. It's just that the entire neighborhood is this color. Where is the stone, or brick front, a little grass, and a decent back yard? They wouldn't even landscape the back yard. This is not a gated community and the houses are very close together. It's no wonder they had a hard time telling them.
For a complete listing of homes that homes that sold this past Saturday. You can go to http://www.auctiontoday.com/ and also check out the other auctions that could be happening right in your back yard.
Happy Hunting!!!
Monday, July 16, 2007
Really Understanding the Importance of the Constitution
It's rare to see a show, any show on the air these days where people aren't at each other throats. Bill Moyers show is a breath of fresh air. I wish we would go back to shows like this where people sit down and talk rational about things even if they represent different political spectrums.
If you don't understand why impeachment is so important to keeping order and insuring we keep people with dreams of being a dictator out of office; then this will certainly explain things for you.
TOUGH TALK ON IMPEACHMENT BILL MOYERS JOURNAL explores the talk of impeachment with Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, who wrote the first article of impeachment against President Bill Clinton, and THE NATION's John Nichols, author of THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/video_popups/pop_vid_impeachment1-1.htmlTuesday, July 03, 2007
Albuquerque
Most people have difficulty spelling this word. I admit I had some issues with it at first. Now, I look at people as if their retarded for not knowing how to spell Albuquerque. LOL
Today it was 101 degrees, thank goodness this state is void of humidity or I'm sure we would all melt like ice cream. It's cooler at night so we don't have to keep on the AC. I can honestly say we're having a nice time. Idriss will have is 1st swimming debut tomorrow. Afterward, we plan on riding the tram up to the top of the mountains and hiking for a few hours and taking pictures. I tried to tell Mr. Man that we need one of those backpacks you put a child in but he refuses to carry Idriss that way. So it should be interesting to see how this works out tomorrow. I've been to the top of the mountain before and the trails aren't smooth and easy going. You are HIKING for REAL!
Mr. Man thinks I'm always trying to walk him like a dog so this trip should be funny. The look on his face when those tram doors close will be enough entertainment for weeks. I'm sure Idriss will love it just like he loved the plane ride.
Yesterday we went to check our home building progress and decided to drive around the neighborhood to see what other home builders were offering in relation to our community. On the west side of our development Longford Homes is building 4100sq ft homes starting at 280k. Now I know we could never get anything back home at the size for this price, even if we went out all the out Eastern Shore.
Here are some pictures but I didn't like the outside because it just lacks curb appeal to me. Tell me what you think. Oh, and you can see the rest of the pictures at my Flickr page.
Most people have difficulty spelling this word. I admit I had some issues with it at first. Now, I look at people as if their retarded for not knowing how to spell Albuquerque. LOL
Today it was 101 degrees, thank goodness this state is void of humidity or I'm sure we would all melt like ice cream. It's cooler at night so we don't have to keep on the AC. I can honestly say we're having a nice time. Idriss will have is 1st swimming debut tomorrow. Afterward, we plan on riding the tram up to the top of the mountains and hiking for a few hours and taking pictures. I tried to tell Mr. Man that we need one of those backpacks you put a child in but he refuses to carry Idriss that way. So it should be interesting to see how this works out tomorrow. I've been to the top of the mountain before and the trails aren't smooth and easy going. You are HIKING for REAL!
Mr. Man thinks I'm always trying to walk him like a dog so this trip should be funny. The look on his face when those tram doors close will be enough entertainment for weeks. I'm sure Idriss will love it just like he loved the plane ride.
Yesterday we went to check our home building progress and decided to drive around the neighborhood to see what other home builders were offering in relation to our community. On the west side of our development Longford Homes is building 4100sq ft homes starting at 280k. Now I know we could never get anything back home at the size for this price, even if we went out all the out Eastern Shore.
Here are some pictures but I didn't like the outside because it just lacks curb appeal to me. Tell me what you think. Oh, and you can see the rest of the pictures at my Flickr page.
Monday, May 07, 2007
Thursday, January 18, 2007
We're BACK!
ASA,
I had a wonderful time with all of you. Some of you took he hilss for the 1st time without fear. Alhamdulliah, man you guys rock! It's making it harder for me to leave DC. I might have to make some trips back home to hang with some old and new road dogs (lets not get sensitive here :-p). Anyway, the pictures on on the right had side in the side bar. Please send me all the pictures when you can so that I can make a proper photo album.
Jamila and Hamza want to take a day trip up to Hagerstown or even Wisp again. It's just our luck that they are getting the chill and snow they need to open up most of the trails. If will cost about 60.00 if you don't have your own equipment.
holla back.
ASA,
I had a wonderful time with all of you. Some of you took he hilss for the 1st time without fear. Alhamdulliah, man you guys rock! It's making it harder for me to leave DC. I might have to make some trips back home to hang with some old and new road dogs (lets not get sensitive here :-p). Anyway, the pictures on on the right had side in the side bar. Please send me all the pictures when you can so that I can make a proper photo album.
Jamila and Hamza want to take a day trip up to Hagerstown or even Wisp again. It's just our luck that they are getting the chill and snow they need to open up most of the trails. If will cost about 60.00 if you don't have your own equipment.
holla back.
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