A recent trip to the optometrist found me staring blankly at a prescription for glasses. Stunned, I fumbled my way through the many shapes, shades and styles of frames and lenses. To be quite honest, I wasn't all that surprised. I'd been having trouble reading stories to the kids at bed time lately, passing it off as just being tired. Turns out I just needed a couple of pieces ...

... a very fun and rewarding business trip to Japan recently. I was in Japan from October 25th to November 4th to meet ... wasn't too hectic, so I had time to meet up with quite a few friends while I was there. This trip I spent 4 nights in Toyota City, so ... a camera to take photos of my other former co-worker friends that I met on this trip. I had great dinners and lunches with lots of good friends. ...

... a pilgrimage for me. I am blogging about it at my blog: View From the Domestic Church. Go on over each day and check it out. I'll be posting photos and news from the trip. I have been spreading myself thin lately so I may not be able to post much here for a while. But come back and check - you never know. So go on over to View From the Domestic Church and be sure to check the posts each day, ...

On what was maybe our last sunny day of our visit (the 10 day forecast does not look good, but it has been wrong a couple of times) we walked back up the the big cemetery to see it in the light. I really love cemeteries. I think it is so interesting to see how people mourn and pay tribute to their dead. I am happy to be home this Christmas because our family cemetery does a luminary close to ...

On my recent trip home, I took a few pictures of my beautiful sister and darling nephew. I am sure most of you already know that my sister has gone through so much this past year. It has been so hard for me to be away from her when she has needed me the most. She amazes me with her strength, courage and ability to smile and laugh through it all. I love and miss you Jen!

Thailand, 26th - 29th Nov This recent trip to Thailand is definitely a breezer to feel the air outside the cities. Visit tourist attractions, do shopping, eat Thai food The Tour Guide Tuk-tuks! (Transportation) In Thailand, elephants don't only live in the zoos, but walk in the streets (?!) Dong My very cute mama :) Bird's nest ...

What is it with President Obama and bowing to other foreign leaders? Here's a picture in which he is making a bowing gesture to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his recent visit. This is happenening far too frequently for Obama not know that it is causing an uproar in the United States. I guess he just doesn't care. How else can you explain this?

Here at Wicked Diving we are never afraid to admit our real passion - diving! We are fish nerds and love to see and experience all the things we see under water. From the turtles we see underwater (or in this case - on the surface!) to the sharks to the exotic fish We are also looking for the little stuff too! It takes a good eye and patience. Here is one of the really strange (and very rare) ...

... of Melbourne and some of my occasional rants. ;) Anyways.. back to my to description of my recent trip to Great Ocean Road. The first part is ... here 5 years ago on a similar road trip. The last stop was Torquay beach. Ah yes, this is good ole ... home cooked breakfast. Thus ends our exciting road trip. Thank heavens for wonderful weather, otherwise these images would have not been possible. Cheers~

... getting caught up on our blog! I wanted to start by writing a little bit about our recent trip to Spain. Keep checking back as we'll be adding more pictures ... the tarmac) to get home to see them. It was all I could do not to run to them after we landed in Dallas. I only had three casualties on the whole trip- my Sonicare toothbrush, my CHI, and my bangs (they were fried crispy on day one ...

The recent trip to Japan was the most fun tour group trip ever. I think because everybody are from the same industry. The 31 members of the group were companies' owner, ... know, shopping made good exercise. Actually talking about exercising, we walk a lot in this trip. I personally walked more than everybody in the group since I did some exploring of my own. I actually lost at least 1KG from this ...

Critics of the Obama administration were delighted at the images from the president's recent trip to Asia. There was the deep bow before the emperor Akihito. There was the group photo ... . We are kowtowing to our allies and our adversaries alike. In fact, the president on this trip did quite the opposite. Aside from these superficial signs of protocol, Obama pushed aggressively on a number of ...

... can get her to blow through a surgical mask or something. Anyway, we’re celebrating her most recent trip around the sun today. It was *ahem* mumblemumblemumble years ago today that she was born way up there in Iowa City, which is in, ... Single One, Smiles, Spamalot, Surgical Mask, Tony Award, Trip Around The Sun, wife Related posts Birthday Party (0) Zippy ...

... coat all by himself. 8. My grandad insists that he has made too much cottage pie, and sends us away with a dish along with a box of Belgian chocolates brought back from a recent trip. 9. My dad holds a housewarming party to celebrate his recent move. Christmas lights in the garden and windows greet us as we arrive. I enjoy an evening catching up ...

... of how to avoid the sky coming out white in pictures. But every once in a while, I find in the pics I take with my little camera images that bring a smile to my face and make me happy. Here are some from our recent trip to South East Asia. Boats invading the coastline - Singapore Palm Tree jungle - Cambodia Opsie Daisy! - Bali Three for the ...