Chocolate and Fruit

They don't mix. This piece of yogurt pie had chocolate shavings as well as raspberries. I took the chocolate off and gave it to my sisters before enjoying the rest.


~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Home from Virginia

On Sunday I traveled back from Virginia--it was a long day, but a good time nonetheless.


While in Richmond there was no chance to visit a historical site. Therefore on the way home we stopped of at Monticello. I haven't been there since I was a kid. I did forget to pay cash for something--I remember getting two dollar bills as change. No pictures were allowed inside, but I did grab many outside shots including these two on my iPhone.


We stopped at Wendy's for lunch--but it turned out to be 2.7 miles off the interstate.  Needless to say it wasn't quite as quick as we'd hoped.


Somewhere in West Virginia the rain started pouring down.  Of course it was a downpour just as we drove into a rest area because some people needed to use the restrooms.

We did make it to the restrooms, and I ducked into the welcome center area to get a state map.  The rain did stop for a while.



I always like taking pictures after a rain shower--the water seems to make greens really pop.



Ever since I visited the Smokies I've really appreciated "smoky hills"



Once we were back on the road the rain started back up.



When we stopped at a truck stop our pickup and trailer seemed so small.



I thought this was a cool penny machine with eight different designs, until I tried to make a second design.  The descriptions were labeled incorrectly!  I got two "Lucky West Virginia" pennies, and I didn't even want one of them.  *sigh*



I did think these spoons were pretty cool.  I've bought ones like this before at the Appalachian Culture Fest at the Museum Center.



One of the people driving with us wondered why I took this picture, but I have to take pictures of strange signs.  :-)



We drove over several bridges of this type.



We were about thirty minutes from Winchester, KY, but Dan and I still tried to find Ale-8.  It was too expensive.



This vending machine was inside the Wal-Mart located at the exit where the Ale-8 bottling plant is located.



Awesome selection!



And we all thought this bus was strange with no signs or distinguishing markings.



~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Electrical Storm

Most of the family is on the front porch enjoying a thunder storm.


~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Location:Highland Ave,Fort Mitchell,United States

Lexington

We're going through Lexington on the way home instead of small Ohio highways.

Hopefully we'll be home before too late. We left earlyish, but stopped by Monticello! I'll post more pictures when I have a better signal.


~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Location:Interstate 64,1,United States

Crocs, Hippos, and Scarabs

I've fallen a bit behind blogging, but I have a good excuse.  I've been eyeball deep in registration details for the conference that I'm assisting with.  I was working for many hours yesterday to get ready for this morning.  Then this morning I assisted with the organized chaos that was the parent check-in process.  Now I'm working on re-doing things for the morrow.  Let me just say that I don't plan to get a massive amount of sleep until I return home, ;-).  Saturday is the last day of the conference--but we have to pack up everything that evening after it all ends.  I am hoping that we can stop by a point of historical interest on the way home.  I'm not sure where, but our driver (Dan) is also quite interested.  :-)  I'd better get back to work at this point through.

~Matt

PS The title of the post references various group names we're using since we adapted the Answers in Genesis VBS program The Egypt File.  It is a pretty cool program.  Consider trying it out with your church VBS.  AiG materials aren't all "science-based" (though they have solid science in them) or all "Creation vs. Evolution" (though those components are there).  The key feature of an AiG product is its emphasis on biblical authority.

Virginia

Today I leave for Virginia. Along with several other people I'm going to help with the running of a children's program at a convention in Richmond. I've never done anything like this before, so I'm looking forward to it.


~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Location:Hebron,United States

Back on-line!

Well apparently Blogger is back on-line! I don't know exactly how many hours my access was gone, but it was over half a day (starting last night sometime).

I have a longer post I want to type up (Tolkien lovers will appreciate it), but I don't have time right now because of a few work related things I need to finish. Look for it soon... I hope.

~Matt

Unavailable?

[Update: I just found this in my drafts. Im still not sure what happened to Blogger, ot was down for over a day.]

I was going to type up a post on my computer, but that doesn't appear to be possible at present.


~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Wizard's Tower

I have been working on my medieval LEGO layout some over the past few days. It definitely got some attention when I was home sick on Tuesday.

Recently I finished the installation of a smithy beneath a tavern and turned my attentions to the building's roof. It has a flat roof as I made the structure out of the bottom half of one of the buildings from the Medieval Marketplace set. I was just adding simple crenelations when I decided to build further. Before I knew it I'd made a small room out of brown bricks.

I decided to install the wizard I'd bought recently. He and his dragons fit well even before I made a telescope. Below you can see him and his assistant working.






~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

I might have a cold fridge

I mixed up some powdered drink this morning (I added peach to some pink lemonade I already had in a pitcher) before leaving for work. I put in the powder, cold water, and some ice cubes. I just poured myself a glass and there were still a couple of ice cubes rattling around in the pitcher...


~Matt

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(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Home at Last

I just got home. I had a good deal of printing to get done, and most has been completed. Tomorrow should be a busy day at work. We haven't quite hit summer crowds, but it is coming soon.


~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Location:Highland Ave,Fort Mitchell,United States

Day Three

I just took my pill for day three. There are only two left. Hopefully it won't be too many days before I'm completely well. I'm not sure where I got strep from, but I'd be quite happy if I didn't encounter it again!

~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Location:Highland Ave,Fort Mitchell,United States

Amazing Drink

A frosty glass of milk is simply amazing. I put a glass glass in the freezer for a while before pouring. And no, Erin, ice cubes don't make it better. :-P


~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Location:Highland Ave,Fort Mitchell,United States

Construction

The neighborhood Kroger was torn down a while ago as part of a massive renovation.



I just found out today that two components are still open (in the neighboring strip mall).



The pharmacy and the liquor store!
I had to visit the pharmacy to drop off a prescription for strep throat.

~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Location:Highland Ave,Fort Mitchell,United States