seedy soap

t got some awesome rosemary soap at the co-op.

chuck norris skates!

on actual inline skates! i fully expected to see him on rollerskates. ah, but he still carries a ninja-beater comb so he can tend to hid feathered mullet. any kungfoo master who'll skate around holding hands with his girlfriend is all right by me.

dog-in-boots

bel got some awesome boots for Christmas and fred wanted to try them on. how do you not snap a photo of that?

-11

well, at least this weekend's big snow was reason enough for st. paul to plow curb-to-curb. the ride in wasn't too bad. i had just the right layers on.

peugeot and pugsley

peugeot and pugsley locked at the rack, waitin for their owners to come back.
first comes love, then comes marriage
then come the training wheels and a burley carriage.

choirs of angels

b's duet @ the mall. we risked our lives driving on icy roads to get to this performance, but it was good to get there to see 'em perform. the kids did well, with lot's of folks looking on.

more photos of the dog's wild party

here, fred, this gift's for YOU!



hmm... what's in here?


a new BLANKIE!


since dogs LOVE to look at Christmas lights and it was his birthday, we took him with us to see the lights in Phalen park.



here he is snuggled in his new gift at bed time.

happy b-day fred

today's fred's 9th birthday

caught mu breath... on film

er... on pixels.

this new mi-newt light is awesome. on my way home tonight, i had a slight tailwind and i could see the condensation from my breath clinging to the beam of my light. it looked pretty cool, but i knew that the road conditions weren't going to allow me to take it as a rolling picture, so these two were staged in the garage when i got home.

snotsicles anyone?

-3 fahrenheit but the ride must go on. was a little worried when i got dressed to ride to work today when my mitten liners were a little damp from yesterday, but i must've cooked all of that moisture out right away as the fingers never got cold. the toes, however, were chilly even in my wool socks and shoecovers. well, they were chilly but never got sore, so this configuration could go a few degrees colder.

bike wart?

nice.

first big snowy commute

didn't have the guts to pull the camera out before i got into the driveway. i'm looking forward to trying to capture pics of snowflakes in the headlight this year.

the commute took about 50 mins in the snow. it was worth it,though, to beat the gridlock in downtown st. paul

the lasagne

mmm... mmm... good. well there are a couple of tweaks i will make to the recipe when i make it again.

those jerks at my lbs

so i went into the shop looking for a simple light and the guys in the shop showed me through all of the low-end lights and told me all of their bad qualities. they kept pointing me towards the night rider minewt, but i just couldn't pull the trigger at the $99 price. then... then, they pulled out the big guns and calc-ed the price with my team discount. ugh, i couldn't resist. i'm the proud new owner of a minewt. i'll write some reviews in the near future. and, actually, those guys aren't so bad... in fact, they're pretty cool. thanks matt and tim!