Picture is of mary z. (cousin) and myself up in Idylwild.

I’ve been keeping myself busy this month. New years has started of pretty nicely. My New Years resolution? To lose the 30 pounds that I gained last year. You can’t see it in that picture, but it’s there in my stomach.

And so I’ve finally got my camera working now. It was tough finding a battery charger on the amazon site. But now I have both my regular camera working, and my digital camera for when I take the Photoshop class at Mt.SAC in Spring. The other classes I’m looking forward to taking is Eglish 1A, History 1, and Earth Science. The classes don’t start till Feb 26th, so I still have some vacation time left.

 The new years have started with some virus colds passing around: I’m just getting over the head cold that Lisa had. Christmas was good though, we had lots of relatives and friends over, and lots of gifts. I was very thankfull I wasn’t spending Christmas and New Years holidays on the ship. I mean I did miss out on the President calling the ship during Christmas, and the Chief of Navy Ops (CNO), and the Master Chief of the Navy (MCPON) and the Secretary of the Navy’s visits during the holidays. But I’m glad that I’m home.

061225-N-8146B-008 Persian Gulf (Dec. 25, 2006) – The amphibious assault ship USS Boxer’s (LHD 4) commanding officer, Capt. Bruce Nichols, and executive officer, Capt. Matthew McCloskey, serve Christmas dinner to the crew. Boxer is the flagship for Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group which is currently operating in the Persian Gulf conducting Maritime Security Operations. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James F. Bartels (RELEASED)

I finally found a new charger for my digital camera, and she’s charging as i type this. So I’ll be able to take new pictures very soon.
 But right now we’re all busy cleaning up and packing away all the christmas decorations.
As well as trying to pick up all the palm leaves that keep dropping because of this strong wind we’re having.