The fish liked this piece of coral reef because of the oxygen bubbles that were flowing out of the middle.  

Picture of Stingray and an interesting looking fish in the back that was blending with the color of the sand.... 

picture of fish in tank that was in front of our table at the Houston Aquarium. This tank held over 250,000 gallons of water.  

My friend James Carberry in the parking lot of Absolute Color where his boss Hugh had a hamburger cookout when I was there. Good food, fun and fellowship!! 

This fish reminded me of Finding Nemo because it looks like a cartoon character with its big eyes and mouth.  

The same vertical tank at Houston Aquarium with school of fish at the top.  

Veritcal Fish tank that has 150 gallons of water that goes from the ground floor up to the roof of the Houston Aquarium 

Houston News

Houston News

This article gives you a background about the Houston Aquarium that I visited recently when Jeremy graduated High School. I will be posting some pictures of the vertical fish tank and different shots of different types of fish. I have to say that this is a very nice restaurant and you will be amazed at the size of these tanks and the different varieties of fish that they have.

Camp Happy Days is almost upon us...

I bet Flash is thinking something entirely different at this point of the game aye?? Ya probably would like to postpone that circus for another 12 weeks if you could huh?

My children are bouncing off the walls with excitement. I think that Kristina has packed her bags atleast 10 times. I walked past her bedroom the other night and she and Justin were trying to figure out how to fit an elephant into this bag and still get it closed. I could almost see something wiggling inside it. Maybe they put Sammy or Angel in the bag to see if they could smuggle them to camp. As far as that goes I would LOVE to see SAMMY the loud mouthed MUTT go to camp and stay there as the mascot YEAR round.

Sammy must be in his TERRIBLE twos now because I have an urge to KILL him atleast once per day. That is usually around 5 or 6 am every morning. Stupid dog....

As I am typing this Lulu the komikozee (spelling) cat is throwing herself from the porch ledge up against the window by the stove because she wants to get in. We just let her outside for crying out loud KITTY.... I might as well potty train her so we can skip the "let you outside and then let you back in " so she does not have to get brain damage by slinging her body against the outside of the glass window to get our attention. Goofy cat...

Katy just approached the couch and spoke to Sammy in her best authoritative voice. Sammy Moffitt, you need to go to your cage. Sammy knowing that he is not going to budge a muscle gave her the "but I am so cute and adorable puppy dog you really dont EXPECT me to go to that nasty cage tonight do you look". Katy responded by begging the dog not to wake her up at 5 am in the morning and put the dogs head on a pillow and covered him with a blanket on the couch. OH MY GOSH people. Here is how I would have handled this.

(drum roll please...). Stern look at dog from recliner where I am typing this saying, SAMMY MOFFITT get your BUTT in your cage right now.... If this did not ellicit an immediate response no matter what sort of look he gives me I would have calmly put my laptop on the table next to me and launched myself onto the couch and pinned the dog WWF style to the cushion. Then I would have picked up the pooch and fun lovingly body slammed him into the cushions a couple of times to let him I know I mean business when I talk and then I would drag him to his cage and toss him into it. LOL....

Its a good thing that I am worn out from the Pro FORM 545E elliptical trainer. The only energy I have left is in my arms and fingers which allows me to type this madness. LOL...

Whitney next to model of the Titanic at the Myrtle Beach Aquarium. Whitney is one of the daughters of the Awana Leader at Lighthouse Baptist Church.  

Templates are sensitive

I keep finding out that you have to be careful about using long LINES or sentences that do not word wrap in my blog. What happens is that it pushes the column on the right all the way to the bottom of the blog. We can not have that, now can we?? :)

There, now it is fixed.... Much better now. :)

Kristina said she did not know WHAT this thing is.... Another creature from Myrtle Beach Aquarium.... 

Some sort of prop of a newspaper boy selling stories of the Titanic disaster... 

Another stingray shot at Myrtle Beach Aquarium.... 

Stingray at Myrtle Beach Aquarium. Kristina went with Awanas group because she was one of the ones with perfect attendance and finished two books. 

Kewl close up of shark swimming past in tank at Myrtle Beach Aquarium 

Kristina and Whitney in background. Kristina is holding something that is part of the crab phylum.  

Kristina Lyn Moffitt in front of the computer at home. I know, its a bit dark but Justin took it.... 

Bonding with my newest elliptical trainer

Ok, I finally did it!! I found a Pro-Form 545E elliptical trainer at Goodwill where I work and it cost me a whopping $4.99!! I had something like this about 2 or 3 years ago when we lived in Bluffton and I paid a LOT more for it than this one. The one I had in Bluffton was electrical and had more computerized workout programs and monitored my pulse etc. This one has the arm motion for cross training and is self powered. That works for me because the payment is PAID in FULL!!

It is a good thing I have been walking 1.6 miles several times per week because this gadget really gave me a workout in the short time I was on it. Here are some of the measurements it gave me about my workout this evening.


30 minutes
.88 miles
1.7 mph average speed
167.2 Calories burned
52.8 Fat calories burned


How many calories does it take to loose one pound you might ask.... Would you believe 2000 ?? LOL... That is right folks. You have to burn 2000 calories to loose one pound. That also means that while you are burning calories you need to REDUCE your calorie intake and INCREASE your water intake by 8 glasses of water per day.

Ok, now I do not have an excuse about getting a workout. I have this thing sitting in my kitchen right next to the refrigerator. I have a choice. Do I go to the refrigerator and EAT or do I climb on this thing and shed some of these unwanted pounds?? LOL... I can hear it now. You have the elliptical trainer next to your refrigerator?? Is that sort of crazy? Yes, actually it is. Then again, we are VERY limited to space and it needs to be in this part of the house so I can turn the music up when I work out.

Ok, so it is a PRO-FORM 545E elliptical trainer. LOL... Silly me!!