Merry Christmas

Sunset

The view out the front window.

Leaves

Here is a Fall Family Photo. My kids will not stand still for a second.

This is what I did all day. Taken with my camera phone LG enV3.

Paddle in the Rain

Had a great paddle this morning on a stretch of the upper River Raisin. I joined three guys from the Wolf Pack Kayaking Club. We spotted a car in Manchester, Michigan and then we put in at Sharon Mills park. It took us about two and a half hours to drift to Manchester. Only had a single portage around a big tree that fell into the river, had to duck a few limbs and slide over a few logs, but otherwise the river was pretty clear. I definitely want to do this trip again.

Saturday Morning Paddle

I am going to be paddling a chain of lakes that are very close to my home
(walking distance with a kayak cart) on Saturday morning the 8th of August. If
anyone would like to meet-up and paddle along, just send me an email to pick a
time. Here is a link to a map of the Michigan Center chain of lakes:
http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=42.22923&lon=-84.29139&zoom=13&q1=7641%20Napole\
\
on%20Rd,%20Jackson%20MI%2049201
(You may have to zoom out.)

The flag with the letter "A" is where I plan to put in and then paddle to the
west toward Center lake. This is a totally unorganized event, and if nobody
wants to go, I will go by myself.

Company Holiday Party

My wife and I finally got a chance to get out of the house for a couple of hours without the kids. They stayed home with Granny and Papa while we went to the company holiday party.

Louis Ventre a Terre

Rest in peace old friend.

Ribbit!

Posie Pictures

Here is a photo. It's what I have been doing mostly when I can get out.

Maddie and Daddy

This is a better picture of me. That other pic from the sleep test has been up long enough. I do in fact have sleep apnea, and the new little CPAP machine is working wonders for my sleep as well as my wife's sleep. She says that I no longer snore. Not enough kayaking going on, but lots of other worthwhile times spent with my kids.

Sleep testing doesn't actually involve sleeping.

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I may be the poster child for sleep apnea. What a miserable night.

My wife complains that I snore very loudly.

My cardiologist wants to know if it is causing me problems with my heart.

All those little electrodes stuck on my head created little hot spots that started hurting about 4:00am. The CPAP (a little nose mask that provides pressurized air to keep my airway open) started squeezing my head to the point that it felt like it was in a vise. at 5:00am they had enough info that we could stop the test, and I could go home. I was glad to get outta there.

I hate hospitals.