Photo Hunters: Fast

I couldn't find anything for fast as in speed. I did find a couple dozen pictures of Xiao Fei Xiang fast asleep. I figured you'd enjoy a silly one like this instead of one of his cute ones. For some reason, my son used to fall asleep all the time like this. That's a sure way to get wrinkles!

Wordless Wednesday... On Thursday: Little Carpenter

Utah Etsy Treasury!

Celeste has made another treasury on Etsy featuring Utah artists! It's called Yello, Mr. Brown Calling: He'd Like To Speak With Miss Rose Sage! Plenty of warm colors to warm up a wintry day! (And my bird pull toy is featured! Wahoo!)

Momo Monday: Introduction

Last time I posted for Mimi/Momo Monday, I wrote about Mimi. Now it's Momo's turn. Today, I'm just going to introduce her.

Her coloring is similar to Mimi's, she's just has longer hair. She's also fatter and grumpier than Mimi. She acts like she's an older cat. I don't know how old she is since we adopted her as a stray.

My husband named her. It's a Chinese name a lot of people give their cats. It's supposed to be the equivalent of naming your cat Fluffy or your dog Fido. By the way, "Mo" is pronounced like Moe from the Three Stooges. Isn't Moe grumpy too? She also has sad puppy dog eyes, but she wouldn't let me show them to you. She doesn't really like having her picture taken.

What a grump!

Photo Hunters: Technology

This is another picture from awhile ago. My husband and I went through a phase of staging photos with Xiao Fei Xiang. My husband does a lot of trading with the Chinese stock market. He set his laptop with all his stock market stats in front of Xiao to make it look like he was trading stocks. I'll have to share all the other dumb, yet cute, pictures we've staged sometime.

Wordless Wednesday: Making Faces

Both pictures are from when Xiao Fei Xiang was only a few months old. These are among my favorite pictures of him. Enjoy your Wednesday!

Photo Hunters: Birds

I know this is late, but I couldn't pass up photohunters this week. I frequently visit my parent's in Provo. My mom loves birds and lives close enough to the mountains to get plenty of scrub jays. She has them trained to come when she whistles and we throw out peanuts for them to collect. These pictures are from over a year ago when Xiao Fei Xiang joined us for feeding the birds. I'm pretty sure he's putting dirty peanuts in his mouth in the second picture. I'll have to get some more pictures now that he throws peanuts for the birds (and then runs to pick them up before the birds can get them).

Wordless Wendesday: Fall Photo Sep. 2008

Updated Nancy Drew Top Ten

Here is the revision of my top ten with Warnings At Waverly Academy added.

10. Danger By Design
I find fashion design interesting. There isn't too much of that in the game, but the story connected to WWII is quite interesting.

9 and 8 were a toss up, it can be so hard to choose!

9. Message In A Haunted Mansion
One of the first games I played. I love the design of the mansion and I just love the puzzles in Nancy's room, especially the one involving Chinese.

8. Secret Of The Old Clock
This game is set in the 1930's. It is such a fun time period to play! The miniature golf game was fun and it was neat to use a HAM radio. It also uses a lot of common phrases from that time that I remember learning when I studied The Great Gatsby in High School (which is actually set in the 20's).

7. Haunting Of Castle Malloy
Her Interactive has recently divided their games into two categories; scary and foreign. The scary is released during October and the foreign are released during the summer. This is one of the scary ones. I just love the scary games they make! I should say that the scary games aren't too scary, so you don't need to be too concerned about kids playing them unless they are under 10. Anyways, this game is very much Celtic. I used to be really into Celtic things a few years ago. I didn't absolutely love the way they used the Celtic theme, but I still really enjoyed it. Herding the sheep can get annoying. There is one part near the end that freaked me out because I didn't see it coming.

6. Treasure In A Royal Tower
This is one of the first games I played and I just can't take it off my top five. The architecture of the resort Nancy is staying in is just too cool. There are a lot of puzzles that I just don't get sick of. There are also some characters that come up again in later games. I also love the Marie Antoinette theme. Some of my relatives swear my family is related to her (no one can prove or disprove it), so I am attracted to things that involve her. I don't think I'm related to her, but the thought of it is fun!

5.Warnings At Waverly Academy
I love working on the achievements and I love running the snack shop (who doesn't love that sort of stuff?) I like the way the plot and characters are set up and I found the subplots interesting. I also consider it a plus that I could beat the game on my own.

4.Legend Of The Crystal Skull
This is one of the scary games and one I have played over and over. It is unusually creepy for Her Interactive (not too scary though). It has a lot to do with graveyards and voodoo. The whole game is dimly lit to make it more scary. The opening sequence is one of the best Her Interactive has done. If you are playing this game for the first time, be sure to have all the lights out and other distractions off. The game will tell you to do this, but won't give you enough time.

My top 3 were hard to choose, I want to consider all three of them a tie.

3. Curse Of Blackmoor Manor
This is another one that is scary, can you tell that I like the scary ones? It has a series of neat puzzles and some involving astrology and alchemy that were neat. I absolutely love the Cockney Rhyming! There is also some neat architecture in this game.

2. Phantom Of Venice
I've loved this game since the first time I played it! I have played it dozens of times. It has some of my favorite puzzles too. I just love the Scopa and reconstructing the mosaics. I also love that you get to choose what Nancy wears and can earn money to buy new clothes! I also love taking the gondolas and hearing the gondoliers singing!

1. Secret Of The Scarlet Hand
This is the first Nancy Drew game I ever played. I fell in love with it right off. It has been almost ten years since I played it and I still enjoy it. This game has caused me to be facinated with the Ancient Maya. Eventhough Her Interactive has improved a lot in designing the games since, this still remains my favorite. I guess you never forget your first!

I'm always interested in other's favorite Nancy Drew games, feel free to share your favorite!

Mimi Monday

I've decided it might be fun to share a little about my cats on a weekly basis. I have two cats named Mimi and Momo, so I'm starting Mimi/Momo Monday! I'll alternate each week unless one of them is being more interesting than the other.
This week, I'll do just an introduction. This is Mimi. She usually has that indifferent look on her face (except when she knows I'm about to feed her) and she has the cutest little mustache! Her fur is also super soft except she won't let you cuddle her.

Her name comes from the Chinese word for kitty. Mao is cat and mao mi is kitty. So you take mi from mao mi and double it and you get Mimi!