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Thursday, May 27, 2004

Hamster: Found!

After no signs of the lost hamster for four days. He was finally found! In the basement of all places! We all seached the main floor; behind the stove, fridge, washer and dryer and even dishwasher. No sign of the little critter. I knew he couldn't just disappear. We mentioned the missing animal to some friends who came over and their son made a trip to the basement to look for it. After no signs, the kids continued to play. After awhile, Nicole came running up the stairs with Ham the Hamster! He had found a way into the basement afterall (mabye through a hole in the floor for a pipe from the fridge). The funny part is that he was found alive inside a canning jar on a shelf in the basement! He must have worked his way down the shelves (or fell) and wound up in the jar, for how long we don't know.

He was happy to be home and spend several minutes chowing on food in his cage. His partner didn't look so pleased to see him, but Amanda was very relieved!

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Hamster On The Loose!

It had to happen. One of the girl's hamster made a break for it this
evening while traveling around the house in its exercise ball. While
the girls were cleaning out the cage, they noticed an empty Hamster
ball on the floor. A quick look for "Ham" the hamster has turned up
nothing. He's got to be on the main floor, perhaps behind the
dishwasher or oven. Hopefully he'll wander out on his own very soon! If
you happen to see a hamster that answers to "Ham" hitchhiking on the
side of the road, please give us a call.

Summer Movies

It doesn't feel like summer here yet, but our family is looking forward
to at least two big movies coming out in the next few weeks. Both are
expected to be summer blockbusters. The first is Shrek 2, which I can
enjoy as much as our kids, especially due to the computer animation
throughout. The second is the third installment of Harry Potter. Deb
and the girls are big fans of the books and movies. I'm sure both will
become immediate members of our DVD library when they are available.

Birds of a Feather...

The family of birds that invaded our grill are now three members larger. After I saw the mom fly out of the grill this past weekend, I opened the top slowly to see if the five eggs had hatched. Three had and the youngsters were nestled quietly on top of one another.

We've missed a few prime grilling evenings, so I hope these baby birds grow up to be fine outstanding members of the bird community. Click on the photo below for a larger view.

Monday, May 10, 2004

Spring Thunder

A reminder of the warmer weather here is the occassional thunderstorm that wakes the kids at night. I don't remember being that afraid of them when I was young, but at least one of the kids always seem to hear them. I guess it's natural for the sound to be scary, but there's just so little a parent can do about them. Trying to dowplay them doesn't help either!

Wednesday, May 05, 2004

Rodents as Pets

Two furry little hamsters now make their home at our house, courtesy of Nicole and Amanda. They used their allowance to buy them along with all the supplies. They bought them this past Monday and already the cage has been moved from the girl's bedroom (too noisy at night!). Adam is quite enthused also. There will certainly be a few adventures along the way as they begin to take them out of the cage and tire of cleaning it.

No Spring Grilling!

Looks like a family of birds have invaded our grill! Deb was surprised to discover them one day recently when she opened the top. The mom was there to greet her! Seven eggs are contained in the giant nest, though the nest looks like it was built to hold alot more! We'll leave them be and try and remember to not fire it up some night just out of habit...

What's a Blog?

Welcome to the Wright Family blog! For those of you new to the world of "blogs", they are similar to regular web pages but are easier to add information to. This easily allows journal-like entries to be posted. There are more and more blogs appearing on the web every day. Many journalists use blogs to post their stories or small bits of info immediately to the web. Two blogs that I read fairly regularly are Tech:Knowledge and BlogMaverick.

I'll try and keep this updated with the latest happenings in our family. I'll be updating this at least a couple times a week and posting pictures occasionally.