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Friday, June 29, 2007
Monday, June 25, 2007
Jason & Susan's Picasa Gallery
We finially had a chance to upload a few pictures to Picasa. We posted about 43 from Beach Week. Yay!
http://picasaweb.google.com/jason.muldoon
http://picasaweb.google.com/jason.muldoon
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Where's Waldo?
Susan and Jason are in Orange County this weekend visiting with Susan's Mom and brother. Interestingly enough, Mrs. Kim and Jason share the same birthday, July 8th. They celebrated Susan's Mom's birthday with dinner and cake last night (2 weeks early). Afterwards they went for a long walk on Seal Beach to burn off some of the extra calories.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Shared Calendar
I renamed our Beach Week calendar to "The Muldoons." I'm not going to delete it, so we can continue to use it to schedule shared events (like Jason and Susan's wedding, hint, hint, hint). There's a mini version on the bottom right of this page, or you can see a big version by clicking on this button:
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Hermit Crabs
Apparently there aren't any hermit crabs that grow their own shells. They borrow them from snails. It is still a mystery to me how all those hermit crabs found all those shells that looked exactly the same. I guess that is just what hermit crabs do. The wonders of nature!!
Hermit Crab True Stories from the Sea Shell Shop
1981
At one time one of our stores was below a condo where many elderly lived during the winter and many visited us daily. One particular 88 year old hated even the site of hermit crabs and would walk by them with her head turned. One day her great grandchild who lived several states away begged her to bring him a hermit crab. So she marched in and purchased not one but three of these little lively critters. She asked many questions, got all the necessary paraphernalia and carried them out FAR away from her body. She was not happy about the situation but willing to do anything for her grandchild. The very next day, before we opened, she stood excitedly by our door. She could not wait to tell us about her night with her newly named friends. She loved them. They kept her awake, active and talking all night. She said they talked to her and yes, they do make a chirping noise. She said she couldn't get over their different personalities. She then purchased three more for her great grandson and kept those three for herself.
The hermits became her project, her true pets. She took them for walks on the beach, bathed them and fed them special food. Cost was no object when it came to her hermits. She then purchased three more making a family of six. Over the rest of the summer and throughout the next winter I guess she spent a great deal of time with her hermits.
Well spring arrived and she came to visit. She referred to them all by name and she had each marked accordingly. She told us she had trained them to come when called. She said they wandered loose in her apartment and slept in a special bed. Now who would believe that? After all, I'd been selling hermits since I was a tot in 1953, and I never heard of such a thing.
She ran up to get them and came back, all six in hand. She showed me their names on the backs of their initialed shells and then set them at the end of our then 50 foot store. She called them one by one by name and YES, they did come and ONLY when she called them. Believe it or not, I saw it with my own eyes.
Her hermits knew her well and were lovingly trained by her. So anything is possible.
Many tell us that their hermits start scratching at their bowls just at the time the kids are expected home from school, knowing it will be play time. I guess you'd have to say, Hermits do make perfect pets.
At one time one of our stores was below a condo where many elderly lived during the winter and many visited us daily. One particular 88 year old hated even the site of hermit crabs and would walk by them with her head turned. One day her great grandchild who lived several states away begged her to bring him a hermit crab. So she marched in and purchased not one but three of these little lively critters. She asked many questions, got all the necessary paraphernalia and carried them out FAR away from her body. She was not happy about the situation but willing to do anything for her grandchild. The very next day, before we opened, she stood excitedly by our door. She could not wait to tell us about her night with her newly named friends. She loved them. They kept her awake, active and talking all night. She said they talked to her and yes, they do make a chirping noise. She said she couldn't get over their different personalities. She then purchased three more for her great grandson and kept those three for herself.
The hermits became her project, her true pets. She took them for walks on the beach, bathed them and fed them special food. Cost was no object when it came to her hermits. She then purchased three more making a family of six. Over the rest of the summer and throughout the next winter I guess she spent a great deal of time with her hermits.
Well spring arrived and she came to visit. She referred to them all by name and she had each marked accordingly. She told us she had trained them to come when called. She said they wandered loose in her apartment and slept in a special bed. Now who would believe that? After all, I'd been selling hermits since I was a tot in 1953, and I never heard of such a thing.
She ran up to get them and came back, all six in hand. She showed me their names on the backs of their initialed shells and then set them at the end of our then 50 foot store. She called them one by one by name and YES, they did come and ONLY when she called them. Believe it or not, I saw it with my own eyes.
Her hermits knew her well and were lovingly trained by her. So anything is possible.
Many tell us that their hermits start scratching at their bowls just at the time the kids are expected home from school, knowing it will be play time. I guess you'd have to say, Hermits do make perfect pets.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Muldoon family summer vacation
We enjoyed yet another fun-filled beach week at Pensacola Beach this year. The kids caught fish, hermit crabs, crab-crabs, and crabs. We fed swans some delicious military rations. Some played Texas Hold-em and discussed the ins and outs of anal bleaching. The guys played X-Box. The girls tried on clothes. The parents took naps. We even went to Range Point by boat and caught more fish, hermit crabs, crab-crabs, and crabs. What a great vacation!!
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
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