I painted an elephant

Gracious Tory, as she's lovingly known around here, had hinted at being interested in having a painting of an elephant a long time ago. So much time had passed since her first request that I had completely forgotten that she had even asked until she reminded me a year(?) ago. Well, for whatever reason, I got inspired a little bit before her birthday, and decided to finally bang it out! (Goal #51- Do a painting right away next time inspiration strikes)

This was the first time I have ever started and completed a painting in one single day. I didn't know I had it in me! :]  Probably because it was only gray scale, but, still, I need to do more of this.

In other elephant related news, check this out! I want to see it! Tor, you in?! :]

geocaching event

If you didn't think it was official before, it certainly is now...I am a bonafide geocaching geek. This was confirmed last Wednesday evening when Brian and I went down to Waikiki for a geocachers "event cache" (Goal #96). It was deemed a Cookie Flash Mob. IowaBeaver hosted (you can't make this stuff up) and passed out Hawaiian cookies to everyone who attended. I was surprised at the turnout, probably about 25 folks showed up.

We met a few people...a couple visiting from Texas, a retired man who happened to live just a couple blocks away from me in Memphis, and (drum roll)... GeoGerms! This is the guy I was telling you about in my last geocache post. He was the first person to find the cache I hid and has found every single cache on the island! It was cute, he was definitely a little celebrity in this circle. He was telling me about how he started watching Breaking Bad after finding my cache, but before he could finish he got pulled away to meet some of his "fans." Haha. I love geocachers.

GeoGerms and his wife are in matching blue shirts, RutRut, the retiree from Memphis, is in the black socks, and IowaBeaver is the bald guy at the back left. :]