First bike ride of the season that never ends

I don't want to rub it in anyone's face, but I went biking today in 70 degree weather. It was lovely. Surrounded by leaves and beautiful scenery. It was like being home in the Wasatch Mountains. Except for the terrain being completely flat. Kara even came along for the ride. Kara is the one on the left, covered by a hat. She enjoyed herself so much she took a little snooze. The little girl on the right is Esther, the daughter of a friend of mine. This was our first ride together and we hope to be doing this more often.

The only interesting thing about the ride was in passing major power lines we gathered an electric current. We kept shocking ourselves as we rode. The kids didn't seem to mind. Needless to say, we will avoid that portion of the trail.

I am still figuring out how to move pictures within a post so the other picture above is of Kara in new clothes from Grandma Baugh. Thanks Grandma! We love the packages you send.

Elena's first post of Cute stick figures and Kara

Okay, I am posting for the first time! Yea!
I am curious who actually reads this.
These are my little stick figures that I made. I have been playing around with different programs. This was easy and fun. I've been making these and others into decals for cars.

Update on Kara...
She is rocking on her hands and legs and reaching as far as her long arms can go. But, no crawling yet. I gave her a piece of banana today and she devoured it. Based on how fast she went, some might think I never feed her. This girl can eat! As long as there is food in front of her, she will keep on going. If I don't stop her, she eats too much and it ends up on my shirt. It will probably end up on my shirt anyway, but I can't help trying to save myself some laundry.

I love our healthy baby and her chunky monkey thighs.

I'll have to post pictures later. I'm having technical difficulty adding another picture.

PS3

I finally got my PS3 (well, in December). I used birthday money (thank you everyone), as well as a special that they were having.

I'm very excited and I enjoy it for the games, and it works well for watching home videos (my computer is too slow to run them), and streaming MP3's off of our computer as well. We also use it to watch Hulu on our TV.

We've also had fun playing games online, as well as video conferencing with Chris and Lanea.

Anybody else that has one, feel free to add me to your online list, my name is ABaMD.

And thanks again, everyone. I'm having a blast with it, and Elena has fun occasionally too.

Step III

Step III is the final examination you have to take to become a "real" doctor.

What constitutes a real doctor? Once I graduated from medical school, I was given the title of doctor. But people still asked if I was a "real" doctor. I never said 'no, I'm not a real doctor', but I would end up explaining that I'm a resident. Well, I'm still a resident, but now I'm considering myself a "real" doctor.

There are ways that people could construe "real" doctor. When people ask that question, it is loaded with what may be prejudices or concerns. PhDs and other doctorate degrees are doctors, and they aren't imaginary. However, some people when asking this question would not think that they are real doctors. An example, if someone has collapsed in a movie theater, and someone cried out "Is there a doctor in the house?", they mean a doctor with medical training. I think I would take an emergency physician, critical care doctor, or a nurse who works in one of those locations. I would hope any paramedics or EMT would step up, even if they aren't "real" doctors, because they would be more useful than I would be likely.

That also brings up other doctors, such as dentists, DO's, podiatrists and chiropractors. Where do they fall in the discussion of "real" doctors. Too much for me to get into, and my answer would be a definite, 'well, it depends'.