Well it is getting cold here in Northern California, we have even had a few nice evening with a fire going in the fire place. I am really starting to like having a warm fire going and watching a good movie... I'm glad Brenda had me get our fire place ready for winter, now we just need to buy more fire wood.
Bring on more cold, I'm from Wisconsin, I can take it!!!
After the first of the year I started my "gallery 365" image gallery, after a few months I got a bit lazy and stoped posting... Now it is back and I am going to start it again, I know usually people start a yearly thing at new years but I am not going to wait till the first of the year.
If you want to check it out visit: www.mikeshelby.com
This year I have taken a full load at SRJC and I have a bunch of midterms next week, can't wait to finish them up and get back to normal with classes. My Flash 8 class is going great, I really like designing in Flash and I can't wait to design a whole site in Flash.... Maybe I'll make a new site for someone in Flash....
One of my other classes is Web Content Development and it is awesome! Our team is creating a web site for a nonprofit, a group of international business teachers... We are a team of 3, a project manager, content developer, and I am the designer on the team. The class is a lot of work and I really enjoy being on the team, we all work great together and I think we are going to have one of the best sites in our class. Well that is my opinion, I am the designer!
School is really crazy but I am really enjoying this and learning a ton of information.
I think i need some family members to come out so I can have a little break and we can head down to San Francisco for the day, I need a breadbowl of clam chouder!
Well it has been a long time since my last post on here and I was deciding what I wanted to do with my blog on my personal site... After getting fed up with spamers on my comments system this morning I removed it from my server and now using Vox as my personal blog. I really like that bots can't hit me up with spam! What a pain in the you know what.
Okay I am super busy with school (college) so I'll try to post more in here.
Well it has taken a few days to get back to normal. I thought it would be easy to get back to normal if I stayed up for my flight back and that plan didn't help me out any... Today, Monday is a better day for me.
More about the trip, Brenda has been working on the photos and I should have a few galleries up in a day or two. We really have a wonderful time and we saw some of the coolest sites ever.
Some things that I wanted to comment on from the trip:
Everyone in France smokes, everyone!
Paris is very expensive, save money before going to Paris.
The US dollar is worthless in Europe, our exchange rate was 74Euro to $100US :(
Paris was expensive but I really like being there. What a great city to visit, I went to all the top land marks like the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL and the Louvre Museum. A great city that everyone should visit at least once in your life.
After Paris we took the train to Norman D to see all the places the US troops fought at in WWII. I am really glad we went to see all those places.
From Norman D we went to Cannes, France (French Rivera) and played on the beach. Cannes is another great city with beautiful views.
From Cannes we took a day trip to Monaco and viewed the castle where Princess Grace lived and then went the the Monte Carlo Casino... Big money there!!
We left Cannes for Milan, Italy... Not much of interest for me in Milan... We were only there for one day.
From Milan we took the train to Venice, the city of canals. This was a crazy city that you can get very lost at. We had a blast in Venice and I would love to return to this city again. Very fun and romantic.
We left Venice for Rome, it's Rome and that is all I have to say... Walking around Rome was very exciting for me and I am very thankful that I could go and see the history in this town... I was in awe at times trying to imagine what life was like when the Roman Empire was in control. This is another city that I think everyone should visit. Rome rules!
Well after a long time with out the internet I am finally home from Europe. (France & Italy)
After I get rested up I'll post more comments.
Today our parents arrived (Eddie and Teresa, Larry and Tracy), and we walked all over today. One of the
During the day we walked around in a beautiful park and had so much fun just looking at all the interesting people of this city. There are a lot of tourists here and I think it is really neat to see all the different people.
This evening we all went out for dinner and have a wonderful time, walking back to the hotel was very nice. Paris at night is a happening place and sure was fun to see. I would say both our parents had a wonderful time this evening.
After a much needed nap we went out for another walk. Now that we are back in our room for the evening I have uploaded a small gallery from today. Here is the link: Visit Photo Gallery
All is good and ready for a full night of sleep. The parents will be here in the morning and we can't wait to see them...
Well after a long 24 hours we are in Paris safe and sound, tired for sure. We walked around some today and had a wonderful lunch. A very nice town and I am excited for tomorrow when our parents get in...
I'll try to post some photos later, I need a nap.
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