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Darcee Michelle Dickson

Randy & Lisa's baby arrived Nov. 24th at 10:30pm, she weighed 7 lbs and was 21 inches long. 

Happy Thanksgiving!

feeding time...

Janice in the Dome

Aquarium Diving

as of to day i am an aquarium diver! thats right i get to dive in the "dome" at the seattle aquarium. what do i do while diving there you want to know? well i will be volunteering 4 hours of my time every other week for the next year. while there i get to..... wait for it.... its lots of fun.... everyone will be jealous.... you will be bagging to be a skilled diver like me.... ok here it is.... clean windows and vacuum fish poop off of the bottom!!! i know you all wish you were me.  but really it should be fun and something different and a new challenge. i mean think about it how do you scrub a window while floating in the water? every time you push hard into a good scrub all you do is shove your self off. also you need more then one "tool" while working but it just doesn't make sense to keep going to the surface to get the next "tool". so now i get to master puling my self in with a suction cup in one hand and scrubbing with the other all the while holding on to all my "tools" so they don't float a way on me. and if that is not enough i am on a hookah system. that means i get my air through a hose from the surface. so think about what happens to the garden hose when you wash the car. so as i go about doing my "chores" i have to remember if i turn right two times i now need to go left two times not to mention watch my buddy and his line. and the vacuuming, well they have this really strong water vacuum and when i say strong i mean keep fish and small children clear. so while cleaning the poop off the bottom i have to try and not suck up the 1/2 inch of sand on the bottom of the exhibit. the fun "tools" i get to use are a kitchen scrubber, an ice scraper and a car wash mitt. so after getting out of the dome today after being in there for about an hour trying to learn all i need to do i realized that i really did not even see all the cool fish around me. you know wolf eels, sturgeons, rockfish, skates and SHARKS! that right i did not notice any of the dozen sharks. well maybe next time.