Ha! Knew it!

So, about 5:00 am this morning, I wake up to the entire house shaking. First, I think I'm still dreaming and then I think someone is trying to open the garage (this is at my parent's house and my old bedroom is right about the garage) but that the door is stuck; hence, no noise. Once the house stops shaking, I check the clock and it read 5:10 am so I crash for another hour.

Well, I get into work today and see this:

We had an earthquake!!!

Yes, a 3.6 is nothing compared to CA but, for Rockville MD (where the epicenter was) it's huge. We don't deal with earthquakes on a daily basis here.

More Archeological fun

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/07/16/london-yard-remains-shakespeares-theater-emerge-ground/#content <-Shakespeare's Theater! No pictures yet but I'll try and see if I can find any.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jHWNUNViVhjZczNg4LJ67hQ54LuQD9H060OG0 <- Now with pictures! You can see some of the brickwork and other remains. Pretty neat!

Ginsie the cat!

According to Mom, Ginsie is a cat. :-)

Now, those of you who have met Ginsie already know I say she's more cat than dog but now I have an eyewitness account. Ginsie was outside in Mom's backyard today when she spotted *something* beneath the bird feeder. Mom saw those ears perk up and saw the pup dash for whatever the critter that she saw.

Ginsie caught said critter and shook it ferociously -like a cat- and dropped it -like a cat. The critter squeaked and Mom, running up to see what her grandpup had caught, saw it was not a chipmunk like she feared but a mouse. Ginsie, pouncing back on the mouse after Mom gave her okay, picked it up again and began to play with it -like a cat. Once she dropped it the second time, the critter managed to get away. I doubt we'll see the mouse again anytime soon!