Isten Eltessen, Mateka - VIDEO FIXED

With my birthday coming up, I have already started receiving birthday presents from some of the throngs of adoring fans. Not surprisingly, I have received my birthday presents from both set of grandparents.

I got this lovely sandbox from Mama and Papa. I was able to combine three of my favorite things in there - small trucks, sand and big trucks.

http://picasaweb.google.com/MatthewStrada/Export/photo#5207027531970540098

Speaking of birthdays

Happy Birth to Isabella Barban. She was born last Saturday, May 24.

Csilla, You jealous yet? (I keep trying and trying to make her jealous, but she barely even notices my overtures)

Did I mention I like to run?

Az apam keeps trying to talk me into walking. Walking is OK, but it lacks a certain je ne sais qua.

That is why I prefer to do that other thing.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7678274092590057803&hl=en

Flying is a Pain

I flew to Toronto yesterday and, boy, were my arms tired.

Seriously, I had to get up at 4am for my flight. That's even early for me. I put my csizma on before I realized I hadn't gotten dressed yet. Posting may be slightly less frequent/detailed the next few days as I acclimate to the bitter cold of the frozen tundra of Toronto.

That wasn't villam, that was Mate

Az anyam and az apam are getting their exercise. I've decided that much more fun than walking is futas. The best part of futas is that I can run anywhere - the playground, parking lots, the front yard by the street, at crosswalks on setak. One of my favorite, if uneventful, places to run is the allatkert.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2066109911958657498&hl=en


What's really cool at the allatkert is that I know where the animals are, so I can run and find them.




This is az apam's typical view of me at the allatkert as I run, run, run.

COUNTERSPACE

For years, az anyam used to complain about the lack of counterspace in our old house.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7129305166578521838&hl=en

Now I know what she was griping about. It's tough to make a classic like zsiros kenyer when you just don't have the room.