Heather Christine

Ellie

2012-01-17T09:39:00.001-08:00

Since there is finally an iPhone app for eblogger, I can now post pictures from my phone straight to my blog!
Here is my new puppy Ellie, playing in the snow!

Test post

2011-08-10T08:49:00.000-07:00

School Auction Project

2011-02-21T20:59:00.000-08:00

This is the auction project my students and I created.
Titled "Texture on Canvas" this canvas measures 40x30 inches and was painted with acrylic paints.
I painted the color and added the texture (click for a close up). Then I helped the students add their hand prints. This painting sold for several hundred dollars and I am so please that my class was able to raise such a great sum of money for the school.

Away

2011-02-21T20:28:00.001-08:00

I can't believe it has been so long since I have posted to my own blog!

Let me update;

Completed my Professional Certification June 2009 and my Masters in Education December 2009. Since then I have moved into a new apartment and I am now teaching 3rd, 4th and 5th grade at the same private school.

I have released the salamanders and I am currently going for weekend frog hunts. It is supposed to snow this week, so the frogs have not been too busy with eggs yet.

My new (frozen) bird bath during the November 2010 cold snap! Now the bowl has a crack in the bottom and will not hold water.
My sister (right) and me (left) during Christmas vacation.

Juvenile Northern Flicker

2009-07-15T20:49:00.000-07:00

Today there were four, yes, four juvenile northern flicker (woodpeckers) on my deck. One of them decided it needed a bath.

Another Monday Moment

2009-04-20T20:53:00.000-07:00

Only in Western Washington . . . would my students feel the need to wear their coats over their heads, while outside, in order to read their books, without having the sunshine glare in their faces. I laughed, teased, took pictures and posted it on my blog and yet, I agree with them whole heartedly!

A Monday Moment

2009-03-30T19:30:00.000-07:00

I have been using mechanical pencils for many years.

They are very convenient, never need sharpening, and are fairly cheep.

Since going back to school have been spending more and more time on my computer, using my mechanical pencils and a computer mouse.

I have now discovered a down fall to the combination of mechanical pencil lead and a computer mouse.When one does not know that a small piece of lead has broken off their pencil and become trapped under said computer mouse, this is the rather artistic result:

In search of spring

2009-03-28T16:10:00.000-07:00

As I try to decide between spring planting or continued winter hybernation, I went onto my deck to look for some signs, any sign, of spring. There are three days until April 1 and yet as I photographed spring, it was snowing! Arrrgh . . . . .

A bud on a "squirrel" tree

Small Blue Bells

More blue bells and lupine

Early Christmas Vacation (aka) SNOW DAY

2008-12-19T11:17:00.000-08:00

I have lived in western Washington my whole life and I am 37 years old, however, I still hope and pray and watch the news to see if my school is closed for snow!

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday were 2 hour late start and Wed and Friday we had off! I know we will have to make up the time but I don't care. Driving was difficult and it is very cold and windy!!

Enjoy the few photos, I will add more latter.

Junko on the feeder.

A Junko on the frozen bird bath.

Salamander Dinner Rush

2008-12-04T18:44:00.000-08:00

Here are my two long-toed salamanders as they "run" towards the human who feeds them.

Please note the background music and dialogue of Pride and Prejudice, hey, I am working on my masters, what do you expect me to be watching/listening to while writing papers about teaching reading, writing and math and making salamander videos?!

Enjoy!

Salamander Condo

2008-11-08T21:09:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of my new salamander condo. These containers were meant to store Christmas decorations, however as soon as I saw it at the store, I knew it would be perfect for the sallies first condo.

This is a nice photo for size reference. Not too big yet, but they eat all the time!

Below is my smallest salamander. He was very reluctant to leave the water, even when his gills were gone and he was breathing air. He is very happy on land in his new condo, although he still prefers to take a dip in the "pool" now and then. The color of their skin is so bright because of the flash on the camera.

Salamander Feeding

2008-11-03T22:14:00.000-08:00

My first blog video post!! Wouldn't you know it would be of a salamander!!

Okay, for all of you who have been following the saga of the "frog eggs" hatched into salamanders, here is a video of one little guy eating a small piece of cut up worm. He doesn't get it on the first try, but watch out for the second attack. He is located between the two small terracotta pots by the edge of the container. He is very small and hard to see. You will see my finger at the end of the video for a size comparison.

Creating a Kandinsky (the 2nd grade version)

2008-09-29T20:26:00.000-07:00

First begin with color copies of a few Kandinsky paintings.

Next, have the students gather elements from nature.

Place the elements on white 8 1/2 x 11 paper and trace around

the natural elements in an abstract manner. We used at least 9 elements such

as pine cones, leaves, sticks, moss, blossoms and rocks.

Then, after you have traced the elements in an abstract manner, using tempura paint

begin painting with fall colors each of the traced elements.

We paid attention to foreground and background.

Let each color dry before trying to paint the next color, especially if they overlap.

This one is drying. This one is complete except for the background color.

After the painting has dried, the students choose a darker background color.

This one is finished and mounted on white and then black construction paper with a student label.Finished
A collection with an color copy of an original Kandinsky.

To see each photo up close, click on it!

To learn more about Kandinsky, click here.

I don't post . . .

2008-09-17T20:52:00.000-07:00

I have a blog for my classroom, which all the parents can log into and it is updated about twice a week. It would seem that I could update this blog at the same time, but no, for some reason I choose to correct homework, do dishes, do laundry, correct homework, plan school work or sleep. I am going to make an effort to blog, if for no other reason than to just talk out my day. At school we had our first library (off campus) visit and I must say, I was very impressed with my students. They handled the fact that there were a lot of high school students (with green or purple hair) visiting the library today. (Did I mention the dog collars or the piercings?) Let's just say that taking 9 students from a private school to a public library during a half day at the local high school, was quite an eye opener for a lot of my students!

I am now three weeks into my third masters class. For some reason, I could really care less about this class than the other two. This class is about teaching reading, my least favorite subject to teach. I am doing well in the class with a B+ average so far. Apparently a B is considered graduate level work. I think a B will be just fine this time around.

Funny kid story: My students bring lunch to class and eat in the room. We have a microwave and a refrigerator. After heating up a meat and cheese sandwich for a girl she began eating. She quickly set down her sandwich and said, "Oh, my mom forgot to peel the cheese!" Needless to say (because I had heated the sandwich) she didn't eat her very melted Kraft single cheese and meat sandwich!

September 11

2008-09-10T21:19:00.000-07:00

Remember

You would think . . .

2008-08-06T16:30:00.000-07:00

You would think that as a teacher, I would have lots of time off and free time over the summer. Let me demystify that error in judgment for you right now this has been my summer so far:
last week of June clean out classroom; 32 individual items to complete in four days. Done! A week of incoming student testing. Done! Beginning the 23 of July Monday classes at Evergreen College; dimensions of multicultural education . . . last week of June (wait what was only one day) Now we are at July. Week one three students for summer tutoring, one online masters class and don't forget that Monday class 1-5pm. Second week of July same as above tutoring three students and masters classes and Evergreen Monday class. Repeat until the 3rd week of July when the one masters class ends on a Sunday night and the next one begins Monday morning. Repeat this to the end of July throw in a lunch with friends one shopping trip to buy new school shoes and don't forget the last diversity class that ended on the 21st of July. Please move with my into the month of August. Crap, did you say August? This is the last month of summer, what the heck. Okay so here we go again . . . online masters class, tutoring and first day I was allowed back into my room since they took it apart to have the carpets cleaned. I have three tutoring jobs this week and two more weeks of a master class and then summer will be over and school will begin. Perhaps I will have more time to blog once school is in session. It is a good thing I am actually a superhero!:
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Iron Man		40%
Catwoman		35%

Hot-headed. You have strong
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Salamanders

2008-06-15T19:27:00.001-07:00

Several people have asked about the status of the salamanders. Since school is out, the sallies are now living at home with me. There are 8 of them still alive and swimming. Enjoy the pictures of the two largest sallies who measure exactly one inch in length.
You can click on the pictures to make them larger.

Memorial Day

2008-05-26T16:19:00.000-07:00

Mt. Rainier, University Place, WA 2008

Salamander Pics

2008-05-24T09:24:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures from last week of the salamander tadpoles/larvae. There were around 18 of them in the "tank" at school. Over the week I decided to take home several of them. I also went back to the pond where I got the eggs and went net "fishing" for some invertebrates for salamander food. The pond was dry and I couldn't get to the edge of the swamp so I had to lean into a cistern and carefully try not to fall in. Anyway, I ended up with many, many brine shrimp and the sallies love them. At first it was sort of like watching puppies run, the salamanders had no idea how to hunt. They would see the movement of the brine shrimp and then dash to it and miss it by an inch. Now they are very good at hunting, the have learned that they have to wait for a shrimp to swim past them and then, snap, they eat it. Very funny! I am still not sure what type these guys are but time will tell.

Note: click on the pictures for a larger view

Tadpoles?

2008-05-20T20:01:00.000-07:00

So, I have learned that one can never assume . . .

Here are the photos of the frog eggs and tadpole from last year.

And here are the eggs and tadpoles from this year.

Can you spot the difference? From the same pond, same time frame and somehow I ended up the a tank full of salamanders! SALAMANDERS!!!!!!

The chicks hatched on May 15, 2008

2008-05-20T19:54:00.000-07:00

There were 7 eggs laid and as of this photo, 6 chicks hatched and one egg did no. Since this photo, one of the chicks has died and it was removed from the nest by one of the parents. They have survived the heat wave and they are quite comfy now that it is raining again.

Waiting for chicks

2008-05-09T22:29:00.000-07:00

Lady in waiting . . .

Black-Capped Grosbeak

2008-05-05T20:19:00.000-07:00

I am amazed by the birds that I keep seeing on my deck. Saturday there was a black-capped Grosbeak at my sunflower feeder. He flew away before I could get the camera. However, when he came back I was ready-unfortunately the screen door was in the way of a really good shot . . .

Front View

Back View

Side View

Focus

2008-05-02T22:51:00.000-07:00

I was reading Angie's blog tonight http://audreycaroline.blogspot.com/ and decided I needed to be at least 1/4 as open and honest about my thoughts, as she has been about hers . . . only, I'm not sure were to start . . . how about this . . . started my Masters program on Monday . . . still working on my professional certification class . . . currently teaching school 5 days a week . . . raising 10+ tadpoles . . . and 7 chickadees. . . a sister living in an apparent earthquake hotspot . . . and what seems to be a sudden multitude of new born babies, when I would like just one!

I know that God knows the desires of my heart, after all, He placed them there, right? So, how do I get the desires of what I think I want and or separate the desires of what I think the world thinks I should want.

Do I really want to be married? Yes, but how do people go about finding the right person? Prayer would be a good place to start, after all eharmony is just not working out . . . do I really want a baby, you bet. However I need the husband for that and well we just covered the problem there. So, I have to take what I am given and make sure it fits to my life or fit my life to what I want or fit what I have to include what I want or refocus what I want until I finish what I have been given?

I walked or ran into teaching first because I was tired of being a professional nanny, secondly because I knew it was what God wanted me to do. I was hired at a wonderful school and I still love getting up in the morning. So, I found my profession later in life than most people, perhaps I am just 10 years behind on the marriage and baby end as well. Only problem, my brain does not stop being fertile with age, were as the female body does eventually quit being fertile with age.

So, if I am going to start with prayer then I should pray for . . . belief that God will see and bring to pass the desires of my heart . . . my desires to match with Gods desires . . . body fertility that matches mental fertility. . . my husband, or rather the hope that God has one in mind . . .

Seven Baby Chickadee Eggs

2008-04-28T21:45:00.001-07:00

The chickadees have finally laid their eggs! There are seven eggs even though you can only see six of them in this picture. See the previous post to see the close up picture of the chickadee parent . . . who has only one leg.

A Good Birding Day

2008-04-28T21:24:00.000-07:00

Saturday, great weather . . . Sunday, not great.

However, through the rain, the birds come to get their snacks.

A junco getting a drink.

"Say cheese!"

This is my good side . . .

No, this is my good side!

And the best for last . . . this is a chickadee I have seen for the last several weeks. It has only one leg and it is the female (I think) for the nesting pair of chickadees that is building the nest in the birdhouse on my deck. Chick on the picture for a close up. And, no, she is not just sitting on one leg.

It's official . . .

2008-04-23T22:47:00.000-07:00

The builder of the new birdhouse nest is a . . . chickadee! (again)
I was looking forward to another specie of bird, but I am just happy I will get to watch the babies hatch and grow. Stay tuned for more pictures. No eggs yet.

Evolution of a bird nest

2008-04-20T11:44:00.001-07:00

Last year I had a family of chickadees living in a bird house on my deck.
This was the inside of the nest after the babies had fledged. Note: one unhatched egg.

This spring I decided I should empty the nest material, there was at least 5 inches of old nesting material. I took the bird house down and opened it up and it was totally and completely empty!
Some very eager bird was already house keeping. All that nesting material was gone!

The next day I snapped this picture: a thin layer of fresh green moss.

day 2: poly-fill from someones lawn chair cushion.

day three: more poly-fill and some dryer lint

day four: more lint (note pink lint) and some larger pieces of poly-fill

day five: moss, poly-fill, dryer lint and animal hair

day six: outside view with some building insulation on the outside of the entrance hole.

day six: building insulation

day seven: a lot more animal hair, looks like raccoon

So, all in all these little birds have been busy. I don't know if they are chickadees again or if it is another variety of bird, time will tell: stay tuned . . .

Hatched Tadpoles

2008-04-20T11:34:00.000-07:00

Tadpoles developing in their cases.

One free swimming tadpole and one ready to hatch!

Free swimming, two days after hatching. Note the external gills.

The kids are thrilled to see them swimming and growing. So far, I have counted (roughly) 13 swimming tadpoles. They are hard to see, and they like to hide, this is a very rough count.
Maybe we will end up with more than 2 fully developed frogs, which is what we had last year.

Day 5 still in eggs cases

2008-04-07T17:29:00.000-07:00

I am amazed the eggs transformed so quickly (over the weekend).

Last year we are not able to see inside the cases because they were

covered with a fine layer of pond scum -

so watching the prehatching development was difficult.

For those of you who can't yet tell the difference

here is the retrevial photo:

Frogs . . . again

2008-04-05T22:59:00.000-07:00

I know you all have been holding your breath in anticipation - you can all breathe a sigh of relief now . . . I have frog eggs again! For those of you who didn't get to see the postings from last spring - I found frog eggs and had them in my classroom for the students to view. They were such a huge hit (with students in my class as well as school wide). I decided that tadpoles/frogs will be an ongoing part of each spring; provided I can find eggs.

This spring it was necessary to wade into the "less than clean" water to retrieve the little buggers. Let's just say that I think I will be looking into buying a pair of boots for next frog season!
Enjoy the photos, click on them for close up viewing.

-A Pillsbury frosting container with 3 egg cases.

-Looking down into the frog habitat.Can you see the egg cases? No?!

-How about a close up.

-And an extra close, close up.

Squirrel Chase

2008-03-29T17:51:00.000-07:00

How many baby squirrels do you thing we will have this spring?

Backyard birds

2008-03-29T17:40:00.001-07:00

A few weekends ago I decided to take advantage of the warm spring sun, and I spent an afternoon cleaning off my deck and arranging all my plants; most of which made it through the winter quite well. Here are some photos from this weekend - after the snow storms.

Finch and a Chickadee at the sunflower seed feeder.

A Chickadee getting a drink from the cleaned out bird bath.

March Snow!

2008-03-29T17:29:00.001-07:00

So, spring break brings to mind lazy warm spring days and . . . snow?

School Flower Garden Update

2008-03-06T21:30:00.000-08:00

The crocus, tulip and daffodil bulbs that my dad helped plant at school are blooming!

Daily the students come running in from recess shrieking about what flower they can see now.

It is very cute to watch them point out which bulb they know they planted; which is just not possible considering we planted around 40 bulbs! I am glad they are learning and having fun at the same time.

At home-

Normally I have chickadees or humming birds and occasional junco and some red finches. On Sunday morning this little guy showed up. At first I thought it was a purple finch, but after some searching I think it is a male house finch. I was so surprised because he was orange. The photo is not very clean, I had to take the picture through the screen, I knew he would fly away if I tried to open the door.

City Wild Life

2008-02-17T11:05:00.000-08:00

This morning I was looking at the clear blue sky out my back door. In the court yard there are many trees. The largest and closest tree has a wonderful crux in the middle where the squirrels usually make their nests. Last winter, however it was also the napping place for a raccoon. Well, he (or perhaps a relative) is back. He had been napping for quite a while and when I went to make lunch, I checked on him again and he was busy with his afternoon grooming.
Can you see me?

Hello!
So, what's for lunch?

And as I was grading papers in my bedroom, I looked out the window when a flash of red caught my eye. There was a Red Breasted Sapsucker walking up the tree right in front of me.

I love this photo. The bird has flattened its self against the tree and is tapping away, look the the wings. Amazing.

Click on this photo for a wonderful close up of the head and face.

ARRRRRG!

2008-01-16T19:33:00.001-08:00

There are days when I remember why I fought so hard against becoming a teacher. I will explain; I always knew I was supposed to teach, I knew this is what God wanted for me, however, I avoided it like a plague. I didn't want to deal with admin and bureaucracy. Well, in 2004 I finally had had enough and gave into what I knew I was meant to do - I went back to school for a year and was awarded my Residency Teaching Certificate.

Fast forward to now, I have been teaching for 2 years and loving it. I now have to go back to school and work for 18 months (longer than it took to get my original teaching cert.) to earn my Professional Teaching Certificate.

Why do I complain? Well I have four assignments due for Saturday. That is not so bad, however it is all reflection and no application. It is all theory with no practice. I am spending time away from my students, time away from planning in order to reflect on "models of learning" and "positive impact". Don't get me wrong, I LOVE teaching. I love attending workshops and enrichment classes. I work in an amazing private school and I have/had the best advisers and mentors, but I don't see how all this reflecting will prove that I am a good teacher and should be allowed to teach for 5 more years. And on top of this I have decided to get my Masters. Am I crazy, I will let you know . . .

Merry Christmas

2007-12-27T16:55:00.001-08:00

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We in Washington even had a "white" Christmas; if you count the 30 minutes that it snowed Christmas afternoon. I am currently dog sitting my principals puppy, enjoy the pictures.

Human foot update

2007-10-17T23:17:00.000-07:00

The foot is doing well, unless the occasional 2nd grader steps on it. I have not, nor did I develop a bruise, however it has started to itch like crazy! I wonder if it is like a scar that is healing, it itches all the time. At least I am not 30 something and wearing a bright pink cast while trying to teach school! Thank you Lord for small blessings.

Nature

2007-10-17T22:44:00.000-07:00

It is common knowledge that I very much, utterly and most decidedly do not like spiders . . . this past weekend, I found a lovely spider had spun a huge web among my volunteer sunflowers. The web was huge and I had to admit, that in their natural habitat (ie not my bathtub) the spider and web were an amazing engineering accomplishment.

The closeup sunflower picture is spider free.

At my dad's house I came across several different and interesting looking mushrooms. (click on the images to make them larger)

TV vs. human foot

2007-10-02T20:42:00.000-07:00

Just in case anyone wanted to know, it is possible to drop a 7 year old, 27 inch tv on ones foot and not brake ANY bones in said foot. It is however, not recommended because it is quite painful and it will result in the dr. laughing at you. Apparently bruised bones are serious but the chosen method of bruising said foot bones was funny to said dr. Ouch.

October Already

2007-10-02T20:21:00.000-07:00

So, school has started and I can not believe it is already October. I have 9 of the same children from last year in my class this year and three new ones, 12 students in all! Compared to last years excitement and issues, this year has been very calm.

My dad came to school about two weeks ago to help me plant crocus, tulip and daffodil bulbs and to ready a "hole" for the children to plant there own bulbs. These pictures are backwards, so the after (end of planting) picture is first, not bad for a VERY rocky patch of dirt.

Cause and Effect

2007-07-25T19:49:00.000-07:00

Jasper - Bird watching from inside a planter.

What a cutie!

Oops!

What happened! I wonder who did this?

What? I didn't do anything, I was sitting in this chair the whole time!

Birds and Cats

2007-07-20T23:42:00.000-07:00

Relaxing Cats
Prior to leaving for vacation, in June, I was informed that I had to clear everything off my deck so it could be rebuilt. Well, having lived here for 10 years I was not looking forward to that project. A frantic phone call to my dad secured a helper and within two hours we had everything inside my apartment. We had to relocate plants into the bathroom so the cats would not eat them, my dad took home several planters and the extras were left in the living room. Over the last few weeks I have found several inchworms in my bathroom and spiders spinning webs in my dining room! I finally gave up, called the office and informed them that I didn't care if my building trim was painted or not, I was moving everything back to the deck. It has been a work in progress for the last few days. I think I am happy with how things look. The cats and the birds don't seem to have any complaints.

4th of July

2007-07-04T22:22:00.000-07:00

My apartment just shook to the foundation from an amazingly loud and powerful firework. My cats are freaking out and have hidden themselves away somewhere safe in the living room.

I spent today cleaning up my deck and bedroom. Somehow, even as organized as I am, during the last two weeks of school every thing just gets away from me; from report cards, to inventory of my entire classroom, to graduation and then vacation a day after school is out - let's just say that I now have a completely cleaned out closet, a dining room table that I can actually eat off of and most of my office desk is now usable.

For the past few weeks the outside of my apartment building was being painted, what an experience that has been. I think they are finished with my deck, so maybe in the next few days I will be able to replant all my plants and I will finally have my living room back - I had to store all my deck stuff in the living room-doesn't sound so bad to you? Well consider this, I had inch worms in my bathroom, spiders spinning webs in the kitchen and slugs on my living room carpet! ugh!!

Baby LOVE!

2007-07-02T23:19:00.000-07:00

No it's not my baby, but I am now an (unofficial) aunt. My best friend of 20+ years, just had a baby! What a doll! I think my uterus is ticking . . . any one in blog-land want to send me a 30+ year old, single, Christian male? I am sure God has plans, however, it's never easy to wait, especially for something as beautiful as this baby.

Travel to the heat!

2007-07-02T23:06:00.000-07:00

My friend from college and I took a road trip to visit my sister. My sister loves the heat and let's just say that I was melting (and somewhat grumpy) with the 100 degree weather. It was great to visit with her and meet all her friends. I am so proud of her new job and home. Congrats!

Fledge Day was Saturday!

2007-06-03T22:52:00.000-07:00

They are getting restless. Look at those eyes! What cute faces you guys have.

Saturday I heard a lot of noise in the box, wings flapping and such. The adults were going crazy! I saw black flashes coming out of the nest box. I finally opened up the box and saw there was only one baby left!
After running to the store, I checked the box again and they were all gone! One of them ended up in my neighbors flower pot. I was looking forward to getting some photos of the fledglings, but it was not to be. There is one egg left in the box, near 3 o'clock. It was a dud and never hatched!

Look at how big they have grown!

2007-06-03T22:48:00.001-07:00

This picture was taken on Wednesday. There are six, but one is being squished! These are about lifesized.

I miss-counted!

2007-05-29T19:38:00.000-07:00

After sitting out on my deck for about 45 minutes, waiting for the adults to leave the trees and come to the nest box on my deck, I gave up and checked on the babies. There are actually 6 of them! They are so tiny, this picture is misleading. So far everything is looking good. The adults do not let any other birds near the feeder, so I think the babies should be safe from attack and such.

Oops, sorry to bother you!

2007-05-28T13:39:00.000-07:00

I thought I would take another picture of the babies. I usually tap on the bird house just before I open it up, just in case there is an adult in the house. This time however, no one flew out of the house, so I assumed it was save to lift the lid. I think I was as surprised as the adult bird! What a picture though!

5 baby chickadees!

2007-05-28T00:06:00.000-07:00

I have had a bird house up for about 3 years or so. The last two years there have been eggs, but no hatched chicks. Yesterday I was weedding the plants on the deck and thought, maybe if I cleaned out the old nest debris, new birds would move in. Gently I took the house off the wall and opened up the hinged lid. I was so shocked to see no eggs, but 5 live, moving babies. Then I realized the chickadee in the tree was "yelling" at ME. I appologized to her, replaced the house and promptly went inside. Later in the day, once the two adults were gone away bug hunting, I lifted the lid and snapped a picture. WOW!

2007-05-28T00:03:00.000-07:00

The frogs have been set free!

2007-05-28T00:00:00.000-07:00

After several months, the children and I decided that the frogs would do better in the wild. So, they have been set free, back into the marsh were they were found as eggs.

2006-12-10T11:33:00.000-08:00