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I have been dealing with some computer issues for the last couple of weeks. Those are always fun, right? Euphemism. Alright, so I have two computers, both laptops, both from Lenovo, and both running Windows 10. Actually, we have three laptops, one “larger” one we have as the house computer, then the other two are…
The last couple of weeks have been busy, as you might expect a family with 7 kids would be. Xavier continues with his baseball season, birthday season is in full swing, and a lot more going on – much of which just doesn’t get documented. Let’s start with Grace who loves putting other people’s shoes…
This week has been… let’s just call it interesting. How about Tuesday? Lets recall that day for starters. The day started on a high note. My usual 5:30 a.m. spin class was a highlight as the first song of the set was by Huey Lewis & The News. I rather enjoyed that quite a bit. By…
Boy Scouts of America have announced a couple of changes. The first and more immediate one I particularly like. The latest campaign “Scout Me In” is not only catchy, but inclusive. This helps to get across the message that everybody is welcome, including girls into Cub Scouts and very soon into Boy Scouts. It was…
Lately I have been going through and cleaning up my MP3 files. Some of them have no band associated with them for some reason, or simply track numbers and no title. I was getting to my folder of Beatles music and decided to further split my collection into separate categories – by renaming the band…
Last Saturday was one of the busiest we have had in a while. August was at a robotics extravaganza, Xavier was at his baseball game and went to a birthday party, Déla served at a funeral and had a birthday party to attend, along with a couple of other items I know I am forgetting….
Approximately a month ago I posted the first set of announcements for the main stage entertainment at the 2018 Washington State Fair. What has been announced since then? How about local hero Macklemore? Or legendary act Chicago? First I’ll list off what’s been announced then the full list … oh, just keep reading. (Ticket prices…
I’m not sure when I was first introduced to The Cars. I remember watching Friday Night Videos and the video for “Shake It Up” from 1981, so this was probably it. I was beginning at this time to really become aware of popular music at the time, I was about 14 or so, and had…
Just a couple of pictures this week. This have been crazy, and tomorrow (Saturday) promises to be even crazier – and yes, there will be pictures. In the mean time… Went to get Grace up from nap one day and found her like this. How could I not? Earlier this week I posted a couple…
Yesterday sucked. Oh sure, there were things that went well, like dinner, but overall there are two items that overshadowed the whole day. First, I got locked out of the house. It was the afternoon, Tevye and Grace were down for nap. I was working in the kitchen, cleaning things up, and I went to…