Last evening Spring flinched, and Winter returned. Now we have a light blanket of snow. The relapse is only a minor annoyance, though, since the snow has stopped, and what’s on the ground will probably not survive the next 24 hours.
Seems like just yesterday…
Have a wonderful day, son! We love you!
We’ve been able to crack the bedroom window for some fresh air overnight the past two nights. So glad that Spring is arriving. This morning, however, I awoke to the not-so-sweet smell of skunk. Probably Jean’s, that she was so excited to have seen on her drive to work yesterday morning. Anyway, that’s why I’m up at 5:30 AM, and Ma is doing away with me in her dreams — for closing the window and making her less comfortable. Now Cali wants out again. Hope she doesn’t get sprayed.
Congratulations, Sebastian. Good job. We’re very proud of you.
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Kindergarten Graduation
Sebastian is top row, rightmost.
Caleb’s first season of tee-ball has produced a junior slugger. Swing-away!
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Yesterday was the big party. We had a great time, and we hope everyone else did as well. Here are a few snapshots from the event.
Stephanie and Ben came in from Virginia for their godson’s birthday, and Aunt Jean and Uncle Bob had us all over for dinner and some playtime in their back yard, and a chance for Caleb and Owen to see Uncle Bob’s motorcycle up close and personal. We had a great time and Ben and Steph spent a little quality time with Owen. Unfortunately, they will have to go back to VA tomorrow and will miss the birthday party here. Click the picture below for some highlights of a great evening!
We had an enjoyable afternoon at Viking Vineyards with Jean and Bob. It was another perfect day in Akron — sunny and neither too warm nor too cool. They were out of Ma’s favorite wine, but we enjoyed the recommended alternative with our veggies, cheese, crackers, hummus and fruit.
Ma at Viking Vineyard
Ma’s window boxes are looking great.
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1. Updated http://hickeyhoo.net . This looks about the same as it did before, but I rebuilt it using Drupal. Drupal is an opensource content management application that does alot of the organizational grunt work. It’s a learning process for me, and I’m just getting started. Thought I’d mention it because the site is a good road map to our various family sites. Nobody really cares about Drupal.
2. I came across UNR Ubuntu distribution customized for netbook computers (UNR = Ubuntu Netbook Remix). I’m using it now, and I like it. It is really fast running on a full notebook, and the user interface is very attractive and intuitive. The distribution installs from a bootable, 1GB thumb drive, and you can run (like a live CD) without installing it on the hard drive. My installation is on a 2.5GB partition. The small partition size provides minimal user storage, but it gives me a true netbook (minimal resource) experience.
Time to resume the yard work. 1 more hour today working under my 3 hour rule — anything is possible with 3 hours effort per day / more effort is allowed only if you really enjoy what you’re doing.
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