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Winter’s Still Kicking

Pa — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:46:48 +0000

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.

A Spring Play Day Today

Pa — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:29:29 +0000

The first sunny day in the 50’s for a good while, and we took advantage of it — in our small way. We went to the French Coffee Shop for lunch. Then we visited Stein Mart and Mustard Seed, then continued on to Sears, Aurora Farms and Aldi. Do we know how to live, or what!? I guess being out in the sun in light or no coats made it all feel quite invigorating. Now we’re waiting for pizza to come out of the oven — spinach, goat cheese, onion, mushroom, garlic, and walnut on whole wheat crust. It’s beginning to smell pretty good in here. While we wait, Mom’s enjoying some wine and I have a Great Lakes beer (Dortmunder Gold) from Mustard Seed. Hope you’re all having a day as good as ours — full of things YOU enjoy

Poppy’s Eighty-Sixth (84th, if you allow his reverse count from 85)

Pa — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:21:54 +0000

Here are a few snapshots from the birthday party Bob and Lyn had for Poppy. Deborah and Kris were in town (Kris to pick his next car at the Auto Show), and we got to meet Cooper for the first time. Cooper is a very cute and very easy-going baby. He was watching everything, and he was engaging in baby conversation with Lynda. The red hair makes him seem very “Westbrook-ish” for now. I think everyone is hoping he keeps the color — much like Zach’s. We had a good time, and Poppy seemed to enjoy everything.

Replacing my computer . . . one piece at a time.

Pa — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:54:07 +0000

My three year old Lenovo laptop is beginning to crumble before my eyes. In the past three months I replaced the battery (after the better part of a year constantly tethered to the AC adapter), then the keyboard (several keys stopped responding), and yesterday the hard drive failed in the middle of submitting my taxes online. So, today I replaced the hard drive. I’m still less than half way to the price of the cheapest netbook out there, so it’s probably all worthwhile. I just wonder what the future holds. On the bright side, each component was replaced in less than five minutes — formatting and installing the OS (and updates to the OS) to the hard drive took a good bit more than five minutes, but I do that for fun anyway.

Fortunately, Ma’s five year old Apple Powerbook continues to hum along. Apple does some things better.