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Danny turns a little older today. Here he is with his buddies celebrating the event yesterday evening.

They stayed up until like three o'clock. Now they are playing video games and they are all gleefully shooting each other to virtual smithereens.

24 hour birthday party with 10 guests - priceless.

Another day

What a beautiful day it's been. No special reason, just a beautiful day.

Wow, less than a week

So, we still have temporary doors in the front of the house. Note the subtle tasteful "1/4 Plywood" accents.












Must Do Something soon.

Work has had its ups and downs over the last six months. When I started, shipments tailed off really fast, we had lots of technical problems, and I was re-learning how to manage hourly staff members. Six months on, shipments are back up and increasing, technical problems are getting resolved, and my staff are less alienated than before. I think I'll stay on.

Speaking of the president (no, not him) the pres at work and the former pres at former work couldn't be more different. Yeah, both really smart and energetic, but he had a hyper-direct, totally candid style. Now, not so much. It has taken some getting used to.

Jessamy

I don't talk about the family directly much since this blog is supposed to be all about ME ME ME. On the other hand, I'm very proud of my family and I think I'll be forgiven if I tell a little bit about them now and again.

My little girl is all grown up. She still gets carded even though she's well past the date. She has a car, and can even parallel park. She lives with roommates and goes to school. She's her own woman. Still our baby, but a woman unto her own.

She's articulate, and thoughtful, and loving. She's flawed just like everyone else, but she has family and friends that truly love her. She laughs and jokes, and we really enjoy our time with her. She is, if I do say so myself, a wonderful person.

I never really understood life like I did once I had a child. Now that she's an adult, I think I learned a whole lot more.

Tally Ho!

We made it to Tahoe and back. A good time was had by all. We went to see the burned out area in South Lake Tahoe. It was pretty sad. We took a jet ski ride and right in the middle of it we saw fire, less than 1/4 mile from our rented home for the week. It took about eight hours and lots of helicopter drops to get it out. *Only* five houses were destroyed.

On the very last day, Sharon and I got up early and watched the sunrise over the lake. It was simply beautiful.

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I got the camera. Woot! I'd show you a picture of it, but that's tricky.

Next week we all head to the great outdoors. Tahoe, land of restaurant dinners, scenic views, and rather cold swimming.

It got wierd, didn't it?

It's been something of a busy/crunchy two weeks or so...

0. We had a GREAT time at SLO Faire. The good time we had was TOTALLY UNRELATED to this picture of some of the gals from the adjacent group as they were taking down their pavilion.

Matching brassieres, hats, and jeans. Nice touch. (Yeah, they are different colors and sizes but try to work with me here people.)









1. Jessamy was out of town and injured her knee. Not life threatening but a bummer nonetheless.
2. My camera became lost. Oops. Time for a new camera. I've chosen the Canon SD-750.
3. A severe headache that lasts for eight days is really a drag, even if it is your spouse that has it. (Doctors have been seen, also not life threatening, still a big bummer.)
4. I finally got off my gorgeous butt and demolished the ugly ass rusty POS original window













that looked out on the beautiful front patio with all the beautiful plants. Now there is a four foot wide door opening and some temporary doors that will remain until we decide to spend the $1800 to get the custom door and window units for the front of the house. I'd post "after" pictures except...
5. The pool is green. Ugh.

Tomorrow I'm going to the dump. These are my salad days indeed.