Category Archives: Life

posts about life in general

Snow

I’m so excited, we are actually getting snow!  The yard and roof are white. Also, lots of sleet and lightning & thunder.  A complete winter weather package

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Trees

Finally got some new trees for the yard.  A pear, two peaches, a live oak, an ash, and a burr oak.  It will take awhile to get to climbing size, but Hunter is already excited about it.  I had wanted … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving

We had a good Thanksgiving.  My mom came down to visit and we made all kinds of food.  4 pies, cupcakes, 3 cassoroles and some sweet potatoes.  And we had two fried turkey’s and some ham (and everything everyone else … Continue reading

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speaking of jobs…

Speaking of jobs, I read that Dell is cutting back on it’s workforce.  Hiring freeze and encourged unpaid (or permanet) vacations.  The ironic thing is that I have been contacted 5 times now by contract compaines to come back for … Continue reading

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IBM

I’ve found a new little gig to supplement my consulting business.  It is doing contract work for IBM.  I’ve been installing new servers in stores and deploying workstations in hotels.  Kinda fun.

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kxan

So, yet another “service discontinuation”…  It seems that Time Warner and KXAN are having problems and the result is that I can no longer watch any NBC shows.  I have rabbit ears on a tv upstairs, but it doesn’t work … Continue reading

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T-Ball

Hunter has started t-ball.  And I’m an assistant coach (although he tells me that I’m not his coach when we are at home, ha).  He really likes baseball, but he had to sacrifice playing soccer this time since the schedules … Continue reading

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camping

Hunter and I camped out in the back yard last night.  He was so excited.  He went one time before, but we were in a friend’s pop-up camper.  He helped me put it all up and brought out his little … Continue reading

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Basketball

Hunter starts basketball today.  How fun!!

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Beach

Just got back from the coast.  We usually go in August, but had to go in July this year.  The water was colder, and it just didn’t seem the same.  Oh, the seaweed was bad!  A pile of it lining … Continue reading

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