tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183973412011-10-02T20:50:42.929-04:00The day of our wedding, I got to the church and changed into my tux, but had to wait in the sacristy while they took photos of the bride and bridesmaids. My brother called me the "Prisoner of the Sacristy". I thought it was catchy. So this blog is about me, married life, and whatever else I feel like writing.Cerpiciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09215147726963911163noreply@blogger.comBlogger2751100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18397341.post-50813546380138220822010-05-15T19:27:00.001-04:002010-05-15T19:27:17.206-04:00

In LaOtto waiting for a belly dancing show to start.

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Coffee flavored yogurt is really bad.

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After the Barr Street Market we went to the history museum. They had a picture of an Indian named Chief Bacon Rind.

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This post is for you!  I have nothing to say but thought I'd at least make another entry.   Well, maybe one thing.  We have having a "Diversity and Anti Harassmnet Training" at work next in a few weeks.  I've never been to one before.  Do you think it's really necessary?  Do people really not know what's appropriate and what isn't?  And if not will this class make any difference?   Gotta go!

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Now that the snow is melting I found my keys in the middle of my backyard. Shew!

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Happy Birthday Joshua! One year already.

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Know anyone with a metal detector? I think my keys are in the back yard under six inches of snow.

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Josh has taken to pointing at things recently.  Not at anything in particular, just pointing.  The other night he woke up and needed a diaper change.  I dragged myself out of bed and upstairs to his room and started changing him by the dim light from the nightlight.  He got this blank look on his face, stared over my shoulder, and pointed emphatically.  My sleep-deprived mind started racing, what

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It looks like it's been active for at least a month: http://www.whatsgoingdowntown.com/2008/12/09/google-street-view-comes-to-the-fort/   Although the coverage is limited to east of Ardmore/Hillegas/Huegenard, south of St Joe Center, and north of Tillman.  The eastern boarder doesn't extend very far either.  In order to activate it, you need to drag the little yellow man from the upper-left

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Google Street View is active in Fort Wayne now.  Not sure when it went live, but MR just sent me a picture of my house. Fun stuff! Still waiting for live satellite video feeds.

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A new baby girl for Christmas!

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Third day without power. Staying at my parents.

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After staying in New York for several days, we went to Rhode Island to visit another of Paula's friends.  She took us to a lovely beach.  Unfortunately it was 55 degrees and very windy.  We didn't let Josh dip his toes in the water, but we did let him grab a handful of sand and surf (pic soon).  He really like being on the beach.  He and his mom are trying to convince me that we need to move

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In PA now. Roads are clear.

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We are in Rhode Island and it is 60 degrees.

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We are in Connecticut.

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So far things have gone very well.  It took longer than we expected to get to our destination on Long Island.  Our Garmin GPS device at first told us not to take the Holland Tunnel, only to later take us straight to the tunnel, which dumped us right in Manhattan (Tribeca area).  The device did get us where we wanted to go, but I really didn't want to have to do any driving in Manhattan at 11

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"The United Way of Allen County and Barnes & Noble at Glenbrook have kicked off a holiday drive to get books to children in need this Christmas season.  From now through December 31, 2008, customers can purchase books for Learn United and leave their donation with Barnes & Noble. Last year, customers donated approximately 2,700 books and United Way hopes that number can reach 3,500 this year.

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He's getting big!  Can't wait to see what he thinks of NYC.  I just hope the weather is decent, not too bitter-cold nor windy nor too snowy.  He'll get to see Santa at Macy's too.  That should be intesting.  I'm not looking forward to the crowd of people that will be waiting in line.

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The YLNI 2009 Leadership Institute applications are now being accepted (application deadline January 12, 2009).   The goal of the YLNI Leadership Institute is to cultivate the personal and professional development of existing and emerging young leaders of northeast Indiana.   Five seminars of personal and professional reflection facilitated by community leaders and professional speakers will

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Josh has impeccable timing.  He waits till the pastor stops talking, even waits for the echoing to stop, so it is complete stillness, before he lets loose his burp.  He's had two good ones so far.  Last time he got a thumbs-up from someone further down the pew.

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Joshua still isn't crawling yet, but he is getting very close.  He's kinda crawled a couple times but gives up quickly.  Last night he was trying to pull himself up to a standing position.  The problem was that he was in the middle of taking a bath.  Bathtubs are not the best place to learn how to stand.  I was watching him closely and he gots his legs under him while holding on to the side of

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Check this out:  http://rozsavage.com/adventure/   She rowed across the ocean.  Yes, that's right.  Rowed. Across. Ocean!   It's a pretty neat site.  Take a moment to look it over.  There's a lot of planning to do before starting a voyage like this.     -- C.  

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Josh is still doing great.  He can almost sit himself upright from laying flat.  He's done it once or twice but isn't consistent about it.  If there is something nearby he can grab, he can use it to sit up.  He isn't crawling yet, but is getting closer.  For a long time, if we put him on his stomach he'd just roll over onto his back.  Now he'll stay on his stomach longer and get his feet under

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Have a drink for me while you're out... drinking.  Tell 'em you're drinking for two.That ought to start some conversations.   -- C.  

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I'm not a coffee snob, but I do drink some coffee at work.  It's just made from packets of Folger's or Maxwell House, and that's good enough for me if it's made correctly.  Usually it's not bad but sometimes it's undrinkable.  Last Friday Paula and I were at Jefferson Pointe enjoying the live music (I don't know who they were but I was enjoying it).  We went into Barnes & Noble to look around (

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Paula and I were taking a walk around the mall, with Josh in his stroller, and we decided to stop in the Disney Store.  They have a lot of toys on display from the Pirates movie (don't ask me why it's out now).  One of the toys is a plastic cannon.  It had a button on top, just begging to be pushed.  I figured it'd make some noises and maybe light up.   But no.   A freakin' cannonball shoots out

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Sorry for all the updates with no explainations.  Last week we found out about a class on a product we are considering at work, so I quickly got a flight and a room to stay in St. Louis.  I flew out of FW Monday afternoon, through Chicago, and got to STL in the evening.  I spent Tuesday in the class at the IBM offices, and came home (through Chicago again) on Wednesday.  There were no problems

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Boarding.

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Just landed.

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On the next flight.

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Landed in Chicago.

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On board front and center in seat 01A to Chicago first then on to St. Louis. Turning off my phone...

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At the gate. About 20 minutes till I board.

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As much as I like sea scallops and sauted mushrooms, in combination they make for a mushy meal.

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I am in a meeting of 11 people... 5 of them are named Dave.

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I'm looking forward to this game.  Here's Penny Arcade's take on it: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/8/20/     -- C.  

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They replaced my old dual-monitors with 22-inch wide-screen monitors.  It's like sitting in the front row at a movie.  I can't see everything on my screens at once, so I keep things toward the center.   It will take some getting used to, but it sure looks nice.     -- C.  

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Josh got his 6-month shots today. He did very well with only a little crying. We were pretty surprised at that.

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Paula and I took Josh to Whiting, Indiana, for their annual Pierogi Festival. Whiting is between Gary and Chicago. I didn't know there was any room between those two cites.It wasn't quite what I expected but it was fun. It's very similar to the Three Rivers Festival, but a little bigger. They had many booths set up, including food vendors and arts and crafts.We stopped by one booth and got

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Hancock - go see it!

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Happy Indepenence Day! Or is that happy Saint Indepenence Day, Dave?

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Last month we went to get paula a new cell phone. Of all the features to choose from, all she wanted was a green phone. Verizon has their Chocolate phone which comes in Mint. We asked the friendly customer support people, but they said they don't offer the green ones any more because they were having problems.Wait, what? Just the green ones were having a problem? How's that? Isn't it just a

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We managed to see it Saturday evening, and we were very impressed. Pixar has another hit on their hands.I noticed the previews were mostly computer animation movies, too.-- C.

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Paula found an interesting item to help Josh with potty training, when the time comes.  It's a short, plastic, toddler-sized urinal for only $39.99.  It doesn't connect to your indoor plumbing though, so you have to manually empty it.  It said something about how kids like to flush, but I don't know if it is just a sound effect or if you have to pour water in the top.   I don't know how helpful

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Hello. Still alive. Just busy. Sorry Dave that we weren't able to stay longer at Jefferson Point. Paula's friend from Indy called Thursday night and asked to get together. We don't get to see her very often. We're going to try JP again this Friday if anyone is intersted.Josh is doing well and starting some cereal and even green beans. He was 13.5 pounds and just over 24 inches at his

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Start making plans now to attend the Indiana Highland Games in a month (June 14th).Watch some caber toss, listen to the pipes and drums, and eat some haggis. And then toss some haggis!-- C.

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Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to Joshua's baptism and open house this weekend.  It's comforting to know he has so many family and friends to support him.  Actually, many more than were able to make it yesterday.   If you didn't get an invite, I'm terribly sorry.  It may still be in the mail (we sent them out late) or we may have gotten the address mixed up (corrupt file with all

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I'm sure it's all over the Internet by now, but I just wanted to put my 2 cents in.  I heard the house shake early this morning as I was trying to wake up.  Paula was already awake and holding Josh.  I asked if she had done something, but she said no.  I thought it might have been an earthquake, and sure enough, 20 minutes later it was annouonced on the news.   Pretty cool.  Josh experienced his

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Happy Birthday, Marcus!   I hope you had a good weekend.     -- C.  

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Feeding Joshua is fun.  He makes all sorts of interesting sounds and gets funny looks on his face.  If it is near his nap time, the closer he gets to the end of the bottle, the more his eyes close.  Sometimes they don't close all the way though.  Paula calls that his "food-induced stupor."  He just gets this blank look on his face, his eyes glaze over as he stares off into nothingness.   And as

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He had his two-month doctor appointment yesterday and needed four shots.  That's four *individual* shots -- not combined all into one.  The nurse was very quick about it though; as soon as she got one shot in she switched to the next and got it in quickly.  Joshua didn't react for the first two, but by the third he had caught on to what was happening.  And boy, he was NOT happy.   He cried pretty

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A good read: Cookie Monster Searches Deep Within Himself and Asks: Is Me Really Montser?     --  C.  

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April Fool!   There is no post today.     -- C. Oh, wait... ah nevermind.  

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Have you seen the latest Geico commercial with Mrs. Butterworth?  It's pretty funny; had me laughing out loud.  Some of their commercials are just so-so, a couple are pretty good, but this is the best so far.   Let's see, in other news my brother is leaving for Germany for several days as part of his new job.  That sounds like fun.  I'd love to do that again.   As for summer vacation, I don't

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Did I mention that friends of ours had a baby and named him Ian?   I figured John would appreciate that.     -- C.  

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Paula and I were able to take a tour of the new downtown library. It was very interesting. Did you know it is the 12th largest main library in the country? And did you know it is the 10th busiest?We got to go through both lower levels. Did you know there is a 200+ seat theater in there? We got to go through a rare books room, see the dock area, and see their "ice storage" area. (They cool

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Kevin and Lisa are in town briefly, for Gavin's second birthday.  We met them for dinner and introduced them to Joshua.  Gavin is getting pretty big.  He's such a cute kid.  I'll have to get some pictures up this weekend.     -- C.  

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Several years ago I was introduced to "Salt & Vinegar" potato chips.  I like them a lot, and I've seen a few different company making them.  Most are too mild for my interests though.   I've also seen Ketchup flavored chips, and dill pickle flavored chips.   The vending machine at work now offers "Ketchup & Fries" "flavored potato snacks" from Burger King.  And you know what, they aren't bad. 

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Just a quick update, testing a new way to do it.   Blah, blah, blah.     -- C.  

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Yeah, been a little busy. If you haven't heard, our son was born on February 4th. He and his mom are doing very well. He sleeps 3 or 4 hours at a time and isn't a fussy baby. Ok, it's late. Just wanted to get a post in on Leap Year Day. Hopefully I'll have more interest and time in posting before next Leap Year.-- C.

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We have had five different sales people stop by our house in the last two weeks. Who waits till the middle of Winter to do their door-to-door sales calls? Do they think we'll be more sympathetic? Actually, it annoys me that I have to hold the door open and talk to them, letting all that Winter in.The first guy started off handling me a bottle of liquid hand soap, saying it was a sample. He

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We had a very fun day. We spent the morning cleaning and preparing, then my parents, brother, and neice showed up a little after 3 PM. Paula's parents arrived a little later. MR came over as well as Dave and his family. Both of Paula's brothers came over with their families. Dave V and his family, our neighbors, and a couple from church rounded out the evenings visiters. But you know what?

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We found *chocolate marshmellows* at the store today! Not just cholocate coated, but they are chocolate through-and-through! Most tasty!-- C.

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Someone sent me a, um, "interesting" picture on my cell phone, but I didn't recognize the number. Who of you has a cell number that starts with 602?-- C.

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I think that's the longest I've gone without posting. December is just a crazy-busy month. Birthdays include my dad, my mom, my brother, Paula's brother, Paula's other brother's girlfriend, and Paula's dad. Then there's a god-daughter in New York, Charlie's birthday, and Mary's birthday. Throw in Mike's Christmas party, Christmas with my brother's family (they live in Indy and are coming up

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My five-year-old nephew was telling me about his day at school. They have an art class and the teacher was showing them work from famous artists. They learned about Van Gogh and Monet. Just for fun I asked if he knew who Jackson Pollock was (the only reason I've heard of him is because of the movie a few years ago). He said, "Yeah I know him. He did 'action paiting'."Geez, I can't believe a

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I hope you all had a great weekend. As always, it was too short. We still had a good time though. It was nice to see the NY folks and the OH folks, even if it was a breif visit. I hope Dave and JJ's house survived the six kids. Just think, next year there will be two more! Two boys even. I'm starting to feel sorry for Mary and Izzy. Add Charlie to the mix and that's seven boys against the

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Last night we ran into some friends and they wanted a picture of Paula and her pregnant belly. She graciously posed for them. Later that evening they emailed a copy of it to us and I saved it to a hard drive.It's a nice picture, so I decided to send it to some out-of-town friends and relatives so they can see how she's coming all. I browsed through some folders, found a picture called "

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Happy Birthday, Carrie!

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On the way home from work last night my Saturn SL hit the 110,000 mile mark! I've had that car for 10+ years and hopefully I'll have it for many more.-- C.

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We finally got our new windows installed yesterday. So far I'm very pleased. We had several companies come out and give an estimate, and as near as I can tell most of the windows are pretty similar. One company has the extra-fine wire in their screens which makes it look like they aren't even there. We really liked those screens but they cost way too much. The last company we talked to gave

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Everyone please wish Paula and Happy Birthdya today.Thanks,-- C.

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Looking for something to do before going to MR's annual Halloween Bash? Check this out.

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I finally got around to watching this movie over the weekend. I have mixed feelings about Will Ferrell. Some of his skits are weird and maybe not so funny. But I really liked him in "Elf" and was really surprised by that film in general. I didn't know what to expect from "Stranger."On the surface it's a story of a man who works as an IRS agent. His life is very structured and revolves around

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I didn't think I could name very many composers, but after starting a list, I was surprised at how many I remembered:Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Chopin, Joseph Haydn, George Frideric Handel, Gustav Holst ("The Planets"), Strauss, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ("The Rite of Spring"), Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ("The Nutcracker Suite", "

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How many classical music composers can you name without looking them up? I thought of more than I thought I could. Can you also name songs for which they are famous?-- C.

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A couple years ago Paula and I won Philharmonic tickets in an auction. It was a complete steal, getting two season tickets for about the price of two one-show tickets. I enjoyed going to the shows even though I don't know much about classical music. I don't know my Bach from my Beethoven. I like some of it and want to learn more about it, but I don't know where to begin. I've started

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If they won't hire you because you don't have experience, how are you ever going to get experience?-- C.

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If you haven't been watching the latest version of the "Doctor Who" show, you're really missing out. The series started decades ago (1963) but stopped in 1989. They did make a movie in the 90's, but other than that the series has pretty much laid dormant. That is, until 2005 when Christoper Eccleston starred as the new Doctor. (You may recognize him as "Claude" the invisible man from Heroes.)

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My dad came over again last night to see if we could get the dishwasher settled into place under the counter. We finally got it in there and we ran a load last night. Everything seems to be okay, execpt it ran for a long time. It ran for about an hour and a half before we finally stopped it. They usually don't run that long, do they?-- C.

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We are having a boy.

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Paula had an ultrasound yesterday afternoon and we found out "who it is" (whether it's a boy or a girl). But I ain't tellin' ya yet. Our parents were busy last night so we are going to dinner with them tonight to let them know. After that, we'll tell everyone else.Paula had to drink four bottles of water before the appointment. I think she drank three before she felt like puking. She almost

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YLNI held a "CEO Experience" event at Joseph Decuis last night. They invited two CEOs to talk about their experience and answer questions about running a business. This was the second event and Patricia Miller, co-founder of Vera Bradley, and Dane Miller, co-founder of Biomet, were the guests. (There is no relation between the two speakers, despite having the same last name.)One of the questions

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Regarding Dave's post, here's some thing I didn't know existed until recently. Also, they'd make a great gift for me (hint-hint):Monty Python's Black Knight plush toy with removeble limbs!Also, MP's electronic Killer Rabbit!-- C.

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By "only three connections" I was thinking water in, drain out, and electrical. I still blame Dave for making it sound like it would be a breeze. Hey, I have to vent somehow.My brother was busy so my dad came over. We went to the hardware store and told the sales guy what we needed. He looked around and couldn't find the right piece. Instead, we ended up getting two more pieces that will make the

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"Dishwashers are easy to install, there's just three connections."Yeah. Right.We ordered a dishwasher on Saturday since we found a store with a big sale. We wanted to avoid the installation fee of $120 so we told them we would pick it up ourselves. They said it would be here Sunday. We show up Sunday and they can't find it. They blame it on the big sale and larger-than-normal demand. Oh well, no

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So Paula and I are out at Jefferson Pointe, for a little walk, killing time. There's a woman and her daughter in front of us. The daughter must have been pre-teen. She puts her hair up in a ponytail and there's a tatoo on the back of her neck. I thought she looked awfully young for a tatto. And as I looked closer, the tatoo was a blue star. My first thought was that she was trying to be a

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Vanilla bean ice cream = goodPure Maple Syrup = goodPure Maple Syrup *ON* vanilla bean ice cream = Delicious!

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We had a great weekend. Thanks for the feedback from the emails. Here's what we ended up doing:Friday night I surprised her with a carriage ride downtown. [It was a 30-minute slow ride through the downtown area. Fortunately the skies were clear. I got a lot of nice pictures of buildings, which I'll upload to flickr soon. It was quiet, peacful, and very relaxing.] Then we ate at Biagi's. [

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No, seriously, I mean a *really* foamy beach!Cool pictures, but I wouldn't let that stuff touch my bare skin. Who knows what's in it or what caused it.Here's another link at the UK's Daily Mail.-- C.

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Next weekend is especially special. First, it's a three-day weekend which is always nice. It is also the first anniversary of moving into our house. But best of all it is our second wedding anniversary. I'm glad we have three days to celebrate all that.We don't have any travel plans. I think we are going to stick around town and do some of the "touristy" things, hence the email some of you

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There was supposed to be a metoer shower last weekend, so we went to my parents' lake cottage on Saturday and stayed the night. The moon wasn't shining and the clouds had cleared up, so we had a great view of the night sky. We waited until it was good and dark, then piled in the boat and idled out to the middle of the lake.The news reports said it might be possible to see one meteor a minute on

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Doesn't look like July and August are good posting months. Many peoples' blogs are looking slim.I bought the Hot Fuzz DVD and watched it. It's not bad, but not as good as I was hoping for. If any of my friends want to borrow it, lemme know.Paula has another ultrasound on Friday, but I won't be able to make it. Her mom and my mom will go though. The appointment is in the middle of the day,

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Hmm, over a week and no updates.Here's a joke my sister-in-law just sent me. It's worth sharing:One Sunday morning, the pastor noticed little Alex standing in the foyer of the church staring up at a large plaque. It was covered with names with small American flags mounted on either side of it. The seven year old had been staring at the plaque for some time, so the pastor walked up, stood beside

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Paula and I have read all the Harry Potter books, and watched all of the movies, so we were very excited to finally get the last book and find out how it all ends. We got to the bookstore around 10:30 PM Friday night and got in line. Many people were dressed as their favorite character and we were no exception. I dressed as Nigel Longbottom and Paula dressed as Luna Lovegood. We waited for

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I missed it on Saturday. Hope you had a good one.

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I posted about this book before: On Writing Well by William Zinsser. Now I have the whole book instead of just a couple chapters online. I haven't read much yet, but it's a good book so far. Just the few chapters online are helpful. Unfortunately the two images aren't showing up. These show an early draft of a couple pages in his book, and several things he edited out.This book focuses on

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Mmm, Indian food. Good stuff!'Nough said.

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I didn't realize today is Friday the 13th until I came into work and looked at the calendar. Usually I see these coming from weeks away.Have a great day and a great weekend! I'll be at the lake all day tomorrow, probably kayaking, boating, and maybe fishing. We plan on making Sunday a lazy day, including a movie at the theater.See ya-- C.

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