Wednesday 2/16 - Vday Recap

As many of you know, Vday was extra difficult this year. As it is my birthday too, we also had this as a family weekend.

So Barb and the boys and I headed off to Dave and Buster for a party. Lots of food and tickets later, we think we had a pretty good time.

On Sunday, Kathy's cousin Carolyn hosted a Sunday night dinner for us as well.

It's yet another milestone to pass this year.

Saturday 2/12 - The Widower

For a season there must be pain -
For a little, little space
I shall lose the sight of her face,
Take back the old life again
While She is at rest in the place.

For a season this pain must endure,
For a little, little while
I shall sigh more often than smile
Till Time shall work me a cure,
And the pitiful days beguile.

For that season we must be apart,
For a little length of years,
Till my life's last hour nears,
And, above the beat of my heart,
I hear Her voice in my ears.

But I shall not understand -
Being set on some later love,
Shall not know her for whom I strove,
Till she reach me forth her hand,
Saying, "Who but I have the right?"
And out of a troubled night
Shall draw me safe to the land.

-- Rudyard Kipling

Wednesday 2/9 - Pictures are Priceless

One of the best things that we have are memories. I'm so glad that kathy and I were early on the digital camera trend. We have hundreds of photos from the past 5 years.

But every success brings a new issue. How to manage them all?

Our good friends at Google have brought us yet again another free tool: Picasa

This free download will scan your photos on your PC and organize them into albums. You can make simple edits to the photos (rotate, remove red-eye, lighten/darken, etc).

definitely worth your time to check this out.

Friday 2/4 - The Way Things Are

This week certainly has proved to be more frustrating than most. I must have been very bad in some former life for everthing to come vrashing around me. But I suppose that's just how things are at times.

Although nothing was really big, all the little things can just build up. Wouldn't you know that on a day that was already stressful with a tight series of evening events that: 1) Alex would have a school issue requiring attention at school and home 2) Jon wound up in the wrong place at the wrong time at school 3) I had a flat as I was about to leave work. So just to add to everything, Alex lost two teeth this week (a painful process), Jon was sick one day and now I'm not feeling so great either.

But today is Friday. Just one more day and then some time on the weekend.