Happy Valentine’s Day

14
Feb
0

Since young Miss Samantha has been under the weather this weekend, we spent a quiet weekend on the couch.  In the meantime, she did summon the energy to open a few Valentine’s Day gifts (not that she needed much encouragement… the word gift seems to be a magic cure for a headcold).

Samantha opens Valentine's Day gifts

Daniel, on the other hand, was more interested in finding things to chew on. He did manage a few moments to grab a present, though.

Daniel grabs a present

Yep… She’s four.

26
Jan
0

Hard to believe, but my girl is 4 years old today. Everyone goes out of their way to tell new parents how fast time flies and that kids always grow up too quickly. Of course, new parents are too sleep deprived to really take that advice to heart.

Well, it’s true. Samantha is four, and I want to know just how the heck that happened right under my nose.

Here are some pix that Mommy took today at school while Samantha was performing the ‘Birthday Walk’.

Preparing for the Birthday Walk

The sun

Happy Birthday

Present...a book from Grandpa

Morning birthday present opening

Anyway… Happy Birthday, Samantha! Mommy and I hope your special day was the best Birthday you’ve had yet ;-)

*Hugs*

20
Jan
0

We’ve been taking many many photos with the new camera, so until I can get a whole bunch posted, here’s a cute one of the kids I thought I’d share:

Samantha gives Daniel a hug

This one is currently my computer desktop wallpaper :)

Merry Christmas! (and Happy Birthday to me!)

24
Dec
0

Merry Christmas to all! May Santa bring you everything you want tomorrow ;-)

I have already received an awesome gift for my birthday today from my co-workers… Dr Pepper made with REAL SUGAR CANE! I can’t wait to crack one of these open. In fact, as soon as I finish my coffee, I might need to start in on one of these!

Made with Sugar Cane... Epic Win!

Made with Sugar Cane... Epic Win!

Percussion

14
Dec
0

The kids are learning how to make more noise at an exponential rate. The Bose QC2 headphones can’t keep up anymore ;-)

Time for a Beer Break!

8
Dec
0

Go check out thebrewauthority.com and the latest “Beer Break” podcast! This episode features Blake and Matt telling me all about their latest trip to Cooperstown for a behind-the-scenes look at Butternuts Beer & Ale, Brewery Ommegang and the Cooperstown Brewing Company.

Kid Pix

6
Dec
0

Just taking a moment to post a couple pix of the kids, since I’m way behind in sharing photos:

Lookin' Out My Back Door

Daniel seems to think there’s something exciting out there  to look at.

Samantha the Witch!

I’d make a joke about Samantha and “Bewitched”, but she hears that enough as it is :-)

This is so wrong…

3
Dec
0

This is by far the worst thing I’ve ever seen done to a Linux desktop! But it is interesting, nonetheless.

Great Rally Footage

13
Nov
0

Some of the best rally crash footage all in one YouTube video. Finns are crazy ;-)

Karmic Koala

30
Oct
0

I’m also giving the latest Ubuntu (9.10) desktop release a try on the Dell Lat 820.  I soooo want to like it, but (of course) it still has issues with wpa wifi networks straight out of the box.

I still want to give it some time, so if I get it working without too much hassle, I’ll post about it.