Archive | August, 2008

Wordle.net

August 31, 2008

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Brad and Lauren found this website sometime while I was away during the Summer. It’s cool and we messed with it for a while and then sort of put it aside. I remembered it when I was putting together a list of teacher websites for an hour long presentation I was giving during our in-service [...]

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The cleanest car ever.

August 30, 2008

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Well, Lloyd wins the prize for Most Productive Saturday.  He spent seven hours cleaning the Honda, and you could perform surgery in there – it’s that clean. My day was less productive.  Lloyd helped me take the sticks to the burn pile, and we ran a few errands.  Back at home, I was getting the [...]

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Laboring

August 29, 2008

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In honor of Labor Day weekend, and since I have no good photo from today, and since this is probably a weekend where no one will check the internet anyway, I’m just going to make a list of stuff we have to do, and we’ll see how updated it gets. Maybe I’ll include photos of [...]

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Remains of the day.

August 28, 2008

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We went out to Dragon Palace for Beth’s birthday last night, which was delightful.  Curt, Beth, Harold, Tim, Tara, Lloyd & I feasted on delicious Chinese cuisine, but Tim & Tara went a step further and turned it into art!  (Note Beth’s lovely choice of nail color.) We ordered several entrees and passed plates.  We [...]

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Not football people

August 27, 2008

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We’re not football people.  Really, with the exception of Lloyd’s love of baseball, we’re not sports people at all.  Sure, I was in high school track for all of two weeks, until I realized that it involved getting up early every day and running, for cryin’ out loud.  I also understand that Lloyd and Brad [...]

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I hear your siren song.

August 26, 2008

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The eastbound light at 6th & Seward was red instead of green this morning, so I turned south. Walking across the street brought me that much closer to the one thing that could negate my healthy walking.  I was unable to resist looking back at it.  Tomorrow I might not be so strong….

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