Christmas Shopping

Well here it is the 16th and we still have some shopping to do. We have split it up this year with some of it done online. The problem with online is that I kind of like to hold and look at the items under consideration and I really like taking it home with me as soon as I buy it.

December 2005

Christmas is almost here. We have the outside of the house decorated and are now starting our shopping. .. . . the part of Christmas I really hate. But you can't have everything, you have to take the bad with the good. I still have some stuff in the cellar I have to bring up yet. . . . maybe this weekend after I finish fixing the leak in the bathtub drain.

Almost Halloween

Here it is Saturday the 29th, weather is getting better and may be pretty good for halloween. We have to decorate the outside of the house yet but will get it done this weekend.

I started this week writing my annual Christmas poem for my wife (Dot). They don't come as easily as they used to or I would write more poems than just Christmas andAnniversary like I do now.

Good Week

This Wednesday my oldest granddaughter has her 11th birthday. It is really hard to believe how the time has flown; I still think of her as a toddler at most.

We just got back from Ausable Forks NY where we went up so my wife could attend a baby shower for the daughter of one of her relatives. It was a great trip.

The Kids

Danny recently took a new job with Mountain Media. He loves it and from what we see it looks like a company he can really grow with. They design websites and do web hosting etc and boy does that sound interesting to me as I have dabbled a bit with html and style sheets.

Dana is still going to school at Roger Williams University where he is studying Marine Biology. He is doing very well despite the really hard subjects he is having to take, subjects that he has to study almost 24/7 to pass. He has put in a lot of work in this.

Presbyterian Church

Over the years I have tried out a number of churches and last Sunday went to a Presbyterian church in Cohoes. I grew up in a Presbyterian church. This one wasn't the same formal service I was used to and expecting - it was very loose and well, different. It was friendly but I have to think about this one and then maybe decide whether it is for me or not.

They mentioned something call a "Purpose Driven Life" which I think is a book. I may have to look that up to see what it is all about.

Long Weekend

Labor day weekend is here and the grandkids will be going back to school very soon. . . and they are not too happy about it. I am sitting here watching a rerun of Monk on TV and boy it is very very funny.

I have to report to Jury Duty on Tuesday the 6th. I don't look forward to it but I guess I will survive it.

War Of The Worlds

A week or so ago we went to see the War of the Worlds movie and we both loved it. I had some reservations about it since I love the old version with Gene Barry but I soon changed my mind.

Fathers Day

This is fathers day and I plan to do nothing!

New Laptop

Well for fathers day I got a new laptop (ok I got it early) and am in the process of setting it up. I put most of my personal files on CD's and put a lot of them on the new laptop but am going to leave the others on Cd and only load them if I really need them. I am now downloading Open Source Office to load on my new computer . .. it's free and is pretty good.

Hmmmm - not yet

I haven'e quite gotten the hang of posting pictures using Hello yet.
I will keep trying. Much to your chagrine. . .

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Friday . . . Yay !

Thank God another Friday is here and I have 2 days off of work. Another week is done and fairly successfully . . . . our grandkids are coming over tomorrow and we are celebrating my grandsons 7th birthday. His big item this year is Star Wars and Darth Vader. . . hmmmmmmm.

Someday I will figure out how to put pictures in this thing. . . .

June 1st

Well here it is the first of June and it is my grandsons (Cameron) birthday - he is 7 years old today. Yesterday was my wifes (Dot) birthday. . . . I don't dare say how old. On Memorial day we went up to a Patriotic concert at Schroon Lake at the Word of Life Facilities.

Wireless Network

Danny borrowed a router and hooked it into our Roadrunner connection and then I got Dana's laptop to connect wirelessly to the internet and can take it anywhere and still be on the Internet. It is great!!!! When Danny returns the router I just might have to splurge and buy one. Of course when Dana goes back to school I won't have the laptop to use but guess I can use it whenever he comes home.

May 6, 2005

Talked to Mary last night and dad's colonoscopy came out good and he hopes to go home in a few days. He is on too many blood thinners is one of his problems.

Social Security

After listening to yet another speech on saving the Social Security system I still say that the only way to save it is for the Congress to keep their grubby hands off the money that we put into it. And if they don't then we should be able to raid their accounts to make up for it.

Family

Our sons are Danny Jr. and Dana.
Dannys children are: Jordan, Samantha and Cameron

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We are now into week three after Dots double total knee replacement.