Just read that your son and bride went to Wyoming. That's where my wife's relatives live - West Yellowstone, Cody, Powell, Riverton, Livingston, etc... Michelle and I got married in Powell.
Looks like the wedding went well; wish I could have been there, but my circumstances just did not permit me attending either his or Jesse's upcoming wedding! Another reason why I need to get back to Texas!!
I have had a Blackberry for over two years and love it. It is the one gadget/toy/luxury that I allow myself. I can get an upgrade every 2 years and with my employee discount it is usually 1/2 price or free. I pay the monthly insurance on it just in case something happens ... like ending up in a bucket of mop water like it did this past year. :)
This is the closest thing I can find to a resolution. I don't think I've succeeded, but will continue to press toward this way of doing things:
The skies of blue have darkened to gray
But there is no rain in sight.
Yesterday's chill had faded by morning
And the wind blows from the Southeast.
The arches across the street have been taken down
And January is taking hold.
There's work to do.
I see myself in others,
The struggles of my past
In their struggles of their present.
The joys mixed up with the sorrows,
The hope mixed up with the past
That clings and grabs and wishes to not let go.
But it is not my struggle today,
It is only a memory.
I shall live in the present
And make a new day
To be filled with its own joy and hope.
I shall encourage cheer
And be patient when the encouragement
Is ignored.
And I shall continue to encourage cheer
And perhaps, someday, it will be gladly accepted.
The sky is always sunny
At thirty-thousand feet.
A smile is always sunny,
And laughter can't be beat.
We didn't even put the arch over the street this year. Kids broke one piece last year, and I never got around to fixiing it, and never decorated the rest of the outside of the house. We were having work done last week, so hanging lights wouldn't have been feasable. Things are still a mess from that which shall remain nameless... I had the workshop torn down last week. We had a new front door installed, but it had a dent, so they replaced it with a door with two dents and, using the same hinges, it is in a bind. I'm more tired now that I was last year.
But life moves forward quickly: Adam gets married in less than 48 hours, Jesse, in two months. Many family members will descent upon Beeville, Texas tomorrow.
My dad had a scare last year... Digitek almost killed him. Since he's been off of it, his memory has returned, and he's better able to walk. (His left leg still gives out occasionally, so he has to carry a walker. He basically picks it up and runs with it :-)
My in-laws are tired. June is in the early stages of Alzheimer's, and Jack can't see well. I'd almost prefer that she would drive.
Ted's mother isn't doing well, either, so there's stress on his wife on both sides.
So much hardship, with bright futures mixed in. It's hard to know how to feel.
I am so well aware of life's struggles. I feel your pain. As for knowing how to feel - fageddaboudit. Just feel. Realize and appreciate that any day, or moment for that matter, without pain is a good day. Don't worry, be happy even if for a short interval. If you are worried about this and that, you will not be able to enjoy the here and now. As scripture says, tomorrow has enough trouble of it's own. Serve God, live and enjoy the life He has given you.
Here I am 5.5 hours into an extremely tiring work day. The fact that it's January 1st and I've been fixing a problem all day would tend to give you a clue that this has not turned out to be a relaxing holiday.
I seem to recall that I made a New Year's Resolution last year. If so, it was a first, and I don't remember what it was. If I were to make one for this year, it would be to quit making mistakes. It's been a rough couple of months.
Anyway, I'm almost finished taking care of the problem caused by the software bug I introduced when I fixed another software bug. I'll take a break for carbohydrates and then finish up.
News you need:
My brother is 48 today... the same age as me! (This is not a joke. My mother didn't think it was a joke, either.)
I'd like to think that bugs are part of what keeps us coding folks employed. You have to make at least a few mistakes to appear as though you're sufficiently busy. Maybe you should just change your resolution to not make mistakes over the holidays. Happy new year!
I have too much work to do. I don't have time to be correcting either my own mistakes or the messes caused by my mistakes. I think I'll stick with trying to do it right the first time.
Today I was trying to Lilypond an old hymn while at the hospital. I kept falling asleep, only to snap awake and find all kinds of weird stuff in the code. It's gonna be a booger to debug when it's finished. In other words, I know how it is. Working on a day off isn't any fun, especially when there's a wedding you have to get ready for/
Just too funny! Of course you are correct. I have not actually eaten a pine tree, but as a child I tried the pitch- bitter, very bitter. As an adult, I tried something much more 'refined'~ chewing gum made from the pine tree - nasty, very nasty!
Although there is no specific year for it, it appears that Kellogg's introduced a wax paper liner into the Corn Flakes box in the 1920s. (See here and here.) Not only that, this was a switch from using a wax liner on the outside of the box. So some cereals have always (where always is defined as "in any of our readers' lifetimes) had liners.
The subject came up in my severely cross-indexed mind because I bought a box of Grape Nuts a few months ago and noticed that the box opened all the way across the top. Grape Nuts boxes used to open with a little square on the top at the edge, and when I noticed this, I remembered thinking the last time I had a box of it that it was the only cereal that didn't have a liner in the box. I suppose they kept making it that way for tradition's sake, until they were sure nobody would be disappointed that the design had changed.
You can see the opening on this picture of a 1978 ad from the Grape Nuts website.
I can't seem to find when the box was changed. I'm pretty sure I remember other cereals with no liners, though now I'm not so sure. It appears that the wax paper was originally there to keep the cereal from going stale... 90 years ago!
When Joshua gets those little single packs, he always (and I mean that literally) wants to open the wax paper and pour the cereal directly into the box, and then eat it from there. I guess he is a throwback to tradition.
i heard that "skyline forecast" thing. i wonder who makes the decision to change what they call things because it sounds cool. i think that's what they're doing. when did they start calling Nasa Rd 1 "Nasa Parkway"?
There ARE horrible buyers out there, which is why the no-negative feedback system stinks so much! And the star rating is one reason I'm quitting. They've made it absolutely unreasonable, simply from a human behavior standpoint. Unless someone is REALLY thrilled, they don't leave perfect ratings.
Cereals have an interesting history. I watched a show on the History channel about it. I got a kick out of learning about the early years of cereal development and marketing.
