Wow! It seems that all technology on the web has gone haywire tonight. Twitpic isn’t letting me log in. Facebook won’t let me see the photos I’ve uploaded or upload anymore. So it’s back to my old standby – the blog. Susan had foot surgery today to correct a joint problem that was causing her [...]
You can watch the most recent documentary about Blackbeard the Pirate and the Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck project at 10pm, July 16th (that’s tomorrow me hearties!) on PBS. Underwater footage on Secrets of the Dead: Blackbeard’s Lost Ship was shot by our friends at Nautilus Productions. UPDATE: You know, back in the day when the [...]
Abby started the tradition of spending a week in Delaware with my parents when she was 5. Her sister joined her when she turned 5, too. They spent two weeks with my parents in June, which is probably more of a vaction for them than for us. My Dad cooks whatever they want. There are [...]
Based on a comment about our summer experiment with sun tea, I put the kibosh on leaving the Ball jar outside. The thought of bacteria harming the kids, well, I just wanted to be safe and not sorry. Hello fridge tea. The Snopes link provided a good alternative. And the taste is still better than [...]
What’s perfectly awesome about this is that Abby got over her nerves and put in a great performance in the last heat of the girls 11-12 freestyle at her first swim meet – ever. After waiting five hours to do her thing, she held her own and was just nudged out at the end for [...]