Generations.....
8 years ago
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
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Friday, March 5, 2010
Getting ready for work tomorrow!
the rust).
[not pictured is the climbing gear]
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Catching Up
Ok, there were several pics from the last couple months on my phone and camera that I meant to post. The next 8 posts are comprised of these neglected pictures. Enjoy!
Erin's New Toy
A Catch-Up Post:
So Erin has been wanting the ability to use two monitors when she works from home for a long time. She asked recently again, and I thought, "No problem."
I mean I can just pop in a new video card, buy another monitor, and bamm!
Oh wait. Our computer was about 5 years old. It was a low end Dell. Still worked fine for what we needed, except motherboard wasn't really set up for expansion, or anything else. Putting in a new video card wasn't a good option.
So time to build a new computer. Then she had to choose her monitor. Except she wanted to keep the old computer for the kids, which meant I couldn't cannibalize it and we would need two new monitors. 22" for $150? Hell, let's go for it was her thought. So a pretty sweet dual core, raid drive machine with two monitors for under $750 is what we ended up with.
And her first reaction was, "I think I screwed up. This is too big for our office."
Followed awhile later by, "This is awesome!"
So Erin has been wanting the ability to use two monitors when she works from home for a long time. She asked recently again, and I thought, "No problem."
I mean I can just pop in a new video card, buy another monitor, and bamm!
Oh wait. Our computer was about 5 years old. It was a low end Dell. Still worked fine for what we needed, except motherboard wasn't really set up for expansion, or anything else. Putting in a new video card wasn't a good option.
So time to build a new computer. Then she had to choose her monitor. Except she wanted to keep the old computer for the kids, which meant I couldn't cannibalize it and we would need two new monitors. 22" for $150? Hell, let's go for it was her thought. So a pretty sweet dual core, raid drive machine with two monitors for under $750 is what we ended up with.
And her first reaction was, "I think I screwed up. This is too big for our office."
Followed awhile later by, "This is awesome!"
The Big Snow (s)
Another Catch-Up Post:
Ok, I know I posted some pictures from the last big snow. We had our big snow in December that was on the top ten snow falls in recorded history. I think they called it Snowpocalypse or something. Then a couple weeks ago, we got Snowmagedon. It was a lot more snow, and a lot heavier. I measured about 2 feet in the open, but later realized I could easily measure almost 3 feet in other spots. That snow started Friday night and ended late Saturday. Wednesday another winter whallop was scheduled. I took a trip to the store to get some spinach to make stuffed chicken breasts, and was greeted with this for a produce department:
And like I said, the snow ended Saturday night. This was Tuesday afternoon on the main road near our house:
The truck pulled more than one person up this hill that thought they could get around in two wheel drive. Wednesday we got Snoverkill (like all the names they came up with?) We only got about 8-10 inches out of that one, but since none of the previous snow had melted, it only made it more fun. Plus, that was technically a blizzard with winds over 30mph. Of course, we just caught the southern end of it. An hour north, people were stranded in 4ft+ snow drifts and the plows were taken off the roads for safety.
All in all, the federal government was closed for 38 hours straight (4 on Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and a 2 hour delay on Friday). Followed by President's Day on Monday. I just ended my first full week at work in what seems like forever. Not sure I'm up to another one next week.
All three of the storms I mentioned ranked in the top 10 for DC. Our total snowfall for this winter is now at the top of the list. Almost sad that today's big storm missed us to the north and nailed NYC instead. :(
Ok, I know I posted some pictures from the last big snow. We had our big snow in December that was on the top ten snow falls in recorded history. I think they called it Snowpocalypse or something. Then a couple weeks ago, we got Snowmagedon. It was a lot more snow, and a lot heavier. I measured about 2 feet in the open, but later realized I could easily measure almost 3 feet in other spots. That snow started Friday night and ended late Saturday. Wednesday another winter whallop was scheduled. I took a trip to the store to get some spinach to make stuffed chicken breasts, and was greeted with this for a produce department:
And like I said, the snow ended Saturday night. This was Tuesday afternoon on the main road near our house:
The truck pulled more than one person up this hill that thought they could get around in two wheel drive. Wednesday we got Snoverkill (like all the names they came up with?) We only got about 8-10 inches out of that one, but since none of the previous snow had melted, it only made it more fun. Plus, that was technically a blizzard with winds over 30mph. Of course, we just caught the southern end of it. An hour north, people were stranded in 4ft+ snow drifts and the plows were taken off the roads for safety.
All in all, the federal government was closed for 38 hours straight (4 on Friday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and a 2 hour delay on Friday). Followed by President's Day on Monday. I just ended my first full week at work in what seems like forever. Not sure I'm up to another one next week.
All three of the storms I mentioned ranked in the top 10 for DC. Our total snowfall for this winter is now at the top of the list. Almost sad that today's big storm missed us to the north and nailed NYC instead. :(
Captain Underpants!
Another Catch-Up Post:
I'm so buying a full page ad in her senior yearbook to put this picture on!
(I think those were Emma's underwear. I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and assume they were clean. But then again, does she deserve that benefit?)
I'm so buying a full page ad in her senior yearbook to put this picture on!
(I think those were Emma's underwear. I'm going to give her the benefit of the doubt and assume they were clean. But then again, does she deserve that benefit?)
I think someone lost a bet...
Another Catch-Up Post:
I found these pictures on the camera, I think the sequence speaks for itself.
I found these pictures on the camera, I think the sequence speaks for itself.
Another Catch-Up Post
Back in the middle of January, we took a trip to Steamboat Springs, CO. The girls and I flew out a day before everyone else. So while waiting, we all went ice skating for our first time. We had fun, even if we all had bruises to show at the end. Grandma and Grandpa Grant and Mom showed up shortly after we got off the ice.
The family portrait:
Cailin and Marlee went to ski school the first couple of days, while Emma went for several more days while the older ones skied with us. I think the last day, even Emma skied with us. Emma and Marlee loved the moguls. And they would fly down them. Cailin had a little farther to fall, and so was a bit more cautious. But they definitely made us feel old.
Here was when Cailin and Marlee did their first real black diamond. They were happy up to this point, because it really wasn't too bad. But see where the slope drops off the horizon just behind them? One of the steepest blacks on the mountain. Whoops.
But they love the trees. Lots of skiing through the trees. We got some fresh snow by the end of the week, and life was good.
Back in the middle of January, we took a trip to Steamboat Springs, CO. The girls and I flew out a day before everyone else. So while waiting, we all went ice skating for our first time. We had fun, even if we all had bruises to show at the end. Grandma and Grandpa Grant and Mom showed up shortly after we got off the ice.
The family portrait:
Cailin and Marlee went to ski school the first couple of days, while Emma went for several more days while the older ones skied with us. I think the last day, even Emma skied with us. Emma and Marlee loved the moguls. And they would fly down them. Cailin had a little farther to fall, and so was a bit more cautious. But they definitely made us feel old.
Here was when Cailin and Marlee did their first real black diamond. They were happy up to this point, because it really wasn't too bad. But see where the slope drops off the horizon just behind them? One of the steepest blacks on the mountain. Whoops.
But they love the trees. Lots of skiing through the trees. We got some fresh snow by the end of the week, and life was good.
Igloos
Another Catch-up Post:
Back in the big December snow storm, Marlee and Emma helped me build an igloo in our front yard. The snow couldn't really be formed well into bricks, but we still found a way to pack into our igloo. It stood for several weeks after everything else had melted, although it got closer and closer to the ground every day.
I could barely fit inside, but barely still counts. Here's a picture looking out. Notice the size of my foot compared to the opening. I could barely wiggle in (or out).
Back in the big December snow storm, Marlee and Emma helped me build an igloo in our front yard. The snow couldn't really be formed well into bricks, but we still found a way to pack into our igloo. It stood for several weeks after everything else had melted, although it got closer and closer to the ground every day.
I could barely fit inside, but barely still counts. Here's a picture looking out. Notice the size of my foot compared to the opening. I could barely wiggle in (or out).
Sick Day Splicing
Another Catch-up Post:
Home sick a month or so ago, I decided to splice some ropes while watching a movie. I won't bore you too much, but the first is a double braid called Tachyon, which is my favorite climbing rope. This had quite a bit of use on it, and it turns out splicing used rope is much harder than new....I invented a few new swear words burying the crossover on this one.
Now this was a splice in Bandit, which is still a 7/16" double braid climbing rope. But it was new. Still, it turns out it was the toughest new rope I've ever spliced. Can't wait to actually climb on it. It's been a few months since I was last in a tree.
Home sick a month or so ago, I decided to splice some ropes while watching a movie. I won't bore you too much, but the first is a double braid called Tachyon, which is my favorite climbing rope. This had quite a bit of use on it, and it turns out splicing used rope is much harder than new....I invented a few new swear words burying the crossover on this one.
Now this was a splice in Bandit, which is still a 7/16" double braid climbing rope. But it was new. Still, it turns out it was the toughest new rope I've ever spliced. Can't wait to actually climb on it. It's been a few months since I was last in a tree.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Kickin it up a notch
cauliflower, carrots, ginger, and most importantly-BACON.
Bacon makes everything better.
Well, maybe not my cholesterol.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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