It’s that time of year when everything seems to happen at once. The kids have something going on every night. This evening, my wife’s cousin came to visit. They are in Tucson for a week and drove up to Scottsdale for a few hours with my wife and her mother…. Continue reading
This evening, I had the pleasure to get on the freeway to drive home, only to discover the freeway was closed due to an accident at a major interchange. Fortunately, they were able to divert traffic on the freeway that crosses the one that closed. I take Loop 101 most… Continue reading
We woke up early this morning to the dog barking, and found Grandma on the floor by the front door. “I just arrived,” she said. I’ll probably never know how she got to the front door without her walker, but there she was. Senility with convelescence and incontinence is not… Continue reading
I decided to tackle the green pool today. For those not following along, in July of 2006 my pump broke. I was told 2 days to repair it, but the two days turned into ten. You don’t leave a pool uncirculating for 10 days in Phoenix during the summer. A… Continue reading
Sometimes, I just don’t know what I was thinking when we had kids. You spend at work the friday before Labor Day dealing with a customer representitive who is not at all pleasant to work with, then come home to kids that fight. They can’t help with the laundry without… Continue reading
Sometimes, owning a home makes renting look attractive. Take this weekend, for instance. I got home from work friday, looking forward to taking my daughter to her percussion lesson and spending that half hour with Mr. Heinlein. Instead, I discovered $500 worth of air conditioner parts blew out. With a… Continue reading
Last week, the City of Scottsdale, Arizona installed the first freeway photo radar system. We already have them at major intersections to catch both speeders and red light runners. The flow of traffic on Loop 101 in the north valley, including the Scottsdale stretch, was upwards of 80 MPH. this… Continue reading
Big news. My younger daughter, Reanna, came home from school today with a note that told of her scores on the reading honors test, and she passed! She is now in both reading and math honors. My older daughter, Audrey, came home with a note a few days ago that… Continue reading
Well, What a Difference a Day Makes did not make it far in the Q4-2005 Writers of the Future contest. I’m actually glad because the story had several problems. I’ve revised it and sent it to Analog. Last night was the Four Peaks District (Grand Canyon Council BSA) district dinner,… Continue reading
Believe it or not, the computer I bought over Thanksgiving died yesterday. It’s been a horrific run of problem after problem. So, today I decided that I’m tired of fighting it. I bought a computer for the kids to replace the broken one. I bought a laptop for me to… Continue reading
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