Eek. It's been a long time since I've blogged. Lots of stuff happening but unfortunately that leaves me little time to blog. I'll try to catch up with some short posts over the next few days.
Had a very neat experience at the end of February. In 2006 at the Jewish Day School auction, Monica won me the experience to go to a Sonics game with Seattle P-I writer Jim Moore. We finally got it scheduled for Feb 24 to see Kobe Bryant play. (Free tickets to a Sonics game isn't reason enough to go.)
Jim was kind enough to take me out to dinner before the game and we got to chat for an hour or so about Seattle sports, his background -- he actually grew up in a house not far from where we live -- and being a sportswriter. Then before the game, he had a press pass made for me and we got to walk around behind the scenes. I watched as he interviewed Jalen, a six-year-old kid on the Sonics boom squad, and the Jalen's dad. Well, at least I watched until the cheerleaders walked by about four feet away. I don't remember much of the interview after that though dad
was surprisingly level-headed and realistic about his son. The article never did run as far as I could see.
The game was a laugher and Kobe got tossed in the third quarter. But it was the most fun I'd had at a Sonics game in years.
Tuesday, March 18
Friday, January 11
Geneology and Family Tree
At the end of 2007, a friend turned Monica and I on to Geni, where you can create a family tree and make all of your relatives members and then can add to the tree and add their relatives and so on and so on. Essentially it's viral* family tree.
Monica and I each had family trees that were put together from our father's sides and were able to add a lot of relative beyond what we might know off the top of our heads. Then my parents both got involved and talked to my grandmother and filled out as much of their families as they knew. And slowly we're adding some (geographically) distant cousins who are adding their families. And we're searching on the internet to see if we can find people.
One of the neatest parts of searching for information was having my mom go through her old records and searching the Ellis Island records and finding the official records where my grandmother (mom's mother) and her brother and parents came to the United States. It's also somewhat surprising to find information that conflicts.
I hope as time goes by other members add to the tree. Anyone who is married into the family has a whole tree to add. And I'm going to start searching Facebook to find many of my third cousins who I don't know at all.
If you're in my family, let me know and I can give you access to the tree. Or think about starting your own family tree.
Monica and I each had family trees that were put together from our father's sides and were able to add a lot of relative beyond what we might know off the top of our heads. Then my parents both got involved and talked to my grandmother and filled out as much of their families as they knew. And slowly we're adding some (geographically) distant cousins who are adding their families. And we're searching on the internet to see if we can find people.
One of the neatest parts of searching for information was having my mom go through her old records and searching the Ellis Island records and finding the official records where my grandmother (mom's mother) and her brother and parents came to the United States. It's also somewhat surprising to find information that conflicts.
I hope as time goes by other members add to the tree. Anyone who is married into the family has a whole tree to add. And I'm going to start searching Facebook to find many of my third cousins who I don't know at all.
If you're in my family, let me know and I can give you access to the tree. Or think about starting your own family tree.
Tuesday, January 1
Happy New Year
Best wishes for a terrific 2008. Maybe this will be the year Monica blogs.
I sent our New Year's letter out this AM so you know what we've been up to. If you didn't get it let me know.
I'm already off to a good start, completing a couple of small projects around the house and having a winning day in poker.
My latest project is working on our family tree on Geni. More on that later.
I sent our New Year's letter out this AM so you know what we've been up to. If you didn't get it let me know.
I'm already off to a good start, completing a couple of small projects around the house and having a winning day in poker.
My latest project is working on our family tree on Geni. More on that later.
Saturday, December 8
Charlotte Goes Home
Our latest foster dog Charlotte is going home today after 7 months of being a guest in our house. She's gotten along great with Hunny Bear, Cocoa, and Jasmine. We'll miss her a lot -- Monica a lot more than me cuz she bounds too much with foster dogs -- but are thrilled that she's found a great forever home.
She's also improved her condition 
tremendously while she's been here as you can see in these photos. No camera tricks here. When she came to Beagle Rescue she was 53 pounds and at her most recent vet exam she was down to an almost svelte 36 pounds. She could still stand to loose a few pounds -- couldn't we all after Thanksgiving -- but she's no longer horribly obese. She loves playing and going for a walk, both of which have helped her trim down.
Here's one more set of before and after photos.
She's also improved her condition 
tremendously while she's been here as you can see in these photos. No camera tricks here. When she came to Beagle Rescue she was 53 pounds and at her most recent vet exam she was down to an almost svelte 36 pounds. She could still stand to loose a few pounds -- couldn't we all after Thanksgiving -- but she's no longer horribly obese. She loves playing and going for a walk, both of which have helped her trim down.
Here's one more set of before and after photos.
Tuesday, November 27
Return to normalcy
Well, sort of. Our hardwoods are in and dry. Our rugs are down and our furniture is out of storage. The real work is done. See photos at the link in the previous post.
We still need to move everything back into the buffet, china cabinet, and baker's rack. And of course a few things were damaged in the move and will need to be replaced. And there are a couple of little fixes with the hardwood install.
But at least it feels like a house again. Let us know if/when you'd like to come over and see the finished results.
We still need to move everything back into the buffet, china cabinet, and baker's rack. And of course a few things were damaged in the move and will need to be replaced. And there are a couple of little fixes with the hardwood install.
But at least it feels like a house again. Let us know if/when you'd like to come over and see the finished results.
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