Archive | December, 2008

It’s Sammy’s Birthday!

31 December 2008

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Seven years ago this day, at 11:30pm–just in time to take the tax deduction, Samuel Isaac came into our lives. And true to the meaning of his name, Sammy has been a God-given gift to us, and brings a lot of laughter into our lives. He’s taught us patience and showed us that with hard [...]

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…and get back to work!

26 December 2008

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Storm Trooper and Droid reminding me that Christmas is over and demanding that I get off Facebook and Twitter for a bit. Normally I’d be able to take them both out, but…..1. They are right. I do need to get some things done today.2. They brought additional muscle. Se below. General Grievous means business. Speaking [...]

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The Fallen…

25 December 2008

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Pics and pic names completely plagiarized from JoAnn and her version of the story. The night before last, our fun-loving and quite large snow-woman had a bit of an accident in the middle of the night. She had stayed out late…and I think she may have had a little too much Christmas eggnog as evidenced [...]

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Merry Christmas!

24 December 2008

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Don’t know a recent song that summarizes Christmas quite as well.. Lyrics to I Celebrate the Day by Relient K (static video of the song below): And with this Christmas wish is missedThe point I could conveyIf only I could find the words to say to let You know how much You’ve touched my lifeBecause [...]

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Text of the Business Examiner Article

23 December 2008

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The article was published and sent out Monday…is also archived on their site, but for a tiny charge. I received permission to re-post the text of it here. Page 4! ExecutiveSPOTLIGHT Editor’s Note: Executive Spotlight is a profile of an individual, business or local industry here in the South Sound. The feature will appear in [...]

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More Snow Pics…

22 December 2008

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Next door… The cars, before digging them out…

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Uncertainty Across Species…

22 December 2008

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Exhibit A: The look on Josh’s face. Exhibit B: The look on Zach’s face. Both not quite certain about this foreign matter…

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My Ruts…

22 December 2008

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Dug out the cars, took each for a drive to test…definitely am more comfortable with how mine drives in the snow compared to the minivan. We had a bit more to contend with because we are on a major street that gets plowed….so we get a bit extra snow. The fun part: parking mine. These [...]

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More Snow!

22 December 2008

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You’ll need to click on the pic below to get a better sense, but the cars were cleared of snow before last night. Snowed more…! So what to do with all that snow? Easy…find a family nearby and have a big, traveling snow fight. (We went around the block). Then go inside, and eat dessert.

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Snow Day!

18 December 2008

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With the additional snow we got last night–and a little continuing today, I took a bit of a snow day. Have some work scheduled, but not able to until this evening, so it works out!

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