My aunt Ruth sent a bunch of wonderful slides for my parents’ anniversary, and I wanted to incorporate them into a movie. I needed a slide scanner, though, and didn’t have time to go buy one. In a quick internet search I found a diagram for making a low-tech slide scanner attachment out of paper. [...]
Continue reading...31. August 2010
So, here’s the story of our hotel. Since all the siblings were descending on the parents for the weekend, we thought it would make everything easier if we just stayed in hotel rooms. There aren’t a heckuva lotta choices around Eckert, Colorado. Mark got a room at the Howard Johnson’s in Cedaredge (which is just [...]
Continue reading...29. August 2010
Surprise! I was in Colorado! You may have noticed that my last few posts were lamer than usual, and that’s because it’s very hard to post pictures from my little laptop. It was a glorious weekend! All the siblings flew in from their various states, and we had just what Mom and Dad wanted – [...]
Continue reading...28. August 2010
Today is a day of milestones – Happy Birthday, Beth! And…… Happy 50th Anniversary to my parents!! Yes, 50 years ago today my parents were married, and they’re still married! Any well-wishes can be left here, and hopefully I’ll be able to put up a photo later. I seem to be having all kinds of [...]
Continue reading...26. August 2010
I am well aware that this post will not be a winner. Bear with me – I’m having photo troubles and this is old material. Back when I was stumped for topics, one of the suggestions from Brad was about to talk about brand loyalty. I’ll give it a shot. In most cases, I am [...]
Continue reading...24. August 2010
I came home tonight to a box on the front steps. Woo-hoo! (That’s always exciting, until I realize it’s boring technical stuff that Lloyd has ordered for school.) This box, though, this box had handwriting. Sellers of technical stuff don’t have handwriting, so this was a positive sign. It took me a minute to realize [...]
Continue reading...21. August 2010
Happy Anniversary, Lloyd! One more year and you’ll have put up with me longer than my parents did! Lloyd and I are spending the weekend in a less romantic way than last year – he is working on the school website and I have a video project to work on and a series of naps [...]
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1. September 2010
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