February 20, 2009: Carpet Shampooing Day

Liesl got Dominica up early this morning around seven but fell back asleep a little after seven thirty.  So, as we had run out of baby formula last night and it will be a pretty serious emergency if we do not have any today, Dominica ran to Stop & Shop at a quarter till eight …

February 19, 2009: Email Server Arrives in Canada

The cold weather has returned to downstate New York.  No doubt about that.  This morning wasn’t quite that bad but it was not warm by any stretch. I got a chance to take Oreo on a nice, long walk today.  There was a break in the weather when the wind was still and the rain …

February 17, 2009: Memories of Schoolbuses

Back to work today.  Not that I don’t work on the weekend or holidays but it definitely feels quite a bit different on an official work day.  Yesterday was very slow at the office and it really was almost completely a holiday.  Good enough for me.  The last thing that I want to do is …

February 16, 2009: Model Railroading for Prez Day

Today is President’s day and the market is closed so I have the day off from work, more or less.  My idea was that today would be a pretty big model railroading day.  I have been looking for a chance to really sit down and get some modeling done. We slept in a lot this …