Chris Rooney was right. Maegan and I tried Geocaching last week and liked it despite the fact that we don’t own a GPS device. Chris read my blog entry and suggested Letterboxing instead, so we gave it a try this weekend. We found an easy letterbox online that was nearby and Maegan and I and [...]
Maegan got exactly what she’s always wanted, a Nintendo DS Lite. Notice I didn’t say that we bought her a Nintendo DS Lite. Maegan bought it herself with her own money. How did she save that much money? Well there was her successful summertime business venture, and she also collected some cash for helping a [...]
Maegan and I found our first geocache today. Geocaching is basically a treasure-hunt for hidden objects using GPS devices. People hide geocaches (small containers) in various places and using nothing but the GPS coordinates you try to locate the cache. Sometimes the geocaches contain small trinkets you can take and replace with a new trinket, [...]
Last weekend my sister Amy went away to an adult sleep away camp. How awesome does that sound? This one she went to is called Club Getaway and it’s located in the Berkshire Mountains in western Connecticut. I did archery for the first time since [Camp] Norwich!!! I also went hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, waterskiing, [...]
I saw this unbelievable story on Digg and it happens to be in Charlotte. Time Warner Charges You $0.23 For The Coupons Included In Your BillI’m a Time Warner customer in Charlotte, NC and recently got my August bill. Looking over it as usual, there is a new fee “ADHSN Fee” of 23 cents. I [...]
August in Charlotte, North Carolina is hot already, but we’re now smack in the middle of the longest heat wave in over a decade. Today’s temperature was an all-time high for this date, 102° in the shade – with over 40% humidity and a heat index of 105° – still in the shade. Here’s the [...]
Darah had her Baptism today.
Yesterday was Darah’s first day at child care. For now she’s only going for a few hours a day and everything went well. It was more emotional for everybody else but when Patty picked her up, Darah was smiling and happy and usual.