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Archive for August, 2008

Palin????? It would seem the Republicans have a death wish or something.  Maybe that’s not fair. That’s the instant message I received from my dad the moment she was confirmed as McCain’s VP choice. She’s an interesting pick, no doubt, but I can’t see her helping their campaign in the way they seem to think. [...]

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Today I spent about four hours digitally restoring a photo for a distant relative who recently contacted me in regard to a common Main family ancestor. I’ve restored photos previously, but this one was a particular challenge requiring about 36 Photoshop layers of enhancements to get to the “final” stage. I probably could have obsessed [...]

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Empty Nesting

We are back from having moved enough furniture and belongings to fill a 16 ft. truck and two Saturn Ions from our home to Jenna’s and Jen’s new apartment in Lubbock, followed by a couple of days unpacking and getting them settled in. A few days after our return, we saw Ali off at the [...]

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The girls and I drove back Wednesday from a few fun days in Houston with Joel, Blake, and Zoe, who is a very busy toddler. She’s talking more and more these days, and over the course of our visit, her favorite word, “No,” was occasionally followed by “Nokay” (with a tone implying “Okay, if I [...]

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