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. [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Palin?????
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, Vote 2008, tagged election, Obama, Palin, politics on 29 Aug 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Photo Restoration
Posted in Everyday Life, Genealogy, Photo Editing, tagged Genealogy, Main Family, Photo Editing, Photoshop on 22 Aug 2008 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Empty Nesting
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, tagged cats, children, owl on 17 Aug 2008 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Trekking Across Texas
Posted in Everyday Life, Family, tagged Sesame Street, TiVo, Zoe on 01 Aug 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]


