wacky weather

Right now it's only cloudy, but the past 48 hours it's gone from near 60 degrees and heavy rains to super high wind and snow and 21 degrees (it's about 19 degrees right now).

This weekend was our BSA Camporee but b didn't go because he was doing the aym lock-in with c, which was a good choice. The part of the troop that went suffered wet everything and had to leave. Didn't even camp out. Kids said the lock-in was really good.

Other news: Ginger ate something that didn't agree with her and she has the runs. yuch, to say the least. And it's snow on the ground and cold so both dogs don't want to venture out. Sheesh.

So much for the weekend. Lots of football though...

Other news

humpday

Rain and thunderstorms today.

Still feeling under the weather.
Yesterday was beautiful and I went out at lunchtime and found another geocache. It was a nice adventure.
Tonight was a troop meeting. Not going camping this weekend with the troop because b has a lock-in event. This is the winter camporee. I might shoot out there on Saturday to watch the klondike derby race.

bed beckons...

Tell me why...

Man, this year is flying by. Clear finally tonight. Might check out the stars but still a bit under the weather.

This weekend I went for a hike after work on Saturday. I had found my GPS unit finally (which was lost for about 6 months) and decided to find one of those geocaches. Found it easy. It was a beautiful and crisp January day.

Sunday I was sick. Some kind of bad cold. Stayed in bed all day.

Went back to work today but still not 100%. Also today, our big Gourami (Big Blue) died. He was really old and it was sad but at least he's out of his misery.

Both C & B did will at their fencing meet against Newfield tonight. B won 5 bouts and C won her 1 bout.

Also this weekend watched football: Giants were trounced. Carolina was superb.
Also watched "Serenity" with the kids. I am still steamed at the major bad thing that happens in this movie (not gonna reveal it in case anyone out there hasn't seen it yet.

Anyway, tomorrow is another day.

Nothing Much

Weather: Partly Cloudy, Cold.

System was ok today . Work was boring but at least there was something happening.
Did a bit of stargazing tonight although most of the time I spent trying to figure out the setting circles on the scope which I just can't seem to get right. The Moon was up and looked good in the scope but it was mostly damp and cloudy so there wasn't much to see.

Family events:

b & c had AYM
c and I tried to put music to her song but I haven't played the guitar in a while so it didn't work out well, but it was a fun time trying.

Tomorrow is Friday. Yahoo for that...

Down and Out in Wonderland

Weather today: Cloudy, cold. No stargazing .

Entered the office to an eerie silence this morning. Our network had fallen and it couldn't get up! Finger twiddling ensued for the next 4 hours! It's amazing how we have come to depend on computers for all business functions. I couldn't even call anyone because all the phone numbers were on the system. System came back to life after lunch. The usual no explanation ensued...

Significant family events:

b/g BSA meeting: B was feeling tired and had much homework, so g went alone. Had to teach winter camping techniques. b read about an MMOG called "Eve" which seems kinda neat.

tired. Early to bed tonight...zzzzzzzzzzz...

Tuesday is Monday

Weather: Cold, miserable rain/sleet conditions. Hovering about 30-40 all day.

Back to the grind today. Ugh, it was tough. Too used to staying up late and sleeping late. Last night I went to bed relatively early but woke up around 2:30 and couldn't get back to sleep. Agggh!
One good thing was I found this great website which asks you to name a song/band/album you like and then plays music based on your selections. It's called "Pandora" and is part of the Music Genome Project.

today's family highlights:
C & B fencing meet against WM. B got 2 bouts but did poorly (all the guys did...WM is tooo good).
C Jazz Band practice.
ML back is predicting more bad weather tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Traffic was atrocious getting home so I didn't even bother trying to get to the fencing meet. Good thing too because everyone was already home when I walked in the door...Picked up 2 DVDs I had on hold at the library: "What the bleep do we know?" and "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly" (special edition 2 DVD set).

Dinner was leftovers (choice of lasagna and/or roast beef).

Deja Vu

It's funny that a year ago I started a blog and didn't write anything in it until a year later! This year's week off was very similar to last year's. Both kids were sick starting Christmas day and lasting until maybe mid-week which caused our plans to visit the city to be suspended but whatever.

For Christmas Eve we went to dinner with the family (all the brothers and their families) at the usual Bonwit Inn. Chistmas itself was fun. I got to put together my reflector. This week there were only 2 nights of relatively clear skies so that was kind of frustrating (and it was really cold, to boot!), but I think I am figuring out R.A. and Dec. so it wasn't a total loss. M42 in Orion (the nebula) looked really nice in the new scope so I think it was worth the moolah!

New Year's eve was quiet at home. We played a board game (Carcassone) which we got for Christmas and which everyone is really happy with. We had only hors d'oeuvres for dinner and eggnog and we watched a couple of episodes of Monk, Season 2, along with the Giants game, and then watched the ball drop.

Spent New Year's day at my parents and tonight am listening to Paul Winter's annual Solstice concert.

New beginnings. Maybe I'll keep this up this year....Who Knows?