Slacker Blogger

At last I update. Andy and I are at the river today. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! It was a picture perfect day. Still is, actually. We've both been really busy with work and life and so this weekend is our first R&R in a while.

Today I am the UberNerd because I completed the process of setting up a wireless network at the river WITH a second wireless access point to extend the range of the network. I tell you I have been IPCONFIGging and PINGing and I think I could get a job on the Geek Squad after figuring out how to provide high-speed wireless internet to 10 acres on the edge of the earth. (Answer: satellite, blue boxes and quality time chatting with tech support.)

We should be ready to put our old house on the market in a couple of weeks and we can barely WAIT to get that sold. Next weekend we're going to be at the river for 4 days for Memorial Day weekend.

A family of birds (Killdeer) made their nest in our driveway. Luckily we saw them. The baby birds open their eyes and immediately start walking around so that's why the parents choose to nest in gravel on the ground. Well, Andy scooted the eggs over into a manmade gravel nest and we're hoping the parents come back. They were funny too, their thing is that they try to lure you away from the nest by pretending to be injured. (It's actually part of their profile.)

Ah, I did accomplish one thing recently, I scanned a bunch more Ewing Docs. It is unbelievably cool that Grandpa managed to get so many aspects of our family life and history into print in the paper. There's a letter to Baby Julia, of course the story about Granny's back, that article about Ewing Smashed Potatoes, and quite a few more. I am steadily (okay, in fits and lulls) scanning all this stuff so that we can share it. It's also actually interesting to read the rejection letters Grandpa got. (He saved many of them!) A few people said the articles had too much irrelevant detail or didn't have a unique angle. --But the stories couldn't BE more interesting to a granddaughter who wasn't around then. The detail and angle are fine by this critic.

Other updates from the outside world: Shannon and Rick are in South Carolina this week for Bike Week. Their unbelievably adorable pair of Daschunds are here adding to a rowdy brood of dogs. I talked with my Dad today and he and Dottie are also eagerly looking forward to the day they'll get a contract on their house. Dottie's in North Carolina this weekend meeting with their new house builder.