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Vacation Days 1 and 2

Published 7.September.2008 family , fatherhood , good things , gratitude , gson , smiles , steadylife 0 Comments

Day 1: After a bad night sleep with Greyson, Tropical Storm Hanna hit. Not too bad considering, but it rained pretty much all day after 12. In the morning everything seemed to be closed due to the impending doom of Hanna.

Day 2: Much better. No rain, pleanty of sun. We went to the beach at Henlopen, and Greyson lasted about an hour and a half. Then we drove down the coast and ended up in Ocean City, MD. We found the old trailer where I used to go on vacation with my parents and grandparents. The seabox ain’t called the seabox, but its still there, 36 years later.

Vacation in Sight

Published 15.August.2008 entertainment , family , fatherhood , food , good things , gratitude , gson , smiles , steadylife 0 Comments

I’ve been needing to take a vacation all summer. Badly. We had planned to go in early August, but those plans never got finalized. I put the stake in the ground for the first two weeks of September. Today, I verbally confirmed a place in Lewes, DE. I’m excited. Almost two full weeks in Lewes. We’ll be rolling up to CT at the end of the second week for Taffy’s cousin’s wedding. Should be fun.

Things I plan to do on vacation:

  1. Spend some time on the beach at Henlopen with a surf fishing pole.
  2. Go to the Dogfishead brewery.
  3. Eat a meal or two at Half Full in Lewes.
  4. Take a few naps.
  5. Rid my brain of tcp/ip and bgp for two weeks.
  6. Spend lots of good time with Greyson. I wonder what he’ll think of the beach now.
  7. Find a farmer’s market in Lewes.
  8. Cook some good food for Taffy.
  9. Avoid wearing actual shoes (unless its cold).
  10. Avoid wearing socks.

Forgot something

Published 12.August.2008 family , fatherhood , good things , gratitude , gson , smiles , steadylife 0 Comments

Taffy dropped by work with Greyson today. That was truly cool. Greyson liked the building. Taffy told me to stop complaining about DCTC. I used to work in our World Headquaters, which is one of the most fabulous buidings in the world, and I’ve been complaining since I’ve been transfered down the street to DCTC…but its still a great environment to work in.

At any rate, Taff stopped in with the Gman and I got to show him off to the crew. I think the guys enjoyed the break in the daily routine. One coworker in particular, Ellenor, really had a great time meeting Greyson. It was really cool to see how excited she was about meeting the little man.

I’m really happy that Taff stopped by with the boy today.

B L T - Spells Summer

Published 9.August.2008 bacon , food , gardening , good things , gratitude , smiles , steadylife 0 Comments

Okay, so a BLT is not really that big a deal, and I know that it is AUGUST forgodsake so summer is officially drawing to a close, BUT, today I made the first BLT of the summer with a tomato from my own damn garden. Priceless. Absolutely Priceless.

Take that Mastercard…

Tomatos

Published 12.July.2008 food , gardening , good things , gratitude , smiles , steadylife 3 Comments

I planted Tomatos on arguably the hottest day of the summer.    It was probably about 6 weeks ago, my how time flies.  They are now about 4 feet tall and the stakes I used to hold them up are struggling.  I had one snap at a “y” in the plant.  I tried to patch it up by splinting it and wrapping it with some cotton string.  We’ll see.  I hope the branch doesn’t die, because it has about 6 tomatos that are just getting going.  I’d hate to lose them.

If I do, I may cut them open and see if I can harvest their seeds for next year.  Or, they might become fried green tomatos….

My basil has been attacked by some kind of insect.  The leaves are all chewed up.  I think I might need to get some lime to put on them to keep the buggies away.

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