(Copied from “Darker Blue Notebook”.) Weather: clear & cool (50s), dropping to high 30s tonight. News: GORE didn’t concede, although BUSH made an “acceptance” speech last night. GORE’s speech said he planned to contest the election until EVERY VOTE in FL is counted. (local:) someone with a BB or pellet gun has been shooting out[...]
(Copied from “Darker Blue Notebook”.) Weather: sky cleared thru-out last night, so the day was warm (relatively, in the mid- to upper-50s), w/a little wind.
(Copied from “Darker Blue Notebook”.) WTHR: rained all day, some drizzle. temp stayed in the upper 40s, low 50s, with occasional gusts of wind. NWS: protests in Florida, from both sides. Both major parties have leaked to the press that they’ll contest the election, after it is certified (of course, this means only the loser’s[...]
(Copied from “Darker Blue Notebook”.) left G’s house @ 08:25, drove to Will Rogers Int’l Airport & met Oneita. Ate at Cracker Barrel in Shawnee on the way home; M,D&Z went to Janice’s house for T-day. Fry’s T-day will be tomorrow. — talked to Larry Ray on the phone a little (he called from France.)[...]
(Copied from “Big Blue Notebook”.) WTHR: low 30s in the a.m., little or no wind, clear sky; 50s in afternoon, cloudy, still not much wind NWS: Miami-Dade county, FL, decides to stop the manual recount (last night: FL State Supreme Court stated that determining the voter’s intent is more important than deadlines, and that each[...]
(Copied from “Big Blue Notebook”.) weather: morning: upper 20s, low wind, clear sky. Afternoon: mid-50s, wind gusts to 25 mph, clear sky. Evening: wind dying, temp dropping. news: Buffalo, NY: 2 feet of snow yesterday & last night; forces national guard to come out to help hundreds of stranded people
drove pickup to work; did 40 bndls; reply to emails; watch “King of Queens”, “Yes, Dear”, “…Raymond”, “Becker” (all on CBS) — did one load of laundry —Presidential elect. — votes still recounting in FL — hearings in FL court
—My 43rd day in OK — just finished my 30th pack of cigarettes! Holy Smokes! — Quitting altogether may not be in my immediate future, but it is finally foreseeable
worked today — 7.5 hrs. . . (Gilbert had asked for volunteers)
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This is from a year ago, but I don’t think I ever mentioned it. My wife and I always laugh when reminding each other of this story. We were at the neighborhood playground. Rebecca was drawing on the sidewalk using a white rock to make white lines. Two other girls, probably four and five years[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
This video is is cuter without sound (I forgot to mute the TV before recording). Rebecca was proud that she drinks out of a glass now, without spilling: (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
Flickr did their biggest change ever this evening. There’s a little more about that on my other blog. I’m seriously considering ending my eight-year relationship with Flickr. If only there were another decent place to share photos (and remember, I said “decent”, so no one suggest Facebook). Rebecca worked on learning my limits again today.[...]
WEATHER: 72-93°F, mostly cloudy RLF requested the playground today, after a few weeks of not going, so I said okay. She wouldn’t walk there; only rode in the stroller. And only played there for about five minutes before she was ready to come home. (This is why we’d quit going in the first place.) She[...]
➤ A couple of nights ago, Rebecca woke up crying about 2 a.m. My wife heard it, rushed in. RLF said she needed to go to the bathroom. MF took her; RLF did. Then RLF went back to sleep. (I didn’t wake up. Noises will prevent me from falling asleep, but very little will wake[...]
After a cooler than average spring, yesterday was the hottest day of the year (high: 92°F) until today’s record high of 96°F. Had a pretty good day with Rebecca (scroll down for photos).
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