We used the old tree; no one really liked the 2007 tree. Last year’s tree was pre-lit and many of the lights went out. This one has about 20 strings of lights on it! When it gets cold it can heat up as room I put up the branches and the lights. Mom and the [...]
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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
This morning the kids woke up to snow on the ground. It’s still snowing lightly and after I run some errands I’ll take some pictures.
First model my son built
The set of First Grade 1/144 models from Hobby Search came today and my son wanted to get started. After dinner we sat down and he got to work. I think he did pretty well for someone almost 7 years old. All I had to do was show him how to clip the pieces off [...]
"Let's go to a different cemetery"
Today we observed the anniversary of a close relative’s death by visiting the cemetery and leaving offerings (Chinese family members). It’s very respectful and Lily and I want our children to understand the reasons for this. But my five year old girl is sick and the place we were going to is very cold. She [...]
Got some Speed Grade models
My soon to be 7 year old son is fascinated whenever I build a model. He really enjoys just watching me and examining the parts I put together. It’s part of that whole son dad thing and I like him watching me too. His school teacher wants him to work on things that have step [...]
Oh sure, it’s just a little leak
We thought we had a little leak in the shower faucet. After we started looking at the damage it became apparent that it was much more than we thought. The ceiling in the living room below was showing some water damage but not like this. The board behind the tiles was not water proof, so [...]
In between weather
Hot and muggy summer weather does not bother me. I once dragged Lily through Washington D.C. in 101 degree weather and did not realize she was suffering, I was fine. Summer in Las Vegas was great with it being over 100 and no humidity. Autumn is very cool and New York winter never gave me [...]
Rain from Hanna
Yesterday when Lily and I got home, we went and took in the patio umbrella. My parents had taken most of the stuff from outside already so I did not have much to take in. Good thing we did that. Go into your shower and put the water on to it’s maximum pressure and speed. [...]
Went to the American Air Power Museum today
Lily went to the U.S. Open today with our son, so I took the girl to the American Air Power Museum. She had fun and I took some good pictures. I’ve just made this one my desktop image. It came out much better that I thought it would. The P-51 Glamorous Gal was not able [...]
Sigh, Yellow jackets might not be all dead
This morning we had no dead yellow jackets in the bedroom. We got home after 7 PM tonight and found two new one’s on the carpet next to the door of the closet. They were both dead but that means at least this morning some of them were alive enough to get out of the [...]
