Yesterday was the first time in a long time that I've been off on July 4th.  The temperatures were actually cooler yesterday than they had been in a while, which was a nice change.  We watched the Germany - France World Cup match and also a bit of the Brazil - Colombia match.  In the evening we took Obi and Friendship to McDaniel Farm Park.  It's ( Read more... )

Several years ago I came to the realization that my memory just isn't as good as most peoples'.  People I know would talk about places or events that I remember being at but I would not remember the conversations or incidents that occurred there that others remembered.  Yes, two different people will always remember different things about the same ( Read more... )

If I still lived in Minnesota, I would not be panicking at the sight of snow flurries. Here in Georgia, I am panicking. I am panicking about what it will be like when I drive home from work at 10:30 p.m. tonight. Will the roads be plowed? Will people be driving crazy ( Read more... )

Last Friday was Food Truck Friday along with an Art Walk in downtown Duluth.  None of the food trucks were all that great this time but the weather was nice and we brought Friendship along.  There was an artist doing caricatures of people and Victor insisted on asking him if he'd do one of Friendship.  The guy took a picture of him and did it!  It ( Read more... )

As I save some of the old entries onto my computer and delete them from LJ, I am reminded again of how bad my memory is.  I have no recollection of some of these things, or most of these things, that happened in 2005.  So, I feel a need to write down as much as I can because who knows how much longer I will remember it.  But I just don't have time ( Read more... )

I was trying to set up a new journal on WordPress since I am running out of space here. I do not find it an easy site to use. I'm not a professional blogger and the settings area does not seem very intuitive for a new user. I've tried to change the blog's title several times and while it appears that it's been changed in the settings area, the ( Read more... )

Today was Museum Day Live! where affiliates of the Smithsonian offer free museum tickets. Victor and I picked up A. and went to the "Southern Trilogy of Homes" in Roswell. We only made it to two of the three homes: the Archibald Smith Plantation and Barrington Hall. It was pretty neat to see these ante-Bellum homes that have been restored. Just as ( Read more... )

The previous entry shows me what happens when I type something in Word first and then post it to LJ.  It comes out in a giant font that I can't seem to change unless I click on the HTML formatting button and then remove all the coding.  Yes, the font I used in Word was a bit big but not as big as it's showing up here and not bold.  I know so little ( Read more... )

I’ve been wanting to continue writing a journal for years but never have time. I’ve finally decided that something is better than nothing and that I will write whatever I can, even if it’s just a few sentences and it’s not all that deep or interesting. At least that way I will be able to look back and remember what I did and when because my memory ( Read more... )

A long time ago an acquaintance of ours named Janet got upset because Victor posted something on his Facebook page calling God an invisible alien. He hadn't posted this on her page so I didn't really understand why she was so upset. My brother posts all kind of crazy shit on his page and I just don't look at it. I would only be upset if he sent ( Read more... )