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Thomas left for Camp Baldwin on Sunday and will be gone for a week with Troop 820. Tina and Graham just got back last week from three days at Gilbert ... Read more..Monday, July 7th, 2008 Posted in News | 4 Comments »
After a busy day cooking and cleaning on Independence Day, we've been a lazy bunch around here. We really enjoyed ourselves on the 4th, though, and were happy to have ... Read more..Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Biking, News | 1 Comment »
I'm sitting beneath the picnic shelter at the Wolf Lodge Campground in the beautiful Idaho panhandle near Lake Coeur d'Alene. Today it's just me and the dog watching over the ... Read more..Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 Posted in Biking, Vital Statistics | No Comments »
Distance: 11.8 miles Riding time: 98 minutes Max speed: 20.3 mph Average speed: 7.2 mph Temperature: 70º Soundtrack: n/a Read more..Monday, May 19th, 2008 Posted in News | 2 Comments »
It's been a hard week for Thomas and a hard week for Tina and me. On Monday, I received an email from his Advanced Literacy teacher saying that he had ... Read more..Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Biking, Favorite Things, News | No Comments »
Graham quietly woke me shortly after 7:00 this morning so I could help him prepare our annual "surprise" Mother's Day breakfast. We made our plan and I advised him that ... Read more..Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Posted in Vital Statistics | No Comments »
Bike odometer: 2395 Van odometer: 151992 Weight lost (in pounds): 8 Aches & pains: left achilles tendon, sciatic Current reading: The Book of Totally Useless Information by Don Voorhees, The Areas of My Expertise by John ... Read more..Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Biking, News | 3 Comments »
On Saturday all four of us joined Thomas' Boy Scout troop for a trip into the Gorge to ride our bikes on the a restored section of the Historic Columbia River ... Read more..Monday, April 21st, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »
I think I failed to mention that Tina bought an Xbox 360 for me a few weeks ago from a good friend of ours who had recently upgraded to a ... Read more..Sunday, April 13th, 2008 Posted in News | 2 Comments »
Thomas' term came to an end on Friday and he still had unfinished homework. Homework has been an ongoing concern all year and the frustration level for everyone involved is ... Read more..