Friday, August 27, 2004
Airport
After weeks for trying, I actually got a decent tech on the Apple Hot line. After about 30 minutes we got my Apple Airport Extreme and my Apple Express working. I now have a wireless connection throughout my house and I can do a lot of my school work in front of the tv with the family. I can now fall asleep more comfortably with my computer and lounge chair.
Sunday, August 22, 2004
2 Services
Today was a new experience for me. I was invited by the Indian church that meets on our property to come and speak to them this morning. So, after our service, I walked across the lawn to share with them. It was a great exerience. They are a very friendly group of people. I enjoyed preaching to them because they are more resonsive and that makes preaching easier for me.
I thought it would be hard to do it twice in a row, but it wasn't. It was actually easier the second time around.
I thought it would be hard to do it twice in a row, but it wasn't. It was actually easier the second time around.
Thursday, August 19, 2004
My week
We've had a busy week. Worked some at school. It's coming way too fast!
We had a visit from Rob and Julie last week, Connie's brother and his wife, Julie. We had BBQed ribs and corn. I painted the downstairs bathroom. It was in dire need of some spruciing up, but now the rest of the house looks dirty. I guess that is what happens when you do one room.
We are getting new front windows and new French Doors to replace the patio door out to the pool.
THEN, just to make things more fun, I bought a new aquarium for the living room. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. But this time the issue was sort of pushed. I have to gold severums that have grown to large in my other tank and have been eating the smaller fish, sniff sniff. So, I've moved them into the living room with some faster fish they can't catch. I put in some roots and large hunks of petrified wood I've had for years. Looks great. I'll try to post a picture. It's hard to take a good picture of an aquarium because of the flash, but I'll try.
We had a visit from Rob and Julie last week, Connie's brother and his wife, Julie. We had BBQed ribs and corn. I painted the downstairs bathroom. It was in dire need of some spruciing up, but now the rest of the house looks dirty. I guess that is what happens when you do one room.
We are getting new front windows and new French Doors to replace the patio door out to the pool.
THEN, just to make things more fun, I bought a new aquarium for the living room. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. But this time the issue was sort of pushed. I have to gold severums that have grown to large in my other tank and have been eating the smaller fish, sniff sniff. So, I've moved them into the living room with some faster fish they can't catch. I put in some roots and large hunks of petrified wood I've had for years. Looks great. I'll try to post a picture. It's hard to take a good picture of an aquarium because of the flash, but I'll try.
Saturday, August 07, 2004
Busy Saturday
What a busy day it was today. I continued to paint my downstairs bathroom. It was in desperate need of a do over. We picked a light blue with a darker gray/blue trim. I've done all the walls, some of the accent work. Still have to paint the cabinets tomorrow and all the baseboards.
After ..... tore up the baseboards, I decided to paint them. Trying to stain them all was just too much work. I'm using the spong brushes instead of a regular brush. I like them much more. Not as many streaks and no more hair in the paint. I was getting tired of that really fast.
Then on top of that, I had to clean the pool. Connie's brother is coming down from Oregon on Monday and Connie invited them to swim. Sort of pushed the point, if you know what I mean.
Then our friend Joey came over and I paid him to install a wrought iron gate to keep my dog in! He's gotten out so many times and just destroyed the other gate....along with Zack, who can destroy just about anything. At least Zack hasn't started eating wood yet! :-)
After ..... tore up the baseboards, I decided to paint them. Trying to stain them all was just too much work. I'm using the spong brushes instead of a regular brush. I like them much more. Not as many streaks and no more hair in the paint. I was getting tired of that really fast.
Then on top of that, I had to clean the pool. Connie's brother is coming down from Oregon on Monday and Connie invited them to swim. Sort of pushed the point, if you know what I mean.
Then our friend Joey came over and I paid him to install a wrought iron gate to keep my dog in! He's gotten out so many times and just destroyed the other gate....along with Zack, who can destroy just about anything. At least Zack hasn't started eating wood yet! :-)
Sunday, August 01, 2004
USATODAY.com - Poll: No boost for Kerry after convention
USATODAY.com - Poll: No boost for Kerry after convention: "Poll: No boost for Kerry after convention
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Convention boosted voters' perceptions of John Kerry's leadership on critical issues, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds. But it failed to give him the expected bump in the head-to-head race against President Bush.
In the survey, taken Friday and Saturday, the Democratic ticket of Kerry and John Edwards trailed the Republican ticket of Bush and Dick Cheney 50% to 46% among likely voters, with independent candidate Ralph Nader at 2%.
Before the convention, the two were essentially tied, with Kerry at 47%, Bush at 46%.
The change in support was within the poll's margin of error of /- 4 percentage points in the sample of 763 likely voters. But it was nonetheless a stunning result, the first time in the Gallup Poll since the 1972 Democratic convention that a candidate seemed to lose ground at his convention.
USA TODAY extended its survey Sunday night and tonight to get a fuller picture of what's happening with the electorate.
A Newsweek survey taken Thursday and Friday showed the Democrats with a lead of 49% to 42%, a four-point bounce compared with a poll taken three weeks earlier — the smallest in the history of the Newsweek poll.
Analysts say the lack of a boost for Kerry may reflect the intensely polarized contest. Nearly nine of 10 voters say in the survey that they are confident they won't change their mind between now and the Nov. 2 election. That leaves little room for a candidate to gain support even when major events occur.
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By Susan Page, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Convention boosted voters' perceptions of John Kerry's leadership on critical issues, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll finds. But it failed to give him the expected bump in the head-to-head race against President Bush.
In the survey, taken Friday and Saturday, the Democratic ticket of Kerry and John Edwards trailed the Republican ticket of Bush and Dick Cheney 50% to 46% among likely voters, with independent candidate Ralph Nader at 2%.
Before the convention, the two were essentially tied, with Kerry at 47%, Bush at 46%.
The change in support was within the poll's margin of error of /- 4 percentage points in the sample of 763 likely voters. But it was nonetheless a stunning result, the first time in the Gallup Poll since the 1972 Democratic convention that a candidate seemed to lose ground at his convention.
USA TODAY extended its survey Sunday night and tonight to get a fuller picture of what's happening with the electorate.
A Newsweek survey taken Thursday and Friday showed the Democrats with a lead of 49% to 42%, a four-point bounce compared with a poll taken three weeks earlier — the smallest in the history of the Newsweek poll.
Analysts say the lack of a boost for Kerry may reflect the intensely polarized contest. Nearly nine of 10 voters say in the survey that they are confident they won't change their mind between now and the Nov. 2 election. That leaves little room for a candidate to gain support even when major events occur.
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