Week 2 of the Christmas Break

Today was the first day of my second week off. I don't usually get this much of a holiday, but this year the calendar helped out and stretched this break out by adding an extra weekend. I will not go back to work until Monday the 5th.

It has been good to spend a significant amount of time with Debbie and the kids. I think we are all enjoying it.

Lego Car

David gave me a Lego kit for Chirstmas. How cool is this!

I took about three hours to build last evening. There are also a couple of other models which I will build soon.

Thanks Dave!

Decorated for the season

It's Christmas eve and Debbie thinks things are ready. She has checked everything off of her list. I am fairly happy with my outside decorations. Maybe next year we'll win a prize.

Merry Christmas!

Here is a picture of the wreath that I made.



All of the greens are from my back yard. Except the holly with berries which is from Mom and Dad's yard.

Google Chrome

I've been trying out Google Chrome and so far I like it. It's fast. Also, I like the way Google has rethought the browser. It really feels like more of an application platform than an application unto itself. IE always feels overloaded and heavy to me. (and Firefox is getting a bit that way too). There are so many features in those browsers that I don't use.

Getting The Kids to Bed

No matter what we do it seems to take about an hour to get the kids settled in bed. Sara does pretty well going to sleep still, but Seth takes much longer. He is up and down and trying every trick he can think of to stay up a little longer.

Tonight Sara got wound up like Seth does and Will used to do. It is the first time I've noticed that.

I took the day off

I took the day off to do a little elf work today. Mom an Dad kept the kids while Debbie and I went out. We even had a lunch date!

Happy Holidays!

 
Happy Holidays from Seth and Grandpa! (I speak for both of them)

Heard While Decorating the Tree

Bob - "Wow you guys, that tree is really getting loaded with stuff"
Seth - "Getting loaded is the best part"
Bob - "I totally agree"

Sunday Afternoon

It was a cold, rainy Sunday afternoon. I didn't step outside all day. Not even to get the paper, Debbie did that.

We watched The Polar Express. Seth was totally absorbed. I think he enjoyed it, but didn't really get the message, which is not surprising because he's 4 ya know. He just thinks it's a movie about a pretty cool train.

If you haven't seen it, I would say it's worth a try if you're looking for something fun and Christmasy.

Reality Check

Every now and then I get a little reality check. Today I realized that I graduated from high school before some of the people that I work with were born. I suppose I already knew that at some level, but today it actually came up in conversation.

Colds

Well, I think Seth and I both have a cold. He got it first and and now I seem to have it. So far Debbie and Sara seem to be fine. Seth has a couple more days to go. I probably have the whole week.

"Treat a cold and you will be better in seven days. Leave a cold along and it will last a week."

The Kids at Hurricane Ridge

Fixed a Flat

When I got home tonight I found out that I had to fix a flat tire. A bike tire. Seth apparently ran over a thorn or something and punctured his back tire. Luckily I have a patch kit and bike tools handy. The tire is now holding air. The boy is back on the road.

Good Weekend

I really enjoyed my birthday weekend. On Friday we took the kids to the Air and Space museum at Dulles. That was a lot of fun. Seth really enjoyed it. I did too.

Yesterday I felt like I had a nice, long day at home. It's so rare to have a weekend day that didn't fly by so fast that it was gone before it started. Yesterday really had a great pace. I felt like I had time to do everything that I wanted to do as well as what I needed to do.

Early Saturday

Seth and I have been up since 6:30. He was ready for breakfast.

We had a good time trick-or-treating last evening. He just decided to count how many candies he got. I think he did pretty well.

Paid Off a Car Today

I got notice today from the bank that we have paid off the Red Car. A lot of things have changed since 2004.

Here's a link to my original post about the car.
http://rmreinsel.blogspot.com/2004/10/2004-honda.html

UBUNTU

I have gotten my PC back up and running with UBUNTU and I am really liking it so far.

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