Family Blog
2018
Countdown to wedding
Jul 11, 2018
I can't believe my little girl is getting married this Saturday. Everything seems to be going by so fast. Well stay tuned, I'll post again after the ceremony.
Retired
Jul 7, 2018
Well Jan and I are finally retired. Jan retired on June 29th and I retired on July 6th. For Jan they held a nice pizza party at the Topsoil yard with all the workers and customers in attendance. It …
Happy 4th!!!
Jul 4, 2018
I hope everyone has a very safe and happy Fourth of July ~image~ 986:1000:shadow~/image~
Retirement luncheon
Jun 26, 2018
The gang at work just gave me a retirement luncheon at the local burger joint called Hopdoddy's. We had lots of fun telling stories and complaining about work. I told them that I would be thinking a…
Scarface
Jun 10, 2018
We went to another one of Denny's barbershop shows last night. This one was called ?Scarface? and was put on in a warehouse where an artist lives. They converted it to a speakeasy from the 20s. The ph…
Sugarland
Jun 2, 2018
We went to the Sugarland concert last night at the Honda Center in Anaheim. The concert was really good. It's been along time since we've seen Sugarland, they haven't been touring in a long time. …
Lompoc Wine Festival
Apr 21, 2018
Jan and I joined Larry and Chris Murakami at the wine festival for the weekend. They stayed at flying flags in their motor home and we stayed at Pea Soup Anderson's hotel. We had a fantastic time co…
My cat took down our website
Mar 2, 2018
Our new cat Tori loves to play with wires. I do believe that will be her undoing one day, but without me knowing, she unplugged the ssd drive that was connected to my Raspberry pi web server. I don'…
Tori’s Tower of Terror
Feb 24, 2018
Our new kitten Tori likes her new kitty tower. As you can see, we had to get a tall one for a reason. Our dog Tess likes to climb! ~image~ 766:400:shadow~/image~ ~image~ 767:400:shadow…
I’ve made fire !!!
Feb 9, 2018
I wanted to move my website from my home Macintosh to a web server on a raspberry pi. And I actually did that. I got my raspberry pi and I installed Apache and PHP and MySQL and got it up and running…
Watching the Super Blue Blood moon with Sara and Brandon
Jan 31, 2018
This morning I got up real early and Sara and Brandon and I went to Hilltop Park in Signal Hill to look at the Super Blue Blood moon. I took the picture below with my iPhone, but I also took some pret…
Our Baby is Engaged!!!
Jan 7, 2018
Our baby girl Sara just got engaged!!!! Her fiancé, Brandon, proposed at Crystal Cove this afternoon. We met them for dinner at George's Mediterranean in Long Beach to celebrate. We are so happy for
2017
Merry Christmas
Dec 24, 2017
We want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and we hope you and yours are safe, blessed and happy this holiday season. ~image~ 710:500:shadow~/image~
Cool toys
Nov 22, 2017
I just found a cool toy at Bed Bath & Beyond (the store does have some cool stuff). What I found was an attachment for your sink faucet that lights up using three colored LEDs. The cool thing about it…
Knee trouble
Oct 12, 2017
I took Jan to the Torrance Orthopedic and Sports Medice group this morning. I got my thumb joint worked on there a month ago. She may have a torn meniscus and a inflamed bursa. She got a X-ray and a …
Jan's Birthday!!!
Oct 12, 2017
Today is Jan's birthday, but her age is classified and you don't have clearance. We both had to work today, and her friends from work (and Sara) took her to Martha's in Hermosa Beach for lunch. She h…
Sam made me breakfast!!
Sep 27, 2017
I woke up this morning to find my daughter Sam cooking in the kitchen. She made me banana macadamia nut pancakes FROM SCRATCH for my birthday!!!! I love that kid.
Never forget
Sep 11, 2017
As long as I am alive, I will never forget. God bless our country and keep us free. ~image~ 657:400:shadow~/image~ ~image~ 153:600:shadow~/image~
Solar Eclipse Day!!!
Aug 21, 2017
Today was the solar eclipse. I had purchased a set of five pairs of special glasses from B&H photo so everyone in the family could watch. Everyone also shared with their coworkers since the eclipse oc…
OC Fair butterflies
Aug 6, 2017
Here we are in the butterfly tent at the OC Fair. ~image~ 654:300:shadow~/image~ ~image~ 655:300:shadow~/image~ ~image~ 656:300:shadow~/image~