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There is no milk for the kids. No apple juice for Amy. The bank account is low. It’s a horrible feeling not providing well for your family.
The dog seems to be making an effort to get to the door. Now the humans need to be more diligent watching the dog. It’s hard. You blink and an accident has happened. You think you are watching and you aren’t.
A New Day!
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This Morning
I woke this morning at 4:15 but did not drag myself from bed. Just keep trying Just keep trying. At 7 I heard rustling and hoped it was Noah because I wanted to hide in bed. Closer to 7:30 I decided the dog needed a walk (outside she said no) but outside I could hear Amy’s voice. That ws when I remembered the boys were at the grandparents so at 7 it was Amy playing.
Amy helps with the dog. As I brewed coffee I asked Amy to “get Molly a chew toy” and she instantly emptied the cage of chew toys placing them on the dog bed.
Having great quality time with Amy! She is sitting in my lap eatting raisins and calling them “candy.” We read a book together and she has told me all about Molly’s chew toys.
She just showed me “o” on her book in multiple words.
Sarah rises. Amy runs off them comes back saying “a monster! a monster!”
Sarah takes some time to horse around with the puppy then is off to fix breakfast.
Dropped the boys off with the grandparents then picked Sarah up from camp. Amy was thrilled to see her. On the way to get her and back I started relearning some old haunts. I love backroads! Pleasant dinner and evening with the girls. Was reminded that this really is a small town when one of Sarah’s tent mates showed up at the same restuarant that we chose. Amy is thrilled to have Sarah home and giggled for an hour before going to sleep.
The cat fell asleep and rolled off the monitor onto the keyboard. I have to catch that on video one day!
So as I’m finally getting around to reconciling my bank statements I am noticing a regular $9.00 service charge on top of the regular $5.00 service charge. I called the bank and they responded with “um.. this account is so old that we don’t even offer it anymore. hang on. I just talked to my manager and she explained that this type of account had a $600 minimum balance requirement so if you slip below $600 during one month you get charged $9.00. Would you like to switched to our Free Checking?”
I’m being fee’d to death!
Another bank statement reconciled.
I remember that Sarah must be picked up this afternoon.
On to programming.
It appears my free host for Silicon Holler is down, ergo my pictures are not showing right now. Just goes to show you get what you pay for!
The air conditioning unit sits smack dab in the middle of the house within the garage. Ever since I busted the garage door too much outside air makes it into the garage creating much condesation on the unit. It has a pump that collects the condensation and pumps it 30 feet to the outside of the house. It is a total abnoxious setup and the pump has gotten to such a state that it runs all the time now.
Well, I think last night it may have died. Which is good in that we won’t hear its horrid noise all the time. But bad in that I may have a water problem to contend with quite shortly. Fortunately, I have already contrived a solution. To my wife’s chagrin it may involve tearing out a piece of wall!
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This Morning
My brother and his wife will appreciate that I am listed on Chiropractic Blogs!
I like numbers. So I woke up this morning at 4:44 and then again at 6:06. I should have stayed up at 4:44 of course.
Anyhow, today’s focus is purely programming. I want to make major headway on my european project.
Today is the last day for early voting so I must get that done so I’ll have to take some time to look up some issues and make sure I’m thinking correctly rather than thinking what I’ve been told.
I think that’s about half of me.