The purpose of this blog post is to have a place to quickly compare the two weather stations I have in my backyard. The top “sticker” is for our Davis Instruments Vantage Pro 2, circa 2004. This weather station has performed reliably for our family at each of our last four homes. The bottom “sticker” … Read more
Because I haven’t posted too much lately. Clerks. This is one of my favorite movies. Actually, I enjoy all Kevin Smith films and Clerks. — IMDB seems to think you need to include that period there — was his first. Much of the movie isn’t for children, but this is a more family-friendly conversation that goes … Read more
This is about 1/2 of the backyard in view here. You can also see our backyard on our weather webcam here. For some reason the homeowner removed every…single…tree…and…shrub from his lawn. On Google maps you could see an area of pine trees in the middle of the backyard, but no longer. More for me to … Read more
I have a geeky obsession. “Say it ain’t so Major Mom!” We have a 2006 Toyota Prius, which we absolutely LOVE! Sometimes Dave and I wish we had a Mustang instead for the coolness factor, but the practical side of us really appreciates having this car! All the techno-gadgetry is a Geek Dream come true! … Read more
We had our truck about 14 months before learning about the “Average Fuel” setting that ties to the trip odometer. Yep…that’s the total number of miles driven on our two-week road trip in the lower right. And, as an added bonus, we have the average mileage. That’ll come in handy for some additional calculations. Let’s … Read more
(This is an article I originally wrote for GeekMom.com, to be published on the same day as the finals). We are in the midst of the 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee Week in the Washington, D.C. area. I’ve watched the competition with interest most years — although not with the same enthusiasm my family watches … Read more
Happy Mother’s Day everyone! Yes a little early, but I have a fun-filled weekend planned so I don’t know when I’ll write again. Dave did really well this Mother’s Day! Okay, so he booked his annual trip to visit his model railroading/railfanning friends in Maryland and Pennsylvania for this weekend. And that’s where he is … Read more
*I meant to post this earlier in the day, but some online training took up my evening, so I realize it’s no longer Pi Day on the east coast now…sorry! Happy Pi Day everyone! Dave let me take this great pic of him over the weekend, sporting his favorite t-shirt! A closeup shows the digits. … Read more
This week my youngest son is celebrating his 6th Birthday. I won’t be specific about which day, but with family in town this weekend, I made some pre-birthday cupcakes to serve as dessert. Last weekend we were at our local mall-like-shopping-location. It isn’t really a mall, since it doesn’t have that old-school enclosed building thing … Read more
Just showing off one of the gizmo gadgets I’m trying out here. This software is in my iPhone. It ties into the GPS in the phone and records location, distance, speed and time. I’ve downloaded the free version, which has some sort of screen saver glitch that prevents me from stopping the runs in time, … Read more