I made this snapshot because I thought it represents the phenomenon of Facebook. Grandmother, son, and granddaughter. And a couple of aunts in the mix: Aunt Patsy and Jami! Funny.
Three Generations on FaceBook
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TV Swap Rewire
Ted noticed Kathy’s Facebook wall post thanking me for getting all of the wires connected to the TV. (She thanked me on her wall vs. mine.) So then Ted emails me…
“What kind of TV hook-ups did you have to make? Did you get a new TV?”
And I’m answering on my blog. Roundabout communications.
We moved the big flat panel downstairs and moved the smaller (older) flat panel back upstairs. After having it for a year, we decided it was too big for our living room. (Always liked how mom and dad never had a TV in the family room…. at least I got the size down.)
We bought a new TV stand for the basement, since it would not fit in the entertainment center Kathy finished (see: Big Voice and the Music Crack – 1997). I had to hook the big TV up to the DVD/VCR player + JVC surround sound thing + PlayStation2. Kathy’s post was thanking me for getting it all hooked up so she could record American Idol when teaching Edge at the church.
Danny had figured all of this out last year, but he was not very useful trying to help me with a remote phone call. I still don’t have it all hooked up the best way because we have to use the channel 3 method of playing through the DVD/VCR. But it got Kathy through this week.
Artful Giving
Kathy and I had a nice anniversary dinner at Fishbone Grill. Claire, Kelly, Madison, and Jessie all gathered around as the two of us exchanged gifts before heading out to dinner. These were mine, and I think they are an example of perfect gift giving. An artful combination of green and romance.
Pictured: Venus Flytrap, green m&ms, and Baily’s Irish cream flavored with chocolate mint.
Christmas Photos Up
We had a good time having everyone over to Stonegate for Christmas. Michael’s Obi Wan Kenobi mask appeared in far more photos that I’ve posted here. I sent the “Merry Christmas Nicole” photos to her via e-mail since she can’t always browse the web.
+Happy Birthmonth Carol!
Since I FAILED to call Carol on her birthday, I thought I’d try to call her for her birthmonth. But according to David, she is out celebrating the pending New Year with Bob and GJM. So I’ll just sing here…
[Sung to the tune of Happy Birthday to You.]
Happy birthmonth to you!
Happy birthmonth to you!
Happy birthmonth dear sister,
Happy birthmonth to you!
Merry Christmas!
Claire and I put together a notebook of all of our past Christmas cards since 1987. Although Claire has been around for the shortest time, it appears she has made the most artistic contributions to card designs. This includes her “Last But Not Least” illustration of Santa and the reindeer making one last stop on Christmas morning.
Before color printing was readily available, we used to sit around the table and hand color in each card with color pencils. This pre-dates Claire who was amazed to find out we did this. I pointed out one of the early cards that Nicole and Danny helped draw. As we sat around coloring in the cards, Danny suddenly exclaimed, “I forgot to draw arms on Santa!” He had colored in several of the Santas before realizing this.
Stepping Stones
Danny and I went over to Gramalie’s yesterday to tackle the path, one of mom’s top worries. The grass path has become mostly a dirt path because grass is not going to grow in the shade of the screen porch and the canopy of trees.
The three of us went to Home Depot and picked out 23 pre-fab brick (really concrete) square tiles. About 16″ square. Heavy. Danny and I dug shallow square holes to level out and hold each stepping stone. We should have done this years ago, because it makes so much sense. Works well with the lumber tiers already in place.
Next step: Lava rock or dwarf mondo grass as filler.
Brian and Pinocchio
So Long Flower Power iMac
For her high school graduation, Nicole got a Flower Power iMac, which was a very rare Mac. It was only on the market for about 6 months. By the end of her college senior year, it was acting up. CD drive didn’t work all the time. It would power down. She got an eMac for her UGA graduation present, and at some point I refurbished the Flower Power to pass on to Fiona. Grant reports Fiona did not use it much, so it was eventually passed down to her Grandaddy.
Dad always liked his Mac better than his “Dell” (he called all PCs dells). But the power supply, fly-back transformer problem kept getting worse, and it could not be turned on for very long without powering down. Helping mom clean out the basement on Monday, I took the Flower Power home to prepare it for its last trip.
Today I backed up all data, zeroed-out the hard drive using target disk mode, and hauled the Flower Power off to the recycle center.
Cow In Tub
Cow’s are featured frequently on Mac5. Here is one in a tub. Kathy’s latest painting found in the Stonegate gallery and hanging in the kid’s bathroom (which is used, Ted.)
