We got a cat!
Very cute, but older than I wanted. But he knows how to use the litter box so that’s definately cool.
We still need to pick a name. He’s a boy. And we want something internet/computer/gaming related. I like telnet, ascii (but sounds too much like “ass key”), servlet, tag (has too many non-computer related meanings).
We are probably going to get another kitten as well.
Anyone have a good family site? While at my relatives house for the 4th of July, it was funny to have people exchange email addresses using paper and pen (how old school!). I’m thinking its time to make a contact web site for the family but I need some ideas to look at.
Thanks
Well after 3 weeks the in-laws have gone home.
It was nice having them around, they did a lot around the house: gardening, cutting the grass, helped put the up the gutters, recycle the boxes in the basement.
I think I learned a few new portuguese words. I knew, cega/cego, but I thought it was spelled sega (because of the company probably). I learned pode, though I don’t use it much. I really do suck a foreign languages.
Life should return to normal. Cooking/cleaning/transporting 4-6 people (when we went out with my mom and step-dad) seemed like too many people. We only have 8 dishes and they rarely seemed clean at the same time so there was lots of dishes going through the dish washer often.
So my mom, step-dad, mother-in-law, father-in-law, wife and myself go to Traverse City (see Luciana’s web site for the pictures…I took a couple of them!). Its a very nice city, but I can’t imagine how much snow they get in the winter, not to mention their summer is probably 2-3 months maximum.
I was too tired to wake up in the middle of the night to try to see the northern lights, but some how I doubt they are visible (though my mom read a story that someone saw them from Ohio, which I find impossible to believe). Definately something that must be done is seeing the northern lights: Aurora Borealis.
All of Michigan is covered with lakes and rivers, great for canoeing. Even for my parents and myself as seasoned canoeing experts, this river at Ranch Rudolf was fast compared to what I’m used to. But we still had fun, didn’t fall in, saw some birds and a raccoon (though he ran away before we got to take a picture). It was a great weekend, except for the car sickness. I can’t wait till someone invents a better way to travel.
Being in Traverse City means we were half way between the equator and the north pole, so we were at “The 45th Parallel”.
Ahh! The in-laws will be here in a week! Just kidding. Luciana’s parents are cool. My Portuguese is still as horrible as it was when I left Brazil (July ’02). I think they have been taking some English classes so maybe we’ll be able to communicate better that way.
I still need to fix the bed in the guest bedroom to not fall when you lay on it (missing cross bars under the matress).
Seems the Detroit Music Hoedown is going on outside of my work (Ren Cen) in Hart Plaza. Its so loud I can almost feel it. GOD I HATE COUNTRY MUSIC!