the D2M House - July 2001 (Volume 3 Edition 3)
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.... The continuing saga that has become known as Family News is here again. This is somewhat of a mini-series covering past/present/recent events in and around the house. This is one page of several others that "getting better as we go" keeps you up to speed of events around here. The idea that this may appear as a monthly thing is false. It is written when the weather keeps me indoors or when the notion strikes me. Remember this is not only for those far away but for those of us who have a moments to spend during the day when reading is much better. Take a moment to write and let us know events unfolding at your end.
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Karin's world20010607 - Watch out, that marketing manager beside you might be Karin. Congrat's to the Grad!
20010509 - It's a new car! A 1998 really but a good find just the same, CD player, moon roof, electric this and that, she is happy (then the payments came) and the worry where to park it so it stays looking good for some time to come.
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Sherri's world20010618 - Apartment living has it's benefits, somebody else does the renovations. The abode has been redone with new kitchen and bathroom cabinets & the most important a dishwasher! The beastiešs have new sights, sounds and smells in their kingdom... Notice the subjects doing their best Club Med beach pose and Great Hunter/Forager impersonation.
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Carolyn's world20010701 - Again, the old adage, "take care" are very profound words indeed. These two words have several meanings that apply to each day without notice how ever you define the journey. Birthdays, Graduation, Birthdays, Anniversary did I mention Birthdays? Keeping busy has not been a challenge, keeping on top of things is another story. Now that we are well into summer Mrs. has plenty of distractions around the house and outdoors. She has her ever growing crop of flowers to daily tend and trim. We decided to spruce up the yard a bit with some border block around the house to the garage and a bit at the side of the garage. Nice touch, it gives the place a finished look. You should know she helped so far as to choose the color, where and when it happened. :) I think she was laughing at me trying to cut the brick, chisels are fine and dandy for lots of things one of these is making you deaf from bludgeoning bricks. Now we must decide to trim trees or find grass that grows in the dark. Somewhere in the news I heard Californian's can get somebody to spray paint their "grass" green to give you that nostalgic look that it is growing, I wonder. The institute (of higher learning) is good and bad. Management is shall we say misguided, not that this was a recent discovery, they are not helping very much. Still 4 days per week might be pushing it, but she is a trooper and although I am worried that this might still be premature to go this often, it is commendable. The amount of years vested in the institute might keep her going to some degree but health might suffer. There are fewer priorities than fine health. (SAIT)
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Don's world20010701 - Last time I mentioned a new G4 is the newest member of the family? Not a new but a spanking new G4! The G4 can crunch like I have never seen before. I've been bringing home a few treats to jazz up the Digital Audio (Apple's name for this version of G4) capability of the machine. New Pro Speakers and a iSub to name a few. Let me say if you get a new Mac don't go home without some of these accessories. At first you will worry about where to place the iSub since it seems small as do the speakers, not a worry my friends, your neighbours will also hear them! And a fine sound they will hear. I've talked about this elsewhere, I am the traditional guy who likes my computing experience raw. I write this of my own hand with no fancy schmancy web page editor, I edit my images with a variety of app's that do no one task in particular but add to the job, I also like to write scripts/formulas for dBase calculations also of my own hand. Something I never really got too excited about was sound, the music perhaps but not the sound till now. It's crisp, deep, huge, loud, exact, almost perfect and it's here. The theatre sound with the TV/DVD/CD/Camera thing we have going is great but now better with the Mac added to the picture. Try simple QuickTime video's (MPEG2's) on your friendly neighbourhood Mac with the sound gear, not only see the light but hear it. 20010702 - Technology Gloat of the Month: Proud owner of a built-in Zip disk drive! (this is a gadget to reduce clutter over an external drive an still be cool saving stuff) That would make us a 2 Zip household.
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Feature this, all modern high priced up scale kitchens have but two doors, the one you used to get into the kitchen and the one under the sink. This my friends is one of the secrets. Get away from the door thing, only on cabinets above counters may you have doors. Another thing we realized, the window has an effect on kitchen providers that does crazy things, they must plant a sink under it. Why is that? Windows I was taught years ago are for very few reasons some of which are fire escape and light/wind both incoming and sight/air out going. Not much more but to put a sink under a window is perhaps a mind set stuck in the 60's. These few things will bring a new light on the subject as simple as they sound. Another mind set of the years ago kitchen designers are the placement of cabinets that require a counter top that has vast amounts of wasted space. You know what I mean when you try and store an appliance that is just a bit too high or heavy or maybe seldom used? You can't put it the cabinet so you must put it on the counter top, so you put it back in the corner where it seldom gets used anyway, right. Do like Europeans have done for hundreds of years, avoid inside corners, trust me it works and looks good. Now if we can get our own heads around this mind set. Now we just have to take a deep breath and decide what color, oh my gawd. We are waiting and standing by to solve another house (reno) emergency. (D2M)
To be continued...
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