Summer Success!
Summer 2007 is coming to a close. But, boy has it been a productive summer for me. Being on the alkavorian diet has increased my energy level and allowed me to get things done that I've been planning, but never got around to. For instance I took down all the curtains and washed them; cleaned out every closed in the house; sanded, painted, and hung a medicine cabinet that I purchased five years ago; cleaned out the computer room (no small feat, it took two weeks); purged five file cabinets worth of paper; reorganized my stationery cabinet; organized my card drawer; organized my Control Journal; etc. This list is by no means complete. I feel like the house is "lighter". haha!
We've had lots of fun enjoying "our town". Rehoboth Beach is the greatest place to live. Al and I have joined the Rehoboth walking group (walkRehoboth.com). We were promoted to an orange shirt for being the most consistent attendees! We walk three morning a week and pay $20 for the summer. The money goes to benefit.Rehoboth Library. It's fun, fitness, and benefits the library all rolled into one!
Al and I walk in town several nights a week. Tuesday's we usually walk to the Rehoboth Farmers Market and pick up some veggies for the week. From there we head to Arena's Deli and Pub and eat outside. Tuesday is their wing night. Then we walk down the boardwalk before heading home. On Fridays we go to Bin 66, a liquor store, for their wine tasting. We get to try different brands of wine and eat their hors d'oeuvre. From there we walk to the VFW for their shrimp special. We always go to the ATM before heading home so we have cash for Lewes' Farmers Market Saturday morning. It's well attended and they have fresh vegetables. I cart our little red wagon around and fill it up with watermelon, corn, peaches, etc. I come right home and clean everything before putting them away. We've enjoyed amazingly good fruits and vegetables this summer.
Casey got contacts on Friday. The optometrist bans parents when he teaches kids how to wear their contacts. He wants the kids to be responsible for their contact wear. Half way through his instruction to Casey he came out into the waiting room. He asked me if Casey had ever worn contacts before. I found this to be a strange questions since he's been Casey's optometrist since his first visit before kindergarten. I laughed and told the optometrist that he hadn't worn contacts before. He said Casey could take them in and out, wash them, etc right away and was very good at it. Being only 11 I anticipated a learning curve, but apparently he wanted them so badly that he soaked up the instruction. On the way home Casey was amazed at all that he could see (he has only been wearing his glasses at school and the movies.) He remarked about how clear the trees in the distance were, he could read signs on Route One, and he was amazed how beautiful clouds really were. His vision was really poor. Today is Sunday and he has been taking the contacts in and out like he's been doing it all his life. He's an amazing kid!
Let me tell you our experience with phones. We purchased some Uniden phone from the BX when were went to get our new ID cards from the Dover Air Force Base. It was an impulse buy and we didn't do our research. We came home and looked up the model on the internet and all the reviews were awful. I tried not to let that bother me. I wanted to give the phones a chance. Well they were awful. Couldn't even understand what was said because the crackling was so loud. We did some research and decided that with our wireless internet network we should get the new DECT phones. We found that the Panasonic KG-TX1033S had a good review and we could pick it up locally. To our luck it was on sale. Wow! It was like night and day. These phones are terrific. I love the intercom feature and having a choice to copy part or all of the address book to other phones. I don't hesitate to recommend this phone to anyone that is experiencing interference from their wireless network.
My Canon printer experienced a main board burn out during our recent power outage. During the intense heat we were having, a transformer literally blew up at the substation near us. We had no power for nine hours. I didn't have a surge protector on my printer. Live and learn. Well, after a lot of research I decided to get the HP D7460. Great choice. I was able to easily have it recognized by our wireless network. So it sits in the computer room while I print to it from the living room. Awesome! Other computers can print to it also. Gone are the days where Casey emails me his documents to print or we save them to our zip drive.
Life is great when you are healthy and happy!
"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be."
– Groucho Marx
We've had lots of fun enjoying "our town". Rehoboth Beach is the greatest place to live. Al and I have joined the Rehoboth walking group (walkRehoboth.com). We were promoted to an orange shirt for being the most consistent attendees! We walk three morning a week and pay $20 for the summer. The money goes to benefit.Rehoboth Library. It's fun, fitness, and benefits the library all rolled into one!
Al and I walk in town several nights a week. Tuesday's we usually walk to the Rehoboth Farmers Market and pick up some veggies for the week. From there we head to Arena's Deli and Pub and eat outside. Tuesday is their wing night. Then we walk down the boardwalk before heading home. On Fridays we go to Bin 66, a liquor store, for their wine tasting. We get to try different brands of wine and eat their hors d'oeuvre. From there we walk to the VFW for their shrimp special. We always go to the ATM before heading home so we have cash for Lewes' Farmers Market Saturday morning. It's well attended and they have fresh vegetables. I cart our little red wagon around and fill it up with watermelon, corn, peaches, etc. I come right home and clean everything before putting them away. We've enjoyed amazingly good fruits and vegetables this summer.
Casey got contacts on Friday. The optometrist bans parents when he teaches kids how to wear their contacts. He wants the kids to be responsible for their contact wear. Half way through his instruction to Casey he came out into the waiting room. He asked me if Casey had ever worn contacts before. I found this to be a strange questions since he's been Casey's optometrist since his first visit before kindergarten. I laughed and told the optometrist that he hadn't worn contacts before. He said Casey could take them in and out, wash them, etc right away and was very good at it. Being only 11 I anticipated a learning curve, but apparently he wanted them so badly that he soaked up the instruction. On the way home Casey was amazed at all that he could see (he has only been wearing his glasses at school and the movies.) He remarked about how clear the trees in the distance were, he could read signs on Route One, and he was amazed how beautiful clouds really were. His vision was really poor. Today is Sunday and he has been taking the contacts in and out like he's been doing it all his life. He's an amazing kid!
Let me tell you our experience with phones. We purchased some Uniden phone from the BX when were went to get our new ID cards from the Dover Air Force Base. It was an impulse buy and we didn't do our research. We came home and looked up the model on the internet and all the reviews were awful. I tried not to let that bother me. I wanted to give the phones a chance. Well they were awful. Couldn't even understand what was said because the crackling was so loud. We did some research and decided that with our wireless internet network we should get the new DECT phones. We found that the Panasonic KG-TX1033S had a good review and we could pick it up locally. To our luck it was on sale. Wow! It was like night and day. These phones are terrific. I love the intercom feature and having a choice to copy part or all of the address book to other phones. I don't hesitate to recommend this phone to anyone that is experiencing interference from their wireless network.
My Canon printer experienced a main board burn out during our recent power outage. During the intense heat we were having, a transformer literally blew up at the substation near us. We had no power for nine hours. I didn't have a surge protector on my printer. Live and learn. Well, after a lot of research I decided to get the HP D7460. Great choice. I was able to easily have it recognized by our wireless network. So it sits in the computer room while I print to it from the living room. Awesome! Other computers can print to it also. Gone are the days where Casey emails me his documents to print or we save them to our zip drive.
Life is great when you are healthy and happy!
"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be."
– Groucho Marx
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