My blog. Personal thoughts, anecdotes, and musings.
I had a pretty good day today. I woke up early to get Ana ready for school. Her school had a special “Walk To School” day where all of the kids walked with their families or other grown-ups. The UWEC Football t eam was there to help out as well which was really cool to see. After we dropped her off at the school, we went home for a bit and then headed out to run a few errands.
Today was the day that Mark and Dave were going to help me start work on the bathroom. Mark was unable to make it, but Dave was able to get most of the work done by himself I made sure to be around to answer questions and make some decisions, but I did learn a lot. Thankfully, I was able to work from home today so I didn’t have to take the day off.
My wife bought me the Harmony 659 universal remote as an early birthday present. I’d been looking at one for about 6 months after my last universal remote failed miserably to control my devices. My take on it? Absolutely fabulous, once you get it configured. You have to know the model numbers for all of your devices. That was the first tricky part. The next problem I had was that I have a PC connected to my TV to play music, videos, and games.
Mark at Rock ‘n’ Roll To Go held his End of Summer Bash today. It was a great outdoor get-together. Many of the cool inflatable attractions were out for the kids. Ana had a great time on the Titanic slide and the Ironman obstacle course. It was a great chance for Mark to thank the Eau Claire area, but it was also a chance for him to show off a bit.
Things have been pretty crazy around here lately and I've been meaning to write this post. Ana had her first day of school on September 1st, 2005. As you can see from the photo, she was really excited to go. She's been doing the school thing for a full week now and she still likes it. She enjoys her teacher and seems to be making some new friends. Kids grow up quick.
I’ve been spending time in the Rails community helping out fellow developers with their problems. I’ve spent a few hours a night in #rubyonrails on IRC.FREENET.ORG. It feels really good to help others figure out their problems. On a related note, I have an article up on the Rails Wiki that shows how to set up a development environment using Eclipse. You can find that here.
We took Ana to her new school tonight. We got to eat in the lunchroom and have some less-than-good pizza on those great partitioned lunch trays. We got a chance to see the classrooms that the kids will use and Ana had a nice time with the other kids. She’s really excited to go to school and she wanted to go back tomorrow. Wonder how long that will take to change!
I’ve moved the site to a new host with loads of bandwidth and space. I am going to keep this as my personal blog but I plan to start publishing more things on the site so please bear with me.
Mom called. She’s back in the hospital again, this time for red blood cells and magnesium. I’m not handling this well.
I had a great weekend. We headed down on Thursday night and stayed in Janesville. The next morning, we drove to Neal’s parents’ house where we lounged around for most of the day. Carissa had to go and have her nails done for the wedding and we had to go and make sure the tuxes fit. Friday night was the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner at a really nice Itallian place.