Image via WikipediaGood morning, I am just about done with my first pot of coffee for the day and I am in the process of upgrading the OS on my Linux computer from Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.04 and then finally to 8.10. If Quick Synergy works I will keep it, if not I will downgrade back to 7.04. I sure hope all works well this time. The last time I tried an upgrade from 7.04 to 8.04 Quick Synergy had problems. I am hoping that going to 8.10 will fix this.
Always short of time? Not enough moments in the day? Tonight you'll get an extra second to enjoy 2008. Use it wisely; perhaps an extra long smooch is called for.
Immediately before midnight a leap second the first for three years will be added to atomic clocks around the world by official timekeepers.
Peter Whibberley, a senior research scientist at Britain's National Physical Laboratory, said the Earth's erratic rotation meant an extra second needed to be added.
"The difference between atomic time and Earth time has now built up to the point where it needs to be corrected, so this New Year's Eve we will experience a rare 61 second minute at the very end of 2008 and revelers... will have an extra second to celebrate."
Good morning everyone. Our son John came home for Christmas, John was here from the 16th until yesterday. He is now back in Mayport, FL on his ship the USS Doyle. We enjoyed seeing him and are glad he made it home to visit us. John brought his Nintendo Wii with him and I beat him in bowling but he kicked my butt in everything else. John also got to see his friends from High school and College while here and he had a good relaxing time, we will miss him.
Good morning everyone. I've been up for a few hours now and am just brewing my second pot of coffee for the day. It's cool here with the temp outside a chilly 28 degrees. I just finished reading my news via bloglines for the day and am listening to music ( Willie Nelson's Stardust album ). Our son in the Navy, John is coming home for Christmas on the 16th and he will be here until the 28th. My parents sent me some more pictures from when John spent Thanksgiving with them in Florida. I posted one with John and my Mom above.
We haven't heard from our daughter Cindy in a while, her ship the USS Abraham Lincoln is conducting operations off the Southern California coast right now. I'm not sure what her Christmas plans are at the moment. That's about all I know now, hope everyone has a nice Sunday.
Our son in the Navy, John sent us some pictures from when his ship was in England, John went to London with several other guys. John had a great time while there. He had to buy two disposable cameras because his digital camera had some problems. He did go out over Thanksgiving and buy a new digital camera so he will have better pictures the next time he goes out. :) When I talked to John last night he said that he would have pictures taken while they were in Scotland soon.
Good morning everyone, I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving yesterday. Our son John spent the day with my parents and family in Port Orange Florida. My parents picked him up from Mayport Naval base yesterday morning and he had dinner with them yesterday afternoon. John will be with them until tomorrow afternoon when he has to get back to base and his Ship. I talked to John last night and he said the food was great. Today John is out shopping with my Mom. I spent the day yesterday helping with our community Thanksgiving dinner. We were able to provide a good dinner of Turkey and all the trimmings to hundreds of people that might not have otherwise had a nice Thanksgiving diner.
My Dad
John with my Grandparents ( his Great Grandparents)
John learning about Wine tasting from my Uncle John ( my son John on the right )
As we give thanks today, let's not forget our troops overseas, especially since Xerox has made it easy to send them greetings. http://www.letssaythanks.com
Good morning, my son John called me yesterday morning at 5am to tell me that he was almost back in port at Mayport Naval Base, FL. John called again yesterday when they ( The USS Doyle ) finally arrived and he got back to his barracks room, John said that he had a good trip and that it was exciting. He got to see several places in the last two months and he had a good time. John is going to my parents for Thanksgiving this year. My Dad is picking him up from base Thursday morning and will take him back to Mayport Saturday evening, my parents live in Port Orange, FL so it is about a 100 mile drive. We're sure he will have a good time while there, he promised to send lots of pictures and I will post those later in the week.
Good morning everyone, sorry I haven't posted much recently but I have been busy here. :) My kids are doing well. My daughter FC3 Cindy is in Everett Washington and was doing well the last time I talked to her.
My son OS3 John is somewhere in the Atlantic ocean on his ship and also doing well. John has e-mailed us several times, he visited Scotland, England, Latvia, Lithuania and some other countries and had a good time.
John said this about his time in England "I did go to London which was great. I saw among other things Westminster Abby, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Buckingham palace and Big Ben. I took 80 pictures while we were there. I bought two disposable cameras and gave one to OSSA R and I used one so I would be able to get twice the pictures. I like it here but I can’t wait to get back to the United States. I bought you and Vicki cups at one of the shops.
When I get back you have to remind me to tell you about the miscommunication in Scotland with OSSN W getting on the wrong train. I can’t tell it by email because I have to pronounce the words for you to understand.
Also we had a misunderstanding in Scotland when we asked for Coke and we got carbonated water… " .
John just turned 21 on the 15th of November he said "My birthday was pretty good. We had Pizza for dinner, a spades tournament, and I played some chess against a Chief, a First class and a LTJG. I also got 14 hours off work due to time zone change and holiday routine schedule. I did not play in the spades tournament because I don’t like the ships rules (no nil or blind nil which makes it get boring), but I did watch it and ate hot wings on the mess decks." John also passed his 3rd class Petty Officer test so he is now an OS3 and taking Petty Officer indoc. Good job John, we are proud of you. John is going to visit my parents for Thanksgiving so we should get lots of pictures of him then. He also took pictures while he was out at sea and we will have those too. I will post some here after I get them. John is also planning on comeing home for Christmas.
That's about all for now, I have to get back to my coffee. Hope everyone has a great day.
Our daughter Cindy called from her Naval base in Everett, Washington and told us not to make dinner today. Cindy ordered us a pizza, cinnamon sticks and Pepsi from Pizza Hut. Thanks Cindy., as you can see from the photos I already took a bite from the Pizza:) Love, Dad & Vicki
My daughter Cindy is back in Everett Washington with her ship the USS Abraham Lincoln. Cindy called last night and wanted to buy a new laptop for herself. The one she ended up buying was the Toshiba Satellite A305-S6898. She spent some time last night taking off Norton 360 and installing AVG. Cindy was happy to be back in the states and sounded good. Welcome home Cindy.
I have talked about watching TV on the net with your computer several times in the past and here are some good links to TV shows that you can watch free online anytime you want. This should help my daughter Cindy now that she is back in Washington. :)
Good morning all, I'm still here. There is not much going on right now to write about. I have heard from my son John via e-mail on the USS Doyle, he was in Scotland with his ship participating in Joint Warrior 08. John is doing well and asked me to e-mail him the VP debate transcript so he could read it. I didn't hear back from my daughter Cindy once she got to Hawaii with her ship the USS Abe Lincoln but from what I have read in the news she should be on her way back to California before heading back to her base in Washington state. That's about all for now, the weather here in Kansas is nice and cool and we are really enjoying it. I hope everyone has a great week.
Image via WikipediaWe received a short call from our daughter Cindy last night at 11:45pm our time. She was in Hawaii and was waiting in line to get off her ship, the USS Abraham Lincoln. Cindy said that she was going to be on liberty while there. She said that she was doing well and she sounded great. Cindy told us that she would call back today sometime. The USS Abraham Lincoln strike group will depart to San Diego following its stay in Hawaii before returning to its homeport of Everett, Wash. Read more here.
Image via WikipediaGood morning, I am just about done with my first pot of coffee for the day and I am in the process of upgrading the OS on my Linux computer from Ubuntu 7.04 to 8.04 and then finally to 8.10. If Quick Synergy works I will keep it, if not I will downgrade back to 7.04. I sure hope all works well this time. The last time I tried an upgrade from 7.04 to 8.04 Quick Synergy had problems. I am hoping that going to 8.10 will fix this.![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=aa678120-36ea-4352-8649-a4670ee45c4d)
Christmas Dinner at Mables house
John with his KU shirt
Me with a cookbook :)
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John on the left
John
John taking a picture
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My Dad
John with my Grandparents ( his Great Grandparents)
John learning about Wine tasting from my Uncle John ( my son John on the right )
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Image via WikipediaWe received a short call from our daughter Cindy last night at 11:45pm our time. She was in Hawaii and was waiting in line to get off her ship, the USS Abraham Lincoln. Cindy said that she was going to be on liberty while there. She said that she was doing well and she sounded great. Cindy told us that she would call back today sometime. The USS Abraham Lincoln strike group will depart to San Diego following its stay in Hawaii before returning to its homeport of Everett, Wash. Read more here.![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=b1cb57f1-ab49-4d9b-819b-3012d053405f)
