Weekend Recap

Dear James, Daniel and Emily

In keeping with the Monday tradition I will go over the events of the weekend. We had a good weekend. James spent the night with Dennis Friday night and got to spend time with Dillon on Saturday before being brought home. I got a few projects done, Kim worked, overall nothing too stirring.

So my friend R.D. was able to fix our old PC and gave it back on Friday. So Saturday morning I was able to get it set up and running. Then networked it with the new PC, and got the wireless network running again. So I was able to reconnect the Tivo to the network and publish pictures on the TV again, which is nice, people don't have to go downstairs and wade through kids toys in order to see pictures. That kept me busy most of Saturday.

Jay came over on Sunday and was able to quickly connect the replacement wire for the big freezer so it is up and running again. Which is good news, it is nice to be able to see in the freezer and know what is there and grab what you want. Having the freezers is a big part of our overall budget which depends on being able to hold most of our shopping to an every 2 week cycle.

Kim is in the middle of working 9 days straight due to inventory at the store. She's having her usual hard time with working real hard all the time, then having set that expectation with her bosses, getting kind of chewed out when something falls thru the cracks. All I can do is support her and keep her focused on what's important.

James got to go to a buddies birthday party on Sunday, he had a good time. Which was nice because between spending Saturday with Dennis and then the birthday party James wasn't stuck at home. He was kind of funny when we went shopping for the birthday present, all he could talk about was how bored he was with his current toys and how he wants this or that. Part of it was just the complaining of a 6 year old, part was his way of lobbying for new toys (which can be pushed off with the reminder that his birthday is in a few months) but part of it is a genuine interest in doing something new. I had been thinking about taking out some of my miniatures and maybe teaching him one of the more basic games, and this little episode gives me incentive to do so, now all I need to do is decide which game is the easiest to teach..