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It was certainly a whirlwind trip, but well worth it. We saw LOTS of elk. Lots. Most of the time, like this one below, we accidentally walked up to them without realizing it. This one was at the Visitor’s Center just as we got off the shuttle bus. Otherwise, we saw a lot of Abert’s squirrels, a couple of families of …
Read more →I got to watch the sun rise this morning.
Read more →Ellie’s first day of preschool was today. I’m glad to get her back into a routine – she’s had a tough time over the last month adjusting to here, there and everywhere. However, she seemed excited to go back to school.
Read more →Well, we made it through the summer. We’re still hobbling along with Ellie, but Sam’s first day of school is today. She is very excited, but a little nervous too. I know she will do well. That’s my girl!
Read more →Ghostscript and bash to the rescue. I found out ahead of time that there were 136 pages in my source.pdf. for i in {1..136}; do echo $i; gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dFirstPage=$i -dLastPage=$i -sOutputFile=$i.pdf source.pdf; done
Read more →Thanks to Lettie, we discovered that the Lego Store has a free Mini Model Build every month! Last month was a crab, and this month was a flamingo. Next month, there are two free builds (a pirate and a castle)! We love it! Thanks Aunt Lettie!
Read more →We had some dead trees / limbs cut down this past weekend. I don’t think it looks drastically different, except out the kitchen window. There is still plenty of shade. Maybe next year we can afford to cut some pine trees. So, I was outside looking around when I heard a clicking sound. I thought it was another chipmunk …
Read more →Sam had another tooth coming in. The second one on the bottom. It was coming in way, WAY behind the baby tooth, so the baby tooth took a long time to loosen. Finally, the baby tooth was loose enough to pull. I think it was a little more traumatic this time judging by the amount of tears. (Take a look at the Before and …
Read more →We’ve been doing a lot of swimming this summer. There is a community pool about a mile from our house, so getting there is easy. We have been going to this pool for several years because it was the babysitter’s pool, and they offer lessons even if you are not a member. This year, I tried all summer to get lessons, but …
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