Notes from the week
Posted on February 21, 2008 in Shorties by DM
Okay, two things: first, this snowman (penguin?) is SO awesome!! It’s not a trick of perspective, it’s nearly as tall as the house! He’s located on E. 9th Street, just north of University on Des Moines’ east side. While I can certainly imagine having the big idea to build something like this, I can’t imagine getting out there in the bitter cold temperatures we’ve been having and actually doing it. My parka hood, ski cap and scarf are all off to the folks who created this!
And second, wow does my husband have the world’s worst cell phone camera, or what?? Makes me appreciate my green EnV even more, but I sure thought it was neat that he stopped to snap the picture!
A few other notes:
I had a really crappy cold last weekend and early this week - first time in a couple years I’ve been lay-in-bed-all-day sick. Ecch. In spite of that, later in the week I was able to complete a really fun project that took me back to last summer’s hottest days and the amazing “biker chick” event I attended. I assembled over 150 photos of the event into a four-song slide show, and all the gals will be gathering this weekend for a “picture party” to reminisce and brainstorm for this summer’s sequel event.
And, yesterday we all turned on our computers at home to find our wireless network had disappeared. The job fell to me to sit on hold with Linksys for 20 minutes, then work with their tech support to get reconnected. Fifty minutes total to get three laptops working again.
Finally, I note today that Art Dinkin has posted a really thoughtful (and thought-provoking) answer to my question about using 401(k) money for my daughter’s college education. Thanks, Art - I appreciate the time and thought that went into your response!
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Janet, you’re welcome for the answer. Thank you for the nice write up about the post.
Hope your feeling better.
Art Dinkin’s last blog post..Is the market safe?
I’ll take that snowman over the ones that have appeared in The Family Circus this week
Joel - I missed the Family Circus snowmen… what was the story? ~ Janet
For a full week, the Family Circus had a full series of cartoons which featured snowmen instead of the characters in the family. One was shown reclining in the sun (?) and another was outside of Larry King’s broadcast studio. Those who don’t like The Family Circus–and they number in legions–had a field day with those cartoons.