New backyard patio gets furniture!

 

 

we recycled some furniture today and added a great big 11 foot umbrella and created a beautiful space by the pool.  I would say more about it, but the pool is 81 degrees and I'm going swimming.

Oh, we are now the happy owners of two hammocks!  One outside and one on the screen porch.  Paradise!

Hoover's friends get a bath

The Story Behind US Gas Price Pain | MINING.com

The Story Behind US Gas Price Pain | MINING.com:

Very interesting story on why gas prices differ throughout the US

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Music For All - National Honor Band of America

2012 Band of America

Honor Band of America

Eric at rehearsal

New iPhone

Got a new work phone today. Which allows me to take great photos and immediately post them.

10 Free iPhone Apps You'll Use Every Day

10 Free iPhone Apps You'll Use Every Day:

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The 50 Best Political Quotes For 2011 (Third Annual) | Right Wing News

Must read

http://rightwingnews.com/quotes/the-third-annual-50-best-political-quotes-of-2011/

Sincerely,

David Lundeen

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List of Mad Men episodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of Mad Men episodes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

We have been trying to watch all the old episodes. We have completed watching the first two full years (26 episodes!) Year two ended with the Cuban Missle Crisis happening.

They do 13 episodes a year. We have 26 to go.

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Home Automation Knowledge Base

Home Automation Knowledge Base:

Defeating local current sensing on X-10 486 appliance module.

Our new LED Christmas tree lights don't turn off all the way when using an Appliance module.

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I thought Hoover was passive-aggressive!

Man is accidentally shot by his own dog | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News:

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Nest Learning Thermostat Sets a Standard - David Pogue - NYTimes.com

Nest Learning Thermostat Sets a Standard - David Pogue - NYTimes.com:

created by a team of former Apple iPod engineers and can be controlled by iPad / iPhone / Internet site.

Do Not Try this in a Ford Explorer

Ken Block's Gymkhana THREE, Part 2; Ultimate Playground; l'Autodrome, France - YouTube: ""

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Vorwerk Thermomix

The $1500 food processor of your dreams.

http://www.vorwerk.com/thermomix/html/thermomix_tm31.html

Marching off for the last time at WPHS

The picture shows the drumline marching off the field for the final time in 2011.

Thus ends 4 great years of marching band at Winter Park High School for Eric.  Each year WPHS managed to make the Florida State competition and each year they made the finals and finished in the Top 5 statewide.  

This year they came in fourth overall and first in our hearts.  As always, they put in an extraordinary amount of effort starting at Summer band camp and culminating at the State Finals.  This years Finals performance was amazing.

State Finals

Eric is on Bass Drum second from left

Pep band at Olympia

Popular Science 1948: Auto Safety

Archive Gallery: Automobile Safety Tips | Popular Science:

"The Seven Keys to Safety: March 1948

If this cover image doesn't terrify you into driving safely, we don't know what will. According to the illustrator, driving 30 miles and hour is as dangerous as driving on the roof of a building. To keep readers from suffering such terrible fates, writers Devon Francis and John F. Stearns recommended memorizing the seven keys to safety, which are as follows:

1. Learn to judge the conditions of the road and the drivers.
2. It isn't how fast you can go, it's how fast you can stop.
3. Keep one car length between you and the car in front of you for every 10 miles on your speedometer.
4. Suspect every pedestrian of suicide.
5. Every intersection is a crash point, so slow down.
6. Signal properly.
7. Expect the worst from the other car."

It would seem that by 1948 we had uncovered the universal truths of automobile safety. However, I don't think eating, texting, fiddling with 100's of radio channels or putting on makeup while driving had been invented yet.

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Paver Work is Complete

It's wider, and pretty.

Driveway Replacement

Coming Soon

New Landscaping

Cooking For Engineers - Step by Step Recipes and Food for the Analytically Minded

Dear Eric,

You are getting close to going to college, where you intend to study engineering. You will do many experiments. You will need to eat. Learning to cook requires experimenting.

I have found a website for you to review.

Cooking For Engineers - Step by Step Recipes and Food for the Analytically Minded:

I can't think of a more delicious subject to experiment with than BACON

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Cleaning and removing rust off tools

http://preventrust.info/cleaning-and-removing-rust-off-tools/

Sincerely,

David Lundeen

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What to do in college right now | Penelope Trunk Blog

http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2011/09/05/what-to-do-in-college-right-now/

Sincerely,

David Lundeen

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