Yesterday Amazon put up an option to donate to the South Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Relief Efforts via their One-Click ordering system. As of 1:46 PM EST today they had 36,243 donations totalling over $2,020,202. It's been noted that France has donated $170,000 so far, and Germany $2,000,000. In a couple of more hours it's likely Amazon will pass them both combined.
We donated and I'm glad we could do our (small) part.
Amazon.com: Welcome
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Little Green Squeegee Men?
What's happening to the Rover on Mars? Are there little green men cleaning the Rover's panels each night?
Follow the link, and click on the "Mars Double Take" box on the right hand side for really good information on the Rovers. They are about 5 feet long and 3 feet wide, and the camera on top rises to about 5 feet above the ground.
Follow the link, and click on the "Mars Double Take" box on the right hand side for really good information on the Rovers. They are about 5 feet long and 3 feet wide, and the camera on top rises to about 5 feet above the ground.
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
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Schedule
Christmas Eve
5:30 Dinner
7:00 - 8:15 Christmas Eve service at PCOL
dessert
adults open presents
Christmas Day
Kids and Santa gifts
pancake breakfast
mid afternoon dinner
5:30 Dinner
7:00 - 8:15 Christmas Eve service at PCOL
dessert
adults open presents
Christmas Day
Kids and Santa gifts
pancake breakfast
mid afternoon dinner
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Willie Finds a Home
David got a surprise call on Friday. Willie the Black Lab had surprisingly failed out of the Search and Rescue program. It turns out that his being locked up in a crate 23 hours a day for the first 18 months of his life had permanently damaged him. FLRRoF called and asked us to help out with an emergency foster. Since it was our buddy Willie we said yes.
Saturday brought great news. We brought Willie to the Petco adoption days near Millenia Mall on Saturday. While we were there a nice man came by and Willie introduced himself. David got to talking with him. Don and his wife Louise had to put down their beloved 13 year old black lab at the end of August. They are from St. Cloud and had come up to Christmas shop. While Louise was shopping, Don was out walking and passed by the Petco. He saw Willie, said hello, and Willie gave him a big kiss with that big ole tongue of his. Don seemed to really like Willie and we talked for about half an hour about why it would be o.k. to get another black lab, and that now was the time. Don said he would go talk to Louise and went away.
We figured that Don would regain his sanity, and that would be that. Instead, both of them came back and Louise just wouldn't stop petting and hugging Willie. They are a super lab family. They have a lovely home in St. Cloud on a huge fenced corner yard that rears onto a golf course. They have a pool, which Willie of course loves, and they tiled their house a few years back to keep the dust down for their dog. When their last dog became sick, they did everything they could for her, including running up really high vet bills and surgeries. When she passed, they spread her ashes on her favorite mountaintop in Massachusetts and buried her favorite toy there as well. Rest assured, we couldn't have found Willie a better home if we spent years looking.
We are so sorry that he couldn't continue in the SAR program, and angry at the way his original owners mistreated him. But now he is in an ideal situation for a family pet. Don and Louise are going to take him for walks, go boating, play lots of fetch and give him lots of love.
We were thrilled that Willie found them, Louise called it Kismet.
Saturday brought great news. We brought Willie to the Petco adoption days near Millenia Mall on Saturday. While we were there a nice man came by and Willie introduced himself. David got to talking with him. Don and his wife Louise had to put down their beloved 13 year old black lab at the end of August. They are from St. Cloud and had come up to Christmas shop. While Louise was shopping, Don was out walking and passed by the Petco. He saw Willie, said hello, and Willie gave him a big kiss with that big ole tongue of his. Don seemed to really like Willie and we talked for about half an hour about why it would be o.k. to get another black lab, and that now was the time. Don said he would go talk to Louise and went away.
We figured that Don would regain his sanity, and that would be that. Instead, both of them came back and Louise just wouldn't stop petting and hugging Willie. They are a super lab family. They have a lovely home in St. Cloud on a huge fenced corner yard that rears onto a golf course. They have a pool, which Willie of course loves, and they tiled their house a few years back to keep the dust down for their dog. When their last dog became sick, they did everything they could for her, including running up really high vet bills and surgeries. When she passed, they spread her ashes on her favorite mountaintop in Massachusetts and buried her favorite toy there as well. Rest assured, we couldn't have found Willie a better home if we spent years looking.
We are so sorry that he couldn't continue in the SAR program, and angry at the way his original owners mistreated him. But now he is in an ideal situation for a family pet. Don and Louise are going to take him for walks, go boating, play lots of fetch and give him lots of love.
We were thrilled that Willie found them, Louise called it Kismet.
Friday, December 10, 2004
RSS Feed Buttons
I have turned on RSS Feeds for our four blogs. Using Firefox, when you see an orange 'RSS' box in the lower right hand corner you can click on it to subscribe to the feed. By saving the feed to the Firefox toolbar, you can easily look up each of the current postings and go right to the permalink of a particular posting.
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
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