Spring is just around the corner

Spring must be just around the corner. Today, I had 2 firsts.... my first road bike ride of 2007... a long 58 miles to Eden Prairie and back. Another sign: we have a new orchid with almost 40 blooms on it and the first bloom opened today.

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Sorry for the lapse in news and photos

I have been seriously negligent in updating our photo album and this news blog. Tina and I spent time in Costa Rica with family over the holidays celebrating Dad’s 80th, Tim’s 50th and Phaedra’s 30th. I posted holiday pictures on Picasa.. After returning to our real...

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Fun at the Holidays

Marcel, Phaedra and Zander joined us for dinner last night. Part of the evening was spent with the 3 of them playing on the couch in front of the camera. I was experimenting with a new light meter filter (the expodisc) for my camera so many of the exposures are not...

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Mom and Dad visit

Mom and Dad came for a visit in December to see our new home and test out their cold weather gear. We haven't had any snow here yet, but they were able to drive through a mess in Iowa. The decision was made that it might be better to fly when they visit Minnesota...

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2006 Bike Rides

In 2006, I purchased the Edge 305 from Garmin to record some of my riding. This device allows me to record rides and plot new routes. The learning curve has been fun, learning the difference between .crx, .crs and .gpx files. I have begun indexing some of my 2006...

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"Gainfully" Employed

I am finally back to some semblance of working. I am in the process of creating a new Ecommerce site for A-1 Vacuum of St. Paul. The new site went live a couple of weeks ago at http://a-1vacuum.com. We have even had some sales as we continue to enter more product and...

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1st visit

We finally made it over to Marcel and Phaedra's house for a visit. We've been here 2 weeks and just hadn't made time. It felt good to relax with the kids and to know we only had a 5 mile drive home after dinner. Zander is becoming more rambunctious as he gets older...

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We Made It

We just finished hiking the Grand Canyon from the South Rim to the North Rim. Pictures posted at 2006 Canyon Trip. Now we need to finish packing for our move to Minnesota.

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