There are wasps building a nest just outside my back door. I'm absolutely terrified of wasps, so consequently, I avoid going outside or even opening the back door anymore. (I'm not terrified enough to get up the motivation to go to the store and get wasp spray, though.)
My dogs are asleep in the sunlight filtering in through the back door (it's sliding glass). The patch gets a little smaller every day as the sun gets more directly overhead. I bet if they knew what it was, they'd be looking forward to the summer equinox.
I've officially reached the point in my jogging where my lungs are proving weaker than my legs. Curse coming from a family with genetically bad lungs. But at least I don't have asthma like almost everyone else in my family.
Jack is going to be gone for half the summer. On the one hand, I'm bummed, but on the other hand, this is much better than a deployment.
We have a Harley-Davidson motorcycle now. It's purple. I'm not allowed to drive it yet because I don't have the motorcycle endorsement on my license, but I'm going to take the class soon. Ish.
Sarah left. Long story. Not going into it.
Jack and I went on the Boy Scout Camporee last week. We were asked two days before if we would go supervise. We showed up and they shoved a camp manual at us and said, "See the bit in there about box oven cooking? Yeah, you're in charge of that station tomorrow." If I've ever used a box oven before, I definitely don't remember it. Jack was in the same boat. So yeah, that went well.
No, actually, it did go well. It took about a half hour or so for things to start working kind of smoothly, but after that, we actually had fun. The district boss-guy told us afterwards that our station had the most laughter and fun of any station. (Apparently Dutch Oven cooking is srs bsns!) Plus the kids did a fantastic job, and the awards (best meal, best dessert, best camp song, best clean-up job, etc) were distributed more or less evenly among the kids even though we didn't weight our decisions.
Hey, if anyone knows where I could find a good tutorial for writing computer code, let me know. I want to review java and maybe learn a few more programming languages, but my old textbook is outdated (so outdated that the program won't work anymore).
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I always wondered what it would feel like to have my legs give out before my lungs... when I'm running that is.
I've always wondered what it would feel like to have my legs give out before my lungs, too. Even when I'm walking... like, say 10 miles in a day. Sorry my family is the one that gave you the bad lungs. I've already resigned myself to the fact that I'll go out wheezing rather than just expiring.
I never taught ya'll how to use a box oven? I apologize. You line the inside of a cardboard box with aluminum foil. It helps to cut the box diagonally so it forms a triangle to reflect more of the heat onto the food. You punch holes in the sides to thread sticks through to support your food. You then place the box on its side right up next to the fire (beside the firepit). It works great for making popnfresh biscuits, you just set the biscuits right on the sticks inside the box. Sorry I never demonstrated that to you, since I've used it dozens of times. Like I said, a triangular shape works ten times better than the rectangular configuration, and isn't it surprising how well it works?
Regarding the programming books, my CIS colleagues tell me that no one does programming by writing code anymore. They all use the object-oriented computer-assisted software design tools to drag-and-drop stuff where they want it on the screen, on the reports, on the input devices, etc. and even construct formulas by dragging and dropping rather than writing statements. Sorry. I learned Basic, QBasic, GWBasic, Fortran, COBOL, and RPG-II, writing source code. Your mom taught me how to get started with Access programming (an O-O tool) and I've been hooked on it ever since. Good luck.
Bryan is writing some programs right now for Androids.
You have the A1AT Alpha-One Anti-Trpysin deficiency gene which affects your affects your lungs as well. You are the only one in the litter to have chosen this! Eating beans and veggies and ditching the white flours should help with the lungs.
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