Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
You couldn’t have asked for a better weekend! Although, I could have asked the meteorologists to let us know we were going to have a good weekend. See, they were predicting rain all weekend. We had things we had to do and plans with family and all of it was outdoors. Anyway, we all know the meteorologists have no idea what they are talking about, so I will try to get past that part.
Saturday
Saturday was picture day. Mo needed pictures of downtown Detroit for a work project she is working on.
So we packed up the Ben and the camera and off we went. We parked near Greektown, hopped on the People Mover and road it around town taking pictures at all the stops that looked interesting. Once we got to Cobo, we got off and walked down Jefferson to the Renaissance Center taking pictures of the Spirit of Detroit…
…Hart Plaza…
…and the Fist…
…along the way. Mo hadn’t been in the Ren Cen, or downtown for that matter, in quite some time, so there was a lot to see. I love the new glass sculpture they put in the front lobby!
Then again, I love that the building HAS a front lobby. Those of you that have seen the Ren Cen before the GM reconstruction know what I mean. So I showed her and Ben around the place taking a look at the Winter Garden…
…and the McDonalds . Then we were back onto the People Mover to head back to Greektown for one last picture.
We never did see any rain that day.
You can see more of the pictures we took on our adventure here.
Sunday
So we figured we got lucky on Saturday and would have to pay for it with the rain on Sunday. The meteorologists outdid themselves that day when the first thing we saw when we woke up was bright sun and blue skies! Perfect for our planned day at the cider mill with Ben?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s cousins! Once again, it couldn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t have been a better day, and since everyone was expecting rain, the crowds were light and there were no lines in anywhere. We had a wonderful time petting animals, going down the HUGE slide that they had, and just having fun! This is my favorite picture of the day…
The rest of Sunday?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s pictures are here.
Friday, March 26th, 2004
It wasn’t great weather for it, but I really wanted to try out the new telescope. It was warm enough, but a bit hazy. There was enough of the moon showing to make it worth while though. I was surprised that there was still a good amount of detail to look at on the moon even with the haze.
I took a picture with the digital camera. I don’t have any mounting equipment (yet), so it was a little shaky just holding the camera up to the eyepiece. Given some better nights, and some possible mounting equipment, I should be able to get some cool shots!
Saturday, March 6th, 2004
It all started almost two years ago when we thought it would be a good idea to buy an unfinished wood corner entertainment center for our family room. We excitedly brought it home, took it out of the box and read the instructions. We didn’t get passed the recommended finishing instructions that day. It was after reading that those instructions that we knew that this would be a long project. We were right! At long last, we finally put the last coat of polyurethane on it today. All that is left is to wait for it to dry an assemble it. We just finished celebrating with chocolate chip ice cream and thin mints.
Many thanks to my parents who graciously let us use the basement at their old house (which is still for sale) so that we didn’t have to live with the fumes!
Tuesday, February 10th, 2004
It’s about time! I just read on Slashdot that 20th Century Fox and LucasFilm is looking to have the original Star Wars Trilogy on DVD this Fall! Watch for Star Wars Marathons coming to a home theater near you!
Saturday, February 7th, 2004
The DVD list is back and up to date. You can see it by clicking “Our DVD’s” in the links section of the sidebar. The page was created with some pretty slick software I was told about called DVD Profiler. Check it out if you want a really nice tool for cataloging your DVD’s. It only took about 30 minutes to get the entire database populated by entering the UPC Codes on the back of the DVD cases.
The best part is I won’t have any excuse to forget who I loaned a disc to because it keeps track!
