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Weather, Fun, Weekend
Another beautiful weekend has passed. Warm temperatures, clear skies. Well, clear skies except for the pollen. As you may be able to see in the photo, the sky looks green/yellow. That is all of the pollen floating around in the air. Winters in the north make cars ugly from all of the salt and snow on the road. Here in the south, all of our cars take on a similar tint due to all of the pollen.
Joshua got a rock hammer this week. We took another trip to "Garnet Hill." A few more garnets for his growing geology collection. Prior to our trip to the side of the highway for garnet collection, we went to the Rolesville Middlel School and Rolesville High School FFA AgFest. We enjoyed looking at the farm equipment, animals and even picked up a few plants from the plant sale. My favorite was the chicks and ducks. I was having Friends flashbacks of Joey and Chandler. While looking at some farm equipment I saw a piece from Lansing, MI. Unfortunately, Gina had to work that morning and missed a piece of her home state. The owner of the piece was from Howell, MI.
Saturday night we got the fire pit going and made s'mores. We sat outside, under the moonlight, by the fire, enjoying our family. What an exceptional way to wrap up a wonderful day.
Sunday was also nice. My usual morning pick-up soccer game. Back home to do a little pick-up around the house (cleaning variety.) The afternoon included our neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt. Three of the four kids are still old enough to participate, though this is the last year for two of them.
Gina and I prepared chicken kabobs. About two minutes after the grill was on, poof. The flames go out. The gas was all used up. Fortunately I was able to use a neighbors gas to complete the meal. Dinner on the deck
Automobiles are becoming increasingly sophisticated each year. Our American society can be a very litigious one. Car manufacturers realize this and in an attempt to keep us safe, and themselves out of the court room, they crowd car instrument panels with warning lights to alert drivers of potential hazards. Below are just a few symbols and what they mean. This is a new feature on a select few cars. When this symbol is illuminated, it is alerting you to the fact that the vehicles Rear Thrusters are engaged. While it should be common sense, a car is no place to play. This is a simple reminder that beachballs should not be tossed about the passenger cabin. Although rare, this is a simple reminder that you are diving one of two conjoined cars. This task is made more difficult when each vehicle has it's own independent power and/or drivetrain. Many cars now have sensors mounted in the rear of the vehicle. They are helpfu...
This past weekend we took a trip to the mountains of Virginia. It is an area we have visited before with the Boy Scout troop, but this time we went without the scouts. I have been riding consistently again for nearly a year after I bought a new to me cyclocross bike. You can read more about that here . After more than 2,800 miles on that bike since last June, it needed some more work. The headset was pretty much shot and would not be repaired in time for our planned trip to Virginia. So Gina suggested that I get a new bike. I ended up getting a Giant Revolt Advanced 2 from Giant Wake Forest . We arrived at our rental house very early Saturday morning. 1:30am in fact. We found a place to stay that was literally steps away from The Virginia Creeper Trail . Saturday was to be a day we went hiking at Grayson Highlands State Park . We met Gina's co-workers at the park just after 10:00 am and started our hike. We have camped at this park before with the Boy Scouts but have never ...
I make no claims to be grammatically correct at all times. I am subject to typos and errors. However, if you are going to send a mass email about EDUCATION, maybe you should have a couple of people look over a draft before hitting the send button. Below is an email I received today. I will highlight the most obvious errors. Eric – For the last few years, we’ve seen a systematic assault on public education in North Carolina. First, they underfunded and our classrooms and refused to give our best and brightest teachers the pay they deserve. Then they siphoned money away from traditional public schools to unaccountable charter schools, as well as private, religious institutions. Now we’re seeing the next step in their plan: the takeover of public schools by for-profit charter schools. Click here to add your name and urge lawmakers to reject HB 1080, which would allow unaccountable, for-profit charter school operators to take control of traditional public schools. There’s no...
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