Easter Sunday

Happy Easter to everyone in cyberspace!

We had a typical Sunday actually. Dana let me sleep in and kept the dogs at bay so I could. I have the best wife in the world!

We went shopping yesterday trying to do our part to keep the local economy going. We went to Dana's favorite, a furniture store (Drexel Heritage) and one of my favorites, Office Depot. I brought a new Printer/Scanner/Fax machine that had been marked down $20.00 from two weeks ago. It's a Lexmark X5495. Hooked up to my Mac with no problems at all (doesn't everything just work better on a Mac?) and within a few minutes I was scanning a test photo.

The photo I scanned was Kyle with Dr. Creep, a local TV celebrity that hosted Shock Theater for many, many years. Some of my fondest memories of childhood were watching scary movies on local channel 22. Dr. Creep was great, and I'm glad Kyle met him.

Nothing else to report today so enjoy the rest of your Easter Sunday!

I'm Famous!

For the 40 or so people that actually listen to Whole Wheat Radio on a regular basis, I was mentioned in Jimbob's Audio Magazine today as well as having some of my photos posted on his BLOG. I'm Buckwheat by the way to those of you that have chatted with me.

My real estate sales should pick up now! The phone will start ringing any second now with new clients needing my services just by the mere mention of my name on WWR.

Hmmm, phone still not ringing. Still not. There, no, that was the dryer. Still not. Ah, no, that was Holly farting.

Oh well, what the hell. I'm still famous.

What a life

Holly
Originally uploaded by David A. Davison

Here's a quick snap I couldn't resist while I sit here working at my computer. A dogs love is unconditional!

Another Week-End Gone

Where the heck does the time go? Seems like I'm just going to bed on Friday night and the week-end is already gone. Just not enough hours in the day to get everything done that I want to and spend time with people I want to.

I did get a new headset/mic combo on Saturday though. Kinda dorky but I like it. Great sound and voice recording as well.

And now for something completely different - SNOW!

We survived a flooded basement and now the biggest snow storm of the year. Actually, it was kind of fun. Winston loves to play in the snow but Holly doesn't think too much of it. I had stocked up on groceries early Friday morning so we had plenty of food. Kind of a fun way to spend a week-end camped out in the living room. We watched the first 4 episodes of "Hero's" on DVD and porked out on all kinds of goodies.

Go to my FLICKR Photos to see more of our snow pictures.

Flood Update

Update on our version of Katrina, we are getting things back together and making some progress. The sump pump is working fine (all of our snow is melting and creating more water) and the battery back up has been fully charged. The electronics are drying out and I got my server to come back up this evening. All the water seems to be cleaned up and fans have dried out most everything.

Also, Holly is doing well after her surgery. She's playing with Winston a little, although she is still sleeping most of the time.

Gotta run!

FLOOD!

Yesterday was a day I NEVER want to re-live.

It started out with taking Holly to the vet for her scheduled spaying which we were not looking forward to. She is a spoiled little princess, and we knew it would be a difficult few days after her surgery. The good news is that she came through it fine, is eating a little, and mostly sleeping.

About 4:00 Dana came in the bedroom where I napping to tell me that the basement was flooded. I thought, this can't be, we have a battery back-up sump pump, must just be a trickle coming in. Well, the trickle was about 4-5 inches of water standing in the family room, my office, Danas office area, the storage room, and Kyle's train room.

The main sump pump float had gotten stuck and was not running, the battery back up alarm didn't go off like it should, and had worn itself down trying unsuccessfully to handle the large volume of water coming in. My dad came over with his shop vac to help and got the pump running again. So, it was dueling shop vacs to try and clean up the mess.

So far, we have 3 computer systems down, television, game cube, guitar amplifier, de-humidifier and various other electronic devices to see if they work once they dry out.

AARRGGHH!! At least no one was hurt and we got power turned off so we could work with the help of extension cords coming down the stairs.

If anyone else experienced problems with yesterdays flooding, I feel for you.