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SNOW DAY in CHICAGO!

I love Chicago. I moved here in the middle of high school and fell in love with the city, the culture, the pace, the architecture, the food, and the WEATHER! YES! I LOVE cold weather, and I especially love snow. In high school my dad had a huge snow blower that was the width of the sidewalk and had a gear shift with five speeds! Not only would I happily plow the driveway, but the neighbors and their neighbors and the side walk all the way around the culdesac. (we were at the end where the snow was dumped with the city plow turned around and blocked our driveway with a mountain of snow… which is why we got the huge snowblower) but I digress. I’ve been very disappointed for several years. It’s hardly snowed. We’ve had these lame boring snowless winters for several years now. So when this past December was the ‘coldest Chicago December in recorded history’ I was so excited. My snow blower has been dying for years, but it wasn’t a big deal. I’ve shoveled and borrowed by sister’s wimpy electric one to get by since they live four houses down. Anyway – the wonderful weather…

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The Apple in my eye

It’s here. The MacBook Pro. The latest amazing development from Apple. For those who think that Apple or Mac users are still primarily an anti-Bill Gates fan club who are blindly loyal to Macs because of their hatred of PCs, they are way behind the times. Those crazy devoted Macites are just lucky they chose Macs, even if for silly or rebellious reasons originally, they chose a winner. By the way, without going into detail, Bill Gates makes money whether you buy a PC or Mac. So if you hate Bill Gates, get a yellow memo pad and a Bic pen, but my guess he owns stock in those companies to. So get over it. Apple computers are not a fad. They are simply better, and in every possible way. Let’s be clear. I am not a PC Man, or a Mac Man. I have gone back and forth between PC and Mac over the years – Atari 2600 (first computer!), Laser 128 (Mac), Toshiba T-1000 (PC), Apple IIc, Compaq (PC), PowerBook 180 (Mac with 16 shades of grey!), many WinBooks (PC), PowerBook G4 (Mac). (left several noname PCs out of the list) I am loyal to none of these.…

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Trouble in Pair-a-dice?

[This was sent late Saturday night from my treo650 (if you get the emails, that explains the signature info at the bottom of this post originally, BUT this didn’t post until Sunday evening!? Must have been Internet down in Vagas too?] Well, I’m in Las Vegas, about to board the plane to head home, it is 7pm Chicago time… And the power goes out when we are twenty feet from getting on the plan. Some emergency lights are on, but I suspect we are in for some delay…. Will keep ya posted. Hmm… Who will do kids church tomorrow if I don’t make it home? [UPDATE: We ended up still boarding soon, and they said the filed all the paperwork to depart by paper so we could leave even though power was still out. We got a tailwind and flew over 600 mph to arrive at home early… only to wait over an hour for ALL the luggage! The entire flight’s luggage got lost at MidWay and they were rather baffled for awhile… eventually we got home. It was a loooong day, but we made it back and I was able to be at church Sunday which is always the…

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Finally Meeting Junior High Crush??

CPC 2006 – Anaheim – Day One of First of Three CPC’s! Here are some miscellaneous pics and info for friends and family, ending with the story I headlined with: meeting Lisa Whelchel. Here is the best Uncle and Aunt I have. (except for the others!) My Uncle Wilson is as smart as a rocket scientist… oh wait, he IS a rocket scientist for Boeing after years and years at McDonald Douglas before Boeing bought them. While most famous for her brownies, my Aunt Linda is one of the sources of my creativity and inspiration since I was in HER children’s church as a kid… and showed me how to love and teach kids! And she’s still at it, teaching first grade in the inner city of LA for 11 years now! We stayed at their house for two nights before CPC to enjoy Disneyland in the Rain! No trip to California is complete without a trip to IN-N-OUT burger. A popular restaurant with a very short menu, but lots of favorites not on the menu. (My sister worked at this very location in high school.. before a Mac truck hit her and ended her career… she survived, but quit…

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2nd Annual Disneyland in the Rain Event!

Yes, it was back to Disneyland in the rain. (again) Last year we stayed a day after CPC to visit Disneyland and went in the pouring rain with some friends, so this year we decided to go a day before CPC…. but it poured again! Klinkers, Tanners and Bastians… last year…. (since I wasn’t bloggin’ yet then) This is 2006… Steve Tanner and my cousin Andy Blackwell joined us. Kinda looks like 2005 pic, huh? But, hey…. it’s all about the memories…. even WET ones! Here’s “me and Andy”* – my best friend as a kid growin’ up in southern California. “Snoop” of “Sneak n Snoop” in our secret detective agency we formed. (I was “Sneak”) Here’s me with my best friend now… (she’s cuter than Andy) and Andy never washed my socks or cooked for me. :) Sorry Andy, but I highly recommend a wife. :-D Though I did catch her kissin’ another man at Disneyland…. and a FROG at that! Disneyland is celebrating it’s 50th Birthday, and there was a lot of fun and cool stuff around the park, but rather than bore you with all that…. (go see for yourself)…. I MUST say the fireworks show was…

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