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Archive for July 2009

Scout Camp July 28-30

Owen and I went to his Scout camp at Indian Mounds Reservation Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week.
He’s in Webelos 1. Their group did activities like swimming, learning about things like disabilities, first aid and conservation, they did a cool craft where they made a lantern out of a can (it’s a huge thing for […]

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Up north

We went up north to my mom’s Friday through Sunday. Five adults, five kids and four dogs equaled a lot of chaos and fun. We took a long hike, went for boat rides, paddle boat rides, sat by the campfire a few nights and made s’mores, checked out the moon through Mike’s telescope, and played, […]

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Thursday driving

I had some cool plans for today, but due to circumstances beyond any of our control we had to cancel them and instead do several errands and a lot of driving. We still had fun, though.

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Red Cross Level 5 done!

Owen’s final swim class was tonight. Before class his instructor came up to me and told me what a pleasure it was having Owen in class. He also said Owen’s got something lots of kids don’t have…courage. He said even when Owen doesn’t get something right away, he just keeps trying and trying until he […]

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Exercise log 07-20-09

Tuesday 07-20-09

Elliptical trainer

Laps: 9.3
Time: 44 minutes
Calories: 434
Watching: Intervention on A&E: Bret
This was a really upsetting story. But, it was also very uplifting. Bret was so sick for several years from alcoholism. Thanks to his very brave children, friends and family, he agreed to go into treatment, and got sober. He came out of treatment as […]

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Migraine log 07-20-09

Last night it felt like I had a migraine coming on, but by the time I went to bed I was still able to live with it, so that was good. This morning I still had it. Just a feeling that the migraine was coming. By about 10am the crown of my head started to […]

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Exercise log 07-18-09

Saturday 07-18-09

Elliptical trainer

Laps: 9.0
Time: 44 minutes
Calories: 437
Watching: Intervention on A&E

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Amazon Erases Orwell’s 1984 from Kindle

Amazon apparently feels it has the right to delete books from Kindle remotely without even notifying consumers. Ironically, this electronic version of Big Brother deleted certain digital editions of George Orwell’s 1984:
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/18/technology/companies/18amazon.html

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Exercise log 07-17-09

Friday 07-17-09

Body pump at the YMCA — 60 minutes

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Upon seeing the sixth Harry Potter movie, Owen’s decided he must finish book five, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, immediately. He started it a long time ago, and although he’s kept at it he often puts it aside while he reads another book. He’s probably read 20-30 other novels since he started […]

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