Scotty and I are going to India! He has a week-long business trip next week and once he has finished I’ll join him for a week of sightseeing. His work is in Bangalore - the “silicon valley of India” - which is in the south. After some consideration and weighing of my travel time and […]
John and I arrived at the Potomac Yards parking lot at 7:40 am to find it parked up to the back, but with plenty of open spaces throughout. We left Best Buy at 8:45 new netbook computer in hand. The crowds weren’t too bad, but my line had taken about half an hour. The highlight […]
Except for my turkey being done at 2:30 when I had planned to serve at 4:00 we had a great Thanksgiving. That actually worked out well because it left more time for making the gravy and mashed potatoes. But otherwise from baking pies at 7:30 and talking to Jeff and Heather, watching Glee with my […]
The Dig
John’s 5th grade has been busily working on their “Dig” project all fall and yesterday they actually dug. Well, first they buried and then they dug.
This project involves groups of 8 or so kids working together to design a civilization and create details about such things as their lifestyle, alphabet, recreational activities, and […]
Well, at least our local guy won. And the very conservative, republican replacement in New York district 23 lost. But that seems to be the only good news from last night.
At least Scotty did his part. He spent about four hours handing out sample ballots at our elementary school where we vote. Scott Surovell […]
It looks like the republicans will take the Virginia governor’s seat. The spin is that Virginia which has a one term limit for governor and elects him or her the year after the president always goes the to the opposite party. The fact of the matter is that while Creigh Deeds is a thoughtful man […]
Every day our mail brings new flyers from our two candidates for delegate. The incumbent has retired so both men are working very hard in their campaigns. They both have knocked on our door and sent follow up letters. Scotty talked to the first - Scott Surovell and liked what he had to say. Caitlin […]