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A lot has happened in the last couple of hours. Long story short: We get to the airport, drop the car off, make it through the security phalanx, only to find that the flight is delayed by 140 minutes. A quick calculation tells me that we’re not getting to LA until midnight. The car rental place closes at midnight. LAX…at midnight…with 2 kids and wife and no car= ugly sight. A little haggle with the gate attendant suddenly we’re on the same flight the next day, in first class. Call the rental car company ….”no problem, there’s no charge- simply re-book online”. Yeah. We collect our car and head home. Hop online to re-book the rental…… only to find out that the rate has skyrocketed $200. No cars to be had for anywhere NEAR the price we had locked in. Tomorrow is going to see an ugly phone call to a car rental manager. Maybe first class will salve my frustration but I doubt it. We’ve been having fun recently with a gadget that Julie borrowed from a friend- a doppler heart-rate monitor. It’s kind of freaky listening to the baby’s heartbeat in the comfort of your own home…also kind of difficult to find the little rascal. Sometimes it picks up Julie’s heartbeat as well so you get a weird kind of 2-on-3 percussive duple meter. All is well so far…that is, everything progressing nicely. Julie has to be on blood-thinner just like last time and we’re having weekly checks just to be safe. But here’s a recent snap from the real deal ultrasound, courtesy of the Amazing Dr. Platt: At long last, I have ditched my trusty Palm 755p in favor of an Android phone. I got the HTC Evo and it thoroughly rocks. I suppose I could draw the inevitable conclusions to the iPhone, but I’ll refrain. I’m a big fan of the “the right tool for the right job” and “stick with what works”…..don’t get me wrong- I’m a huge Apple fan, but the carrier switch is what doomed me. I just couldn’t handle a switch to AT&T and honestly, we get a better plan from Sprint. Julie ended up with the Samsung Moment, a capable and svelte Android phone. It runs 2.1 and has a slide-out keypad. I considered this one for a bit, but in the end, went with it’s bigger brother. The EVO is pretty ridiculous though. To think that this much capability is in a phone in my lifetime…heck in the last 2 YEARS, is just great. I can’t say I’m real happy with the battery life. I knew it was coming. I plan on purchasing an extended batt from Seidio as well as a holster and a skin. Check out the specs: HTC Evo.
Yet another test of Wordpress mobile. Truly an amazing app….this is a shot from Fathers day from the hammock…… By now most people have heard that we’re expecting a baby! Somewhere around mid-late November is the target date….but we’ll be on pins-and-needles the whole way. Can’t tell a whole lot but here ya go:
It always starts out innocently enough- “hey let’s go to Home Depot….we need light bulbs and some plant hangers….”. And it turned into “let’s re-do the driveway lights”. Easy enough. The ones we had were from a kit that we bought at Sam’s about 4 years ago….
Ivan playing soccer, Olivia playing softball……must be spring! Click here |
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so you can pretty well guess what would happen- nothing! No light! Actually, it probably would’ve fried it. So here you have it. I had to punch the cable under the sidewalk- right next to the hole I made for the sprinkler system…so it was easy. Whadda ya think?
