Haven't Really Updated Lately, So Here's the Happenings

By On 2 Jul ’04

David and I went to an indoor fireworks store today. It was pretty big. Dave got to walk around with a basket and tell the people what he wanted and he was smiling the entire time. I did not know the difference between the types of explosives other than what David told me, so I didn’t pick much out. I will say, though, that at the New Years firecracker bash we had and my parents’ place, I got to hold a baby roman candle and I was really scared of it, but still had fun. This time, David informed me that I have graduated to the medium size with eight “fwhoomp”s…

We are meeting Mark and Becky Miller and Jacob (Adam) and Meredith Jeffers and my brother all at my parents’ land for a fireworks extravaganza. There will be two digital Rebels there as well as my EOS and maybe Jer’s Nikon (i think its a Nikon…??), so I will be sure to take my lenses and tripod to set up in attempt to capture some sparklies. This will be the most photographed Fourth of July get-together EVER. Hopefully a good (and not rainy) time will be had by all.

In other news, we have a young cardinal trying to get in through the window in the second bedroom. He’s (yes, it is a HE as he is becoming bright red) been obsessed with our window all day long and the cats are no longer phased by his (mouse-over the next word) meeble attempts at flying through the window. At least the tree is close enough to the window that he does not have enough distance to gain speed to cause any damage (to him or the glass).

Also, we noticed today that the construction at 620/Lake Creek has taken over all of the right-turn-before-the-light lanes. This is causing traffic to back up all the way past Parmer and even at the lights at the Parmer bridge over 620. David and I will be driving either North to Brushy Creek or South to Anderson Mill in order to get over to 183 which is no longer a real traffic problem due to the new extension which opened in April. This really stinks because 620 is the most direct way to church and to the Collins’ house in Steiner Ranch. I have been spending afternoons with Lisa Collins who is ten weeks pregnant with their first child and still has morning sickness… we watch movies on their new home theatre system… its nice when a close friend buys the Blockbuster Movie Pass and gets unlimited rentals for a month!! ;-)

I think I have all of the DC pictures up on the gallery now. There are 155 pictures for your perusal. Well, Dave rented Kill Bill, so I’m going to go have dinner in front of the TV. Have a great night, y’all!

PS, in case I don’t blog again until after this weekend, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my weblog on the 4th of July!

 

0 Responses to Haven't Really Updated Lately, So Here's the Happenings

  1. Dave's Dad says:
    2 Jul ’04 at 9:03 pm

    What’s a meeble attempt?

  2. Jennifer says:
    2 Jul ’04 at 10:46 pm

    MOUSE-OVER! I made it an [abbr] tag so I could define it. Your mouse should show a ? and reveal the meaning when you hover above the small, underlined text.

    meager:
    1. meager (vs. ample), meagre, meagerly — (deficient in amount or quality or extent; “meager resources”; “meager fare”)
    2. meager, scrimpy — (barely adequate; “a meager allowance”)

    feeble:
    1. feeble, lame — (pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; “a feeble excuse”; “a lame argument”)
    2. faint, feeble — (lacking strength or vigor; “damning with faint praise”; “faint resistance”; “feeble efforts”; “a feeble voice”)
    3. decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, sapless, weak, weakly — (lacking physical strength or vitality; “a feeble old woman”; “her body looked sapless”)
    4. feeble, nerveless — (lacking strength; “a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude”- Nathaniel Hawthorne)

    Therefore, a meeble attempt–meeble being a fictional word made by combining the above two words in a typo which made us laugh–would mean, that the bird’s attempt at flying through the window was barely adequate and pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness, otherwise, we would have two very happy cats.

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