Tag: neighbors

  • Horseshoe Christmas Party 2024

    Today was the annual Christmas party in our street. It was fun putting out the luminarias on the sidewalk and I especially enjoyed having my house lights add to the Christmas feel of the street. During the party I spent a good deal of time talking to Owen Johnston and later Jared Marden and Nancy…

  • Prize winning chili

    Today the Ward did their annual trunk-or-treat and chili cook-off. As usual I contributed chili. This year I brought our red chili and it was fun to see that it was completely fine before the night was over. We took off around 7:45 and then while I was out picking Alex up from work I…

  • Good neighbor

    Thanks to Brother Murdoch for giving me a ride to the bus when he saw me running (literally running) late this morning.

  • 29 September 2009

    It’s amazing how much better I felt today than yesterday. I woke up early but was fairly refreshed. My nose has still been running pretty consistently, but my head has not been hurting. I think my nostrils are healing from all the nose-wiping of yesterday, but I have been wiping enough that while they are…

  • 26 September 2009

    We inventoried all our food storage and gave Mariah her birthday presents. At 3:00 Laura and I went to the water conservancy gardens in West Jordan an saw some really nice plants that are well suited to low water environments. We got some good ideas, including a new kind of grass to use if we…

  • 2 September 2009

    Today was a very nice day at work as I finally felt like I had an ongoing issue that I could take ownership of on the Kronos system. I am becoming the defacto expert on Microsoft reports and I am determined to deliver reports that exceed the expectations of those who have been using them.…