March 23, 2005

Well it has been a long long time since this page has been added to. Lots and lots of water under the bridge. The first trip to Australia is four years ago and there has been a trip to New Zealand and one more to Australia. These trips will be added to the one that you can access here on the site.

Saw several of these in the wild.

There have been tons of sporting events that the kid has either been in or spectated. He names soccer as his number one love tho he did well in baseball where he made the All-star team. He gave basketball a try and was on a very well coached team which did well too.

Anne has gone over the five year mark from her bout with breast cancer and so things look quite bright in that direction. Other than that, we all seem to be doing well in the health department aside from the usual aches and colds and the like. She has caught the gardening passion and spends great gobs of time burying cardboard in front of the house. Weed suppression. I will have to admit that it is starting to look pretty professional out there. The jungle is gone.

I (Buzz) continue to enjoy the fine game of chess. I returned to the game, after putting it aside for some years, when I thought that Ian would benefit from learning it. He is getting pretty good and has reached the number one rung on the ladder in the local Middle School Chess Club. Not bad for a third-grader. I continue to dodder along doing most of my playing on the ICC on the internet. Great fun playing with folks from all over the world. I stick a pin on my big map for each person I've had a game with. If you are a chess player and would like a game, look for 'hotglass' on the ICC late in the evening.

March 24th, 05

The day has beckoned for outdoorsy stuff with lots of blue above and the promise of rain for the next several days. That does not bode well for the great Easter Egg hunt which we have here on the farm. Ian and his friend Ryen counted 444 plastic eggs that are stuffed with tooth-rotting goodies and are to be put out in the field by the Easter Bunny. Hot-cross buns will be the order of the day.

Well off to clean out one bay of the garage just in case in does rain.