January 2008

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42 mph isn’t too fast if you’re in a car

January 31, 2008 in Life, the Universe and All that Jazz | Comments closed

but it’s another thing when you’re the wind.

The cold front the came in Wednesday evening did a lot of small damage for all the blowing around we got.  I know the winds were higher elsewhere, but our neighbor’s online weather station registered 42 mph winds for our street.

We didn’t find our storm related problem until I was washing up for bed last night.

There was NO hot water.

Now, I had had a not quite so hot shower in the morning, but Boy had showered first, so I had chalked it up to following him.  But now at the end of day, there was only cold water available.

We’ve had this happen before, but that was with the old water heater.  The wind blows out the flame.

So there I am at midnight trying to light the thing – since I do NOT want a cold shower in the morning!

I love the ignition switch – but why do they put the little window right down on the floor so I have to lie in the dust and yucky stuff to see if it’s lighting?

Jo’s back! And she wants you to vote!

January 29, 2008 in Life, the Universe and All that Jazz | Comments closed

It’s only good for one day – January 30!

And in today’s mail…

January 28, 2008 in COLLEGE | 3 comments

We have a T-shirt!

Yep, a T-shirt from U Pitt Honors College for Boy. They have not only admitted Boy, but they want him in the honors program.

and…..

They’ve given him an $10,000 academic scholarship (out of state tuition is about $22,000) and have asked him to apply for a special Chancellor’s Scholarship (Full tuition, room and board and fees for 4 years – and money for books and a study abroad scholarship)

The application is a bear though with 3 long essays on topics that aren’t easy. Oh well, he wants to do it.

And in other news, we slapped some grades on the transcript for Purdue and then emailed them a pdf of it – and they are happy. How happy we’ll see.

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