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Here’s the second in my famous “lighthouse” series. It’s also the last, so far. This one is in Nassau. I like the blues.

Tonight, Mark and I took Andy to dance class and then went to Staples and the library. We needed to pick up a box of paper clips for Shannon’s science lesson tomorrow. We found the paperclips ($1.29 for a box of cute striped clips – great deal) and also picked up TurboTax and new print cartridges for Mark’s K12 computer. So, we went in for a buck-something item and ended up spending just about a hundred bucks. I’ll bet they love us at Staples. Mark also bought Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator, which he’s enjoying trying out.

I spent the rest of the evening getting Mark’s printer (HP DeskJet 5550) working with the new cartridge (the black cartridge was fine; the color one said it was full but absolutely refused to print in spite of repeated cleanings and primings – I finally gave up and put in the new one), setting it up to print to my LaserJet 1100, getting his account straightened back out, setting up Outlook, and finally making my computer print to his printer over the network. It all works!

But alas, I’m out of time, so I’m off to bed. Good night.

Here’s another shot from our trip to Nassau. Our tour was a waste of time and money and the Ardastra Zoo was a real disappointment and the flamingo show was completely lame (they have actually trained them to walk!), but the birds were pretty, anyway.

The missionaries invited me to help them teach a couple of spanish-speaking guys – Alex and Juan – this evening while I was at Young Men. Alex was baptized two Sundays ago and Juan is pretty serious about joining the church within the next couple of weeks. They’re both really nice guys and I really enjoyed speaking some Spanish again. I mentioned to Shannon at Alex’s baptism that I think he already looks like a member of the church. It’s still true. I’ve been invited to teach the Gospel Principles Sunday School class next Sunday too. Because of the several Spanish-speaking people attending the class, it’s held in both English and Spanish, which ought to be interesting. My experience conducting meetings in both English and Russian with ILS should be helpful there.

The cheesecake was excellent! Maybe the best ever.

Zoinks! It’s already almost 10:00 and I have to drive to Seminary tomorrow. Better get to bed. See you tomorrow.

Well, he’s really not a slacker, but his t-shirt is. This is another one taken at Hopewell Furnace last year. That was a pretty good day for photography, if I do say so myself. There were lots of interesting places and I guess I was feeling creative that day. I need to keep my camera a little bit handier – I frequently see things that I think would make a good picture, but don’t often get to take advantage of those moments. The trouble is that we’re not technically allowed to bring cameras into the office (although so many people have cameraphones these days that it’s effectively impossible to keep them out), and I don’t want to leave it in the car to freeze and/or burn. So, no photos unless I specifically go out to take them. Sigh.

I have to go pick up Mark from his Barbership practice. Back in a little bit.

I’m back. Actually, I never left. Just as I was getting ready to go downstairs, Shannon called and told me she was on the way home and would be happy to go pick Mark up. So I stayed home.

Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re spending the holiday quietly at home, except for Shannon, who went to visit somebody in the Relief Society, and Mark, who went to Barbershop practice. No, he’s not learning how to cut hair – he’s learning to sing a capella, as in Barbershop Quartet. Although there are about a hundred of them. I guess that’s just 25 quartets, if you care to look at it that way. Or one hundred-tet.

Anyway, we’re spending the holiday quietly at home. I presume (hope, actually) that Shannon made me my traditional cherry cheesecake. Presumably, we’ll have it after she and Mark get home.

It was a pretty busy day at work today – much busier than I’m used to these days. I spent essentially the entire day in telecons, which may not sound exhausting, but it was. The good news is that we got a lot of work accomplished for Astra 1KR. The less good news is that I didn’t get any work done on my JCSAT-11 ICD, which I have to review with my ILS friends on Monday. Well, there’s always tomorrow. Besides, 1KR is my absolutely top priority right now. If I don’t find the time to work on J-11 tomorrow, though, I’m in real danger of needing to work a little bit of overtime to catch up, and that would be a problem!

Shannon’s not feeling well right now – a cold, she suspects. She has my pity.

Somebody’s been looking at my Flickr photos! I wonder who. I wonder why. Is it one of my readers? Is it a perfect stranger? Is it an imperfect stranger? I certainly hope not. I guess I should have put a link back to the blog there – maybe I’d actually get a reader who I don’t already know! Nah . . . that’ll never happen.

They’re back from Barbershop! I’m off to eat cheesecake. Bye.

Here’s a picture of Reader Number Two in the fort overlooking Nassau, Bahamas. We had a lot of fun on our Cruise, but didn’t actually think much of Nassau. I doubt we’d go ashore there if we had it to do over again.

I went and watched Reader Number Two’s theatrical performance this morning. It was cute. I was supposed to go help my friend Mike put up some blinds afterwards, but he cancelled. Had to find things to do on my own instead. Somehow I managed. Luckily, I didn’t do anything useful, other than work on the blog a little bit. Got the Flickr link up – have a look (the morrowlife photo collection over there, on the right)!

Katie (A.K.A. Reader Number Five) sent a link to Gary’s and her new website. It looks nice to me. I hope it makes them a million bucks. And that they remember their dear old dad.

Speaking of Gary, the good news just keeps rolling in! He’s Reader Number Six!!! Welcome. We’ll get you picture up Real Soon Now. Make a comment! I really mean it. Really.

We have a fifth reader. What a shock! I happened to mention in the family newsletter the other day that I had a great blog (this one), and somebody (see above) happened to read it! Welcome, Reader Number Five, and keep coming back!

Not a lot of news today. We jacuzzified after home evening tonight. It’s been a sunny but cool and windy day, and the cold wind was a strong contrast to the hot water. I think we enjoy the spa more in the winter than in the summer. And use it more too.

We have a launch coming up on the eighth – that’s two days away. Watch for it on the Sea Launch website.

Today’s bad news is that it appears that the minivan we were thinking about has been withdrawn from the market. The good news is that we don’t really need another car for about 14 months. Something great will come along.

Speaking of something great coming along, I came really close to buying a Mac G5 with dual 2.0 GHz processors on Saturday. They had one at Comp USA for a great price, but it was still a high price. If only I needed it. It is such a beautiful computer. Someday, someday . . . it will be mine.

I have to drive to seminary tomorrow morning, so must get to bed. ‘Night.

Today’s photo by Mark.