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Here’s the beginning of a terrific meal at our most recent campout. This little fireplace has all the hallmarks of a CCC project. It was pretty cool. Except when it was pretty warm.

My brother-in-law Ken dropped by this evening. Apparently he had previously mentioned the visit to Loyal Reader Number Four, but his arrival was the first I had heard of it. We had a nice visit, as always. He travels a lot and always makes time to visit family and friends when he’s out, which I like.

Otherwise quiet day. Got up, got ready, went to work, worked, came home, visited with the BIL. I skipped my Wednesday evening meeting.

Tomorrow is my work potluckluncheon. I’m bringing pork barbeque on homemade Kaiser rolls. Ought to be great.

LRN4 and I have been invited to be on the panel for a parenting discussion at church at the end of the month. The choice was an obvious one – we’ve tried everything wrong already, so we must know what the right things are. Ought to be great.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s Loyal Reader Number One engaged in a strange primitive sequoia-related ritual. Really. There was a sign up near this downed big tree that said people have stuck their heads through this hole to pose for pictures for over a hundred years now. Way to keep up tradition, LRN1!

No post yesterday, and short shrift yet again today. My Loyal Readers aren’t getting their money‘s worth. Oh wait, yes they are.

Fine weekend. Sunday was full of meetings. Loyal Readers Numbers One and Two enjoyed their Youth Conference quite a bit and we enjoyed a visit from Loyal Readers Numbers Five, Six, and Twelve on Saturday. They’re back again this evening – LRN5 was the guest lecturer at Loyal Reader Number Four’s book group.

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I had a long conversation with Loyal Reader Number Three this evening. He’s at a major education/career decision point and wanted to talk about the numerous possibilities. I hope I helped somehow. Good luck, LRN3! Pray about it until it becomes clear.

Time for bed. See you tomorrow.

Here’s the train in the station at Greenfield Village. Sadly, this appears to be the last steam-powered device still in operation there. They told us at the machine shop that all the other ones just got to be too expensive.

It’s Friday night! The work week is over and the whole weekend is still ahead. Sadly, it’s supposed to be cloudy with a little rain and highs only in the mid-60s. I suppose we’ll just have to make the best of it.

Loyal Readers Numbers Five, Six, and Twelve are coming over tomorrow. We thought we might be going over there, but they say they want to get out of the house. We’re looking forward to seeing their place again, though, so we’ll have to make the trip in that direction soon. They had a little car trouble the other night, so they took the Suburban home with them. It needs to get back home.

Loyal Reader Number Two gave a piano performance this evening at MJC. Loyal Reader Number Four reports that it went well – he was definitely a standout performer. Sadly, I couldn’t get home on time to be there, so I’ll have to take her word for it.

I’ve been watching some old Home Improvement shows on the iPod. I borrowed some DVDs from LRN6 and converted them. Last week, he brought me the entire series, so I have plenty of disks to rip.

Time to start ripping. See you on Monday.

Here are Loyal Readers Numbers Five, Six, and Twelve posing for a family portrait. I can’t tell whether LRN12 is practicing for her 80th birthday or just not too happy to be there. This one definitely ought to be on their Christmas card.

Busy, busy, busy today at work. There are a million things going on, none of which I can seem to get done. Sigh.

On the bright side, Loyal Reader Number One got his patriarchal blessing tonight. It went well and was a very nice blessing.

Nothing else to the day. Got up (almost an hour later than usual), went to work (got there a few minutes later than usual), worked, went home early, ate, changed clothes, went to the patriarch’s house, came home, changed clothes, did a little reading (They Shoot Canoes, Don’t They? by Patrick F. McManus – read it before and, like all his books, it’s always worth reading again), had dessert (banana pudding – yum!), and blogged. Then it’s time for bed.

I watched some of an old Clint Eastwood movie called Firefox on AMC last night. When we got home this evening, it was on again, so I got to see the last few minutes of it too. What a cheesy movie. The action is ridiculous, the characters are more like caricatures, and the special effects are unbelievably horrible. On the bright side, Clint has lots of opportunities to squint. Not recommended unless you’re in the mood for an old cheesy movie.

Well, that bed’s calling to me. What it’s saying is that I need to put my stuff away before anybody can get in it. So I’ll see you tomorrow.

Here are Loyal Readers Numbers One, Two, and Four and friends in front of a tree you can drive through. Well, you used to be able to drive through it. But at least you can still walk through it. The signs said the original owners of the park cut the hole in this tree because those competitive jerks at Yosemite had one and they needed one too.

Back on the train after yesterday’s pathetic morning commute. My boss said it was just as bad today. So I didn’t miss anything. The train’s been much more crowded than before. With gas prices over $3 these days, it’s much cheaper to ride. It’s still been fairly comfortable.

Otherwise, there’s not much to report. So why waste bytes? See you tomorrow.