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Here’s an Indian head in ice. It was really interesting watching the guy make it. Picture taken aboard our recent cruise ship and part of my famous Statue series.

No posts since last Wednesday. Yikes! I got busy again. Need to do better. Don’t seem to be getting any comments, so I assume nobody’s reading but me. No problem – this is kind of a journal as much as anything else, so I guess I don’t really require Loyal Readers.

Anyway. We went to the Science Olympiad on Saturday, where LRN2 got a second place for his water rocket and a third place in the general technical problem solving competition. The rocket worked beautifully. We had gone to the park on Friday to test our recovery parachute extraction lanyard idea. Had a few technical problems with it, but we came up with a great solution that worked flawlessly in two tests and then worked flawlessly again at the competition. Nobody else appeared to have anything remotely like it, although some groups came up with some clever solutions to the parachute problem. I think this idea could be developed from here into something that will really succeed next year if LRN2 decides to participate again. Which I don’t think he plans to do.

Spent part of Sunday working on Youth Conference, which is coming up in less than two weeks. I’m advising the dance committee, which consists of a couple of girls who really have no idea what they want to do. Trouble is, neither do I. We’ve got some work to do to be ready in time with a dance the yoots will enjoy.

Otherwise, things are pretty quiet. I stayed home sick from work yesterday with a quite nasty cold. I’m feeling a bit better today, but still struggling with hurting sinuses, a cough, and general aches and pains.

Had to go to work today because there was a going-away luncheon for six of my people and two of somebody else’s. Not a good thing to be losing so many people at once, but we brought it on ourselves. I’ll miss those folks.

I made some progress over the weekend on restoring the Great Art to the blog. It turns out the only practical way I could come up with to do it is just to upload everything one-by-one. Very time-consuming, but we here at the Morrowlife blog are dedicated to just that sort of time-wasting thing. You’re welcome.

And I’ll leave you today with this shocking food crime news: cheeseburger thinking!

See you tomorrow.

Here’s LRN4 welcoming you to sunny Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. It really was a beautiful day.

Another day, another … ummm … day. Not much to report. Worked, ate, and commuted. I’m planning on going to the gym this evening, which will be good for me. LRN4 didn’t go this morning – she let LRN2 talk her out of it – so I think she’s planning to go with me.

Got my new pedometer a couple of days ago and it’s now set up. I like it – it plugs into my computer and automatically downloads the number of steps I’ve taken since its last download, including the days the steps were taken on. How does it know? Makes it kind of fun to track my exercise, in a nerdy way.

Got confirmation from LRN1 that he’s in Guatemala today! The MTC there is small – only about 90 people – and he’s excited to be there. He has a new companion, although his old one is there too. Might as well get used to changing companions. I’m changing his address over there on the right, so feel free to send him a note! He’d love to hear from friends.

Also, if there are Loyal Readers who would like to be on his weekly email list, feel free to let me know in the comments.

My more astute Loyal Readers may have noticed that all the pictures from previous posts are missing. I assure you this is a temporary condition. Dumb old Blogger has decided they just can’t handle FTP file transfers – apparently, it’s beyond the capability of the web geniuses at Google – so they’re forcing everybody to use their servers for their blogs. That’s all well and good – I just pointed my website to their servers rather than my own – but they don’t transfer pictures to their servers. The new ones go there, but none of the old ones do. That leaves me with two choices: I can re-upload all my pictures individually to their servers (I have about 860 posts, so that’s no small task) or I can use their service to automatically find pictures anywhere on the web I name. That’s the only viable solution, but I haven’t quite figured out where to tell them to point. I’ll get it fixed in a day or two. Might have to wait until the weekend – I’m busy. Sorry for the shocking inconvenience, Loyal Readers. Your Great Art needs will be met soon. In the meantime, enjoy today’s picture.

That’s about it for today. Gotta go exercise. I’ll leave you with this shocking food violence news: breaking-and-entering panda.

See you tomorrow.

Here’s LRN4 enjoying her morning cup of hot chocolate in the cruise ship’s main dining room. Note the things on the ceiling that look like fried eggs. Also all the golden balls. Amazing design.

Here’s our cruise ship – the Carnival Splendor. The picture’s not crooked – the ocean was actually slanted just a bit uphill that day. Great Art taken from the shore at Cabo San Lucas and part of my famous Machinery series.

The blog is back! Our cruise was a lot of fun and very relaxing. It’s a bit hard getting back into the swing of things, but the fun had to end sometime. LRN2 did great by himself here in Lardville, the house was in great shape, everybody’s healthy and happy, and all’s right with the world.

We got great news the other day – LRN1 is heading for Guatemala tomorrow! He’ll be at the MTC there for six weeks and then start serving in the field. I’ll get his address updated over there on the right Real Soon Now. I finally got around to creating the mailing list for LRN4 to use to forward his emails to friends and family this evening, so everybody will know what’s going on with him now.

Otherwise Extreme Short Shrift this evening. It’s extremely late and I just got a haircut, which requires a shower before I retire for the evening. Cruise details tomorrow.

I’ll leave you with this shocking food violence news: hot dog injury! How un-American can you get?

See you tomorrow.

Here’s LRN12 recovering from her injuries. Look at that cast. And the band-aid. Very sad. Fortunately, they’re fake – from her beloved doctor bag. Great Art courtesy of LRN4.

Greetings from the train! I’m in the wifi car today, so I can get something written and sent before we get to Lardville. Hopefully.

We heard from LRN1 today! Three times! He’s doing fine and enjoying the MTC, although it appears that he won’t be heading to the Guatemala City MTC after three weeks after all. I guess we’ll have to see, as he says they’ve been a bit vague about it. I don’t think it really makes a huge difference – he’ll be in Guatemala soon enough. He’s seen several people he knows, including his cousin and a good friend from Virginia, which is pretty cool. He sent three emails because the computers there are on an automatic timer that just shuts down after 30 minutes, deleting whatever they were working on. So he sent a very quick one telling us he was alive, another longer one giving us some details, and one more finishing up. He apparently didn’t get shut down.

Nothing much else new. We’re leaving for Mexico in just three days! It’s time for LRN4 and me to start thinking about what we’re going to bring, etc. We haven’t even really thought about it yet. On the other hand, I’m getting more and more excited about leaving. LRN2’s been feeling pretty sick yesterday and today, but LRN4 is sure he’ll be well enough in time for our departure. She thinks he’s just as excited to have us leave as we are to go. Hmm…

I have to go to a scouting meeting tonight, I think. I have an email in to my expert-scouter colleague in the Young Men presidency for confirmation. Hope to hear from him soon.

Update – He just emailed. I don’t have to go. It’s been a light week for after-work meetings.

The weather has turned cooler and cloudy again. I think we’re going to have more rain soon. The last couple of days were warm and sunny, which was a nice break. We really need all the moisture we can get, though, so I’m still not complaining. Maybe when the house starts floating away, but not now.

That’s it for now. I leave you with this shocking food violence news: gingerbread vandals!

See you tomorrow.