Yesterday et al.

Thursday 21 August = yesterday
1st day of classes = 1st day of sabbatical
a good day to start keeping up with things again

Work - read chapter 1 of Algebra II for Dummies

Dogs - worked with both on
heel - sit - come - sit stay - walking on the right - no bite

Exercise - up and down A Mountain once with wrist weights

House - spent copious time
researching appliances on internet
talking to Lowes woman about appliances
talking to Home Depot man about countertops and sinks

Important dates from the past month or so ~

July 28 - workmen started tearing apart the house - 4 weeks!

August 2 - Maddie adoption day (2004)

* August 13-19 - South Padre Island #7 with Ed & Marco

1 summer 03
2 summer 05
3 thanksgiving 05
4 summer 06
5 summer 07
6 thanksgiving 07
7 summer 08
8 thanksgiving 08 - fingers crossed

* Friday 15 August - did my first jibe
acutally I did 6 of them - 3 each direction

This is the one I can do now ~ light wind jibe ~

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXnp6-6l-54&feature=related

This is the one I want to learn next ~ carving jibe ~

http://www.ehow.com/how_8992_carve-jibe-windsurf.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkNJhwqpRBk&feature=related

And here is a cool windsurfing (aka sailboarding) site ~

http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~wprinz/windsurfing/windindex.html

August 19 - parental anniversary (42 years)

& TODAY ~

August 22 - Happy Birthday to Kathy & Susan (my age)