Heard on the radio this morning that because of the Hurricane Katrina, that gas prices were supposed to jump from between 10 to 20 cents today. On the way in to work, I looked at Maverick across from Novell, it was already $2.51. I went to Sam's and it was only $2.38. Of course, I stopped and filled up the tank in my Tacoma.
I called Deni to let her know about the gas prices. Later that day, I went by Sam's and it had gone up to $2.61 - 43 cents!!!! Amazing.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a deadly and devastating tropical cyclone that was the cause of catastrophic damage in the southeastern United States and will likely become the worst natural disaster ever to hit the United States with major global economic consequences caused by the severe disruption of oil supplies, exports, and imports.
Disaster relief plans are in operation in the affected communities. Some experts predict one million people could become homeless as a result of the storm. Currently five million people are without power in the Gulf Coast region, and it may be two months before all power is restored.
The aftermath of the storm compounded problems. In particular, the breaching of some the levees protecting New Orleans caused water to flow unabated into the city. There was also widespread looting, many people stranded due to flooding, and an ever present threat of contagious disease in affected areas.
Katrina may be the deadliest hurricane in the United States of America since the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, which killed around 8,000 (possibly up to 12,000) people. The death toll of Katrina so far is "in the thousands", stated by the New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin on August 31, but it will take weeks before accurate numbers are known. Katrina is also expected to be the costliest natural disaster in United States history, exceeding the 1992 Hurricane Andrew.
Disaster relief plans are in operation in the affected communities. Some experts predict one million people could become homeless as a result of the storm. Currently five million people are without power in the Gulf Coast region, and it may be two months before all power is restored.
The aftermath of the storm compounded problems. In particular, the breaching of some the levees protecting New Orleans caused water to flow unabated into the city. There was also widespread looting, many people stranded due to flooding, and an ever present threat of contagious disease in affected areas.
Katrina may be the deadliest hurricane in the United States of America since the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, which killed around 8,000 (possibly up to 12,000) people. The death toll of Katrina so far is "in the thousands", stated by the New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin on August 31, but it will take weeks before accurate numbers are known. Katrina is also expected to be the costliest natural disaster in United States history, exceeding the 1992 Hurricane Andrew.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
"My shoe fits"
At the dinner table tonight, Deni looked at Sydney and told her to "Tell dad - "My shoe fits"
Sydney looked at me and said "Daddy, my shoe shits"
We laughed and laughed and laughed. Sydney likes to pronounce her "F's" like "sh's"
Naughty Deni.
Sydney looked at me and said "Daddy, my shoe shits"
We laughed and laughed and laughed. Sydney likes to pronounce her "F's" like "sh's"
Naughty Deni.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Family Gathering at Mom and Dad's
Went fishing as a family today up at Spanish Oaks Reservoir. We went in the middle of the day, so we didn't catch anything. However it was a fun time. Sydney fell in the water. I was only 3 feet away from her, and she had her life jacket on, so I wasn't that concerned. But the water was so cold, it scared her, as it took her breathe away. Both kids liked to play in the freezing cold water. Ryan held on to the outside of canoe, while I paddled over to the sandy beach from one of the sides.
We came home and put Sydney to bed for a nap. I worked on the garage a little bit. We can get both cars in the garage now, however, there is still work to do, as it is a very tight fit.
Stefanie and family came to see the house around 5:00pm. It was the first time that they had seen the house. We gave them the grand tour, then headed to Mom and Dad's for a BBQ with the whole family.
Our whole family was there, except Shane. Uncle Ken and two of his girls, Kara and Shannon were also there. It was fun to have almost the whole family together to visit. As always it gets crazy when all of us are there. With Teresa's 5, Stefanie's 4 and our 2, it makes for a crazy, noisy night. However the time flew by. It was 10pm before I knew it.
We came home and put Sydney to bed for a nap. I worked on the garage a little bit. We can get both cars in the garage now, however, there is still work to do, as it is a very tight fit.
Stefanie and family came to see the house around 5:00pm. It was the first time that they had seen the house. We gave them the grand tour, then headed to Mom and Dad's for a BBQ with the whole family.
Our whole family was there, except Shane. Uncle Ken and two of his girls, Kara and Shannon were also there. It was fun to have almost the whole family together to visit. As always it gets crazy when all of us are there. With Teresa's 5, Stefanie's 4 and our 2, it makes for a crazy, noisy night. However the time flew by. It was 10pm before I knew it.
Friday, August 26, 2005
Boring Friday
Not much happened today. At work, I finished up reinstalling my laptop but work was slow.
When I got home, we work on getting the computer room cleaned up. It is at least workable now. Still lots to do, but is usable.
We took Ryan and Sydney to the park for a bit tonight. With the park so close, it is hard to say no to the kids. Ryan loves the monkey bars and is getting better and better each time.
It was Deni's turn to help put Linda to bed. Linda lives in our old neighborhood and is paralyzed from the neck down.
Tonight was our ward campout. However I'm on call this week, so we decided to not go as I wouldn't be able to get cell coverage, while up Spanish Fork Canyon.
When I got home, we work on getting the computer room cleaned up. It is at least workable now. Still lots to do, but is usable.
We took Ryan and Sydney to the park for a bit tonight. With the park so close, it is hard to say no to the kids. Ryan loves the monkey bars and is getting better and better each time.
It was Deni's turn to help put Linda to bed. Linda lives in our old neighborhood and is paralyzed from the neck down.
Tonight was our ward campout. However I'm on call this week, so we decided to not go as I wouldn't be able to get cell coverage, while up Spanish Fork Canyon.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Two words.... Two Wheeler
Today was a frustrating day at work. I didn't really accomplish anything other than invalidating what I had done the last 2 days, as I had to start all over. Very frustrating.
Deni met me for lunch and we went to Sam's and walked around.
We ate the fish we caught yeseterday and the day before. Fresh trout. Hmmm. After dinner, dad came over to watch the kids for a second while Deni and I ran to the parents night at Ryan's school. We were a few minutes late, and it only lasted 12 minutes. Wasn't that informative, but oh well. I hope Ryan has a good year and enjoys his class.
Two words.... Two Wheeler. Ryan learned to ride his bike tonight.
We went to the park by our house. There is a basketball court, where I taught him to ride. When I first let go, he road in a circle, almost twice. Then we had to run back to the house to tell Deni (Ryan couldn't wait for Deni to show up.) Then we went back as a family. Other than starting by himself, he can ride pretty darn good. He favors turning to his left for some reason, but we can work on turning later. He rode home from the park, the street way. I ran behind him. Stopped him once from going straight into a parked truck. Ryan told Sydney, "Sydney, when you get big like me, I need to ride a 2 wheeler, like me." 
Click here to see all pics taken of Ryan learning to ride his bike.
Deni met me for lunch and we went to Sam's and walked around.
We ate the fish we caught yeseterday and the day before. Fresh trout. Hmmm. After dinner, dad came over to watch the kids for a second while Deni and I ran to the parents night at Ryan's school. We were a few minutes late, and it only lasted 12 minutes. Wasn't that informative, but oh well. I hope Ryan has a good year and enjoys his class.
Two words.... Two Wheeler. Ryan learned to ride his bike tonight.
We went to the park by our house. There is a basketball court, where I taught him to ride. When I first let go, he road in a circle, almost twice. Then we had to run back to the house to tell Deni (Ryan couldn't wait for Deni to show up.) Then we went back as a family. Other than starting by himself, he can ride pretty darn good. He favors turning to his left for some reason, but we can work on turning later. He rode home from the park, the street way. I ran behind him. Stopped him once from going straight into a parked truck. Ryan told Sydney, "Sydney, when you get big like me, I need to ride a 2 wheeler, like me." 
Click here to see all pics taken of Ryan learning to ride his bike.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Deni caught fish too....
Deni went fishing with Ryan and caught 2 fish tonight. I stayed home with Sydney as she had a high fever. Hopefully Sydney will get better and the whole family can go fishing.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Fishing and mowing
There are 2 things that I enjoy immensely. Fishing (and catching fish) and mowing my own lawn. Weird eh? Tonight I got to do them both.
I told Ryan I would take him fishing last night, but couldn't because the back of the truck was full of things. So I told him it I would take him today. We took the canoe and went up to Spanish Oak Reservoir. Within about 15 minutes of getting on the water, I had hooked the first fish. I made sure it was on the hook good and then handed my pole to Ryan to let him reel it in. It was a smaller fish, about 10-11 inches, but we kept it. Before I left, I told Deni were were coming home with 4 fish, so I wasn't about to come home with nothing.
A few minutes later I had caught the second fish that was a little bit bigger and fatter. About that time, it started getting darker and darker with rain clouds. I was getting a little worried about lightening sitting out on the Reservoir by ourselves, so I decided it was time to get off the water. Ryan played on the sandy beach, while I cast a few times. It started sprinkling so we packed up and came home. There is a fish cleaning place at the reservoir, so we cleaned the fish and came home.
The bishop came over to meet us tonight. I was downstair, according to Deni, "singing at the top of my lungs" while she let them in, so they heard me. Embarrassing.
Finally, I mowed the lawn. There is something about seeing the angled stipes in a freshly mowed lawn. This is the first time I have mowed my new lawn. We have a big yard. Wow. I mowed till dark. After mowing the lawn, Deni and I watched the reality tv show - Rock Star INXS
I told Ryan I would take him fishing last night, but couldn't because the back of the truck was full of things. So I told him it I would take him today. We took the canoe and went up to Spanish Oak Reservoir. Within about 15 minutes of getting on the water, I had hooked the first fish. I made sure it was on the hook good and then handed my pole to Ryan to let him reel it in. It was a smaller fish, about 10-11 inches, but we kept it. Before I left, I told Deni were were coming home with 4 fish, so I wasn't about to come home with nothing.
A few minutes later I had caught the second fish that was a little bit bigger and fatter. About that time, it started getting darker and darker with rain clouds. I was getting a little worried about lightening sitting out on the Reservoir by ourselves, so I decided it was time to get off the water. Ryan played on the sandy beach, while I cast a few times. It started sprinkling so we packed up and came home. There is a fish cleaning place at the reservoir, so we cleaned the fish and came home.
The bishop came over to meet us tonight. I was downstair, according to Deni, "singing at the top of my lungs" while she let them in, so they heard me. Embarrassing.
Finally, I mowed the lawn. There is something about seeing the angled stipes in a freshly mowed lawn. This is the first time I have mowed my new lawn. We have a big yard. Wow. I mowed till dark. After mowing the lawn, Deni and I watched the reality tv show - Rock Star INXS
Monday, August 22, 2005
Meet Miss Matthews
I spent the majority of the day today, backing up my work laptop to DVD and then fdisking. I had it dual booted with Windows XP and Novell Linux Desktop 9 (NLD9). I decided it was finally time to ditch Micrsoft and single boot with NLD9. I'm still in the process of getting everything configured, but am making progress. Since I still support products on Windows, I will probably create a Windows XP VMware image.
I left work around 2:15pm today to go with Deni, Sydney and Ryan to meet Ryan's first grade teacher. Her name is Miss Matthews. She really didn't talk to us much, but she showed Ryan around the room and where his name was, where he would put his backpack,etc. I guess the meet the parents night is later on. It looks like there are 20 kids in Ryan's Kindergarten class. I figured there would be more kids, so it is good that there are only 20. However twenty 5 yr olds can be very overwhelming, I'm sure. As we walked through the school, the teachers had their pictures on the doors. Most of them looked like High Schoolers, but I guess they are at least 21, to have a 4 yr degree. Kinda odd that the teachers are quite a bit younger than Deni and I.
After meeting Ryan's teacher, Ryan and I went to drop off some boxes at a friends, to my parents to pick up a few things, then to the dump to take some large trash. We werer going to go fishing, till I remember the back of the truck was loaded with trash. After going to the dump, Ryan and I drove up to Spanish Oaks reservoir. That is a nice place. We are planning on going swimming and fishing up there tomorrow. It is only 10 minutes from the house.
Tonight for FHE, we talked to Ryan about our fire alarms. I pushed the button on one, so he knew what they sounded like. Apparently, all our fire alarms are connected, as when I set one off, the rest of them went off too. It was good. We showed him how to feel the door to see if it was hot, and if it was, to go to his window, open it, climb out and then start yelling for help. Obviously we hope we never have to have a fire, but thought it would be smart to walk through what we would do if it happened.
Finally tonight, I downloaded DVD Shrink, which is a free utility that allows you to back up your own DVD's. I'm going to back up all my DVD's, and keep the orginals out of the kids hands. That way if they get scratched or cracked, then we will burn another one. It takes about an hour a DVD, so I will do it slowly, since we have lots of DVD's.
I left work around 2:15pm today to go with Deni, Sydney and Ryan to meet Ryan's first grade teacher. Her name is Miss Matthews. She really didn't talk to us much, but she showed Ryan around the room and where his name was, where he would put his backpack,etc. I guess the meet the parents night is later on. It looks like there are 20 kids in Ryan's Kindergarten class. I figured there would be more kids, so it is good that there are only 20. However twenty 5 yr olds can be very overwhelming, I'm sure. As we walked through the school, the teachers had their pictures on the doors. Most of them looked like High Schoolers, but I guess they are at least 21, to have a 4 yr degree. Kinda odd that the teachers are quite a bit younger than Deni and I.
After meeting Ryan's teacher, Ryan and I went to drop off some boxes at a friends, to my parents to pick up a few things, then to the dump to take some large trash. We werer going to go fishing, till I remember the back of the truck was loaded with trash. After going to the dump, Ryan and I drove up to Spanish Oaks reservoir. That is a nice place. We are planning on going swimming and fishing up there tomorrow. It is only 10 minutes from the house.
Tonight for FHE, we talked to Ryan about our fire alarms. I pushed the button on one, so he knew what they sounded like. Apparently, all our fire alarms are connected, as when I set one off, the rest of them went off too. It was good. We showed him how to feel the door to see if it was hot, and if it was, to go to his window, open it, climb out and then start yelling for help. Obviously we hope we never have to have a fire, but thought it would be smart to walk through what we would do if it happened.
Finally tonight, I downloaded DVD Shrink, which is a free utility that allows you to back up your own DVD's. I'm going to back up all my DVD's, and keep the orginals out of the kids hands. That way if they get scratched or cracked, then we will burn another one. It takes about an hour a DVD, so I will do it slowly, since we have lots of DVD's.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Found my book...
Before we moved, I had bought a book called "Leadership" by Rudolph W. Giuliani and started reading it. Well it got lost in the move in April. But I'm glad to say that I just found it. Since it has been so long, I decided to start at the beginning again. It is a good book. In the Preface, there is a pretty cool quote. Giuliani is talking about the principles he uses.
The book covers the events of 911. Having lived in NYC and been on top of the World Trade Center towers in 1995, the book is very interesting to me.
Surround yourself with great people. Have beliefs and communicate them. See things for yourself. Set an example. Stand up to bullies. Deal with first things first. Loyality is the vital virtue. Prepare relentlessly. Underpromise and overdeliever. Don't assume a damn thing.
The book covers the events of 911. Having lived in NYC and been on top of the World Trade Center towers in 1995, the book is very interesting to me.
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