terminal logging

I've been wanting this for a while now. Putty had a built in way of logging each session, but I don't like the linux interface for putty so it's nice to have this solution by Rafał Błaszczyk, it works great!

snow

It usually only snows 9 times a year in Indianapolis. This year it looks like the first snow will happen to be on Thanksgiving, giving us all something to be thankful for...But we'll be in South Bend where it is just suppose to rain :(

someone asked

Do you find Facebook to be a safe network for people to use?
Yes.

Do you know if it is very difficult to hack into Facebook?
No, I don't.
I will assume it has fair security since I don't see too much on the news regarding its security and they are still pretty popular.

I have seen different situations where spam has been sent to me or my friends. How can this be avoided?
I would suggest having two email accounts. Use one for registering for websites, etc, call it your junk email account. Use the other for friends, call it your real email address. The idea here is that if you are registering an account with a website and need to confirm that you are using a valid email address, you can, without giving them the address you use for friends.

Is there a way for hackers to find out your personal information without being your friend?
It depends on how good of a hacker they are and how much personal information you put online.

What advice would you give teens who are using Facebook, in order to keep themselves safer on the Web?
Safe from what? Let's assume you mean physically safe. First you have to ask why would someone want to attack you? Two reasons come to mind, they either want something from you or they are angry with you.
So in these cases the best ways to stay safe are to:
Not let people know you have anything they want
Not to make people angry
It's worth asking yourself questions about these things:
What kind of things might people want that you have? How might they find out that you have them?
What makes people angry? How might you provoke someone?

Now avoid doing any of the things that you listed. Most of the people we socialize with online know who we are and can probably find out where we live. But if they are strangers, then you have a good chance of making it impossible for them to find you by not associating your location with ANY of your online social networks (facebook, twitter, blogs, etc). Some people are clever enough to look for your username on another network to see if they can find more information about you.

A few tips:
I would (as a teen) avoid putting pictures of myself online.

Never ever (even as an adult) say bad things about other people online. Saying bad things about people almost always makes you look like a jerk...and makes other people angry with you (including your parents).

Don't reveal personal information through your username (ie your age, year you were born, sex, location, city, state, school, real name).

Don't spend too much time socializing online.

I just wrote down my thoughts. I'm sure others have put more time and energy into this so if you're serious about being safe, you should probably do some additional research. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=online+safety+for+teens

google voice

Looks like I got my Google Voice invite just in time. I have a legitimate license, but I'd rather not have to bother figuring out what is wrong with this (my old voice mail program), I've never been all that happy with it anyway. By the way, our new number is (317) 758-7018, try it! Also this means no more phone card since long distance is free through Google Voice as well, just have to teach the wife how to use it.

MRTG for Squid

If you ever want to have MRTG monitor your Squid (proxy) server, just remember that cfgmaker won't make your config file :( you have to make it yourself or at the very least use this guys template. I spent most of the day trying to figure out why cfgmaker wasn't working...

Proxy Server

At work recently I have been working a lot with Squid. I set it up at home today, in another few days I should have something like this going on! :)

Kidney

Tonight I was helping Julie say her prayer and said, "we thank thee for Ben's new Kidney" and Julie repeated, "thank thee for Ben's new kitty". Too cute!

shocked

Often times on my lunch break I'll take a walk with a few co-workers. Today I was walking in front of one of these people and slowed down just to mess with him and do you know what he did? He reached up and pinched my butt!

new computer?

I'm tired of thinking my internet is slow and then realizing that my processor is sitting at 100%. It's only slow when I'm looking at online videos like netflix (no DVD-ROM)...but since we don't watch TV, we end up using the computer for that more. The motherboard is too old (5 yrs) to get a processor that will give much more performance - for $9.71 I can go from 1667 MHz to 2 GHz. This computer is a mix of many seasons of my life spaning 10 years - a third of my life!

Asthma

I officially don't have asthma. Next I get a cat scan or something...

Things you don't really want to hear

While playing with plastic toy animals:
Amber (giraffe): I am daddy
Julie (moose): I am daddy
Amber (geraffe): no, I am daddy, see?

North Korea, yeah right

Recently there has been news that North Korea launched a cyber attack against some of the US government websites. All I have to say is, "yeah right". That country is so focused on nuclear military and physical border patrol that I highly doubt they have any resources left over to support any substantial cyber anything if for no other reason than the fact that we embargo against them. What have we done to North Korea to make them hate us so much anyway?

The Crying

I know I've mentioned it before, each time I have a newborn. I really hate hearing them cry. It bothers me to no end. The only solace is the thought that this will be the last.

Photos Later This Evening

Kristy is in Room 336 at St. Vincent's Women's Hospital. (317) 415-8111
And they have WI FI (Yeah!!) and Matt has his computer. (Double Yeah)
And Annette has photos -- including the yucky ones before Robert got his first bath. We're getting ready to take the girls there and will get some photos with them. Then Matt can upload the stuff to here.
Stand By!!
Papa

It's A Boy!!!

Matt just called. Robert was born a few min ago; 7 lbs 4 oz. He appears healthy and so does Kristy.

Almost

Just got off the phone with Matt. The Rn said Kristy is ready, all she has to do is push -- but not quite yet. They're waiting for the Dr. to arrive.

Papa 3:15 pm

Birth Day Update

I just got off the phone with Nana. Kristy's contractions are now 1-2 min apart and the Dr. just gave her the epidural. Nana expects a baby in the next couple hours.

In the meantime the girls are doing fine. (What did people do before the age of TV and DVDs -- ie the mesmerizing machines.)

Papa

Papa (Phil) reporting -

Dropped Nana off at the hospital about 8 and I'm at home with the girls. (Thanks Humaira for coming to be with them while Nana and I came down from South Bend!)

Kristy is having irregular contractions and is dilated to 3 cm. They are starting her on Petosin (sp?).

Stay tuned!!

Kristy's water broke

Here comes Bob!

Certified

I am in an unofficial race with Dad to get certified. He is wanting to get certified in Java and I'm going for CCNA....again. It's unofficial because he doesn't know about it being a race yet - this should help give me a head start. I went to register for the test today, but you have to have an account first. So I created an account, but now I'm waiting for them to email me my password so I can continue. In the mean time I'm brushing up and realizing that perhaps there is still plenty of studying and refreshing left to do before I should take the test, but a deadline should help. Maybe I'll be able to study while rocking a baby to sleep....Maybe I should schedule the test for December. Also, I've noticed it's really easy to get distracted when you're not used to studying...but with frequency it should get easier to stay focused.

Radio faster than light! And don't go to college.

I read this article on a machine that makes radio waves travel faster than the speed of light! Very cool! And I read another article (unrelated) from the New York Post stating that college is no longer worth the money, it is interesting but I think the comments make some good points and personally I think that there is a lot to be said about enjoying what you do - which is much easier if you have a degree.

2010: The Year We Make Contact

Today I was watching 2010: The Year We Make Contact, when Julie decided to join me on the bed. She sat down beside me and to my surprise she wasn't wearing her diaper. To my horror, I could tell wherever her diaper was, it was full. I guess it's her way of letting me know I should stop having children...or else.

Kristy picked a great time to be attending someone elses baby shower.

2001 space odyssey

I watched this movie today, it is so nuts. If it weren't for the flash version it would drive me insane. I watched both (thanks Netflix). I think I need to use HAL as a theme for something.

tenure

I've been married for ten years today. Being married is nice yet a little less romantic that what I envisioned - perhaps everyone will blame me for any lack of romance in my life. Anyway, when me and all my siblings got married did anyone else notice a pattern. Our family is full of patterns, each of us was born roughly 2 years apart, alternating: boy, girl, boy, girl, Elizabeth... Then starting from the oldest we got married in 97, 98, 99, 99, 01 - if Sariah had been married in 00 we would have had each of 5 years covered consecutively. So I guess the next botched up number pattern is left for me since I'm the next youngest sibling.

Credit Card Bill

I think it's wonderful that Obama signed the Credit-Card Consumers’ ‘Bill of Rights’. It's about time we had some financial laws protecting consumers like this. I think some of these Banks should be ashamed at some of the practices they have been using to take advantage of their customers. I understand that some of the arguments that are made in court may not reflect how people truly feel (so I don't blame banks for saying that they can't be profitable without taking advantage of their customers), but their actions don't get them any sympathy from me. I think the economy would do much better if all money earned is done through hard work instead of manipulation.

Ornery Women

Today in sacrament meeting Brother Pugsley said he was talking to someone about the talk he was preparing. He said it was about honoring women. The other person looked confused until he repeated himself, honoring not ornery. He got some laughs, especially from me and Kristy.

Amber is a girl

I asked Amber how she knew she was a girl. She said that her mother put a magic spell on her. Kristy must have run out of these magic spells.

St. Elmo's

Some clients from work took me and some others to St. Elmo's a few weeks ago. It was great and the portions were enormous. I had enough left over for another meal so I took them with. On the way to the car a very persistent guy with no teeth asked us if we could help him get some dinner. It was interesting to see how everyone reacted. I told him "not today", which seems to go over pretty well with most people. But I considered giving him my left-overs. Instead I gave them to my pregnant wife who promptly ate it loving every bite. But I keep reflecting on the moment wondering if I should have done something more. This isn't the first time I've been in this situation, but I don't remember ever actually giving anything to people begging for food. Mostly I'm told that money won't go toward food, but in this situation I had food to give and I didn't even offer it. I've heard that steak doesn't digest well if you don't have the teeth to chew it, but it's probably better than nothing.

in case you were too lazy

P-a-i-g-e-F-o-x-i-s-b-a-d-a-t-m-a-t-h

Cutting Bob

Me and Kristy have been talking about circumcision. Poor little Bob. I think we should let him into the world unscathed. I'm not sure what Kristy is thinking - she seems undecided. I just don't think the "health benefits" are all they are hyped up to be. Plus I've heard horror stories of botched up circumcisions performed by hospitals - why risk it?

India

Maybe I should stop referring to Indianapolis as Indy...

Grandma Haynie & Matt's Bday

We are so lucky to have Grandma Haynie. Thanks for helping Laura, we've been a bunch of sickies in our house, but didn't have to worry because we knew Laura was in good hands. Also, she made a special birthday cake for Matt and we got to celebrate with her early....a miracle Amber wasn't sick on Thursday, she waited till after our visit with Grandma Haynie, Gabe, Laura, Branden, Emelyn, Kevin, and Sean! That night she spiked a temp! Good Grief! So we got to meet adorable Sean and spend a little time with everybody.

Sunday Amber seemed better, but had a low grade temp, so I took her to Dr.'s yesterday...she puked in the van (only on her and car seat since she didn't eat dinner the night before and stared at breakfast before laying in a chair). Dr. said...double ear infection=antibiotics. That should cover whatever else ails her and hopefully she'll get over the stomach bug. Poor thing. Still no fever and no additional throw up, so hooray! Soon she will have been on antibiotics for 24 hrs.

So, as of now, we are still going to Chicago this week for family vacation/celebrate Matt's birthday. :) We'll lay low today and pack.

Keyless entry

Today our the remote to the Sienna arrived with the following instructions on how to program it (I think somewhere in here, we should add "turn yourself about"):

• Driver's door open, key removed from ignition switch.


• Within 5 seconds:


• Insert and remove the key from the ignition switch twice.


• Within 40 seconds:


• Close and open driver's door twice.


• Insert and remove the key from the ignitino switch.


• Close and open driver's door twice.


• Insert the key into the ignition switch and close the driver's door.


• Within 40 seconds:


• Switch igition ON and OFF once to program a remote transmitter code whilst retaining the original cods or twice to program a remote transmitter code whilst erasing the original codes. Three times to check how many remote transmitters are currently registered or five times to erase all registered codes.


• Remove key from ignition switch:


• System should now lock and unlock vehicle once, twice or five times depending on which mode has been selected. One to four times, slowly, to indicate number of remote transmitters registered.


• Within 40 seconds:


• Press and hold LOCK and UNLOCK buttons simultaneously for 1.5 seconds.


• Within 3 seconds:


• Press LOCK button.


• System should nw lock and unlock vehicle once to confirm registration, twice to indicate registration has failed.


• Within 40 seconds:


• Repeat button procedure to program remaining remote transmitters.

Fortunately this actually only took about 15 minutes and no Hokey Poky.

05 Sienna

We bought a van today, we pick it up tomorrow. It's decked out. DVD player, the rear and side doors open automatically, all leather and it's AWD. It's nice, you'll have to catch a ride with us some time.

China Kat

When we were in San Francisco we went to China town and bought a couple of jade animals for the kids. We were only home long enough to go to church and pick up the kids before we were in Chicago. So Amber and Julie got their animals in Chicago. Julie promptly broke off her turtle's head. Amber enjoyed hers for a few days, she left it at a restaurant. Then one night she flushed the toilet and dropped her cat, it bounced off of the toilet seat and into the drain. It was flushed away. She was devastated. To this day she talks about the cat. Once she said that Jesus could get her cat back. That was enough to get Kristy looking on ebay. So today the cat from big China arrived. She was so excited and voluntarily promised never to drop it down the toilet again.

Madagascar

We bought Madagascar II the other day. Yesterday out of the blue, Amber said, "Smile and wave boys, smile and wave". It was cute, almost as cute as when she quotes Dumbo, "Out of my way, assassin!" BTW, we didn't enjoy the second Madagascar as much as the first. The second one seemed to suffer from the writers wondering where to go since the first one was over.

Irony

When the time changed about 5 months ago, instead of changing the time in my truck (due to DST) I just left it the way it was thinking it would be back on time eventually. Well today I finalized the sale on the truck and watched it drive away. Tonight the time changes back.

Thursday Complex

This is the Third Thurday in a ROW where someone in my family gets a fever and feels so sick. It's Matt's turn this time. Last Thursday was mine and the Thursday before that, it was Amber. Julie has been sick, too, not starting on a Thursday, though and she better not even think about it for next Thursday! Seriously, it's nuts! I still haven't kicked my cold, but I've had no fever for a while. I just want to be 100% better and meet Laura's new baby.

tacoma

I sold my truck today. We looked at mini-vans yesterday. I thought I would put the truck up for an optomistic price and see what happened on craigslist. I got about 4 calls this morning and one lady came out to look at it. She put a down payment on it and will give me my asking price as soon as I can produce the title. She'll pay in cash. I paid it off this afternoon, so the title should arrive in a few days. Then we'll really need to look for a van of some sort....I'm going to miss my truck. Actually I think a few people will miss my truck.

PEFCU

I've been banking with PEFCU (Purdue Employee Federal Credit Union) now for about 10 years. At times their website has been slow, but for the most part it's been a good experience. Except for the past month. They sent out new cards because they said our new ones were compromised. But it turns out that the new ones they sent me were the compromised ones so shortly after getting them they disabled them, and of course it came as a surprise to me. So I went a week without them (while I was traveling - very convenient) until the new ones arrived. I've had them for a week now with no trouble until we went to use the overdraft protection and guess what? Not only does the over draft protection not work but Kristy's credit card also didn't work! So we went home and moved plenty of money over from our savings account and then we were able to take our wall-mart groceries home. Thanks PEFCU! Thanks for letting me know that I no longer have the same services available to me that were available before. It's not like they don't have my email address! I get SPAM from them all the time, the least they could do is alert me via email. I'll be closing my account in the morning over the phone.

Blessed; Missing Matt

This week has been an interesting one. My mom visited for a few days and helped me organize my closet and a large cabinet before Matt left. It was wonderful. It feels good to have things more and more in order. She and Matt helped me pick out curtains for the living room and our bedroom the last time we were visited my mom. Mom has a way of seeing a need and filling it. She is tenacious with a project, down to making sure we got the bins I needed to get the job done. My house looks a lot better and I feel better. One cabinet in particular was haunting my life; flash cards, play dough, crayons, scissors, craft stuff, chalk, bubbles, and those counting bears...odds and ends that would threaten my patience because the kids had easy access to and would quickly spread around the house and make a mess, were making me crazy. I had reorganized the thing so many times and was at a loss for solutions that would last other than getting rid of it all. Then mom had a vision of how to fix it...clear stacking plastic bins, labeled. They are wonderful. No more cleaning up counting bears a thousand times.

While Matt was gone on business in New Mexico, I felt loved and assisted by family. Grandma and Grandpa Brown were here a few days. It was wonderful, too. Fun to see my dad play on the floor with my girls, chase them around with a blanket on his head. Bette helped in the kitchen as always with dishes and meal preparation, brought clothes for the girls, jam, home made bread, and Amish cheese. We all grocery shopped together, which is so helpful. And I got to nap. :) The funniest thing was when Dad had Amber's bunny and was having it talk to Julie's mouse, playing. Julie started calling him Bunny Boy. "Come here, Bunny Boy," in the silliest voice.

Later in the week Papa, Grandpa Phil, visited and was sleeping on the couch. Julie said, "Get up, Bunny Boy."

Then, today during Sacrament Meeting at church, the little boys behind us were sleeping on their parents' laps. Julie turned to them and said, "Wake up, Bunny Boy." It was hilarious. I need to record it, the way she says it cracks me up.

Thursday, we met Papa at Nick's jujitsu studio and watched him grapple. Then we all had lunch together. It was nice. Later that night, after making plans to meet Elaine & Ted at the museum, Amber spiked a temp. My slow thermometer got to 102.3 when Amber would tolerate it no longer. So that cleared our plans for the next day. She was really starting to worry me when she wasn't improving, asleep more than awake, not eating, and threw up in the middle of the night on Friday. Papa was a gem, keeping Julie occupied while I tended to Amber. And I got naps. :) And before he left, he made sure I went to the store so I wouldn't have to drag the girls out. We're so lucky.

It's neat to see the bonds of love we forge as we spend time together. It makes me feel like heaven on earth, truly blessed to have good family and friends who care. I'm looking forward to Laura having her baby and spending time with Grandma Haynie.

So here's the missing Matt part... Though we were well taken care of and busy, I missed Matt. There was an emptiness without him there. I am so glad he's home safe.

Having a week apart, we are both more appreciative of each other. I'm looking forward to our next date.

I just feel so loved. ...Elizabeth, I put the book you suggested on hold at the library. Thanks for the call. :)

Amber's coloring

I left this coloring page up after I printed it for Sunday school and found that Amber had made some colorful changes.

Pregnancy update

I'm 17 weeks along and feel like a bear. I just want to hibernate for the winter. We find out if we are having a boy or girl in 3 weeks!

After using powdered milk for the last several days and slicing my thumb cutting the homemade bread I made yesterday, I finally got myself out to the store with my girls. 1/2 way through the store, Amber threw up in the aisle. Poor thing. So it's been all kinds of excitement around here with mommy's patience wearing a little thin with lack 'o naps and lack o' energy. I think my baby is having a growth spurt or something. We'll say "he" is 5 inches long and I have felt movement. I'm feeling bigger, though happily girl friends from church who didn't know I was pregnant, claim I'm not showing yet, which is nice, though I am in maternity clothes/pants since my waist is uncomfortable in my normal jeans.

I attempted phase 1 of potty training Julie yesterday. We're not ready.

I want to live at Danielle's house and eat homemade waffles with fresh fruit and yogurt everyday. Her house is so roomy and decorated with style. I got some more ideas today. She could so have a bed and breakfast. :) Like she has time and energy to do that everyday, she was hosting a shower for 2 friends having babies soon. It was nice.

I just want to be pampered. My meager attempts at keeping up with the laundry are pathetic. If only a laundry fairy would put the clean clothes away for me, I would do the rest. Oh well, here I am blogging, best get on the dinner train.

Matt, I really do do stuff during the day. My energy just gives out and I have to rest.

He's my Brother

My brother, Nicholas Brown, is making a name for himself in the culinary world. Check out this article telling about his new menu: http://atgeist.com/blog/infusion-the-hidden-treasure-of-geist/

Nathan is still in California and I miss him so much. Would like to zip out and see him like we did in Sept.

Haynie's got a gun

The whole world's come undone! Now everybody is on the run...

I'm so Jealous

A baby was just born in California with 12 toes and 12 fingers. But what I think is really cool is that they are all functional! This guy is will be using "g" & "h" on home row! He'll be able to play the piano a little bit differently too. And he'll have to get custom made gloves or just settle for mittens. And perhaps most enviable, he'll have room on his hand for an extra wedding ring!

Mr. Fixit

I fix things all day. At work, I get paid to fix things. When I get home I fix more things. Today I came home and realized that the reason my truck has been pulling to the right is because the right tire was really low so I got the bike pump out and filled it back up. I've always wondered if a person could pump up a car tire with a bicycle pump. Then I pulled the sink apart to find the clog. That was really gross, I'd rather be a mechanic before a plumber! But more than anything I like the job I have. Working with Cisco and Linux is the best! Anyway I know the tire "fix" is only temporary, I'll prolly get new tires tomorrow.

not skared

Last night Amber climbed in bed with Mommy. Mommy asked if she was scared. Amber said,"I'm not scared, I'm just afraid". We're at Nanna's and Amber was sleeping on the couch when she saw some "eyes" looking at her. Granted that would freak me out too, but I think all she saw were a few lights.

I beat the computer at chess!

Granted it was the easy level...at the 29th move I thought I was doing pretty good so I saved the game and then lost focus and had to go back a few times...but I did it! I won!! Check it out, if you like, I was black:

1. d2d4
1. d7d5 <--Me!!
2. g1f3
2. b8c6 <--Me!!
3. c1f4
3. e7e6 <--etc..
4. b1c3
4. f8b4
5. d1d3
5. g8f6
6. e1c1
6. e8g8
7. e2e3
7. h7h6
8. f1e2
8. a7a5
9. h2h4
9. f6g4
10. f4g3
10. a5a4
11. h4h5
11. a8a5
12. g3h4
12. d8d6
13. h4g3
13. d6d7
14. c3b5
14. a4a3
15. b5a3
15. d7e7
16. f3d2
16. e7g5
17. e2g4
17. g5g4
18. g3c7
18. a5a8
19. g2g3
19. b4d2
20. d1d2
20. c6b4
21. d3b3
21. b4c6
22. c7d6
22. g4e4
23. d6f8
23. e4h1
24. d2d1
24. h1h5
25. f8d6
25. h5f3
26. d1d2
26. c8d7
27. b3b7
27. a8d8
28. b7b5
28. c6d4
29. b5d3
force
d4c2
29. d4c2
go
30. ... a3c2
My move is: a3c2
force
d8c8
30. d8c8
go
31. ... c1b1
My move is: c1b1
force
f3h1
31. f3h1
go
32. ... d2d1
My move is: d2d1
force
h1e4
32. h1e4
go
33. ... d3e4
My move is: d3e4
force
d5e4
33. d5e4
go
34. ... b2b4
My move is: b2b4
force
d7a4
34. d7a4
go
35. ... d1d2
My move is: d1d2
force
h6h5
35. h6h5
go
36. ... d6e7
My move is: d6e7
force
f7f6
36. f7f6
go
37. ... e7d6
My move is: e7d6
force
g7g5
37. g7g5
go
38. ... d6e7
My move is: d6e7
force
g8f7
38. g8f7
go
39. ... e7c5
My move is: e7c5
force
h5h4
39. h5h4
go
40. ... b1b2
My move is: b1b2
force
h4h3
40. h4h3
go
41. ... b2c3
My move is: b2c3
force
h3h2
41. h3h2
go
42. ... d2d1
My move is: d2d1
force
f7e8
42. f7e8
go
43. ... c3d2
My move is: c3d2
force
c8d8
43. c8d8
go
44. ... c5d4
My move is: c5d4
force
d8c8
44. d8c8
go
45. ... d4c3
My move is: d4c3
force
c8d8
45. c8d8
go
46. ... c3d4
My move is: c3d4
force
e6e5
46. e6e5
go
47. ... d1c1
My move is: d1c1
force
e5d4
47. e5d4
go
48. ... c2d4
My move is: c2d4
force
a4d7
48. a4d7
go
49. ... d2e2
My move is: d2e2
force
d8c8
49. d8c8
go
50. ... c1d1
My move is: c1d1
force
c8a8
50. c8a8
go
51. ... d1a1
My move is: d1a1
force
a8b8
51. a8b8
go
52. ... a1b1
My move is: a1b1
force
b8a8
52. b8a8
go
53. ... a2a4
My move is: a2a4
force
a8a4
53. a8a4
go
54. ... b4b5
My move is: b4b5
force
a4a2
54. a4a2
go
55. ... d4c2
My move is: d4c2
force
a2c2
55. a2c2
go
56. ... e2d1
My move is: e2d1
force
h2h1q
56. h2h1q
go
57. ... d1c2
My move is: d1c2
force
h1g2
57. h1g2
go
58. ... b1d1
My move is: b1d1
force
d7b5
58. d7b5
go
59. ... d1d2
My move is: d1d2
force
g2f1
59. g2f1
go
60. ... c2c3
My move is: c2c3
force
f1c4
60. f1c4
go
61. ... c3b2
My move is: c3b2
force
c4b4
61. c4b4
go
62. ... b2c2
My move is: b2c2
force
b5a4
62. b5a4
go
63. ... c2c1
My move is: c2c1
force
b4c3
63. b4c3
go
64. ... c1b1
My move is: c1b1
force
c3d2
64. c3d2
go
65. ... g3g4
My move is: g3g4
force
d2c2
65. d2c2
go
66. ... b1a1
My move is: b1a1
force
a4b3
66. a4b3
go
67. ... f2f4
My move is: f2f4
force
c2c1

Ow ow ow ow!

Julie got a little Melman giraffe from McDonalds when they were promoting Madagascar 2. We accidentally left it at Bally's one day. We called Bally's to see if they had it, but they didn't see it. About a month later we found it there. It's now missing a leg and Melman still talks but in a garbled sort of way. Kind of sad since it was one of Julies favourite toys and I love the way she talks about her "raff".

Once there were 2 little girls, they were full of mischief and sugar. They did a lot together, they would chase each other (depending on who had the others toy), they would eat together and they would watch tv together. On occasion they would cry together, but usually if one of them was crying it seemed to make the other content. They had a nice mother an crazy father with crazy eyebrows and ear hair. Their mother spent most of her time with them cleaning them, feeding them, reading to them and trying to teach them to behave. Their father wasn't around as much but when he was he seemed pretty tired, on occasion he would play with them or tease them with their toys.
Every Wednesday at about 2am a garbage truck would come rumbling around right outside their backyard to pick up the garbage from the daycare center. It would make lots of noise and wake everyone up...every single week. Not things to mention to potential home buyers if they were to sell the house.
Every month or so Nana and Papa will come by to visit. It's always a time they look forward to. It means attention and fun. Often times they would go out to eat or make lots of yummy food. They would play games together or visit the museum or the zoo. It's been a few weeks since they visited last. Maybe in a few more they'll come by again.