Random Ramblings
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Not What I Had Planned
Today did not go according to my plan at all. The day started out like any other Sunday does for us – I got up when I woke up instead of letting my alarm clock dictate when I should get up, I fixed my coffee, checked my email… I don’t want to bore you with…
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A Welcome Guest
I love the challenges of organic gardening so I’m thrilled when I get a little help from garden guests. I went out to check on the home garden this morning during a break in the rain and I found a good sized toad hanging out under leaves of our carrots. When we started this garden after…
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Welcome Home Marine
This is how all service members should be welcomed home:
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Support LeBonheur Children’s Hospital
Two years ago friends of mine had an unfortunate opportunity to test the services provided by LeBonheur Children’s Hospital here in Memphis. Because of the expert staff and unfathomable amount of prayer over their child, John and Kari still have their precious son with them. I have a two year old myself and cannot imagine going through what John…
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More Server Woes
I had to move our web server to a new physical location and, in doing so, ran into a number of challenges – not the least of which was the site quit working completely after the move. I have fixed most of the problems – the photo gallery is working again, the home page will…
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Who Let The Mice In
I received a computer for repair today, the complaint was that the computer would not power on; this computer was definitely memorable. After unpacking the computer, I noticed one of the filler plates was missing from the back of the computer; my first thought was that it wasn’t the level of work I expect from my technicians…
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Squash
We’ve been enjoying fresh squash from the garden for a couple of weeks now so I thought I would share tonight’s dinner experience with you. We decided to try a new variety of squash this year and settled on the White Scallop Squash from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. We planted the seeds in the garden…
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New Server
I finished migrating the web site from the “server” (aka ‘glorified desktop computer’) it has been running on since August of 2007 to a new, much more powerful server. This should result in faster image processing so the images you want to see will load faster on your computer. The new server also incorporates more…
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That’s Not Good…
Well, this isn’t such good news. The short of it is that I made a stupid mistake and just wiped out the last year’s worth of work on this site, all because I used a “>” instead of a “<” when restoring the site database. I hope you will bear with me as I rebuild,…
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National Bike Ride for the Family – Arkansas
On November 15, 2001 a group of cyclists met in Siloam Springs, Arkansas to participate in Focus on the Family’s National Bike Ride for the Family. Focus on the Family is conducting the National Bike Ride for the Family to raise awareness of, and support for, their ministries. Our ride followed a route from Siloam…