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I have purchased more memory

I have purchased more memory for my computer. It is suppose to make things run a bit smoother. I am going to attempt to install the 2 128MB DIMM cards tomorrow. I will be removing the existing 64MB card. Depending on how it all goes, you may or may not be hearing from me in the near future. BTW, I am willing to sell the disconnected 64MB card for a good price; let the bidding begin!

It would seem that I

It would seem that I figured out what I had done wrong. I am fumbling around here. Give me a break! Actually, all the question and answers from the which ballroom dancer are you did not apply to me. So I made some stuff up. I am glad I turned out to be a girl. I would not like the extra baggage guys have to carry around.

You're Fran!

Take the Which Strictly Ballroom Dancer Are You? Quiz
Also try my other quizzes.

I am not sure why

I am not sure why it did not show which goddess I am so I will just have to report it here. I am Gaia. I am Mother Earth, I am way cool and have tons of kids. I do not like it when someone messes with one of my loved ones and I can be a serious threat---just ask Wyatt Payne. Otherwise I am a very loving and caring and gentle person.

See which Greek Goddess

See which Greek Goddess you are.">Jenny had this on her site. These kind of things are fun for me. You take it. See which god/goddess you are. Actually, I think it is just for goddesses.

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Stepan has posted a bunch

Stepan has posted a bunch of pictures to his photo album. Take a look at how much fun we had at the Cinco Ranch Triathlon, the dress fitting, the honeymoon.

I found it!!!!!

About one year ago, my brother Matthew wanted some people he knew barely to stay at my house while they were in town for a funeral. I did not know them at all. I agreed to let them stay and hid a little musical ring box that contained a couple of rings and some other jewelry, just to be on the safe side. They ended up not staying here and I forgot all about the jewelry box until several months later. I started looking for it. I have been back several places more than once. Today, I became focused, once again, on finding the darn thing. So, I started looking, with a flashlight this time. I revisited some of my earlier places with no luck. I had been looking up high. Today, with flashlight in hand, I decided to look low. Low is where I found it. It was on the floor of the hall closet under a sleeping bag that Jerry has stowed there. What a joy to find something you didn't think you would ever see again. It is pretty bad when you hide something so well you can't find it! Thanks to St. Jude for answering my prayer.

Home! There is no place

Home! There is no place like home! I truly enjoyed my travels of late. However, arriving home is always such a nice experience when one has been away as much as I have been away.

On thursday, Jennifer, Stepan, Cynthia, Helena, Tetra Hanka and myself went on an 8.4 mile hike of the Buffalo River area forests. A little over halfway into our trek, Cynthia and I decided we might have bitten off a little bit more than we could chew. It seemed that each time we stopped to rest, it was very difficult getting our "mountain walking legs" back. It took us about 5.5 hours to complete our journey. We stopped once for lunch at a very beautiful scenic overlook area, that afforded us a wonderful view of the Buffalo River. We also stopped about 2.5 miles shy of the finish line for apples. At this last stop we found a stick bug. We took alot of pictures of it. You will need to check out Stepans photo album. Jenny and I had almost a religious experience when we were leading the pack and 2 deer crossed our path. One stopped and established eye contact with us. I think he was as curious about us as we were about him. I hope that we were able to get some good photographic shots of him. I want to share this experience.

On the trip home, Jerry got pulled over by a Texas DPS officer. I'll be damned if he only got a warning. I thought at first what a great time to tell him about the ticket I got in Houston during the Cinco Ranch Tri. Not to be. However, the day I left for Austin to attend the wedding, I called to enter my plea of innocence with the judges office. I was informed that the ticket had not yet been turned in by the ticketing officer. It had been about 17 days since issuance at that point. Maybe, the officer thought that I was quite funny and decided not to turn it in. I am going to make one more attempt of resolving the ticket on Monday. If there is still no record of my offenses, I will write the judge and plead my case. I will do this in case the ticket turns up at some later date.

Today, Jen, Stepan and I went to see the Europeans off at the airport. Urs, Martina, Raphael, Aline and Moritz were on their way to a weeks stay in Cancun. Vladimir and Helena were heading back to Switzerland. I have to admit I fell a little bit in love with Moritz. If Urs and Martina ever decide that they do not want him I am going to be first inline to get him. Actually, they are such a sweet and lovely family, I would not dream of interrupted their life. They will just have to keep Moritz with them. I will keep him in my thoughts. Helena and Vladimir had a later flight, so the five of us left and went to Saltgrass for lunch. It was nice spending some extra time with them. I hope to go to Switzerland and visit with Jen and Step on Christmas 2003. I look forward to seeing them again.

On Wednesday, October 16, 2002 I will celebrate 30 years employment with SWB. My 30 year gift that I chose is a Bose Wave Radio. I cannot wait to get it.

We are having a wonderful

We are having a wonderful time in Arkansas. Today we went spelunking(sp). We had a very informative guide who also performed majic tricks. The kids and adults were quite amazed at his skills. In the cave we saw three bats. They were hanging upside down from the ceiling of the cave. One was in an inset of the rock. It was quite amazing. The year round temperature in the cave is a constant 58'. I told Jenny that if she found herself to be the last person on earth it would be wise to find her way to this cave in the summer months to escape the horrendous heat. I think that if she were the last person on earth, there would probably be no electricity to power the A/C of the world. BTW, if you have not figured it out. The word of the day is amaze.

I am not quite sure why my tools are not here to highlight, italisize and make bold, but they are not. I think it must have something to do with netscape???

It has been awhile since

It has been awhile since I have written in this. I am going to steal a common phase of my sister, Kathleen; "I've just been so busy".

Stepan's parents did arrive as previously reported they would. They are very lovely people. Even though Vladimir speaks no English, he has a very welcoming posture and his body language and facial expressions speak very well for him. Helena speaks very good English. It amazes me so when someone speaks more than one language. I know that the entire Karl clan is going to love them and appreciate how Stepan turned out as wonderfully as he did.

Yesterday was rather stressful for me. I even called Jenny so we could comiserate with each other, but she was having no stressful feelings. When I got off work, I decided to try to pick up the bridal dress from Stepan's cousin's house. Her mom, Hanka made it. I called from the office where I was working and noone answered. I had stored Hanka's cell phone in my cell and tried it. Ron, the husband of Hanka (daughter of the dressmaker) answered and said that his mother-in-law does not answer the phone because she speaks no English. He said that he should be home in about 30 minutes. I guesstimated that was about the time I needed to get there. I knocked on the door and Hanka-the mom-answered it. We were able to agree that I was there to pick up the dress and that the dress was not ready yet. Shortly, Ron arrived home with Kacenka, his 4 year old daughter, and acted as translator. It was going to take about an hour to complete the dress. That worked out very well for me becaused the traffic going through Dallas at that time was awful. So while Hanka laboured away on the dress, Ron and I had a nice visit. In a bit, I was heading home. I kept thinking about the huge responsibility I had in transporting the bride's gown. At this time the gown was in the cargo area of my company van. This got me thinking about my tool boxes and hoped that they did not fall into the dress. This made me remember the tool box I forgot to retreave from the stair well of the central office I had just left. This central office is in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas. It is not a great part of town. I called one of my co-workers and asked him to let me call him back once I had made it out alive. I could tell that my voice was not sounding quite right. The stess was starting to build. On the way home after safely departing the Oak Cliff C.O. I called Danny and told him if I felt okay I was going to be bringing his bicycle back home and the blow up mattress that he was going to be using in Austin. I told him I would call him and let him know when I got closer to home. I got closer to Dana Point and decided I had too much to do to get ready to leave the next day and I decided to call Danny and tell him to pick up the mattress on his way to Austin. I was in the middle of this call when Jerry came and told me that to be helpful he had loaded the bike and the air mattress into his pickup truck, so off to Danny's house I went. Seeing Danny and Joanna is always a joy. Joy has a way of reducing stress. As an added bonus, I got to see Dan Erik, a good friend of Danny's from high school. I got home at around 10:30 pm. I logged into the computer and checked the flight schedule for Stepan's brother, Dominik. I was to pick them up from the airport the next day and transport them and the wedding dress to Austin. Arrival showed to be 8:15am on American Airlines flight number 948. I went to bed, woke the next morning, ate breakfast and powered up the computer to check the status of Dominik and Remo's flight. It was due to land 30 minutes earlier than previously posted. Yikes! I rushed around doing the regular morning stuff and left the house 30minutes prior to landing time. The rub? it was morning rush hour and noone gets anywhere fast heading north on Hwy 360 in Arlington, which is the route I needed to take to get to the airport. I hoped that they would be delayed in customs. I got to the international gate about 8:45. I called Jenny to tell her I was late. She assured me that Dominik had my cell phone number and he would have called if he had already arrived. About this time, the elevator doors opened to reveal a very youthful and cute shaggy-haired blond boy. I told Jen that, I hope this good-looking lad was he. I had written his name on a plain white sheet of paper and had it displayed prominantly across my chest. His friend, Remo, noticed me first. We greeted, I went and got the car and we loaded it and off to my house we went so I could pack. They gave a really cool stick that when you turn it over it sounds like the rain forrest. I love it. We got to Austin around 2PM. The dress is no longer my responsibility. Dominik and Remo are in Austin safe and sound.

Jennifer is spending the night with me at the hotel. I hope to "wash that gray right out of my hair" with her assistance. I am very sleepy, so it may need to wait til tomorrow.

I am sleepy. I look forward to seeing everyone here this weekend. We are truly going to have a wonderful celebration.