I have a goal. That is to post a picture each week of Magdalena. I have enlisted Stepan's help in this endeavor. If we are successful in this effort, you may visit this album on my webshots and see a newly taken photograph of Magda.
I have posted pictures taken in Austin during the past week. You can view the first album by double-clicking here.
Ok, I just tried it. After you are in webshots, if you click on My Albums, you should be able to get to the other one. The other album has a II after it.
Stepan has posted new albums for 2004 very recently. If you go to:this site you can view them. There are pictures from the triathlon that several of the Lucio/Karl family competed. The balance of the pictures are from the events of the past few days.
There is a picture posted on the web of the new addition to our family. As you can see here, she is even beautiful when she is crying. I am so happy to be her grandma.
I got a spammed comment on one of my blogs and the url included with was http://www.google.com. The sender's name was John Doe. The comment was "Hi John". I like google. Should I leave the comment, Stepan?
Today marks the second anniversary of Jennifer and Stepan's marriage. It seems like only yesterday. Congratulations and many more years of wedded bliss.
Today Jeff, Debbie and I participated in the Keller Texas MS bike ride. Debbie and I signed on for 20 miles and Jeff signed up for the 40 mile route. Imagine our chagrin when about 3 miles before the finish line, Jeff passes us up. However, due to some confusion about the ride start, Debbie and I left about 5 minutes after Jeff. Additionally, according to my bike computer our ride was closer to 25 miles. When Jeff and I were discussing our rides, he admitted that his was probably closer to about 33 miles. I know that Jeff is a much stronger rider than I. When we have ridden in the past, he always leaves me in his dust and circles back. I do not mind though. After the ride, I went by Danny's to pick up an item he had borrowed (another long story). It was nice seeing both Danny and Joanna and of course Catcher. After the ride, riders gathered in the Keller High School Cafeteria. As we entered, a toothy grinned young man handed us a request to vote for him in a contest. His name is Jodi Ryan. He is a finalist in the MS Leaders of Hope Awards. He was chosen for his idea to help people with MS in the mobility category. His idea is about how to get information about Assistance Dogs and how they can help with mobility to people with MS. He has had an Assistance Dog, named Sky for five years. She can do over 100 tasks that allows him to conserve his energy, so he can do more things he wants to do, instead of the things that has to be done. He requested all that received this informational sheet to go to: this site and vote for him. He and I had a small conversation. I was being silly and he was enjoying it. He impressed me as being a very sweet and mannered young man. So, if you are so inclined, please go to the site linked within and vote for Jodi Lee Ryan.
As a post script to this entry. When I first tested the url provided in Jodi's paper, I discovered that he had included a wrong suffix. I found the correct address via google. So Jodi probably needs your vote more than ever.