Two babies born so far this week! Congratulations to my cousin Renee and her husband Jonah on the birth of their daughter, Abigail! Also, congratulations to our friends Lindsay and Bob in Rochester on the birth of their son, Patrick! First babies for each of them! Enjoy! Before you know it, they’ll be walking!
I thought it was quite interesting to read this story about how the Holland School Board actually cut $1 million from their budget. Their reason? Simple. Welk said the goal to cut 5 percent from the budget stemmed from a shrinking school population that had shrunk from 1,450 to 1,050 over recent years — with…
This really doesn’t want to let up! I’m amazed at how bad the roads are around here, but that’s what happens when it’s too cold for salt to do any good. At least it looks like it’s going to hit 20 degrees tomorrow. Heat wave! P.S. The skyway still hasn’t been closed this year. Just…
Haven’t had much to post lately. Amanda and I had a fabulous combined birthday celebration on Saturday. This year I asked everyone to just gift me cash, as what I really wanted to get was a lighting setup for my camera. Need the right gear to take photos of the baby! When it all arrives…
Mike Miller posts a progress report on the Central Terminal, with all our major accomplishments to date: – The 4 exterior clocks have been fixed and relit. – The tower is now lit at night. – 300 tons of debris was removed from the concourse and tower 1st floor. – More than 4,000 tower/office windows…
Amanda and I returned from a weekend trip to Michigan for my cousin’s wedding (congrats again, Jen!). The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was a great time, with some excellent, personal flourishes. My favorite was having the entire wait staff enter to “Be Our Guest” carrying their silver platters to begin serving dinner. The…
I’m taking a shot at getting tickets for game 3 online. At the moment, I’m stuck in the 30 second refresh queue: Updates: 9:06… still waiting 9:08… still waiting 9:10… still waiting 9:12… still waiting 9:14… still waiting 9:15… SOLD OUT Not just game 3 either, the entire third round. Well, it was worth a…