The last couple of weeks have had their share of ups and downs...
On the down side, my last time flying was very frustrating. I spent the whole hour doing touch and goes, and I wasn't happy with any of my landings. None were horrible or unsafe, but none were great either. My problem appears to be just before the flare through touchdown. I would have thought by now, that I could grease all of my landings.
Computing was also frustrating. All of my web sites (Blogdom, Dealdom, and Witsdom) and my e-mail were inaccessible due to name server problems at my dynamic dns (DDNS) provider, ZoneEdit. Given that the service is free, has a really good user interface and lots of features, I can't really complain too much that the service was down for a few days, but it was frustrating nonetheless.
Comment and trackback spam continues to be a real bummer. Now that I have the e-mail sending working again on the server, each spam creates double work, as I now have to delete the email as well as the actual spam. Why can't people be good and nice?
And, as I have for the last few years, I find myself sick at the end of the year. On the plus side, at least this year I didn't get sick until after Christmas, but on the minus side, I'm sick for New Year's. Fortunately, it is just a cold, but I still feel lousy.
On the up side, we had a nice trip north. We spent the first few days with our friends Andrew and Laura and their precious daughter Hannah in their beautiful new home. They were gracious hosts - even allowing us to spend a night in their house after they had left town to visit relatives. We had a nice lunch with some of our old DataFlow friends including Dick and Steven.
We got to see Robby a couple of times and went back to our old cul-de-sac to have dinner with our neighbors Dave and Peg. We also got to briefly say hello to other cul-de-sac neighbors including John, and Grant and Robin. Sadly, the visit was tarnished by a remark made by Peg's dad which really hurt my feelings.
After having lunch with Robby on Christmas Eve, we dropped in on Burnie and Dave's annual Christmas Eve extravaganza in their amazing new home. It was really nice getting to visit with Dave and Burnie, as well as getting to see Mike and Roxanne.
After leaving Dave and Burnie's, we drove up to Virginia to spend a few days with our dear friends Bob and Wendy. I say friends, but they are really more like (good) family than just friends. Bob's parents were there, as were their children Shawn and Tammy, their spouses, and their babies. It was a real treat getting to see them all.
On Wednesday, we drove to Jeanie's parents to pick up the dogs, as Jeanie's parents had planned to drive up to Hickory the following day. We spent the night, and returned home on Thursday, taking the US 1 route rather than our normal one. I liked the US 1 route. There is a bit less four-lane, and an extra town or two, but it is much more direct, with much less traffic than we typically encounter on the Interstate.
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Posted by David at December 30, 2006 12:25 PM