Daily Archives: August 23, 2018
Snapped . . .
As I figured, we ended up with a lot of errands on our plate, but luckily intermixed with lunch at East Star Chinese Buffet.
However our first stop was at a Postal Annex in Clear Lake to have our passport photos made. Originally I had planned to do them myself and just print them out. But after reading the ‘very’ detailed instructions about the type of paper, the framing, the background, etc., I decided to let a professional do it. And a few minutes, and $21.56 later we were on our way.
Our next stop was East Star for lunch, as delicious as usual. One thing that really makes a difference is that they don’t put a lot of food in each pan, so it’s being constantly replaced with fresh, hot stuff. Even to the point of replacing the serving spoons each time as well.
Then it was on over to the Staples for some pen refills and a new 3-part binder for Jan. Then it was on down to Lowe’s to make a return on some leftover parts from my recent dryer vent repair. I bought two different connectors, sure that one of them would fit, and then returned the unused one.
Right next door we made a WalMart stop for a few things, that as usual turned out to be more than a few things. Then it was home by about 5:30.
We made the downpayment for our cruise yesterday, with the final payment due September 30th. And if we wanted the cruise trip insurance we also had to prepay it at the same time.
Several readers had wondered what we gave Landon for his birthday. Since he like to build things with Legos using the Technic motor and gear kits, we decided to see if he’d like doing the same thing with electronics using one of these Snap Circuits PRO 500 kits.
It has 500 different projects that can be snapped together. Projects like a digital voice recorder, AM radio, digitally tuned FM radio, AC generator, screaming fan, whistle switch and more.
He seemed to be excited when he opened it and said it he’d seen these, so hopefully he’ll enjoy it. Though I don’t know how much time he’s had to play with it, since Brandi et. al. are getting ready to move into their new house.
In fact they close on it tomorrow morning and the movers are coming tomorrow afternoon. A busy time.
Thought for the Day:
“The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood.” – Thomas Jefferson
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