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Misc 2007 In January we bought our first piano. It's name is
Chico, after the Marx brother who played the piano. It's a black, used,
full upright Knabe, with a nifty practice-mode lever (which dampens sound,
but not keys).
It sounds beautiful, especially the base. We've loved playing it.
When the apartments around us are not rented, I can really pound it out
without disturbing anyone. And now I can teach piano lessons in my home.
Oh, and of course, we taught Smokey how to read music and play David
Lanz. |
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The Haases invited us to a hockey game. I had never
been to one, it was great! More continuous action like soccer, not
baseball. We made fun of the cheerleaders and wished we had a mini
Goodyear blimp. |
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Artfest by the Sea 2007. Every March, it's free to look at what you
can't afford (not the view. The art.) We got a tan for free, and stored
all of the beautiful art in our heads. |
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We got tickets a spring training game at our local Roger Dean stadium.
We watched the Baltimore Orioles beat our Florida Marlins in the
beautiful March Florida weather. |
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Our church scout troup sponsored a Pine Wood Derby contest. Dave cut
ours into his favorite "wedge" shape. I was in charge of decoration, but
all I could think of was "wedge of cheese". The label says "Swiss Family
Robertson Dairy Farms. Proud of the holes in our wheels since 1977.
Exactly 5.0 oz, $2.99." It's all shrink wrapped. The letters under the
barcode say "WIN", although I don't think we came close. A lot of
adults & kids in our ward had
awesome & funny designs. We had a good time. |
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Thanks to the Food Network, new cookbooks, a tropical climate, a new food
dehydrator, and an easily-bored palate, I've taken up cooking.
Here I'm about to chop a Florida avacado, or "alligator pear", which
is bigger than both of my fists and going into a black bean salsa. I've
also tried citrus cream cheese, Rio Grande steak rub, stuffed mushrooms,
pumpkin cheesecake, sundried tomato marinade, etc. |
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Here I'm standing in line at 11:30 pm, July 20, 2007 with my voucher for
the midnight release of the last Harry Potter book: Deathly Hallows.
There were about 200 people, including adults and children, but lots of
older teens, whom I assume have grown up with Harry.
Dave and I were very excited to read it, and worried about who might
die. Dave kindly let me read it first, after he read the last several
pages. We loved the last book. Harry Potter will be required reading in
our home. |
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During the summer, our hot water heater began leaking out the bottom,
and Dave had to rescue us.
It has been the hardest home repair project to date. Dave went to
Home Depot 5 times that day, and was not a happy camper! If any
inanimate object deserved Dave's anger, it was our water piping.
The water shut-off valve, unfortunately, isn't outside; it's inside
that closet, and right below where it would've been easy to saw off the
pipe and install new piping. He did so much soldering and patching,
drywall replacement, and hauling the new heater in and out. But he
finally conquered it. What a great guy! |
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Beginning in August, I began babysitting Gianna for a
school teacher whose husband belongs to our church congregation.
Conveniently, he also works across the street from our house. She was 6 months
then, and supercute.
It took a month to figure out a regular nap schedule, but thanks to a
lot of good advice, and baby sleep books, we did it. She walks, falls down
a lot, talks, and copies me. Gianna's a fun little buddy to have in our home! |
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In October, my car was hit by a jag whose driver didn't see me when she
tried to cross the road. My car
did a donut, but besides my small headache, no one got hurt. Luckily, Gianna wasn't in the car, since it hit the carseat side.
Unfortunately, our 2000 Mitsubishi Mirage was totaled. It was the second
green sedan that we had had totaled, so no more of those! |
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Dave let me pick my car. I wanted a compact car--no boats, and no
high-centered tall things. But I love hatchbacks, and was hoping for a
car with a moonroof and more cargo room. I liked Dodge Calibers, Mazda
3's, and Scion xA's, but they cost more than our
pay-cash-stay-out-of-debt budget allowed.
We bought this 2002 PT cruiser from a nice lady who once fit 5 tubas
in it. It's got leather seats, power sunroof, more power than my last
car, and two dozen more features I love. Even Dave's been impressed with
how much more I care about my car, since I got to pick it out. |
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For our church Halloween party, Dave wanted to go as a palm tree. He
did, complete with coconuts and monkey. Very fitting. |
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I wanted to be like Dave and do something Florida-ish. An alligator
costume was too hard to sew in 2 days, so I went as a bird of paradise
flower. |
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My sister and I finally published my grandpa's personal history. We put
in a lot of hours, and grandpa was helpful the whole way. Grandparents
truly live in a different world from ours. And learning about my
great-grandparents explained a lot about my mother and grandpa: very
quiet, good. |
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We replaced our master bath vanity, and are pretty proud of ourselves.
See it on our First Home page. |
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Dave and Liz Robertson
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