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Both boys like to help me with the laundry. Jonathan can unload the washer completely independently (standing on a stool and leaning nearly all the way in!) Then he tosses the wet clothes on the dryer door (opens downward to form a shelf of sorts) and Noah pushes or throws the clothes into the dryer. All while I do something else useful!
I got a security notice that I should upgrade from version 5.32 of Winamp to 5.35, so I downloaded the upgrade (and noticed that it supports my Creative Labs portable MP3 player - I'll have to check that out at some point), and once the install was mostly finished, got this message:
I'd say the "I'm smart" status message is proving that the programmer wasn't all that smart, since I am seeing his debug messages...
Peter was nice enough to loan me a Kill-A-Watt for a couple weeks to investigate power usage around our home. I have thought about buying one before, but borrowing one is certainly better, though it is quite a bit of fun to test out devices to see how much power they use.
I first tried it on our dental water pik, and it is 30 watts when it is being used, and 0 when it is not. In Pittsburgh (at 11.3 cents per kWh), a 50 watt device running for a minute costs just under a penny. Our chest freezer runs at 83 watts when it is cooling, and 0 watts when it is not (pretty good, I think). I let it run for a day and the grand total is 9.4 cents ($3/month).
I am sorry to report that I am below average, when compared to college and high school seniors in the United States with regard to knowledge of history.
Here is a brief review of Organizing for your Brain Type by Lanna Nakone. This is a neat book that gives some explanation about why some people have trouble keeping things organized and why some have trouble understanding those others.
As has already been observed, I haven't been so diligent at writing down the doings and sayings of my sons. Here's what I did write down and what other stuff I can remember.
Mom wrote recently about thinking the best, and Janet just got back in touch with a lost friend whose email was misbehaving. Now it is my turn to be on the receiving end of a gracious friend thinking the best of me.