We're still here

We had over 7 inches of rain Thursday night in just under 2 hours. It rained hard again last night, but I'm not sure how much. I have pictures of our gravel wash outs at http://picasaweb.google.com/2gmcrow/TheMorningAfterA7InchRain . We actually feel pretty lucky. It could have been far worse.

It's been a busy week here. Gary and I went to Austin to testify on a couple of potential laws that could have an impact on our continuing fight over our water bill. Gary's traction table was delivered while we were gone. It didn't take him long to get it set up and we both had a stretch. It will be nice to have it here so that Gary can continue his treatments throughout the summer whenever it's convenient for him.

Gary had a nice talk last night with Mike Whitley. It was good to hear from him.

a brand new experience Blogging

Yea!!!!!I finally got in (with the help of Steve and Mel)....this is a learning experience for me but am so glad Mel has us set up and hope all of ya'll will write in from time to time so we can stay in touch better.
Will add more later,
Love ya'll lots,
Grandma

Family bloggin

hey guys! this seems like a good thing. I don't have much free time these days, since I'm both working and going to school full time, but here's the quick update: I love my job as a taxi driver, dozens of ten minute friendships every night is just my style. I meet interesting people and encounter interesting situations. I like being back in school, and I'm considering moving to Chicago. Kevin's moving to Florida tomorrow to go to a sound production school. I gotta go. More later.

Grandma's new blog

Okay everybody here's your chance to show us your stuff online. I set up a blog just for our family to keep in touch. Mom and I talked about this in February and I finally had a minute to set it up. You can post anything you want-- pictures, rants about your job, stories about your friends, or just anything you would talk about at Grandma's house. Add links to your personal websites or your work websites. Post pictures of your dog, your travels, or your best friend. Tell us your plans, your dreams, and even your failures.

I don't have everyone's email addresses, so forward this along to anybody you don't see on the list please. They will then need to email me to send them the invite.

Here's how it works:
You will receive an email from Blogger saying you are invited to be an author on the blog. Follow the link and the instructions to set up your Blogger account, then start posting. As each new author is added, I will go in and set them up with full permission so anybody can do anything to the site.

Each posting can have comments added so that we can carry on "conversations" about topics that are posted. When you add a post, be sure to put labels on it so that it can be organized. I am thinking that at the very least every post should have the author as a label so that we can sort through who said what easily. The labels will be listed under the heading of "What we've talked about" on the right side of the page.

There are several ways to get notified about changes to the blog so that you can keep up with new postings and comments. Once you are set up and I have added administrator privileges I think we can set up notification settings at that time. Let me know if you have questions.

The empty blog is at http://www.grandmasugar.blogspot.com/ . If blogging is new to you, check out our blog at http://www.arrowheadresort.blogspot.com/ to get a feel for what it will look like.

Blog on!