It happens, right?
Anyway a lot has happened since the beginning of the year. The biggest thing is I moved into my own (rental) house with the kids at the end of January. Which decreased my overall stress level by about a hundredfold!
But then my ‘Really Great’ guy and I broke up about a week ago. It was good and then it wasn’t. *shrugs* Moving on…
I’m still taking pre-nursing classes (and plan to take two over the summer) and *fingers crossed* I’ll know if I’m accepted into the fall nursing clincials sometime in June.
Quote of the Day: “Giving up doesn’t always mean you are weak; sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go.” -Author Unknown
So since you obviously found your password you will be posting more, right?
Love, Dad
Dad
April 10th, 2010
Thank goodness, I thought you’d decided not to post anymore! I missed your posts so much. So sorry to hear of the breakup…your idea?
auntie 502
April 11th, 2010
Hey there! Good to see you back online again. :)
Pley
April 18th, 2010
I sure do hope that you haven’t lost your password again…miss you!
auntie 502
April 23rd, 2010
Maybe you should have written it down.
Love, Dad
Dad
May 2nd, 2010
Maybe we can guess your password so you can post again. How about KzeakkF5.
Love, Dad
Dad
May 10th, 2010
That’s one heck of a guess Joe…I wouldn’t remember that password either if that’s the real one!
auntie 502
May 11th, 2010
Maybe it wasn’t so hard. Let’s try StartAgain2009.
Dad
May 11th, 2010
How about Mju7*ik<? Try that. It looks good.
Love, Dad
Dad
May 18th, 2010
How about a Beetle Bailey inspired password:
#@%*&#+?%*!!
auntie 502
May 19th, 2010
About time for another guess. Lets try Zxcde#21qa
Love, Dad
Dad
May 23rd, 2010
Do you just close your eyes and hit the keyboard for your guesses Joe? Do you think Katie appreciates our comments? :)
auntie 502
May 25th, 2010
Actually there are patterns but do look random. I’ll have to ask her since she plans to be down this weekend. I’m hoping the comments may prompt her to post again.
Joe
Dad
May 25th, 2010
Me too Joe. Me too.
auntie 502
May 25th, 2010
Whil Katie was down, I mentioned her post and she said something like “I haven’t looked at it in ages.” and imediately went on to other topics. Maybe she needs another password. Lets try ‘Vgy7^%thm’.
Love, Dad
Dad
June 1st, 2010
Maybe she could start a blog for a dad and an aunt who spend too much time looking at her old blog!! :/
auntie 502
June 5th, 2010
Did you give up Joe? :)
auntie 502
June 16th, 2010
Loved reading the exchange between Dad and auntie 502. :)
Pez
June 17th, 2010
Thank you Pez…Katie doesn’t know what she’s missing huh! ;)
auntie 502
June 17th, 2010
test
Love Dad
Dad
June 17th, 2010
Something in my last few blog tries must have blocked my blogs. My best guess is the password I was suggesting caused the post to fail. I asked Katie about why I was having trouble and she says that she hadn’t looked at the blog for a while. I suggested that she should investigate my blog failures (I’m not holding my breath). I’ll post a couple of times before trying another password.
Love, Dad
Dad
June 17th, 2010
PS: Happy Birthday Mom
Dad
June 17th, 2010
I’ve got one! How about: EGBDF? Oh wait, that’s for a music scale. Back to the drawing board….
auntie 502
June 23rd, 2010
Actually I would have missed that. Better passwords are 10 or more characters in lenght, have both caps and lower case letters and at least one number and a special character. Does that help you remember them? Some special characters won’t work either like the greater or less than symbols (think that is what messed up several of my blogs). examble: ‘Vgy7*uhb N’. Actually some systems won’t let you use the space either.
Joe
Joe
Dad
June 23rd, 2010
You’re kidding right? I have a hard time remembering my four digit ATM number!
auntie 502
June 23rd, 2010
Not really. Most require 6 or 8 characters minimum. I had one that required at least 15 characters with at least two of each: capital letters, lower case letters, numbers and a special characters. Is that your ATM number or Debit card number?
Joe
Dad
June 24th, 2010
OK, so it took me a couple of years to realize that my debit card number WAS the same as my ATM number! :)
auntie 502
June 24th, 2010
Is anyone out there?
Dad
Dad
June 29th, 2010
…just us pesky “ants” who like to “bug” their nieces! :)
auntie 502
June 29th, 2010
Happy 1st Birthday Einstein!
auntie 502
July 1st, 2010
Who is Einstein?
Dad
July 2nd, 2010
Our kittycat! I guess you didn’t see his pictures when we were down there…he’s our sweetie!
auntie 502
July 2nd, 2010
Saw the pictures but didn’t get the name (or if I did, I forgot).
Dad
July 2nd, 2010
Does anyone check here any more? Katie, try Bgt5^&ujmn for a password.
Dad
August 17th, 2010
I do Joe…I do. Let’s encourage Katie to start a new blog with some easy password like “candy”.
auntie 502
August 18th, 2010
She has been facebooking but isn’t that regular there either. I guess she still knows that password.
Dad
August 18th, 2010
I think my wheel on my mouse is about reaching it’s limit getting to the bottom of the post list.
Love, Dad
Dad
August 19th, 2010
“of the post list”?
auntie 502
August 19th, 2010
Oh wait, I get it now. Duh…
auntie 502
August 20th, 2010
So how is your scroll wheel doing? I quess that I should use the scrool bar at the right of the screen.
Dad
August 20th, 2010
This laptop that Dixon insisted that I “need” has a built in mouse in the middle bottom of the keyboard area. I just move my finger down a line on it and the comments just whiz by. (I don’t even know what the heck it’s called.) I didn’t think about using the scroll bar at the right of the screen! I can’t figure out why the comments that are posted are scrunched together sometimes and are hard to read…guess I should ask the engineer in the family huh? :)
auntie 502
August 20th, 2010
His explaination will probably be to complicated. Just ask how to fix it.
Dad
August 21st, 2010
Can these comments go on forever or will the computer eventually cut us off? (You know how they are…) I’d better shut up before it gives me a shock! :O
auntie 502
August 23rd, 2010
My quess woud be that it would be a power of 2 like 16, 32, 64, 128, etc. Since we’ve gone past 32 the next number is 64.
Dad
August 23rd, 2010
HUH? :/
auntie 502
August 23rd, 2010
What wasn’t clear about that?
Dad
August 24th, 2010
Everything! What does the power of two have to do with when the computer won’t take any more e-mails? (I didn’t even know what “the power of two” was until you told me…I would have called that “doubling numbers”!
auntie 502
August 25th, 2010
Only works for tne number 2. It has to do with the way computers work. Everything is in binary, 0 and 1 or on and off. It gets a lot more complicated than that when it gets to instructions and operations. A lot of things get limited by the size of the string controlling it. A string of one can only be on or off (2 to the power of 1). A string of 2 can have 4 conditions (2 to the power of 2). Etc… I would say to ask Dixon but he will confuse you more than the mess above.
Dad
August 25th, 2010
OK…computers are irritating to this right-brained person…
auntie 502
August 27th, 2010
Irritating to wrong-brained people also. Have you been to Steve’s site yet?
Dad
August 28th, 2010
Yup, and it’s very interesting! Thanks Joe. I’ve got to work on his decision about not buying any more American made cars though…not good for the husband’s job here! :)
auntie 502
August 29th, 2010
Are you still checking this site Joe?
auntie 502
September 4th, 2010
I guess it was my turn. Have you tried to post on Steven’s site?
Dad
September 4th, 2010
Yes I did but it wouldn’t post. (I can’t post on my nephew’s wife’s site either.) I think that Dixon has to do something magical to my machine before I can.
auntie 502
September 5th, 2010
The only way I can post to Steven’s site is to login to my Google Account. Good chance you don’t have one. I set up an email account (jaring18@gmail.com) there so I could keep up with the grandkids schedule. I haven’t really done that though. While thinking about it I opened another window and checked it. Something Katie does use a lot.
Dad
September 6th, 2010
I DO TOO have a Google Account! (except that I just found out 10 seconds ago from Dixon.) :) So I’m going to let the smart one in the family show me what to do with it now….
auntie 502
September 6th, 2010
Saw you at Steve’s site. Not so hard after all.
Dad
September 6th, 2010
If I can just do it again without Dixon’s help it won’t be! I’ll have to try to not aggravate Steven too much though.
auntie 502
September 6th, 2010
Joe…where are you? I need my daily (or almost daily) fix of banter with you! :)
auntie 502
September 9th, 2010
At the Volleyball game. Was an interesting day. Had a dentist appt. early. Then waited for Coca-cola delivery which was a couple of hours late. Slept through Rush. Then had two volleyball games to run concessions for. Set up both, Mary ran one one with help and I ran the other by my self. I’m tired.
Dad
September 9th, 2010
Now I know where Erin gets all of her energy from! What is the “Rush” that you slept through?
auntie 502
September 9th, 2010
Rush Limbaugh. Erin and I are a lot alike that way. Most days I get up by 5:30 am and still watch the late news.
Dad
September 10th, 2010
I’m sure she thinks that you were better off sleeping through Rush than listening to him! Chris thinks I’m crazy to listen to anything that Rush says…sigh.
auntie 502
September 11th, 2010
Do you ever watch Glen Beck. He should have been a history teacher or maybe economics.
Dad
September 12th, 2010
I do watch once in awhile. I have learned alot of history from him. Sometimes though he gets too preachy for me. What do you think?
auntie 502
September 12th, 2010
He gets preachy a lot but I look over that. I think it comes from his experience with AA and his religion though I think he mentioned being brought up Catholic (not catholic now).
Dad
September 13th, 2010
Oh…didn’t know about the AA or Catholic part. Makes sense. I thought that I’d heard that he belongs to the Latter Day Saints’ group now. You need your own blog site Joe so we can chat back and forth more! :)
auntie 502
September 13th, 2010
Is that the same as the Mormons? I’m pretty sure that is what he says he is. Maybe you could set up a blog site? Doubt anything I had to post about would be interesting.
Dad
September 14th, 2010
I think they are the same, but I wouldn’t swear to it. I’d read your site every day! I bet Mary would too. (I wish that Mary had an e-mail site so we could keep up on things more…)
auntie 502
September 15th, 2010
You might read it everyday but it will probably get to where you should read it when you’re ready to take a nap. Will probably not change much from day to day. I like a consistant routine. Mary reads my jaring@dmrtc.net more than I do. If you send something there she will read it.
Dad
September 15th, 2010
If you had a blog then I could follow the antics of your grandchildren and children!
auntie 502
September 21st, 2010
Is this a way of saying that my life is boring (not that I would argue much)? Kids have blogs (Katie has moved to facebook for the most part). I only get to see their antics about every other month anyway.
Dad
September 21st, 2010
Naw, I was just responding to what you’d said in earlier comments about your life being routine and uneventful. I like it when mine is that way. I’ve had enough excitement over the past 33 years to deal with…most of it not much fun. A quiet day without doctors, hospitals and stress is heaven!
auntie 502
September 22nd, 2010
Sunday night. Think I need to go to work to rest up.
Dad
September 26th, 2010
Busy weekend huh? It’s like going back to work to rest after a vacation away from work! Yes, routine can be good. Although, I’m looking forward to the break of routine with our trip to KY this coming weekend! :)
auntie 502
September 27th, 2010
Looking forward to the weekend but not all the driving I’m going to have to do. Friday to and from Bloomington. Saturday to KY. Sunday from KY, then to and from Bloomington. Then back to work to rest on Monday.
Dad
September 27th, 2010
Weren’t you in KY a week earlier than you needed to be? Is Simon back at IU? I thought that he was going to Vincennes…
auntie 502
September 28th, 2010
Simon talked to a Dean at IU and got requirements for staying at IU. Vincennes was only if he couldn’t get back in IU.
Dad
September 29th, 2010
Good for him! Will he be coming to the wedding? What about Katie and the kids?
auntie 502
September 29th, 2010
Think everyone will be there. Kelly is the flower girl and Emily and Ally will be greeters.
Dad
September 29th, 2010
And your KY trip?
auntie 502
September 30th, 2010
Are you talking about when we went over for Beth’s shower?
Dad
September 30th, 2010
Oh…your Sept. 27th post was referring to this upcoming weekend. I thought you were referring to last weekend! :/
auntie 502
September 30th, 2010
Over all a pretty good weekend. Still trying to get my hearing back. Enjoyed the time with my kids.
Dad
October 4th, 2010
Glad that you had a good time Joe. :)
auntie 502
October 4th, 2010
Katie, Try Zse4%thn for you password.
Love, Dad
Dad
October 7th, 2010
Big antique table would would go well in Carmel.
Love, Dad
Dad
October 18th, 2010
Remember to reset you clocks.
Dad
November 5th, 2010
So did the clocks get set back?
Dad
November 9th, 2010
Well, Steven is up to a hundred posts. You are almost up to a hundred comments on this one post. Do you think that if you contacted the people managing this site, they could help you find your password?
Love, Dad
Dad
November 28th, 2010
Wishing Erin a happy birthday here also.
Love, Dad
Dad
December 3rd, 2010
A new post would be a good birthday gift.
Love, Dad
Dad
December 17th, 2010
Still working to get to 100 comments. Not far a way. Didn’t get my birthday post though.
Love, Dad
Dad
December 22nd, 2010
You know, this thing won’t let you make a blank comment.
Dad
December 22nd, 2010