Space Invaded

I wasn't really sure if I was going to tell everyone this or not. But I decided most of you would hear about it one way or another so I might as well tell you. Someone tried to break into our house while we were at work today. Fortunately they tried to come in through the window in our mud room. The window was open with screen in place. We don't lock our doors all the time. The door in the mudroom happened to be locked today. We hardly ever open the window in the mudroom but today Leigh opened it before she left. We decided it was good that whoever tried to break in only went to that window. It happened to be the room that Leo, the Old English Sheepdog, and Cully, the Borzoi hang out in during the day. Whoever it was did steal an antique crock of Leighs. It was just inside the window on the chest of drawers that is under the window. When I got home around 4:00 I noticed the screen in the window was cut. I didn't think too much about it as nothing else was out of place. Or so it seemed. It was only when Leigh got home a few minutes later that I realized the crock was missing. My first thought was that she had moved the crock earlier in the day. She said she had not touched the crock. We believe that the dogs scared off the would be intruder. The screen has some claw marks in it that were not there yesterday. So I called the State Police to let them know what had happened. They took down all the pertinent info. I mostly wanted to just let them know more than I wanted them to do something about what had happened. Leigh and I were just laughing about them coming here to take fingerprints. We decided we could have our own CSI-Moretown. We would dust the crime scene with flour and then use duct tape to get fingerprints. All the Police could offer was to advise us to keep the windows closed and our doors locked.
It was more than likely kids looking to get some cash. Too bad they came to our house. They should have just asked me...we got no cash.

Chickens Week 1

These are the chicks at 9 days. As you can see the meat birds, the all yellow ones, have grown much faster than the layers, the multi colored ones. As the layers get bigger I will take individual shots of each variety and tell you what they are. We got 8 different kinds of layers.

The Wood Pile

 
 
 
 

Here is the wood that was delivered a few weeks ago. Last week during my week off I stacked the 5 cord that were delivered. I really thought you were going to see the pile disappear as the photos went along but I screwed something up.

Happiness is....

Today, or at least right now, happiness is a C- in calculus. Oh what a relief that is.


Here are this semester's final grades:
Calculus C-
Computer Applications(CAD) B+
Materials(concrete) A+
Technical English A
Physics A

Average for this semester: 3.372.
Overall GPA: 3.445

Now I still have a shot at graduating with a GPA above 3.50. I am so happy!!!

Chick Day 2008

When the phone rang this morning at 6:45 I knew it was Chuck down at the post office. I could hear the baby chicks peeping in the background. So I went right down to pick up the 50 little birds. Here are a couple of videos and pictures of the chicks.

Calculus vs. Gardenboy

It is just about 8:00 here on the East Coast. I am sitting in the library doing my final preparations for my Calculus final that is from 3-6:00 this afternoon. My last bit of work for this, my second semester at VTC. As I go into this final my average is a 71. Not too great. If my average had been a 75 I would have been guaranteed a passing grade in this class. Now I need to score at least a 20% on my final. Oh you might think 20% should be no problem. I hope I am up to the task. I have put many hours into this class over the course of the semester. More than my other 4 classes combined. Okay maybe not but the proportion is close to that. To work so hard and to have so little to show for my effort is disheartening. I certainly will not be satisfied if I get a 20% on this exam. I don't want to get a D- in this class or any other class. I could still get a C+ if I do okay on this final. But right now all I really care about is passing the class. As some of my classmates are quick to point out "D is for diploma."

See you on the other side of this exam.

BRING ON THE FINAL!!!!!!!

Last Day

Today is our last day of classes for the Spring semester. Many quizzes and tests have been taken and lab reports written over the past 14 weeks. Oh and too many little papers for English. I am so happy to be done with this semester. Now to get through my finals next week.