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Family
My parents Tom and Ann celebrated their 68th Wedding Anniversary last week. Dan and I were in Baltimore the week before to get an early start on their happy day. The met in September and my Dad knew right from the beginning, she was the one for him. My mother had been in Minneapolis only…
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Sleeping on the Seneca
We slept on this 36 foot sloop at the Henderson Wharf Marina in the Baltimore Harbor for Dan’s birthday. The owners are members of the Evergreen Club, the hospitality club for people over 55. It was a grand adventure.
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A Powerful Noise
Members of AAUW in Warner Robins are heading to the movies, Thursday. There is a one-night event featuring the acclaimed documentary “A Powerful Noise,” followed by a live town hall discussion with leading humanitarian experts and activists. The event celebrates International Women’s Day and highlights the important role that women play in bringing lasting solutions…
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Mac ‘n Mac
This past week has been upgrading and tweaking of my Macintosh computer. I installed the new iWork and iLife 09 and so far, I am impressed. The new iWeb allows me to FTP directly to Hostgator rather than going through an additional step. I also upgraded the memory to the maximum 4 GB for the…
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Hostgator
Boylemackay.us is now up and running at Hostgator, a real life web hosting company. It is cheaper to use than using the Mobileme at Apple. I wasn’t using the Mail, or syncing services so I did not renew after being a charter member. It requires a few more steps but now I feel like a…
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Christmas in Baltimore
This year we had a three-for with visits with brother Tom, Ali and Lauren in Midlothian, VA, Brenda and Kristin in Alexandria, and Baltimore to see my parents. The bonus of the trip was seeing Lauren and Jeff at my parents on the 28th. Lauren shows off her new bob after donating 10 inches of…
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Footsteps of St. Paul
We’re back from our 11-day trip to Greece and Turkey. Check out photos on my Google Photos. We had a great time seeing and learning so much about the countries and where St. Paul lived and worked. We traveled with a small group of 20 from our church. After two nights in Athens we boarded…
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Windsor Run, Matthews, NC
We signed up to get on the Priority List for the new Erickson Retirement Community in Matthews, NC. Since my parents live at Charlestown in Catonsville, we are familiar with the Erickson model and philosophy. We have been thinking that a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) would be a good option for us. Keep in…