Nice Summer
Posted by J.D. in Uncategorized on July 9th, 2010
It’s been a nice summer so far 
. Lot’s of good stuff going on with friends and family.
I launched my first iPhone app: Camera Kompare. So far it’s doing really well and I’ve gotten some good feedback from users. I’m excited about the new versions coming out (with new cameras and features, plus a separate iPad version).
Samantha has been doing great and having perfect checkups. I can’t believe the baby should be here in less than two months!
I hope everyone out there is having a great summer .
Cool moms!
Posted by J.D. in Daily Updates on May 11th, 2010
I wanted to write a quick tribute to my awesome mom and my wonderful mother-in-law. They are very special women and they never cease to impress me!
They are also very, very cool. Case in point, on Mother’s Day: my mom did an amazing amount of work helping me put a new roof on my house, my mother-in-law went to the shooting range…
What’s so cool about that to me is that my mom is amazingly fit and absolutely loves to be busy and productive outdoors. Likewise, going to the range or being out taking photos is my mother-in-law’s idea of a great day.
I feel immensely happy to have such fantastic women in my life (not to mention my amazing wife!) Thank you both for everything!
Kayak week and staying busy
Posted by J.D. in Daily Updates, Entertainment, Kayaking, Travel on May 7th, 2010
It’s tough to come up with good titles anymore after having a website/blog for 10+ years. Actually, I’m not sure I was ever very good at picking blog titles 
. I almost entitled this blog entry “Mashed Potatoes and White Gravy” due to me having mashed potatoes and white gravy three days in a row. However, I decided to title it “Kayak week and staying busy” and leave the permalink (URL) with the mashed potatoes bit…
One of the times eating mashed potatoes and gravy
That three-day string was prompted by us eating at Benita’s: twice after kayaking the Eleven Point River (and also Springcreek for one of those trips), and once when Samantha and I went to town to pickup our metal roofing. On the Springcreek trip, we also did some hiking up a small tributary of the Eleven Point River:
Continue on to see photos one of my favorite
I also kayaked the Current River with my dad and friends. Here are some photos I took while on (and hiking near) the river:
This river cave, complete with a massive spring inside of it, was AWESOME:
^ Larry at the mouth of the cave
(continue on for more photos from inside the cave, a recap of what’s been going on, AND butterflies )
Brief update
Posted by J.D. in Daily Updates on April 29th, 2010
Our good friends from Arizona are visiting.
Went kayaking on the Eleven Point river with friends on Wednesday. Gorgeous trip!
Roofing is ordered and should be in this week or next.
Mowed last week and weed whacked today.
Building a new unRAID based media server .
Cleaned my “shop” area with Samantha’s excellent help.
Weeded our small garden area.
Did maintenance on our off-grid battery system today.
I redid some of the wiring in our house in preparation for a new breaker box.
Celebrated lots of good birthdays this month!
Samantha made her delicious, and famous, lemon squares.
Redoing our hall closet into a more usable area, as well as converting part of it into a mini-office.
Played “ladders” with our friends tonight after tasty grilled hamburgers/veggie burgers.
We’ve had some good NetRender sales recently.
Lots of other fun trips and adventures, already occurred and coming up soon .
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Only 1 month and 2 days until the baby is due!
88.3% of the way there:J.D.'s Weight Chart
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