We Live and Learn

I've spent a lot of time looking at the desktop of both my Mac laptop and HP the past few days. Last evening as I was working away and watching the UN-L girls shut out Ball State 3-0, Our lights and TV went dark. We quickly found that some outlets were still alive. I checked the Breaker box and found a circuit questionable so moved it over but only about half of out outlets were alive. We slept pretty good but it was after 9:00am before we could request help. It got here about 2:00pm when the electrician brought it all back to life. He said that whenever a circuit breaker "flips", it's necessary to first flip it all the way back and then move it into the proper position. Whatever, it is working and so are the girls against Missouri tonight.

Word Program

For some odd reason, my HP computer worked better last week when Jon was here than it has since they went back home. I even called him tonight after not being able to close out the Word program I was working in. I am trying to get our Highlights listed for 2019. To do so, I go through my Diary and list any item that we may want to look back on. We had some discussion about it when he was here but had to call him tonight when I was unable to shut it down. A message said it because  something was still open. Jon's advice was to just walk away from it and give the machine time to close it out. He has an important commitment tomorrow morning but will call me back later in the day.

Bang !! Bang !!!!, Boom,

This picture brings a smile to my face whenever I see it. It may be that I know the story that's behind it. It was taken out at Elaine's folks in late November of 1954. Jon was born on 11/22/54 and we spent a few days at Flowerday's after she came home from the Hospital. He is in the basket on top of the Sewing Machine next to the Piano. Carolyn would have been about 13 months old at the time and delighted with the sounds she could make by sitting on the piano keys.

Interesting Day

This is one of the pictures from the '55-'56 group that Jon worked on while he was here. We had just moved to the "big house on 5th Street" when he was just a few months old. He left me with a copy on a flash drive of what he did and I got it plugged into our hp computer to see what all it includes. Jon has started by working up from our 1950 pictures and I am working back from my 2018 one's. I'm just getting a caption and date on each picture and wil let Jon consider any additional information.                 I spent a lot of time today on c span with the House Judicial Committee  utilizing 4 "experts" on Impeachment procedures to help the committee in determining and developing charges. On a lighter note, the Nebraska Girls basketball team just beat the Duke girls 83-79 in Lincoln. It was close all the way.

Decorating for the Season

Jon got  our Christmas Decorations out of the garage during the past week. And today Carolyn came over with both kids after picking Sadie up from 1st grade. Carolyn supervised the process but they got us decorated for the season including our little tree decorated.  The Nativity scene is set up on the hallway table under the painting of the old Vrana farm house. The 4 NOEL pieces are displayed on an end-table. Sadie was the one who picked the individual ornament out of the packaging. She handed it to Carolyn who installed a paper clip hook. She handed it to Jack who put every item on the tree. He preferred the lighted star for the top rather than the Angle. All Elaine had to do was to just enjoy the activity and will enjoy the decorations and their message throughout the Season.

We were pleased to get a phone call from Anna this evening saying they got back to DC where they met Mary, had supper and were headed to their house.

Good Visiit

Jon and Anna will be flying back home to Virginia tomorrow. Carolyn came down this afternoon to tell them Good Bye and I've ask Jon to write a bit.

"It's always a pleasure and a cherished opportunity to visit with my parents, as well as the rest of my family. This time was particularly valued because I didn't have to worry about work back in DC. The challenge that my dad and mom began with scanning the thousands of photos continues with tagging them and writing photo titles. It will take weeks and months, but will make the collection much more usable and will be a Vrana legacy for years to come". Thanks Jon, we certainly enjoyed your visit.

Cold Day

There was a lot of sitting and working on computers on this chilly day. It was the first day this fall when it didn't get above freezing. Jon and I worked on pictures with our laptops. It's a major project to get 70 years of pictures on a flash-drive and have some help in finding what you are looking for. Jon and I will continue working on it even after they go home. Anna spends a lot of time on her phone and Elaine works on "word search". Carolyn came by late this afternoon to fill our pill boxes. She told of having been down to the "lighted Christmas Parade" last evening and having a nice time.