Posted on June 29, 2009 by topsytechie
I was one of those kids in school who couldn’t wait for the classes where the teacher was going to show a documentary because that meant at least 20 minutes of extra snooze time. I remember my dad begging me to sit down and watch various documentaries with him on PBS, and I would comply, [...]
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Posted on June 26, 2009 by topsytechie
The Topsies have company! In what is an absolutely appropriate turn of events for a tech-geek, Uber developed a relationship with one of his classmates at the virtual reality school he has attended the last couple of years. He and she became really close over this school year and began “dating” online sometime after the [...]
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Posted on June 21, 2009 by topsytechie
Yes, I’ve been absent. But it isn’t you…it’s me! No really. You are great…perfect even. It’s me with the issues. I think I have commitment issues…or maybe my dysfunctional family history has scarred me…
Yada-Yada.
Ok, truth is that I’m busy as heck right now. Our internet was out for several days after an unfortunate electrical [...]
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Posted on June 4, 2009 by topsytechie
This is the very waterfall where my hubby of almost 18 years proposed marriage to me on bended knee. Romantic, yes?
We headed back the other day for a family hike, and after the recent rains, the falls were more gorgeous than ever!
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Posted on June 3, 2009 by topsytechie
With my adult ADD, it isn’t often that I actually FINISH a project I start. So when I do, I must shout it from the rooftops, no matter how inane.
Two years ago, I bought one of those recipe software programs. You know, the ones that let you input all your personal recipes and categorize them, [...]
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Posted on June 2, 2009 by topsytechie
Uber had some difficult decisions to make before this summer began. First off, he decided he wasn’t ready for Driver’s Ed, despite what his birth certificate says. This was the summer he was supposed to take driving lessons and get behind the wheel, but amazingly, he came to the conclusion that he simply wasn’t ready [...]
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