Thanksgiving Bowling 2008

At Thanksgiving Bowling:

Grandma: Samuel, do you want to come eat Thanksgiving dinner at my house with china and goblets?

Samuel: No! China is a city!

Our many thanks for the anniversary gift.

Dear Family:

Thanks for the wonderful anniversary gift you helped purchase for Mom and me. The old camera is only seven years old and still in wonderful condition - except that it is out of date by at least six years. The new camera is great - I think. I've been experimenting with it but the real test will be tomorrow when we have three grandchildren here to tend. I'll probably blog you some photos from that session. For now, here is a mirror image picture of me using the new Cyber-shot camera - and it shoots about as soon as you press the button. No more five second delay - by which time a grandchild is looking the other way. I also hope this eliminates the blury pictures.

Love, Pops

Happy Halloween

Maya dresses up three halloween creatures.

We are visited by a big black spider.

Grandma is spooked by the "Witch of the South."

Grandpa holding a Halloween Pumpkin.

The Economy and This American Life

Dear Family,

I listen to a radio show every week called "This American Life." Recently they've done two shows on the economy that present what's happening in terms that we can all understand. I thought I'd share those two shows with you. The first is called "The Giant Pool of Money" and it's mostly about what happened with the housing crisis. The second is called "Another Frightening Show About the Economy" and it's about the rest of the financial crisis.

There are a couple of ways to listen to them. If you want to download them onto ITunes or your IPod They're 95 cents each. But you can listen to them on www.thisamericanlife.org for free. I've attached links for both shows.

The Giant Pool of Money

Another Frightening Show About the Economy

I hope you find them educational too.

Annie