Category Archives: Charlotte

Cyber Security Tips

Best Practices, This takes about 3 hours 1. While you are doing the steps below,  delete from your online profiles any old addresses or phone numbers that you don’t recognize 2. Freeze Credit all three accounts (60 min)    transunion, … Continue reading

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G’s Birthday

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Stagioni Dinner                   Night before bday, Ava and buddy Bella took me to baseball game, then we stayed out late eating pizza and ice cream.    

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Food Drive with little chefs

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Last month,  Ava’s class teamed up with Westin hotel and cooked some food for the local homeless shelter.   It was a great experience for them,  they went to hotel and learned to cook a large serving of lasagne,  then … Continue reading

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New Dog

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While I was away in Charleston on business this week,  Stewart and Ava adopted a new dog.  (It is their custom to do this while I am away) This one is quite pleasant and friendly and looks exactly like a … Continue reading

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Christmas Break

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  Videos (youtube links) Christmas morning           Firetruck caroling      Drums with Savannah    Pics      

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Cheyenne sings

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I finally caught a vid of Cheyenne doing her go for a walk howl. video

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Drone from Santa

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Received a Parrot AR Drone from Santa.  Here’s my first flight.   Well the first flight where I didn’t crash into the chandelier.  Starring Randi and Lily Video      

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Puddles and training wheels

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Ava and Vap boys make a water fountain out of her training wheel bike. video

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On an evening watching Duke and Miami hoops

Larkin Early in the second half,  Stewart leans over and says “The Miami point guard with the yellow shoes is named Larkin and he looks a lot like the famous Reds shortstop Barry Larkin.  Think that is his son?”   … Continue reading

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Busted!

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Crazy morning,  girls got up from breakfast to ran out the door to school,  I ran upstairs to brush teeth.  We left the plates on the table, the plan being, we all stay on time for work school,  clean the … Continue reading

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Posture

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Wonder where does she get that perfect posture?? Video

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DNC Day One

It poured last night,  so we did not venture out.   I can report greatly reduced traffic on the commute home last night.    I think many of the locals have fled the madness. We will go uptown tonight and … Continue reading

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First Tennis Racquet

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We were inspired by the Wimbledon matches so Ava and I decided to go out and hit some balls.  She pointed out that mommy’s racquet is too big,  so we bought her an appropriate size weapon.   By the time … Continue reading

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Ava’s swing is improving quickly

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Good stuff from the backyard on Sunday video

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Behailu Bash

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We are having a lazy Sunday morning after the festivities of last night.   We attended the opening fundraising event for Behailu Academy which provides arts education for local at-risk kids.   The founder is  a friend of ours and … Continue reading

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Carolinas Aviation Museum

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Here’s Ava in front of Sully’s “Miracle on Hudson” plane.   or what’s left of it.             In the nav seat of a Phantom II F-4  

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Our guest is a Mourning Dove

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Also known as a Turtle Dove which everybody knows from the “Twelve days of Christmas”.   I recently just read on wikipedia that the “two turtle doves” represent the new and old testament. Here’s a better picture:       … Continue reading

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St Pat’s Festival uptown

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They blocked off uptown Charlotte to auto traffic and had a huge street party for St. Pat’s day.   Ava liked the rides.  I enjoyed the slide a lot more that I anticipated. video

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New roomate

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A bird has moved in to the old nest on our back porch.    Anybody know what kind of bird this is?   We believe she has eggs in there,  because she will not fly away even when we are … Continue reading

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Dinner at Providence CC

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This is Ava and Will Pelkey,  oldest son of close colleague of mine.   We played golf on Friday, then had the families come out and meet for dinner.   Its fascinating watching little kids meet for the first time, then rapidly … Continue reading

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