"Turn on the Heat--It's August!"

That's what I told Suzie last night while we were sitting here at our computers. It was getting chilly and I felt like wrapping myself in something. It was just weird to sit here last night at about 7pm or so and think to myself, "Hmm... I'm kinda cold." The next thought that followed a millisecond later was, "Hey wait a minute--It's August!" According to the weather report I just read a couple hours ago, we're looking at mid-60's and such for the whole next week! Jeez... It wouldn't be that big of a deal if it wasn't for two things:

1. We just came off of a record-breaking heat wave
2. It's August

When I say record-breaking weather, I'm not just shouting generic ramble--We in the Pacific Northwest really did shatter some records last week. Here in our part of Auburn Suzie recorded 108° one day! I know that doesn't mean a lot to anyone that may be reading this in other parts of the country, but here we pride ourselves on our temperate climate.

In other news, Sarah learned a little about sharp edges on cans of food when she had to go to the emergency room to have 4 stitches to hold the end of her finger on. Apparently, she cut the top open on a can of chili, but the opener left two uncut spots. She decided that a spoon would probably get the job done if she pried hard enough at it. Wrong...

Suzie is just now getting back on her feet after a gall bladder cleansing regimen (more about that on her blog) and just in time, because tomorrow we're going to a concert. One of our many casinos here in the state of Washington is the Emerald Queen Casino, and it's one of those that I always make fun of as far as concerts go. It's where the acts "of yesterday" go to prove they're not dead yet. Well, we're going to see Los Lonely Boys there. I've never been there before, so I hope it's good. Personally, I didn't think Los Lonely Boys were close to death. Most of what plays there are bands from the 80's, like Foreigner, Pat Benatar--That sort of thing.

We're planning a visit to our local Renaissance Faire this Saturday. Sarah and her boyfriend are both going too. None of us have ever been to one before, so we're counting on Suzie to be our tour guide. It sounds like fun. Sarah is pretty excited about going, and she is planning to take her new camera with her too of course. I'm glad she is having fun with it.

I managed to get my iPod "restored" back to it's normal self today. You know that old adage: If it ain't broke, don't fix it? Well, I "fixed" it a while back and it's suffered ever since. What I did was upgraded it to the next (caution: geekspeak alert!) firmware version. Normally that's a good thing, but this one was a major upgrade so it was a "pay" upgrade. Anyone that knows me knows that paying for stuff like that just isn't my style. I "found" a copy of the upgrade and ran it. Sure, it did the upgrade all right, but some aspects of it suffered horribly--Most notably the wifi. I finally figured out the way to "flash" it back to the previous firmware and now it seems to be resting comfortably after its ordeal. Think that taught me anything?

Nah.