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2006 December
My, my, how time flies! If you're wondering why this log hasn't been updated in a while, it's because it hasn't been updated in a while. Just thought I should let you know. You're welcome.
2005 September
Summer's coming to a close, but it's been filled with memory-making moments. Last month we experienced camping a few short yards from the Lake Michigan beach at Wilderness State Park and this month camping at Holly State Park for our annual Labor Day excursion with the Bakers. All told, I think we've set a new summer-time record for nights spent around campfires and sleeping in tents.
Times like these are great for connecting with friends and family. We've a mind to continue on with backyard campfires on Friday evenings. As long as weather permits, anyone is invited to join us for sittin', songs, and s'mores around the Watkins' fire ring.
As far as what's happening with this web site, we've got more photos from Wilderness, Fort Michilimackinac, and Holly coming soon to the gallery. Another project underway is a home-school curriculum-inspired historical event timeline. I'll be working with Jon to help him create a web application for cataloguing and displaying American history topics that the kids will be studying. We will be exploring basics of HTML, CSS, PHP, along with perhaps some mySQL database programming. Finally, to blog or not to blog, that is the question. I've got a MovableType blog app installed and running using a MySQL database, so all I need now is the gumption of knowing that what I'd publish is worthwhile.
2005 August
A few hours of learn-on-the-fly PHP coding has given birth to the photo gallery. There's still a bit of cosmetic tweaking left. Underlying what is there is work that probably only a programmer can appreciate. Suffice it to say, this photo gallery will allow me to very easily and quickly create many more collections of pictures in the weeks to come.
2005 July, part II
We're back now from camping, hiking, climbing, river rafting and, or course, being rained upon. What a blast! "When can we go again?" kept ringing in my thoughts as we drove home. Pics are here, and more are on the way!
2005 July
Busy, busy, busy. Outdoor projects. Fourth of July family get together. Lots of purposeful fun, all told.
I've just finished packing the Expedition to the gills and then some in readiness for the six of us to spend five days and nights camping in the Smokies. I can't wait to get down there. Hopefully we'll get some good snapshots to post here. Stay tuned.
2005 June
Ahhh, summertime! Remember summer vacation as a kid? About six or seven years ago, I became reacquainted with the need to get out and enjoy the summer months. This means I won't be investing a whole lot of time making earth-shattering changes to this web site until fall. So, I hope you're not expecting too much right now.
In the meantime, though, I'd like you to help me by letting me hear what you think would make this site interesting, useful, and maybe even a bit entertaining. If you've got any special requests or bright ideas, please send them on to me via e-mail.
For now, this web site is mainly a proving ground for me as I'm becoming acquainted with that next level of web technologies. In addition, I'm teaching my two youngest children web design basics. So far, we've taken a bit of time over a couple of weekends to dive into the basics of good HTML and CSS. You can check out the web pages they created via the links that follow.
Thanks,
Doug
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