New Toy

Chris came over the other day, I think it was when he and Courtney were dropping off Greyson, and showed me a "surf" camera on-line. Well, I found a really good deal on Ebay and bought one. (see below). It is a Go Pro 5MP Wide Angle, waterproof to 100 ft. It came with hardware to mount to a surfboard. It takes great pics and video. I have also upgraded the firmware so it will take a single video up to 4GB (Approx. 2 hrs) and can handle up to an 8GB SDHC card.


I find it hard to believe that something so small can perform so well. It also has numerous features, like: continuous shooting pics every 2 or 5 seconds, self timer, upside down image (just in case you have to mount the camera upside down), three shot burst photo, to name a few.

This is the camera out of the water housing.........

Working out details for a kayak and other mounts. Hope to have all helmet/adventure cams ready for Cabo.

Another Weekend Gone

Due to Veteran's Day and the November Nor'easter I haven't been to work, except for three hours on Friday, in five days. Wednesday was Veteran's Day and the office was closed. Thursday work was canceled due to the weather. Friday the power was out. I went in to work to the power out condition. Without power, the computers won't work, and without computers we can't work. I did have to put in about three hours clearing the water out of our largest clubhouse because it was rented for Saturday. The place floods every time we get heavy rains. Guess I'll have to figure out a way to correct that problem. The good news was that Gail was off Thursday (she couldn't get into work due to the flooded roads) and Friday. They were closed because the roads were still flooded. So we both had long weekends.

Saturday, Chris and Courtney went up to D.C. for a basketball game and we had Greyson from about noon on Saturday until about 4 PM Sunday. Great fun. He is a trip. He loves the dogs and plays with Ozzie, Lobo and Peanut. He and Nugget still don't get along.

Check out G & Peanut, then he hams it up..........


On Sunday, we took a trip down to Sandbridge to see the barge that ran aground during the nor'easter. What a zoo. It must have been the biggest attraction around. The road was blocked near the Coast Guard Station so we parked along the street and hiked in as close as they would allow.

The barge was loaded with containers and got pretty close to the pier........
It was definitely beached............
Surf on one side..............
Sand on the other..................
Line up of looky-loos...................
Check out the beach.............
Greyson and Grandma...............
Greyson and Grandma fed the ducks and one of them tried to snatch the bread out of Greyson's hand and got his fingers.



Afterwards, he was a trooper...................


After Mom & Dad picked him up, Grandma and Grandpa had to rest up from the weekend. He really keeps us busy, but we really like spending the time with him.

Quick Nor'Easter Report

Just a quick update on the November Nor'Easter. We got a lot of rain, about 11 inches so far, with more to come later today and into the night. As you can see, the water level of the lake has risen quite a bit. It is almost to the shed, and into the back yard.


A short video of the storm......


These trees are normally right at the edge of the lake.....
Pretty nasty out........
Gail tried to drive into work, but all the streets through Norfolk to Coopervision were flooded, so she came back home. I got a phone call this morning, so I didn't have to go into work. I only drive two miles and got to stay home, but Gail has to drive over twenty miles and they were open, Go figure!

Two shots of the back yard......


I'll keep you posted should we have additional information.

Sunday, Greyson, and FOOTBALL

Spent the afternoon and evening babysitting Greyson. Chris and Courtney went to a wedding. The high point of the day was that the Charger - Giants game was televised. (Good news - Bad news) Greyson and I watched the game in between coloring, playing with cars, etc.

Check out the newest Charger fan and the "Rivers intercepted look"........

Alas, when Rivers threw the interception with four minutes remaining, I could not take anymore. My BP probably went through the roof. I turned the game OFF. Greyson is still too young to hear that kind of language, and I had gone ballistic. So, I found out the Bolts had won from Chris went he got home. I had to watch the replays. How can a GAME cause that type of reaction? I'm not what you would call a rabid sports fan, and yet!

An Afternoon With Greyson

Courtney had some studying / homework to do so Chris brought Greyson over for the afternoon. We had fun, especially out in the garage. He got into everything. Check out the pics.


Socket & ratchet as a hammer.......
What's this......................
OOO tools..........
More sockets...............
How does this work.............
What's in here ............
How does this come out..............
Look, more tools..............
What's up there................
Every boy needs his Duct Tape............
Climbing the ladder, mallet in hand............
Now I can see more.................
What's in this drawer..................
Afterwords, some computer time............
Then.......................

It was a busy day.

I May Have Spoken Too Soon

Yesterday it was around 80 degrees. This is what we woke up to this morning. 60 degrees and windy.


I might have jinxed the rest of the year with my comments yesterday.