Saturday February 12th - Go Illini

A relatively slow day today. Worked a few minutes on repotting some plants... cut a few fence posts tops off.. swept a little around the garage and drive...

Illinois extended their winning streak today to 25 and 0. Woohoo.. It looks the the big ten title is all sewn up... Go Illinois!

Mardi Gras Parade - St. Louis Missouri

You just never know what type of weather your going to get around the midwest, but Saturday, February 5th was one of the best I remember for a parade, mostly sunny, a slight breeze and around 68 degrees...

We arrived early at the Ford dealership, the same one we have parked at now for the past several years, if your ever at the Mardi Gras parade, stop in and see us, we'll be in the old Titan Motorhome, the dealership is located at 7th and Broadway... We convinced a couple young men to move their car and coolers so we could park in the lot..

Most of the morning was spent mingling with friends and laughing about parades of the past...

The parade was long, lots of beads, lots of yelling .. I snapped about 54 pictures... keep your eye on the blog.. pictures linked soon... woohoo!

Class - Java February 1, 2005

The first 3 chapters have been tough... almost like a foreign language. Cheryl's very patient, but I think she is having a hard time conveying the syntax to the class, it's not that easy to comprehend...

Im going to need to start reviewing blackboard a little more frequently, I missed two hand in assignments last week, fortunately there is an exam due now, but I have until Sunday to complete it. Breaks over, time to get back to the Power Point presentation and watch some of the Illinois game.. Check out Collegesports.com

Note: February 8th, just finished installing the environment for Java.. this is definately going to be a struggle, not quite like Visual Basic, and a far cry from Cobol..