Summer has started – Woody enjoys the pool scene

Woody likes the open pool

Woody likes the open pool


This was definitely the best pool opening ever. Even though it has been pretty warm since April, the water was clean. The rains had filled the pool so I was able to vacuum the silt on waste, and Mom and I opened it in under 3 hours. Water temp is 56F but the sun is hot and they are predicting high 80’s, maybe even 90 next week.

Nun Better and 2010 Springfest

Sr. Doretta and the nuns at Good Counsel were challenged to a softball game by the Good Counsel Academy All Stars (grammar school kids). They had heard about a softball team the nuns had many years ago which was named Nun Better.
http://picasaweb.google.com/dorettacornell/NunBetterVsGCAStarrs51410
Doretta is in the 6th picture. She also got a hit both times she got up to bat.

I had to go up to St. Isidore’s to drop off the Prayers of Faithful for the weekend masses and turn on the baptismal font for Nancy Dome’s grandson’s baptism. I had not been around town for the last few years of Spring Fest. It had died out for a few years and then started coming back about 2000. This is the first year in a while that the weather has cooperated. It is bigger than ever. I had a scrambled egg and sausage breakfast with Fr. Dave and Fr. Luke at St. I’s, then walked down to center.
Link to pics

Summer starts at Camp Cornell

No it is not that the pool is opened. That should happen in the next few weeks. The first official sign is that the entertainment center location moves up to the back porch.

The porch media center is open for business

The porch media center is open for business

We moved the TV, STB, dvd player and Hermes up to the porch last Saturday night so we could watch the Celtics/Cavaliers game. Woody was not impressed with the Celtic’s fade in the second half but he was happy to be watching it on the porch.

Woody checks out the display from Hermes on the Akai

Woody checks out the display from Hermes on the Akai


It took a little work and help from Matt but over Sunday and Monday morning, Hermes was upgraded to Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04), the alsa drivers to 1.0.23 and Voila! we finally have HDMI sound. So all is good.
Well almost. Late Sunday night we found out that the entertainment stuff is on the same circuit as the microwave and when Betsy tried heating up some supper for Kait, the breaker tripped. I hadn’t heard the microwave so I thought we lost half of the power coming in to the house. I was in the middle of a call to Hudson Power and Light when Betsy asked if it could be the breaker. I checked and sure enough. I had to call HP&L back and sheepishly say, “never mind!”.
Now we have to figure out how to get that on a different circuit while not violating anyone’s aversion to actual wires being visible.