My sister is in town with her family. She stopped by with her daughter Hannah and my parents to visit with Katherine Elizabeth.
Hope is here for a month so I expect more pictures.
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My Sister Is In Town
My sister, Hope Jones, is in town with her children for a month. She is jumping at the chance to see Katherine Elizabeth.
Her children have been video chatting with us over the past month. It started with them asking were is the baby. We would show them Karen's belly. After the birth, they wanted the to see Katherine Elizabeth. Who still is manner sleeping.
Her husband will be joining her later during the visit. He is presently attending a number of conferences for this work.
Got my iPhone
I have had it for little over a week. Overall, I have enjoyed it, but it does have issues. The readability of the screen is super. The size and weight are great. The battery lasts longer than expected.
The bluetooth is a big bummer. You can't use it for anything beyond headsets. You can't even send a contact to another phone. (I haven't found any way to send a contact to another phone.) The headset functionality is very limited with no voice dialing.
The WiFi has issues with connecting to some networks. I switched one network from a 40bit to 128bit key and then the iPhone could connect. On some WiFi networks that it connects to, it can not get a DHCP assigned address.
The GSM signal reception is very weak compared to the T68i and W300i by SonyEricsson.
I just hope updates come soon for the phone.
Planning Anniversary Trip
Karen and I have started planning our 11th anniversary trip. This year will be different now that we have our little girl, Katherine Elizabeth, to join our trip.
We may only go on a simple trip to somewhere nearby.
Katherine Elizabeth Baby’s Blog
To keep up to date on Katherine Elizabeth, you can read her blog. You can get to it from the “Baby” menu at the top of the page or click the link below:
Baby Pictures
We have been snapping pictures everyday since Katherine Elizabeth Allen was born. Click on the picture below to see them. To read more, click over to our baby blog.
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Karen Gave Birth to Our Baby Girl
Karen did super in her effort to deliver Katherine Elizabeth. Mother and baby are doing wonderful.
Katherine Elizabeth Allen
Born: July 2nd, 2007 @ 10:05PM
Weight: 8lbs 12 oz
Length: 22in
Katherine Elizabeth Finally Arrived
Our baby girl, Katherine Elizabeth Allen, finally arrived today. You can check out pictures and more at my web site.
Progress at The Nook
My dad’s bar has come a long way. He has over 70 beers available and 10 beers on draft. He has multiple coolers setup to keep the beer at their preferred temperature, too.
The building is slowly coming a long, too.
The sign at the street is
being redone, which is badhy needed. The original sign was painted with what looks like a roller. It is hard to paint letters with just a roller. Both sides of the sign don’t even look the same. But, this will all be fixed with the new sign.
With the sign fix on the way, the inside of the building is the process of being painted to tone down the Irish green that is everywhere. The bar had been Patty’s Pub at one time so everything is covered with bright green and the colors of the Irish flag.
They are going the start some radio advertising, too. My dad has not decided the details, but it is in the works.
Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza 2007
My folks called and indicated they were thinking about heading down to the Cigar Box Guitar Extravaganza at the Flying Monkey Art Center in the old Lowe Mill. I checked with my pregnant wife and she said go!
We headed down around 7:30 and arrived as John Lowe was playing. Everything was setup on the east side of the Lowe Mill so, the sun was down behind the building and everyone was sitting on the grassy lawn. I spied my friend Dave Gallaher and had to give him an update on Karen’s pregnancy. Dave indicated he would be playing after the next act, Robert Hamilton. Dave reminded me that his cigar box guitar is a Lowebow made by John Lowe.
John is a one-man-band playing under the name Johnny Lowebow. He is playing the drums with both feet and sliding on the Lowebow with his left hand while strumming the Lowebow with his right hand, which also is holding a drum stick to play a snare drum while strumming. I know that sentence was a mouthful, but you had to see him performing. When he signed my arm band, I asked him if the performance was like exercising. He said it was a full cardo-workout.
Robert Hamilton, of Low Country Messiahs, came on next accompanied by Shane Speal. They played a great mix of tunes with both musicians playing cigar box guitars. I picked up a copy of Low Country Messiahs’ latest album, Biscuit Palace.
Shane Speal is founder and curator of the National Cigar Box Guitar Museum, which he brought some of it to the festival (see the picture above).
Following Robert Hamilton was Huntsville’s own Microwave Dave Gallaher. Dave started his set with some traditional songs of his before picking up the Lowebow to play “Trail of Tears”. The crowd has thrilled to hear Dave play. He has been entertaining Huntsville for many years. You can check Dave playing with the band The Nukes all around Huntsville and the southeast.
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