Category: Family

  • Beavers win the CWS!

    Congratulations to the Oregon State Beavers for winning OSU’s first National Championship in a team sport (not counting cross country).  Great time to be a Beaver. –tr

  • New oak floors

    So I’ve been a little bit in accessible for the past 3-4 days because our house has been under some renovation. About a month back, our dog chewed a hole in our carpet helping my wife and I finally make the decision to take the carpet our of the bottom floor of our house and…

  • Flying home from UVA

    It has been a long, tiring and very enjoyable last week in Virginia.  I had been invited to UVA to talk to the folks there about a myriad of topics, one being the metasearch developments at OSU.  Great fun all around.  I find how other library do digital production and view digital libraries and digital…

  • No, no.

    Here’s how you can tell that Nathan has been watching a little too much TV.  While we don’t watch much TV while the boys are up — one of Alyce and Kenny’s favorite shows is Deal or no Deal.  Well, I guess I can add Nathan to the list.  Flipping through the channels tonight, Nathan…

  • I’m back

    So I’m back. I’ve been gone for the better half of 5 days, having gone to relax, fish, do a little crabbing and spend time with my family. Here are some pictures. This first picture is of Kenny fishing. I took him down to the docks at 10 mile Lake in Lakeside, OR to see…

  • Snow in March

    Oregon obviously isn’t known for its snow — especially on the Valley floor.  But I get up today to ride my bike to work and what do I see….SNOW.  Not a lot, but enough and in March.  How odd is that.  Anyway, got go hope on my bike.   –Terry

  • Happy birthday to me

    My wife tried to set of the fire alarms in the house by putting all 29 candles on my cake today.  Hah…not even close.  I’ll need at least 30, I’m sure.  Anyway, 29 years and I’ve still managed to avoid growing up…and thankfully with young kids, I still don’t have to grow up for what,…

  • Kenny’s first letter to mom

    I got this message from my wife today. Apparently, Kenny took it upon himself during his quiet time to write Alyce a note. Here’s the message that she sent to me. Remember, he’s only 4 and wrote this all by himself: Hi Terry, This would be under the heading “things that make it all worthwhile.”…

  • Kennyisms

    I love listening to Kenny as he continues to grasp new concepts.  Case in point…we have a dog, a yellow lab., and will be having her spayed.  I doubt he understands what it means, but he’s heard me talk about it.  Well, we borrowed a kitty movie from the local library and at the end…

  • A night out at the Oregon Symphony

    It was too bad that most folks at the Code4Lib conference had to leave early today because they missed out a one fantastic concert put on by the Oregon Symphony in Salem.  This is the 50th anniversary of the Oregon Symphony playing in Salem, OR so they Symphony put on a free concert for the community. …