The Margerie Glacier
	Grand Pacific Glacier Very old and retreating.
	Cheryl and Frumpy Old Man
	Reid Glacier Closer

This was probably the most interesting part of the trip.  The Bay was still frozen at the time of the American Revolution.
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	Pull Right In Skagway Dock
	Cheryl and Grumpy Old Man
	Skagway Main Street
	Snow Plow Train May be still used!!

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	Big Glacier
	Rushing Water
	Where's that Fish?
	What am I Doing Here?

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	Cheryl on Deck
	Heading to Juneau

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Been awhile since I have posted on LJ so I think it is time to update.

USPS:  Never got a response to my complaint.  Big surprise.  The mail has been forwarded, however, so some took notice.  Forwarding expires this month so it won’t be an issue any longer.

Computer Business:  Business was really slow from November through December.  Christine got a job offer from Verde Valley Guidance Center as an entry level counselor assistant and took it.  I am back on my own working from the house.  Did this through most of the early ‘90’s and find it quite enjoyable again.  I have enough space to do shop work and Cheryl doesn’t mind the occasional computer setup on the kitchen counter!  Since the beginning of the year, things have picked up quite a bit and I am happily busy.  My current projects involve some medical offices that are moving into EHR and advanced management systems.  One has gone with a web based solution, Athenanet, and is installing computers in each exam room.  Since space is critical and the primary requirement is a good web interface, I came up with a solution using Viewsonic VOT132 Atom based mini computers.  The computer mounts on the back of the monitor so you have a kind of IMac system.  These little guys run Win7 Home Premium with 2GB of RAM and a 250GB hard drive.  Chipset and graphics are NVidia Ion so you get really good picture quality.  In fact, the unit is really designed to stream video to a home HD TV.  Has an HDMI connector and wireless N networking built in.  Here’s a couple of pictures.

Cost is quite low, under $700.00.  We are even looking at fingerprint scanners to save the Doctor the effort of entering his or her password!  There are, of course, some commercial integrated systems with touch screens but the cost goes up considerably.

The Dark Side!  As most of you know, I had to learn something about Apple Computers a couple of years ago to support the Graphics Department at Genesis.  Then Craig took a job with Apple so I had to keep up.  Now, I have ordered an IPad.  It’s scheduled to ship on the 10th but I noticed the charges were on my account this evening so maybe it will come early.  Settled for the basic WiFi, not 3G, since I really don’t travel that much anymore.  Looking forward to a new toy.

Finally, we lost our oldest rescue kitty yesterday.  Snuffy came to us about 3 and a half years ago.  For the last several months he had been declining in health.  A vet visit just got us a $200.00 lab charge and a “Seems OK to me.  Just old.”  So we nursed him ourselves and he died Saturday afternoon.  He was old, probably about 15 years.  Still, our experience with vets and sick animals has not been positive.  They seem to do ok with trauma and common ailments but anything out of the ordinary stumps them.  At least around here.  Anyway, Snuffy RIP.

Hope to do better about keeping up but that’s it for now.

Back in October, we noticed that some of our most regular customers weren't paying. After a few calls, it turned out that the checks were going to our old address. Not to worry, we had a forwarding notice on file so the money would arrive any day. Except that it didn't. Finally, the customers re-issued checks, which we picked up, and waited for the good old USPS to return the old mail. Today, our mail included five items with forwarding labels. The oldest was a Chase bank check postmarked Sep 29. The newest was a check mailed in Cottonwood on 12/07. There is still a check, mailed from Sedona on Tuesday, 12/08, missing.

Rejoice! If Congress has it's way, our health care system will soon come up to the performance level of the USPS.

Alan at High School Graduation	Cheryl and her Boys
Cheryl in the Office	Crazy Craig
Alan and the Ucky Truck	Craig on a Rock

As promised, Canon provided a Windows 7 scanner driver, in 64bit, on the 22nd.  I installed it and then found a bunch of old photos and slides to run a test.  Works just fine.  The rest of the pics are here.  Think they date from 1977-2000, but Mom would know better.

Front of the House with Newly Planted Beds This was probably the early '90's. I will have current pictures for comparison.	House Front and Flower Beds 2009 This compares to the earlier picture where we had just planted shrubs.
Looking Out Towards the Rim Over the Trees Those trees are 30 feet tall now. Comparison picture to follow.	The Trees Grew Up These are the same trees some 15 years later. The house is now white.

Times change things!

May and Harold Post No date but prior to Posty's birth in 1912.	Harold, Florence and George Post Back of the photo says Eastside Park, Patterson, NJ. George was born in 1918 so this is probably early 1919.
Cheryl's Internantional Drivers License Sep 1968 Not sure why we got a second one the same year.	The Grey Scout After Alan got old enough to drive, we gave him the Scout and had it painted.

Mom found these while cleaning out her file cabinets.  Will have some additions shortly.  Rest of the photos are here.