SPAM MILESTONE #1

  HOORAY after only 29 days we have reached spam milestone numero uno!  1000 spams!  I actually reached it last week but the total time was 29 days current the count is 1337.  Now I have to make point out that I am using my gmail account because I have used most of my other ones as junk email accounts where if I sign up for something I always put those or when I tried that 'free ipod' offer I used a different one.  My gmail account that I use as my main email, is used mainly for family, friends and bills so this is just the normal spam received without any outside manipulations.  

Finally............

Now that he is 2 Wyatt has gotten his back seat drivers license. He passed his exams with flying colors. The test included the screaming at the top of you lungs test, the whine til your parents go crazy, the cheerio and food throw from the back to the front seat, and finally the infamous drink spill test.... all with flying colors. I don't know if this is congratulations? But we love him regardless!

SPAM

Ok if you can't tell I hate spam -- oh I hate it with a passion. So much so that I have like 4 different email address to try and avoid it. You know like when you have to sign up for something and they ask for an email address. Well I have my free ones like yahoo and hotmail that are just infiltrated with them. So my main account which is Gmail is pretty good about blocking the spam and putting it in the spam folder. However. I noticed that more and more spam comes every week. Not a big deal at all because like I said I never have to see it or do anything about it since gmail does the great job of finding and filtering. But it still goes in the spam folder and I thought what would happen if I just let it go? How long would it take to get to 1000? 10,000? 100,000? and 1,000,000? Well I am about to find out. On August 1st I stopped 'emptying' my spam folder. Already after 21 days I have 744 spam messages ranging from fake rolex's to various body enhancements to generic drugs to whatever else that junk is. I project I should hit 1000 sometime in september but I will periodically post the number and the length of time it takes to get there for each milestone. I wonder what will happen when it hits 1,000,000? Will my gmail account die? Will the internet crumble? Will time stop? We will find out.

We went on a trip....

In June/July we went back to South Dakota for the Cone reunion and 4th of July.....

We got to ride horses...

Go to a parade...



Sleep.....






Shoot guns....




See old friends....






Tour Laura Ingalls Wilder stuff...

Visit Nanci in Iowa...

All in all it was a fun time and we miss everyone!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WYATT!

He is 2 yrs old today and here is my feeble and first attempt at playing around with windows movie maker....

Fire in the Sky

So I was watching tv the other day and the movie "Fire in the Sky" was on -- for those who may not know about the movie it is about some guy who claims to have been abducted by aliens. In it they recreate what happened. So as I was browsing I just happened to come upon the alien scene. Wyatt was playing with some blocks and when he stood up he look at the screen and saw this guy (screenshot of the alien above) -- he slowly and cautiously backs away from the tv and as he was backing away the alien just happened to be moving his head in the movie as if he was following wyatt as he was moving. Then it screeched and wyatt about had a cow. He freaked out. I guess I would too if I didn't know it was fake.

125th Willow Lake 4th of July Celebration