Tom & Nan Dot Com

Well. We got things set up the other night and we need to test the ability to post using offline tools.  This post was composed in a program that comes free from Microsoft called Windows Live Writer. It seems to allow the use of several different blogging packages.  I have not done anything with it except configure it and start typing this post. Will learn how it works and start documenting our Geocaching adventures and other things we’re into.  I may go back and try to document the work we did a couple of years ago when we did the floor and then the work we did on the siding and roof.

So… this is Microsoft Live Writer… a FREEBIE from Microsoft that looks pretty easy to use.  The laptop we’re using came with a lot of bloated software that will never get used… There is some good software on here though.  Nan is going to love working on here.  I installed the USB to serial adaptor.  It works perfectly, was a little difficult to do because the driver wouldn’t install… I had to install it on my old XP machine and then copy the temp install folder over on a thumb drive.  Bottom line is it works so we’ll be able to get GPS data onto the GPS units during a trip we’re planning to make this summer… more on the trip later…

The machine is a 64bit AMD Turion with 2 GB of ram… In a nutshell it’s pretty sweet and we’ll probably elaborate on it more in the future.

Today was a long one… Got up early and did the work thing, then bowled in a league (2 more weeks of the season left).  Ate dinner at our friends house and then came here… it’s now time to catch some Z’s.

Hi, I’m the Dad, known in some circles as Tom, and in others as TomCat.  Welcome to our blog, It’s a place where we plan to write about whatever strikes our fancy.  We like to do a lot of things but our kids say we lead boring lives, so, we’ll show them how boring it actually is… We like to do a lot of things: Traveling, geocaching, dining out, walking, cooking, and other boring things that parents do when their kids are around and when they’re not around.  We plan on writing about all of these things and others as well.

Our main audience is our Family and our friends, but anyone and everyone is welcome to read… just be prepared to be bored.