Monthly Archives: January 2004

Virginia Burt is One of Gardening Life’s Fab 55

Posted on January 28, 2004 by Jim

Our good friend, Virginia Burt, of Visionscapes, has been highlighted in Canada’s Gardening Life magazine in their Canada’s Fab 55, a Gardening Who’s Who.  She is mentioned as a member of The Next Wave, rising designers rewriting the rules.

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Jamie is Back From Iraq, Stephen to Follow Soon, Bill in Baghdad

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Jim

Stephen’s cousin, Jamie Burrell (Teresa’s cousin Pam’s son), returned from Iraq last week.  He’s regular Army, an infantry Sergeant with the 101st Airborne.  He finishes his four year stint this summer and has no intentions of reinlisting.  Welcome back Jamie!  We’re … Continue reading →

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Bay Village Kitchen Makeover

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Jim

Our New Year’s week project was a makeover for our kitchen.  Doing it on the cheap but – hopefully – with style and quality of workmanship, we mainly resurfaced things.  We’ve been planning this project since we bought the house … Continue reading →

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Augmenting E-Mail on the Web

Posted on January 7, 2004 by Jim

E-mail, and web-based access to it, is indispensible for me and has been for many years.  There have always been a few annoying limitations to it for the way I work.  I’ve found a set of web-based services that allow … Continue reading →

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Snehal’s Comments

Posted on January 6, 2004 by Jim

I asked Snehal to describe how she found my site, decided to leave a comment, and what she thinks of reconnecting… Jennifer M. gave me the website so I searched and found it. I was very happy to read all … Continue reading →

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Weblog Rekindles Friendship

Posted on January 6, 2004 by Jim

A week or so before Christmas, I was checking to see if anyone had left comments on this weblog.  I only get a message occasionally, and it’s usually from a close friend or family member – although my design articles … Continue reading →

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Crazy Busy, But Good, Holiday Season

Posted on January 5, 2004 by Jim

Whew! The last few weeks have been crazy busy… but largely fun and productive.  Sorry for going dark for that time.  I’m back in the saddle for 2004.  Among the events of this holiday season: Christmas parties (of course). Teresa’s … Continue reading →

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