5th Annual Harpoon BBQ, an appetizing and thirst quenching success...

Behner's 2nd & 3rd at Coventry CT Waterski Tournament

this weekend Kate brought home her share, by placing 2nd in Women's Novice (making 2 full green ball passes and gates), while Julie took 1st...better look out Julie, Kate just made two red balls this evening, while still making both gates and remaining greens...see New England Tour - Stop 2 (Coventry Lake) Results

Hawaii or BUST - Less than 15wks Away

Eliza & Tim's wedding in Hawaii is just 108 days away, so now is the time to start saving, if you haven't already. Airfare can be pricey, but there certainly are some deals to be had. Mouse was recommending flying into somewhere on the west coast, then taking advantage of reasonable fares through airlines that fly from Vegas or Cali directly to the islands. There are lots of Condo opportunities through Mouse/Eliza/Tom's recommendations, and Novemeber is one of their "off-seasons". I'll post more of those later on tonight. So figure at maximum a budget of $1,000 each, or maybe less per couple. That's saving $10/day for next 108 days. I already cut out my weekly beer purchase since July 4th to begin saving.

T&C live in Paia, Maui and that's where most of the clan has already rented a condo. Here's some condo choices we've found:
Vacation Rentals by Owner - Recommended by Kate's friend Diana
Kihei Maui Vacations - Frommer's Book Recommendation by Mouse
Condominium Rentals Hawaii - Frommer's Book Recommendation by Mouse
Noelani Condominium Resort - Recommendation by Mouse "Noelani a 2br condo $237/night right on the water."

AIRPORTS closets to Maui
Kahului, HI - Kahului (OGG) 0 mi / 0 km
Kapalua Maui, HI - Kapalua (JHM) 16 mi / 26 km W
Hana, HI - Hana (HNM) 27 mi / 44 km E
Molokai/Hoolehua, HI - Hoolehua (MKK) 47 mi / 76 km NW
Kamuela, HI - Kamuela (MUE) 78 mi / 127 km SE
Kona, HI - Kona (KOA) 84 mi / 135 km S
Honolulu, HI - Honolulu International Airport (HNL) 101 mi / 162 km W
Hilo, HI - Hilo (ITO) 121 mi / 195 km SE

Internet Specials on Hawaiin Airlines
New Route - San Jose, CA starting at $298*USD Roundtrip
Daily Nonstop Service Begins on September 29, 2005
Introductory Fare Good for Travel 9/29 – 12/15/2005

Fall Fare Specials starting at $298*USD Roundtrip
Between Mainland U.S. Hawaii
Travel 8/22 – 12/15/2005

Great Summer Specials starting at $358*USD Roundtrip
Nonstop Between Portland/San Diego/Seattle & Maui
Travel 6/15 - 8/21/2005

ATA Airlines
ATA (partnered with Southwest) has a deal right now for $259one/way from
Manchester(MHT) to Honolulu(HNL), through Chicago. Click here for this great ATA Deal to Honolulu

Logan/Manchester/Portland Airline Listings that we compiled for our wedding, with links to every major airline that services our neck of the woods.

Wailers Return to Hampton Beach

This Friday night, 07/22/05, at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, the Wailers return for an 8pm showtime. Tix are $19.50 adv and $21.50 (age 18 and over), call 603.868.7300 or visit Where the Beach Meets the Stars...

Come see three of the original members Aston "Familyman" Barrett, Al Anderson and Earl "Wya" Lindo. This show is the bomb, probably have seen them 4 or 5 times and everytime is a completely energizing experience (every show I've seen has been 90 minutes non-stop with no intermission). The lead singer looks just like Bob.

"Recognized throughout the world as the architect of reggae, 'Familyman' created a music genre the rose to world domination when he teamed up with Bob Marley as his bassist and musical director. 'Familyman' and his band, The Wailers, have continued to tour the world leaving no doubt of the musical legacy he and Bob Marley created."

Sinead & Rich at Coventry CT, INT League Waterski Tournament. What a cute copule they make!!!

NASA's Return To Flight Web Coverage

At Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B, Space Shuttle Discovery is largely hidden by the Rotating Service Structure. To the left of the pad is the 290-foot-tall water tower that holds 300,000 gallons of water, part of the sound suppression system during a launch. Click for larger image. Image credit: NASA/KSC

SPACE SHUTTLE ONLINE
NASA has signed innovative agreements with Yahoo! Inc. and Akamai Technologies,
Inc. to help bring the Space Shuttle's return to flight mission (STS-114) to
millions of Internet users through the NASA Web portal.

NASA's agreement with Yahoo! is one of the agency's first online media
partnerships. Under the terms of the agreement, Yahoo! will provide a
co-branded Windows Media Player that will stream the mission's official
online video on the Web sites of both NASA and Yahoo!.

"We're very excited to be able to offer this expanded coverage to the public,"
said NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Operations, William Readdy.
"Internet users will be able to follow every event from launch through
landing, including the spacewalks. Thanks to this agreement, they'll be able
to do so at no additional cost to the taxpayers."

For information about the STS-114 mission and NASA's Return to Flight,
visit: http://link.abpi.net/l.php?20050718A8

July Slalom Session

d
scotty b tearin' it up on swain's pond this morning...made my full 34mph pass, workin' on 36mph...gettin' ready for INT Tournament in CT tommorrow...

this is the BOMB way to ski...def'n save on BOAT GAS!!!

Navy Seal, Hero and Parent from Exeter KIA Serving Our Country in Afghanistan

Close friends of ours, Matt & Ann Marie Niswender, grew up with Dan and will certainly be missing him. A reminder of how we can't take our freedom for granted, and the importance of supporting those who serve our country and defend our freedrom!!! Please keep Dan's family in your prayers, especially his four children and his wife who certainly can use any support we can give.

Senior Chief Petty Officer, DANIEL HEALY

MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR Senior Chief Petty Officer, DANIEL HEALY, USN, 36, who died June 28, 2005, with 15 other American Service members when their helicopter was shot down June 28th by insurgents in Afghanistan, will be held SUNDAY, July 17, 2005 at 10:30 AM at Rye Harbor State Park, Ragged Neck Picnic Pavilion, Rte. 1A, Rye Beach, New Hampshire. Friends are invited

He was the son of Natalie Healy of Exeter and Tom Healy of Manchester, and a 1986 graduate of Exeter High School. He joined the U.S. Navy 15 years ago and was a member of the Navy SEALS.

For Other Information: Contact Margaret or Patrick Carberry at 603 964-7062.

Please go to www.taskerfh.com to sign the on-line guest book.

Current Press Coverage:
U.S. sees fighting rekindled in Afghanistan

US searches for missing commando in Afghanistan, two found dead

US Helicopter shot down in Afghanistan, 17 on board

First U.S. Chopper Shot Down in Afghanistan

Welch Fluorocarbon Teflon Bags are heading to Antarctica

July 06, 2005 Article courtesy of Clip-n-Seal

British Antarctic Survey
Clip-n-Seals are heading to Antarctica, as part of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), to be used in a custom Teflon irradiation chamber. Clip-n-Seal, in partnership with Welch Fluorocarbon, developed a custom, extruded Clip-n-Seal for BAS. BAS chose Clip-n-Seal because it maintains an air- and watertight seal in extreme temperatures. We call the BAS custom version the Cold Mondo.

That time that I spilled a giant bag of peas across the kitchen floor and decided that we needed a Clip-n-Seal for the freezer, I had no idea that 3 years later, Clip-n-Seals would be sailing to the Antarctic. The zipper-style closures used in large freezer bags, like those from Costco, often fail. Many of our customers use Clip-n-Seals in the freezer to seal their food. The custom Cold Mondo was extruded with a tighter clamp to ensure a seal at temperatures that dip below -20 °C. It's similar to the custom version we created for Tatura Diary in Australia.

BAS is a component of the Natural Environment Research Council. Based in Cambridge UK, it has, for almost 60 years, undertaken the majority of Britain's scientific research on and around the Antarctic continent. It now shares that continent with scientists from around thirty countries.

In search of a Web-based Calendar

Trumba's wizard guides you through the process of selecting a template and publishing your OneCalendar to the Web.

Trumba's OneCalendar Keeps You Organized

Web-based calendar application lets you see your work commitments and home events all at once.

Laurianne McLaughlin
From the August 2005 issue of PC World magazine
Posted Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Tired of constantly updating two separate calendars with your work and home appointments? With Trumba's OneCalendar, you can kiss that annoyance good-bye. This Web-based application lets you create a group or personal calendar that can sync with Outlook. So if you use Outlook for business scheduling, you can use OneCalendar to see family activities and work commitments all at once.

I tested a free beta version of OneCalendar; the final version is expected this summer and will cost $40 per year (with a two-month free trial period). So why pay, when you can use Yahoo's syncing calendar for free? I found Trumba's product easier to use, better looking, and more flexible.

Once you have set up your personal OneCalendar, you can either add events to it manually or import existing schedules from Outlook, Yahoo, or Apple ICal calendars.

You may also share your OneCalendar, with your significant other, childcare provider, anyone. (You can mark individual events as private.) Publishing a calendar to the Web for a group is simple, too: A four-step wizard guides you through the process and takes less than 10 minutes.

Your personal OneCalendar has no ads, and you decide whether your group calendar will display them. This is valuable for anyone who is tired of online dating pitches and the other baggage that travels with free Web calendars.

OneCalendar -Trumba
For personal and group calendaring, this Web-based tool has an appealingly simple look and shows no ads.
Price when reviewed: $40 per year


SAMPLE VIEW OF FAMILY CALENDAR - Trumba OneCalendar for Families You have to pick up the kids from school on time, ensure that family members know about the next baseball game, and you still need to make time for yourself. With Trumba OneCalendar, you can.

So far I'm checking into:
www.airset.com - thanxs for recommendation Byron check out his great bag closure device, Clip-N-Seal
www.trumba.com
www.myoffice.net
www.mynetcalendar.com
www.calendarfamily.net

asian lillies are in full bloom...mom & dad got these for my birthday at the Boston Flower Show, we planted them in 6" pots in April...after tender loving care all spring indoors we finally planted them outside in May and they're in full bloom starting over the 4th of July holiday...the smell is out of this world...also pretty special treat, because for 6mos before our wedding, every month Kate would receive a bundle of flowers at school, counting down to our wedding day... :)

Rich Crook rippin' it up on Long Pond Slalom Course at Ball #2...

Polish slightly off the Apple at Macworld expo

Chicago-Sun Times and Macworld columnist Andy Ihnatko displays what he says is the first ukulele with a USB interface allowing it to be used as a computer input device to compose music. Ihnatko spoke yesterday to more than 600 people at the Macworld Conference & Expo at the Hynes Convention Center.

Polish slightly off the Apple at Macworld expo
07/13/2005 10:24 AM

More than 600 Apple enthusiasts jammed the third floor ballroom of the Hynes Convention Center July 12 to listen to the 2,000 things Boston’s own computer guru Andy Ihnatko said they should know about the Macintosh.

Mike Sponseller, public relations manager for the show’s producer, IDG World Expo in Framingham, said 8,000 people were expected to attend the expo and conference. Read More from Mass High Tech...

Kate's 1st Fish at Long Pond and it's a nice size Large Mouth...

EZ Pass - NH Deadline Saturday 07/16

Get your EZ Pass before Saturday 07/16 for only $5, compared to $30 by going to EZ Pass New Hampshire at www.ezpassnh.com

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory

Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
Most nights in the Bucket home, dinner is a watered-down bowl of cabbage soup, which young Charlie gladly shares with his mother and father and both pairs of grandparents. Every night, the last thing Charlie sees from his window is Willy Wonka's great factory, and he drifts off to sleep dreaming about what might be inside. For nearly fifteen years, no one has seen a single worker going in or coming out of the factory, or caught a glimpse of Wonka himself, yet, great quantities of chocolate are still being made and shipped all over the world. One day Willy Wonka makes a momentous announcement. He will open his famous factory and reveal "all of its secrets and magic" to five lucky children who find golden tickets hidden inside five randomly selected Wonka chocolate bars. Nothing would make Charlie's family happier than to see him win but the odds are very much against him as they can only afford to buy one chocolate bar a year, for his birthday. One by one, news breaks around the world about the children finding golden tickets and Charlie's hope grows dimmer. But then, something wonderful happens. Charlie finds some money on the snowy street and takes it to the nearest store for a Wonka Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight. There, under the wrapper is a flash of gold. It's the last ticket. Charlie is going to the factory! The family decides that Grandpa Joe, who used to work in the factory, should be the one to accompany Charlie on this adventure. Once inside, Charlie is dazzled by one amazing sight after another. Wondrous gleaming contraptions of Wonka's own invention churn, pop, and whistle, crews of merry Oompa-Loompas mine mountains of fudge beside a frothy chocolate waterfall, a hundred trained squirrels on a hundred tiny stools shell nuts for chocolate bars, and Wonka himself pilots an impossible glass elevator that rockets every which way you can think of through the fantastic factory. Almost as intriguing as his fanciful inventions is Willy Wonka. He thinks about nothing but candy--except, every once in a while, when he seems to be thinking about something that happened long ago, that he can't quite talk about. Meanwhile, the other children prove to be a rotten bunch, and one by one, their greedy personalities lead them into all kinds of trouble that force them off the tour. When only Charlie is left, Willie Wonka reveals the final secret, the absolute grandest prize of all: the keys to the factory itself.
RATED: PG 2hrs 00mins.

Wasted Time at Work Costing Companies Billions

A recent article from www.salary.com states that "According to a new survey by America Online and Salary.com, the average worker admits to frittering away 2.09 hours per 8-hour workday, not including lunch and scheduled break-time. As a matter of practice, companies assume a certain amount of wasted time when determining employee pay."

How much time are you wasting???

Just for any of those curious about my time wasting, this particular piece was a part of my multitasking efforts. Heard about it on the radio, jumped to the website at break time, and my super quick typing/copy-paste/internet savvy skills means I can take advantage of my 15 minute morning break!!! :)
BLOG ON!!!

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Times Square or BUST!!!

choo-choo, riding the Long Island Railroad into Penn Station...couldn't imagine better company!!!

Exploring Times Square isn't complete without paying homage to Doob's - Monument to Ralph Kramden (aka Jackie Gleason from The Honeymooners). What a cool piece, right at the entrance of the Port Authority Bus Terminal.

And for dinner, gotta hit the ZONE. Great call Uncle Doob, YOUR FAV!!! And too boot got to catch the sox on the big screen, even though Uncle Scott ruined any chance of getting booth seats after proclaiming we're Red Sox fans in Yankee country!!!

And of course, what night on town isn't complete without a treat for the sweet. MMMMmmm, Cold Stone Creamery is out of this world. Can you say Chocolate Ice Cream, fresh peanut butter, hot fudge in a waffle bowl, YUMMIE!!!

didn't make the TODAY show, but does the evening show count Mom & Dad???

Congrats Carolyn & Carl. Have a wonderful time in St Maarten!!! :)

what a great time had by the Welch/Nowlan/Wiley/Behner clan in Long Island this past weekend for Junkins/Andersen Wedding!!!

4th of July Family Celebration

4th of July Hat Competition on Vinalhaven Island, ME. Come see the new OFFICIAL VH Boathouse Blog and bookmark it, you're all invited to post your own VH Boathouse favorites, just visit VHBoathouse.blogspot.com and if you don't already have a Blogspot Username, you'll have to create one so I can add you as a group member. Otherwise everyone else has been added, that includes KJW, LJN, HLN, and LW. Great idea MOUSEr!!!