as promised, there are a couple of pictures of the 95th birthday party here. i took several but most of them turned out a little too dark to post.
i enjoyed taking a few days off and accomplished many things including, but not limited to, usual household chores, installed new light fixture, helped my father-in-law get his snow-blower to the shop, scheduled eye exam, raked 12 bags of leaves, logged many late-night hours on the xbox, played guitar, managed music via i-tunes, (deleted dupes), went to the library, watched some baseball, rented 2 movies, spent quality time with wife and kids, etc..
now it's back to the realworld. more later...