It has been quite while since I have updated the
front page of my web site. This has been mainly due to a very large computer
project that I have been meaning to do for several months but required some
alterations to my computer hardware. In the past I have managed to free up a
considerable amount of space in our house by digitising various things such as
photographs, my music collection and books. In the past a considerable amount of
space was taken up with VHS tapes to keep our video recordings. This was later
reduced by moving things onto CD/DVD and then disposing of the taped versions.
However there have now been vast improvements in computer technology with larger
capacity hard drives plus the increased speeds of wireless networking within a
building. It has now become practical to move stuff from those CD/DVD discs onto
hard drives and stream the content around the building. To do so however I had
to upgrade various items of computer hardware some of which proved to be a
challenge - mostly getting things to fit into the motherboard. This has now been
completed.
The weather has been so mild this year that I had to
give our lawn its first cut on 12 February - Quite surprising when the last cut
was only in November.
On Thursday 25 February My Aunt Doreen (Whitehouse)
was buried in Walsall Wood. There was a service at St Johns Church followed by a
wake at King Street Progressive Club. I met up with several family members I had
not seen for several years including my cousins Mark, Christopher and Tracey. It
was quite surprising to see how Sandra and also Graham's families have now
grown. My former next door neighbour Norma from Herbert Road was also in
attendance.
On Monday 29 February having noticed that Millie was
now panting much more than usual I took her to the Vets. Millie has now been put
on heart medication.
On Friday 4 March the twins had "sleepover". The same
day Faustine came over from France on a business trip and so Faustine also slept
here from Friday through to Wednesday 9 March.
