This past weekend was another nice weekend watching older movies. With the current release of Die Hard 4, I had an urge to watch the first three movies in the series. Also, Sean hadn’t seen any of them and he was definitely interested in seeing the fourth one, so I figured it was time to […]
Archives for 2007
Boardgames on the Xbox 360
July 7, 2007 by 6 Comments
As my loyal readers (gotta be at least 8 of ya) know, we are pretty avid boardgamers. The family loves sitting down on the weekend and spending hours playing boardgames. Actually, the kids would love to play even more. Our game closet at home must have 50 different boardgames in it. Lately, the boardgame industry […]
Death In The Family
July 4, 2007 by 1 Comment
We received some sad news yesterday, Suzanne’s 92 year old Grandmother, Mama Frances died. Her Uncle Lennie and his wife Jean were there. Lennie, who is a doctor, thinks it was a pulmonary embolism or a heart attack. But, when you are 92 years old it is really just old age and all the related […]
Hot Times Ahead
July 2, 2007 by Leave a Comment
It looks to be a very, very hot Fourth of July Week here for us in the Southwestern Deserts. The National Weather Service has issued this heat warning for our area: HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST WEDNESDAY… THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST WEDNESDAY. THE STRONG […]
Everyone Back Home
July 1, 2007 by 6 Comments
Well, everyone is back home and our first vacation of the Summer is complete. I picked up Suzanne and the kids last night at the airport. They had stayed in Dallas for about 8 days after our Alaska Cruise in order to spend some time with her family. With all the rough weather in Dallas […]
Movie Fest
June 30, 2007 by 5 Comments
As Suzanne and the kids have been in Dallas since the cruising visiting with her family, I have had an opportunity to watch a lot of old classic movies. Well, maybe not really classics, but old movie that I really like. Last night was a bit different as I rented a couple of movies that […]
Wild Night of Wild Fires
June 28, 2007 by 2 Comments
Yesterday evening and last night was rather interesting around here – weather wise that is. We should be 2 – 4 weeks away from the onset of our monsoon season. I even heard one report saying it was going to be late this year. Last night, it didn’t look like it was going to be […]
Alaskan Cruise – Roundup
June 25, 2007 by 8 Comments
If you have been reading Mr Papa’s World the last week or so, then you have read my daily blog our my family reunion cruise to Alaska on board the Celebrity Mercury. Today, I thought I would just provide some wrap-up comments about the cruise. Alaska This was our second cruise to Alaska. The last […]
Alaska Cruise Day 8 – Back in Vancouver
June 24, 2007 by 6 Comments
Today was day 8 and the final day of our Alaskan cruise. The Celebrity Mercury docked back in Vancouver this morning about 7:00 am to conclude our wonderful Alaskan cruise family reunion. After a quick breakfast in our cabin, we headed to our disembarkation station. We were scheduled for an 8:45 am disembarkation. We arrived […]
Alaskan Cruise Day 7 – At Sea
June 23, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Today is the final day of the cruise. Luckily, it is a day at sea. As I have mentioned before, it is our favorite part of cruising. We enjoy the ports, but we really enjoy just being at sea, relaxing on the ship. We once again were cruising the Inside Passage back to Vancouver. I […]
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