The girls love building forts. The only problem is that they use anything and everything close at hand.So, we awoke one morning to find that they'd built a fort out of furniture and the blankets we keep on the couch. And, on top of that, they spent the night in the fort.Too cute! … [Read more...]
Family Time at Graduation
July 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Extra credit if you can find Emily in there! We had a great visit with Grandma Shirley and Grandpa Chuck. They stayed with us for two weeks and we all had a great time. … [Read more...]
Cedar Creek Fun
July 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Katie and Ava managed to have a good time at Cedar Creek rec area, despite the millions of cycadas droning like a helicopter. … [Read more...]
Katie’s End of the Year School Bash
July 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
While Katie had an absolute ball, I got the worst sunburn I'd had in years. Isn't she cute?!? … [Read more...]
Emily Turns 18
July 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
At first, she was all "I don't need no schoolin'!" But that didn't last long.And then she was all, "I wanna be just like my dad!" But that didn't last long.And then she was all, "I'm the biggest girl, so I'm the boss of you!" But that didn't last long.And then she was like, "Look out world, here I come!" And THAT did last a long, long time. … [Read more...]
Is There Such a Thing as Easy ETL?
June 30, 2011 by 1 Comment
E.T.L. That's Extract - Transform - Load. That doesn't sound like a lot of work when all you need to get loaded is a simple Access database or an Excel spreadsheet. In a situation like that, the process is so simple, all you really need to focus on is the L in ETL. There's not a whole lot of E.T. to process, despite how wonderful that movie is. [pun intended] But as soon as your data loading process involves some difficult or sophisticated cleansing or transformations, it gets really, really hard. The other cross-thread that had really caught my interest lately is the USA federal … [Read more...]
