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2011
    What's New with Joy and Dave 
    For details, see 
http://davebeeson.home.comcast.net/~davebeeson/LETTERS/MONBAN11.TXT 
    
The renewal theme of 2010 continued into January with a new freezer and a new sewer line.   

In February, Dave installed new lights in the sewing room and garage, and bought another webcam.  I acquired a General Class Amateur Radio license:  KC9TQX. 
    
In March, I had a tooth filled, we traded the Buick in on a five-door Nissan Versa, Dave worked on the scar left by the sewer line, and I went back to class to earn the General Class license I'd acquired in February.  I didn't quite make it through the General class material before taking the Extra exam in April.  

April:  I flunked the Extra exam by one question and turned 70.  The fridge got another new controller.   Dave refurbished the picnic table and our house-number sign, and re-wrote his web sites. 

May:  out with the girls.   Dave refurbishes planer, uses it to refurbish benches.  Dave buys "HTML Dog" and starts learning CSS.  I finish learning the General material.  Smith nags Fridigaire into replacing our defective refrigerator.                           

June:  I re-take the Extra exam and join Hoosier Lakes Hams.  Extra ticket comes in mail, gets filed in unabridged dictionary under "certificate".   
    
July:  Fireworks party is thunderstormed out, but is re-scheduled for the following day.  I start emergency communications course.  Seems as though once one starts studying, one thing leads to another.  (Am I the only Extra-class ham who doesn't know how to turn on his hand-held radio?  Will be obliged to learn in order to do my homework for Em Com.)  Our power was out for only a few hours after the storm of July 22, and damage was limited to branches off trees that could spare them.  Others in the family were not so lucky.  

I finally remembered to go to the Duck race, and it wasn't rained out.  This was the last one, as Cardinal is switching to a different fund raiser. 
     
August:  we baked, fried, broiled, and steamed.  The garden went all to weeds. 
    
September:  new sewing/typing chair.  Gave up on EmCom course.   Got one row of the garden weeded. 
    
October:  Dave bought a microscope and installed a window in the front of the barn for his IP cam.      
         
November:  New faucets for both lavatories -- we wonder what took us so long.  Dave bought a Kindle Fire.   

December:  Dave discovered that he is allergic to Lanacane.