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The United Way
July 07, 2004

I remember seeing their goofy commercials on TV when watching Saturday morning cartoons. They always struck me as a kind of hokey organization. But after looking around for a charity that I can really believe in, the United Way suits me best.

The main thing about the United Way that makes it different from most publicized charities is that it works in your community. If I ask you to donate to the United Way, I don’t want you to donate to my United Way (although that would be nice of you). I fully expect that you will donate to your local United Way.

The Death of Pizza
July 06, 2004

On the way to work this morning I noticed that Quattro Pizza is closed. The sign is laying on the ground next to the building. That place has been a pizza joint for as long as I can remember. We used to order our pizza from there a long time ago, perhaps even when we were living on Logan Ave.

They had a Dig Dug arcade machine that we played when we went to pick up pizza. I don’t remember ordering pizza for delivery ever, even if we did. I can’t recall exactly - it was too long ago. But that just shows how long this place has been around. At least 20 years.

Catnip Pots
July 04, 2004

For Abby’s birthday this year, I got her a set of terracotta pots, potting soil, and catnip seeds. I figured that she and Berta or Nana could paint the pots before they planted the grass and catnip into them. Well, on Friday, Berta took off work, and she and Abby decorated the pots. When I came home from work on Friday, I took these pictures.

Good Neighbor Day
July 04, 2004

I don’t know why Downingtown did this, but instead of celebrating Independence Day on the 4th of July, they did it on the 3rd. Well, I suppose that they don’t call it Independence Day. They call it Good Neighbor Day, but still.

Abby stayed over at my mom’s last night, and when she returned her in the morning, all of the girls (Nana, Mom, Berta, and Abby) went down to the park to check out the festivities. They found the place that sells the wooden trinkets again this year. These wooden things are pretty neat. You turn a crank or spin some wheels and the whole thing comes to life.

Ken & Kate's
July 04, 2004

Instead of sticking around home for fireworks this year, we headed out to Ken & Kate’s place in Parkesburg. We hadn’t been to their house since they moved there, and we really wanted to check it out.

It turns out that they live in a neat old house. You can see the wooden supports for the floor above in the ceiling in many of the rooms. Ken showed me where the fireplace is in the kitchen. It looks like there will be a whole lot of work involved to remove the wall from in front of it. They’ve got a nice big back yard and even a game room. I didn’t think the green in that room was too bad, but I can understand that they’d want to repaint.