We took the new car out for a tour on Saturday ending up at Oxon Hill Farm, which is right at where the eastern DC beltway cuts across the Potomac River south of the city. This place is an actual operating farm maintained by the park service. Cianna had a great time seeing horses, chickens, pigs and sheep in the record breaking 73 degree weather. On the way home, we stopped at Marie's Bakery in Rockville where I was reminded that this will be the year of the pig. Chinese new year is Sunday, February 18th. Sunday, we had brunch at the Wheaton IHOP for the first time. Cianna always yells out "IHOP" when we drive by. Pictured here are the confused daffodils blooming in our front yard thanks to El Nino or global warming. Last are some shots of my evening project--setting up the 24" Sun Microsystems LCD monitor and WinXP workstation my brother-in-law got for us at a great price because the company where he works literally buys Sun servers by the tractor trailer full every week.

- mike lee - wheaton, md