Swimming Lessons for Infants

A few months ago, someone sent me a video that showed a toddler falling into a pool, but saving himself by swimming to the surface and floating on his back. It’s quite a sight to see.

Something reminded me of that video this morning, so I decided to look it up on YouTube. I’ve embedded the video below just in case some of you haven’t seen it yet.
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Katie Canary Birthday 2008

Last Saturday, little Katie Canary had her first birthday party. The festivities took place outside on Ken and Amy’s spacious driveway, where lots of tables, umbrellas, tents and fans had been set up.

If you did anything outside last Saturday in the state of Tennessee, you’ll remember it being quite warm. This didn’t seem to slow down the party, however. In fact, just as things were kicking off, a nice big cloud moved in to provide us some shade. This, combined with all the umbrellas and fans, made things rather comfortable!
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He Who Must Not Be Named President

I don’t know if you guys have seen this yet… it’s all over the Internet. Apparently, sources have just learned that Obama is actually a dark wizard bent on enslaving the world. The photo seen here was taken just before “you know who” disappeared into a flash of green light.
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Upgraded to Wordpress 2.6

If you happened to visit JaredHolt.com this morning and noticed that it wasn’t working or looked funny, my apologizes. I was upgrading the system that manages this site, known as Wordpress.

I’ll have to upgrade every other month or so. Hopefully it won’t be much of a nuisance. In case you’re curious about the awesome things I can do in with this latest upgrade, here’s a list of newly added features:


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No Ethanol

Yesterday, there was a pretty bad wreck on I-24 just as you get into Smyrna. I heard about it on the radio just as I was leaving work, so I decided to take a different route home. I ended up going down Murfreesboro Road, which was a huge mistake.

Anyway, I finally made it to Waldron Road, which connects with I-24. I was running low on gas, so I decided to make a stop before hitting the interstate. I stopped at a Quik Pak (on the East side of the interstate) since it seemed like the easiest place to get in and out of.
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Ingle Cookout 2008

A couple of Saturdays ago (June 28), Uncle Donnie had everyone over for a cookout/birthday celebration. Traditionally, it seems like the cookouts are usually the weekend of the 4th of July, but this one was just a bit early. But that didn’t stop everyone from showing up. There was a pretty big crowd at the Ingle’s house before it was all said and done.

Here are some of the pictures I took during the cookout. If you see any particular ones that you want, or if you want the whole set, send me an email and I’ll pass them along. Let me warn you, though, that these pictures have been cropped down a bit, so they may not look just like the originals.

By the way, I took a few pictures that afternoon of Gina’s girls playing with the bubbles out on the deck. I had intended on putting them on this page, but there were just too many. I’ll try to get those ready for the web and post them separately later on this week.
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My New TREK 3700

I’ve been wanting to get back into the routine of exercising in the mornings, but walking circles around the neighborhood absolutely bores me to death. About a month ago I started looking around at difference bikes and thinking this might be my ticket to get back into better shape.
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