Rodriguez Family Events

Recently, I picked up a new Amazon Kindle Paperwhite . Babbling on about the wonders of its device, Amazon says: World's most advanced e-reader - higher resolution, higher contrast touchscreen with built-in light and 8-week battery life   Patented built-in light evenly illuminates the screen to provide the perfect reading experience in all lighting conditions Paperwhite has 62% more pixels for brilliant resolution 25% better contrast for sharp, dark text Even in bright sunlight, Paperwhite delivers clear, crisp text and images with no glare New hand-tuned fonts - 6 font styles, 8 adjustable sizes 8-week battery life, even with the light on Holds up to 1,100 books - take your library wherever you go New Time to Read feature uses your reading speed to let you know when you'll finish your chapter I tried to get my hands on a Kobo Mini . It's supposed to be small enough to fit in my shirt pocket. I went to a couple of the big blue electronics stores with the yellow tag on the...

I had to create a custom headboard for Mom's bed. For the headboard, we needed a sheet of plywood, a common 2x4, and an assortment of screws, bolts, nuts and washers. I had the fine folks at my local home center, cut a standard 4x8 foot sheet of plywood into two pieces with one piece being 48x60 inches and also cut a common 8 foot 2x4 into two pieces, each 4 feet long. The 2x4 pieces would be used as posts to support to headboard and the plywood would be stretched between the two posts. I used the smaller scrap piece of plywood in a sandwich to stiffen the space between the posts. Screws were used to attach  the plywood to the posts and short bolts were used to sandwich the pieces of plywood together. Longer bolts were used to attach the headboard to the bed frame. Mom then wrapped the headboard with padded foam and fabric. It took a whole day to get everything done, but, Mom is very happy with the result. The total cost was less than $40.

The time has come for the annual LACEO banquet. For those of you who don't know, LACEO is the Latin-American Cultural Exchange Organization. LACEO is a Philadelphia non-profit organization, dedicated to outreach to youth and the local community, located in Graterford Prison, Graterford PA. LACEO usually holds a banquet complete with guest speakers on the day before Mother's Day.This year's LACEO banquet went off without any major controversies. This year, Anthony was supposed to go to the banquet, but, due to a scheduling conflict, Anthony couldn't make the trip, so, after Sam pushed through a last-minute change, I went in Anthony's place. We arrived at 10:00 am. There was some initial confusion about where we were supposed to wait, but, by 10:30 am the confusion had settled and we started the check-in process. This year, we walked through the middle of the facility. It was a long walk, but, Mom made the trip without incident. We arrived at the banquet area by aroun...