Category: life

  • Jamaica Thursday

    Thursday was the day for Dunn’s River Falls. An off-site attraction, Dunn’s River Falls is about a 20 minute drive from Tower Island in Ocho Rios. Along the way, our bus stopped and picked up a videographer at a small […]

  • Jamaica Wednesday

    We awoke on Wednesday to a little sunshine. We found some breakfast before our SCUBA class that was to begin at 9 a.m. We began with a swimming competency test, which was perhaps one of the hardest physical activities ever […]

  • Jamaica Tuesday

    We woke about 6:30, refreshed and ready to go. We found some breakfast and killed a little time until the orientation tour. The off-and-on rain, which unfortunately became a recurring theme for our vacation, limited our activities. We ate lunch […]

  • Jamaica Monday

    It was everything Diane and I could do to get up on Monday morning at 4 a.m. to make our flight from Kansas City. We were so tired after the wedding and the all-day work on Sunday that we just […]

  • Wedding is nigh

    The wedding is upon us. View all the wedding information at dianetraffas.com. For those of you looking for the quick details, here they are. The wedding ceremony will be at 4 p.m. on Saturday, 25 September, at St. Boniface in […]

  • Alzheimer’s

    I grew up in rural Kansas. There was one house within a quarter-mile of mine, and it happened to be across the road. The hundred-yard distance in south-central Kansas was the equivalent of a neighboring apartment for someone growing up […]

  • Failblog calculus

    I’ve seen this post on failblog.org a couple times over the last week and each time I can’t stop laughing. Enjoy. see more Epic Fails