Early this morning my Uncle Jim McClelland lost his too-short battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. James B. McClelland was my favorite uncle, perhaps my favorite relative, and it pains us all greatly to lose him. I will remember always his amiable manner, his relaxed quiet demeanor and [Read more →]

The book I bought for Lisa on Valentine’s day because I chanced to pick it up and chanced to turn to a page that said “I love you!” in big bold letters turned out to be an inspirational tome about enjoying life and [Read more →]

Watch out for phone calls from me. This is pretty cool and looks like something I could have fun with.

SpoofCard calling cards offers you the ability to change what someone sees on their caller ID display when they receive a phone call.

Key Benefits: Make calls truly private, Ability to record calls, Change your voice, Fun and inexpensive, Easy to use and fast to set up! Instant Access!

www.SpoofCard.com

Apple recently announced their new hardware, the first to use the Intel Chips, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Of course they touted the new [Read more →]

James P. McClelland got his own page on the thorough website Moosburg Online. The site also plugs the book [Read more →]

Today Emily and Lisa and I attended funeral services for our neighbor Jenette who died of Lukemia on January 4th. I put together a slide show–actually a video of photos– for the ceremony, and I had a moment of [Read more →]

We made it back tanned and tired from our Mexican cruise aboard the Carnival Spirit. I just wanted to share the photos on the blog.

This method of displaying photos on McClellandfamily.com is a bit of a departure from the norm. It was my first experiment with Apple’s iWeb, which is part of iLife ’08.

Today we took a tender off the ship into a much more relaxed port, Zihuatanejo. We took a water-taxi to a beach on the other side of the bay where we spent the entire day [Read more →]

Acapulco is beautiful! Pulling into the bay with the high cliffs on both sides of the ship was breathtaking. If you have the means, I highly recommend it (Buehler.) [Read more →]

Our second full day at sea today, and you’d think we’d be bored. That’s not the case. The kids are enthralled with the pools and the waves in it that the ship makes when it rolls from side to side.

But Emily and Patrick’s favorite parts of this vacation so far were before we even got on the cruise ship. Patrick most enjoyed the airplane flight to San Diego. Emily’s favorite? Going to [Read more →]