Hi there,
We've been enjoying the lazy days of January if there is such a thing. Things around here have been pretty routine and lacking in excitement so hence my lack in blogging.
My laptop is still MIA and we are waiting for a cable that's been ordered. Bleh. I'm close to being done with sealing the grout (boy what a time consuming job that was) and have spent some time organizing the basement. My mind is already starting to wander into plans for our backyard this spring. Last year we were able to get a new sprinkling system in, sod, and some topsoil for the flowerbeds. But there is still a lot to do. I'd like to plant trees, some shrubs and put down a few flagstone paths. And build a raised garden bed. And fix the sorry looking shed. And get mulch. And finish that last stair railing on the deck. And get some patio furniture so we can actually enjoy our deck. YEAH RIGHT that's all going to happen :) So for now I'll just dream and we'll have to see what our backbones and pocket book can handle this spring and summer. If I can accomplish half of that list I'll be stoked.
Kylie has been so much fun lately. She's such a happy girl. She's been "helping" me with laundry lately and likes pulling the hand towels out of the kitchen drawer and putting them in piles in the other room. On Sunday Jared was sleeping on the couch and Kylie kept grabbing towels out of the drawer and bringing them over to the couch. Pretty soon Jared had a pretty nice pile of dish rags on his back. Glad they were clean! She's also likes to throw away her own diaper and I usually carry her out to the diaper pail in the garage. She get's so excited! She's been especially fond of Jared lately and will say "dadda dadda" during the day wondering where he is. She must think of him as her big entertainment opportunity because he's always throwing her up into the air, swinging her around, chasing her on all fours, or just being silly with her. She eats it all up of course and think's he's the funnest thing ever.
As I was falling asleep the other day Kylie had decided to get up and so we snuggled with her in our bed. As I was laying there with her head nestled in my neck I could smell the scent of baby shampoo in her hair and it just felt so good. It was a perfect moment and was heaven. I'm so thankful Kylie is with us. Kylie has healed us in many ways and I feel so much more normal with her around.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Yum!
Oh my gosh...
this stuff is SO good. My sister Vaylene had some Simply Orange orange juice (pulp free) and I tried it when we were at her house last weekend. I've never been a fan of orange juice because it's so tart. This stuff has made a believer out of me. Now I can like orange juice! It's like you squeezed the juice from the fruit. Today I tried their Simply Lemonade and it was also amazing. Tastes like fresh squeezed lemonade. I guess they don't concentrate it, which I'm amazed the taste is so different. Unfortunately it's on the pricy side so I have to wait for sales and hide it in the back of the fridge so no one else drinks it!
Monday, January 19, 2009
When an old friend dies...
My laptop died this weekend. Yes you can send your condolences :) On Friday I was converting some psd files into jpg's when my laptop started acting up. It's been slower than normal but I thought it was because I have such huge files on my machine and it was time to update the memory. Then things started getting weird because every three minutes internet explorer would randomly pop up with advertisements. I never use internet explorer (I use Mozilla as my browser) so I thought that was strange.
So I reboot my laptop. Which worked for a bit until it started doing the same thing again. Rebooted again. Then it started getting hung up in the rebooting process and for some reason when the spyware program is launched (which happens automatically when it reboots) I'd get the blue screen of death. So after several more tries at rebooting and getting the blue screen I gave up. Jared was going to have to solve my laptop problems. There are great perks to being married to a electrical engineer, namely he's a computer genius. He knows how they work, how they tick, and what to do to keep them running and how to fix them. Which comes in handy. I'm pretty good with computers, but I'm not THAT good. Ya know?
Jared spent a good deal of Saturday trying to fix my laptop and it's progressively gotten worse. Now it won't even launch into windows.
The bad news: It's looking like we get to reformat the hard drive. Yeah, lucky me. I was sick to my stomach when he started talking about the realities that my laptop may be beyond his healing hand. I have a lot of huge programs, and huge files and the thought of re-installing all of those programs makes me dizzy.
The good news: I have most of our files backed up *I think*. I've used an online backup company called Mozy for the past year or so. It wasn't expensive, offers unlimited storage and was easy. I was pretty panicked yesterday because I found out the last time I did a back up was 54 days ago so that would still mean I'd be loosing two months worth of files and pictures. But thankfully today Jared was able to use some type of disk to access all of our files even though the computer is kaput. Whew!
So please use this event as an opportunity to BACK UP YOUR FILES AND PICTURES!!! I was sick to my stomach when I thought about what it would be like to loose all the pictures we've taken over the past year. Seriously ill, just thinking about it. My laptop will be out of commission for at least a week. Bleh.
So I reboot my laptop. Which worked for a bit until it started doing the same thing again. Rebooted again. Then it started getting hung up in the rebooting process and for some reason when the spyware program is launched (which happens automatically when it reboots) I'd get the blue screen of death. So after several more tries at rebooting and getting the blue screen I gave up. Jared was going to have to solve my laptop problems. There are great perks to being married to a electrical engineer, namely he's a computer genius. He knows how they work, how they tick, and what to do to keep them running and how to fix them. Which comes in handy. I'm pretty good with computers, but I'm not THAT good. Ya know?
Jared spent a good deal of Saturday trying to fix my laptop and it's progressively gotten worse. Now it won't even launch into windows.
The bad news: It's looking like we get to reformat the hard drive. Yeah, lucky me. I was sick to my stomach when he started talking about the realities that my laptop may be beyond his healing hand. I have a lot of huge programs, and huge files and the thought of re-installing all of those programs makes me dizzy.
The good news: I have most of our files backed up *I think*. I've used an online backup company called Mozy for the past year or so. It wasn't expensive, offers unlimited storage and was easy. I was pretty panicked yesterday because I found out the last time I did a back up was 54 days ago so that would still mean I'd be loosing two months worth of files and pictures. But thankfully today Jared was able to use some type of disk to access all of our files even though the computer is kaput. Whew!
So please use this event as an opportunity to BACK UP YOUR FILES AND PICTURES!!! I was sick to my stomach when I thought about what it would be like to loose all the pictures we've taken over the past year. Seriously ill, just thinking about it. My laptop will be out of commission for at least a week. Bleh.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Interesting
When we are at home Kylie rarely leaves my side and is usually within ten feet of where we are. So why is it when we go to the store and I let her down she takes off, runs down the isles trying to get away. She'd wander to the other side of the store by herself if I let her!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
January
This week I've been pretty busy around my house. We got two of these shelving units for Christmas for our food storage and I've been assembling them. It's taken longer than usual because I decided to give the wood a nice thick coat of high gloss paint. That way if any liquid gets on the shelves it will be more water resistant. They aren't the sturdiest thing out there but for the price they will do the job. I'm contemplating getting a third shelf for our camping and other miscalanioius storage items. Our basement is getting WAY too cluttered for my liking and I've been working on organizing it better this week.
I've also been using a bunch of this:
and this:
on our tile floors. We have a tile floor with thick grout joints. They never sealed the grout when the house was built. When it was just Jared and I it didn't bother me because we never got the floor that dirty. But now that there are blueberries, grapes, leftover lunch and other morsels thrown onto the floor by a certain munchkin on a daily basis it's been driving me nuts! My sister Teresa has been working on hers and thanks to her I'm following her lead for a new and improved sealed & waxed floor. It is taking F.O.R.E.V.E.R but I finished the laundry room today and wowza does it look good. And best yet, water when dropped on the floor pools instead of sinking into the grout.
Third, I've been drooling over these gems today that I found at
http://naturalyards.com/raisedbeds/
This spring I want to build some raised garden boxes on the side of my house. I've been debating how to construct them them. I like the simplicity of how these are built, the edges notched with a pin in each corner to hold them together. So my wheels are a turning for spring to show up so Jared and I can try to make a few of these. They are pretty pricy, so I think we'll try our hand at making them ourselves. I'm already wishing I could have more garden space. The only room we have is on the west side of our house. It's pretty sunny over there, but I'm still worried that it may not be enough. I'll just have to try and see. I'm used to my parents garden which is... well the size of my entire backyard. Were talking 80'x50' or something like that.
That's been my week. And surprisingly (with what I've been up to) it's been a good one.
I've also been using a bunch of this:
and this:
on our tile floors. We have a tile floor with thick grout joints. They never sealed the grout when the house was built. When it was just Jared and I it didn't bother me because we never got the floor that dirty. But now that there are blueberries, grapes, leftover lunch and other morsels thrown onto the floor by a certain munchkin on a daily basis it's been driving me nuts! My sister Teresa has been working on hers and thanks to her I'm following her lead for a new and improved sealed & waxed floor. It is taking F.O.R.E.V.E.R but I finished the laundry room today and wowza does it look good. And best yet, water when dropped on the floor pools instead of sinking into the grout.
Third, I've been drooling over these gems today that I found at
http://naturalyards.com/raisedbeds/
This spring I want to build some raised garden boxes on the side of my house. I've been debating how to construct them them. I like the simplicity of how these are built, the edges notched with a pin in each corner to hold them together. So my wheels are a turning for spring to show up so Jared and I can try to make a few of these. They are pretty pricy, so I think we'll try our hand at making them ourselves. I'm already wishing I could have more garden space. The only room we have is on the west side of our house. It's pretty sunny over there, but I'm still worried that it may not be enough. I'll just have to try and see. I'm used to my parents garden which is... well the size of my entire backyard. Were talking 80'x50' or something like that.
That's been my week. And surprisingly (with what I've been up to) it's been a good one.
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