August 2010
38 posts
too much to think about
Remember when buying a product meant selecting what your mother used, or perhaps switching to use a coupon. Now there is Good Guide. They rate health, environment and society impacts of products. Your favorite shampoo may make your hair look good but it has chemicals that may or endanger your health. Or perhaps the granola bar which tastes good and is made my a great company but has zero...
[photo walk} heritage village & botanical gardens →
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Yesterday I went to our weekly meet-up. I hadn’t been in a month and I missed seeing my photographer friends. Yes, I had seen some on photo walks but…
I left early to take the boys to registration. I realize now that I could have left them at home. In the past, that was never an option so the assumption is that they also come. The elementary school used this time so the kids can...
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one last week
One last week of summer break. My dad came back last Tuesday. He surprised me just as I was sitting down to dessert. He had called & left a message but he had called my cell phone which means nothing if I am in the house. The voice mail came through at 10 pm. I really need to get a microcell from AT&T. They are now available in our area.
The boys were going through a period when...
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four hours or more to sync my iPad
My iPad has decided it needs hours to back up. It started the other day after I updated the software. Looking on the web, it could be a corrupt backup, a wonky app or perhaps zinio.
I tried the easy things first and deleted the last backup. It didn’t help. It still took over 4 hours to back up. I didn’t like the idea of deleting zinio since I read most of my magazines on there. But I...
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just heard a big crash
I rush into Andy’s bedroom to find his struggling to upright the dresser while trying to get his leg out of the drawer. The adrenaline kicks in and I pick up the dresser with one hand while pulling my 13 year old free with the other. Or maybe I just try to pull the very heavy solid wood dresser off of my son and free him at the same time.
The whole thing only takes a minute and I start to...
