day 80

Saturday.

Still plugging away at the new EHD configuration. Another plus for drobo is the need for ONE outlet. There is spaghetti monster under my desk.

Breakfast. eggs, peach

POTD prompt was favorite animal. I used the Mill Raid set today.

Andy has the calendars synced on his iPod. I set it up so only the boys and family calendars would show. Andy goes in and shows all calendars. So he saw Bike Night and asked me about it. Bike Night runs from 5-9 so he assumed I would bed time. I told him I would be home in time.

Wiregrass Fresh Market. Got some cucumbers & tomatoes. The egg lady was not there. The best part was going to Starbucks for lunch; mozzarella & tomato panini, iced soy chai.

I got dad a new dictionary. He has been reading all morning. But he hasn't read any entries yet, he is just reading how to use the dictionary. I never knew anyone read that stuff.

Card of the day.

I went through some of my kits and got rid of elements I will never use.

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Layout for Words To Live By.

The Snow Leopard disk came. I went to upgrade Andy's computer and it failed. I ran disk warrior. The install failed again. Ryan reminded me that this happened when I tried to upgrade to Leopard last time. I had forgotten about that. I gave up for now.

I checked online for the install issue. Others had the same problem and seem to have fixed it by replacing the original ram. I did upgrade the ram so I will try that next week when Andy is in school.

I tried the Halo Honey Graham. It was gross and will NOT try it again.

I didn't go to Bike Night but I did go out. I stopped at Starbucks for a panini and iced soy chai. Then I went to Toys R Us in hopes of finding some Series 5 minifigures. I didn't find any and decided to try Target. No minifigures there either but I got an umbrella for Ryan, some Pooh books for Andy and chocolate for me.

day 79

Friday.

I wish I had a drobo. I have several external hard drives. My photos and music are on them. I had a 2Tb drive partitioned for my photos and music. I am running out of room for my photos. My music still has plenty of space. I got two new 1Tb drives so I could move my music over to them then let the photos expand into the entire 2Tb drives. The problem comes in with having to copy everything over. It takes hours. With a drobo, I could just exchange the smaller drive for a larger drive and drobo would do the rest. Someday.

Breakfast: eggs, peach

POTD prompt was favorite dessert.

Words to Live By.

Time Machine is cool. I had purged many of my supplies. But I had not completed the layout and needed that kit. I went into Time Machine, found the folder and restored it. Yay!

I had planned on going out to Shannon's. But I got delayed trying to finish that layout. It was 1:30 before I made lunch. I quit Photoshop because it was so slow and ate.

I was thinking about paying for an organization workshop. Then I think I spend the money on ram for my computer. It is so slow!

Lunch: grilled cheese, carrots.

I finished the layout that I started back in June.

Card of the day using new Crystal Wilkerson papers. Yummy!

Halo Bar Nutty Marshmallow. This wasn't too bad.

Dinner: popcorn.

My sweet tooth showed up. I ate three EL Fudge cookies before I remembered my caramel nips. They are doing a better job at quelling the cravings.

day 78

Thursday.

Breakfast: eggs, peach

POTD prompt was favorite flower. Pretty easy build. 

Last day at the pool. I won't missing sitting in the heat.

Lunch at Chick Fil A

We went to Publix to get juice. Andy drinks a lot more when he is at home.

I was dozing in the chair. Andy would talk to me and I would answer. Yes, I can talk to him in my sleep. Then dad came to me with some spreadsheets of his filing conventions for the photos. I told him to go away. "But I thought you were awake. You talked to Andy." And yet my eyes were closed. Sigh.

Layout for Words to Live By.

Jen Allyson came out with a new kit. I love the papers and had to get it. I have been pretty good about not buying everything I like.

I tried the Halo S'mores Bar. Yuck. Though they do keep me from getting hungry, they aren't really an enjoyable snack.

Dinner: tuna with roasted red pepper vinaigrette. Not bad.

Card of the day.

day 77

Wednesday

Breakfast: eggs, peach

POTD prompt was favorite piece of technology. This was pretty easy using my Lego pieces.

Wednesday Adventure Club: Ryan picked to go back to the Glazer Children's Museum. Today's visit was much more fun and relaxed. Ryan led the way to some of the exhibits he did not visit last time. Andy loved being on screen as a weatherman. Ryan thought it was fun to move the cameras around to view the different areas of the museum.

Ryan did spend a lot of time in the water droplet area climbing around. I think they have added some stabilizing cables as it didn't seem to sway this time.

I cracked up when Ryan came out into the theatre wearing a green robe. Who knew he would want to dress up like that?

We went to the other end of the museum to the Fire Station. There is a pole which kids can slide down but it was closed. Ryan climbed into the fire truck and watched the video for quite a while.

There were several school and camp groups so we were ready to leave.

We went to McDonalds, Starbucks and Chick Fil A for lunch then home.

Snack: chai and rocky road Halo Bar. The almond milk I got is nuttier than the last one I bought. I am not sure I like it. The Halo Bar is one step about a protein bar. But much better than a cookie in that I don't want twenty more.

I edited the photos from today and made a layout. Then I made another layout for Big Idea Festival.

Dinner: salad, melon

Card of the day.

day 76

 

Tuesday.

Breakfast: eggs, peach

Ryan said he didn't know where to go for Wednesday Adventure Club. I pulled up the list of choices as tabs in my browser. He began eliminating tabs until he was down to Glazer Children's Museum and Ybor Museum. He chose the Glazer Children's Museum again. At least we have the passes so I only need to pay for parking and lunch.

POTD prompt is favorite writing. At one time I used to own a couple Lego pens. But they were chewed up by Andy and I threw them away. Ryan followed me and wanted to help. But he kept goofing around and I had to dismiss him.

School registration today. In elementary school, it s called Meet the Teacher Day. Andy still calls it that and expects to see his teacher.

Ryan chose to go at 11:00 thinking it would be less crowded. It wasn't bad. It still took an hour to complete the forms and wait in several lines. Ryan got all new teachers though his schedule may change because he was not enrolled in advanced math. Ryan chose not to see his classrooms. Most are in one building, in a regular classroom building. Andy wanted to see his teacher even though he has the same one. His classroom moved to the one he had in 6th grade. I think he was a little disappointed.

We went to lunch.

Chiropractor. Dr. Komsky was there instead of Dr. Burns.

I stopped at Nutrition Smart. This one had the Halo Bars. I got one of each to try. They are small like protein bars. I got more almond milk. The unsweetened is fine with the chai.

I stopped at Target for important things like Chai tea concentrate and dark chocolate.

Card of the day.

I made another layout for Words to Live By. Today's word was wonder. Since this is going to be all 6x6 layouts, I decided to try blending my background images.

I forgot about dinner until later. I planned one just crackers and hummus until I found the hummus to be moldy. Damn! The problem with eating fresher ingredients is that it doesn't last long. I had some Justin's Honey Peanut Butter. I dislike having to stir the peanut butter.

15 august 2011

Monday.

Last week of summer break.

Breakfast: eggs, peach

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POTD prompt was favorite book. I have only one Lego book.

I started to make a card for Benjamin but had to quit to take Andy to the pool.

Lunch: chargrilled deluxe and coleslaw.

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Card of the day.

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I signed up for Big Idea Festival at Big Picture Classes. It is a free workshop where they give you a new word everyday. And the idea is to make a 6x6 layout. I wasn't inspired by the word when I saw the video this morning. But I decided to try this afternoon. I looked through my photos until I found one showing several of my fellow photographers. I used a screen of it for my background. This layout was more difficult because it was mostly journaling and a word. The example was a paper layout and she made use of a technique using watercolor. That isn't the way I work so it took longer to figure out. I would like to use the same products for a cohesive album.

Dinner: salad, melon

14 august 2011

Sunday.

Updated Ryan's computer. It took four restarts as there was so much to update.

Andy wants Leopard but I cannot locate the disk. I bought it in 2008 and I don't think I ever used it. Turns out I can just install snow leopard and that is much cheaper.

Breakfast. Waffles & banana. I don't know why dad has so much trouble with the waffle maker. It does not stick for me the way it does for him.

We probably won't see much of Ryan now that he has an up to date computer.

Savi is coming home this week and I have done nothing to clear my shelves that she wants.

I met Bridget at Starbucks. Then her sister called and she came down as well. She brought her boys. I got the box of Nintendo out of the car. The boys were happy and wanted to play right then. Luckily, they had a little power left. We all went over to Barnes & Noble since books were supposed to be tax free. I was the only one to get a book. But I was charged tax. Oh well.

I left to get lunch for the boys. I realized I didn't get my favorite panini from Starbucks.

POTD prompt was favorite place to sit. I added a balcony to the larger cabin then decided not to use it in the shot.

Office Depot is crowded. This is exactly what I have tried to avoid in the past. Everyone is out to take advantage of tax free weekend. Thankfully I did not bring the boys.

I went to Starbucks for a late lunch.

Ryan wanted me to install Pages on his computer.

Dinner: salad, melon

Card of the day. I didn't like the card I did for Stephanie last night. I made another and like it much better.

I ordered some hard drives as I am running out of space

13 august 2011

Saturday.

Talked to Bonnie last night. She cut her vacation short because she kept getting business calls. She needed an invitation for a back to school party done ASAP. I found a digi kit, and made the invite in an hour.

Breakfast: eggs and melon.

POTD prompt was favorite item of clothing. I had seen a Lego vignette where they took the torsos and hung them up like tops. I went through my female torsos and picked some out. There are few options for the females. I found that I had a few of the same and decided to play that up. I had to take the hands out.

Layout for Design Your Life. My computer memory really needs to be upgraded. I would have turned off iTunes but now my dad sometimes listens to the library, it has to be left on.

Bonnie emailed me saying to redo the invite for 4x8. Then we tried to get it printed and Sam's club cannot do custom design so I had to resize it to 4x6.

Lunch: grilled cheese and carrots.

I checked the delivery status of Ryan's computer. I was hoping it would be delivered on Monday. Turns out it was out for delivery today! The FedEx truck came after six.

Snack: chai tea and almond milk, el fudge cookies. (only the broken ones)

I took apart two of my Lego cabins in hopes of building a bigger, better cabin. I kept messing it up. It took three tries to just get a slightly bigger cabin. I realize I don't have enough of the right pieces.

Dinner: pizza from Papa Johns. Andy ate 3/4 of a large pizza. I ate all of a small pizza. There didn't seem enough to save.

We set up Ryan's MacBook Pro. It is a refurbished 13". I am a little disappointed that it only came with Snow Leopard and not Lion installed. Ryan doesn't care. He is just happy to have his own working computer again.

I could not locate the boys' iPods with Find my iPhone. I checked Andy's and found that the account had been deleted. I added it again and it was located. I checked Ryan's iPod but the account was still active. That is really weird.

Card of the day.

12 august 2011

Friday

Breakfast. Eggs, cherries

Andy wanted some help looking for his iPod. I set the timer for 10 minutes, within 4 minutes, he found it under his bed. It still would not show up in Find My iPhone.

POTD prompt is a favorite walk. Today is all the weekly prompt for bridges. I combined both. But I am not sure about posting tote weekly group. They are making it too complicated.

Finished organizing my kit previews. I see I have more than enough kits. More than enough.

Card of the day.

Lunch: grilled cheese & carrots.

Andy & I went to see Winnie the Pooh. We got to the theater and tried out the D-box seats that move and rumble with the action. It was kind of cool but I wouldn't pay extra for it. We sat down and we were the only ones there for a while. The movie started 15 minutes after the posted time. It was a cute movie. It was less than an hour long.

We stopped by McDonalds for fries on the way home.

Fell asleep. Woke up to Ryan bouncing a matchbox car on my desk. And he couldn't hear me telling him to stop because his headphones are on and the music is loud enough enough for me to hear the words in the other room.

Snack: chai tea with almond milk. EL Fudge cookies. ( the broken ones because Ryan won't eat them.)

Realized it is getting warm in hear. I check and it is 81 with the AC running. Oh joy. Why do these things happen on Friday afternoons?

No one had noticed the heat. Dad wondered why he didn't need his sweater. The boys don't seem to mind. It is just me that is too warm.

The inside temp hit 83 and I had to call. No one else was bother. The repairman showed up just before 8. I had dad talk to him so I could deal with the clean up & baths. Eight three feels a lot better than 90 and humid.

The repairman changed the filter and flushed the drain. He thought it needed freon but checked a second time and the pressure was back up. So $140 later, he left and the house is slowly cooling down. I mentioned the larger filter and he said he would look into it.

The filter we need is 5" thick. I cannot find any that size in the stores and it has to be ordered. I have been using the standard 1" and they do OK but move around. I looked online for a trion filter and found them at amazon. What can't you get from amazon? Then we were confused about merv ratings. We finally figured that out and did another search. I found a cheaper source and epinions gave it good ratings. A few complaints but there will always be some.

I forgot to eat dinner and now I that I am not so hot, I am hungry.

11 august 2011

Thursday.

The sun is shining! Ryan is in a good mood.

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POTD prompt is favorite place outdoors. I love the idea of the outdoors, I just don't like the bugs. I had my park built so I used it with the fisherman and the gnomes.

Finally got to packing Bonnie's paper. I have forgotten what she ordered. And not all of it will fit in the box. I will have to ship another box next week.

Andy has lost his headphones again. It is so frustrating.

Hungry. Forget the salad. I need meat!

Andy has decided to go to the movies tomorrow. He wants to see Winnie the Pooh. Of course, Ryan does not want to go.

Saw Mike when we got home. He has a new job teaching at a charter school. We talked for a while. Ryan came out. Then Andy came out. Andy had cleaned his room but could not find his headphones. Mike went in, it was hot. Ryan wanted to trim the crape myrtle. He pulled out the lopping sheers which was overkill. I let him cut a few branches and I cut up the rest. We still need to clean up the mess, but it was hot. As we walked in the garage, we saw Andy's earbuds. I don't know how they ended up there.

I came in and ordered a MacBook Pro for Ryan. I opted for a refurbished model. I saved $180. It should be here by Tuesday.

Snack: chai with almond milk

Cleaned & purge some scrap stuff. Started another box for Bonnie.

Dinner: salad, banana

Card of the day. I used a digi template meant for a 12x12 page. I like Kay Miller's templates but they are too fussy. Even for cards. I eliminated most of the elements and shrunk the template to 6x6.

Andy kept talking about find my iPhone. I asked him if he lost his iPod but he said no. I decided to see if I could locate it. I used Find My iPhone on my iPad. Andy's iPod could not be located. I asked him about and he did say he could not it. So frustrating.