Our computer has been acting up the last several days. It would only work for a couple of minutes, then freeze. We did several things on our own to try and fix it but it was to no avail. Finally Gordon called his brother Ryan aka "smart guy" and he walked us through several things to help us get our computer back online. The thing that seemed to do the most good was being advised to dust our machine. We didn't know that you're supposed to do that regularly. we had never done it. But it popped back on to its peppy self after some one on one time with the compressed air can.
So, Hooray! Our computer works again!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
The Power of Two
I got this in an e-mail. I thought I'd post it here too.
Two names you go by:
1.Mom
2. Honey-bunches of Oats (my dh is quite the name caller)
Two things you are wearing right now:
1. Jeans
2. jacket (I recently stepped in and haven't taken it off yet.)
Two of your favorite things to do (only two - dratzzzz)
1. puzzles
2. Crochet
Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. My house to be sold and done with
2. All ants in my house to die.
2 favorite pets you have had/have
1. Kane a beagle I had in my parents home.
2. Halloween a black cat someone gave me while I was trick-or-treating. (Wasn't that cruel of that person? Hand out kittens to kids while parents aren't looking.)
Two things you did last night:
1. Bought yarn
2. Watched "Stranger Than Fiction"
Two things you ate today
1. Cheerios
2. Yogurt
Two people you last talked to:
1. Mrs. Oats
2. Eve
Two things you're doing tomorrow:
1. walking to the bus stop
2. crocheting
Two longest car rides:
1. Idaho to Georgia
2. Georgia to Arizona
Two favorite holidays:
1. Christmas
2. Halloween
Two Favorite Beverages:
1. Water
2. milk
Two names you go by:
1.Mom
2. Honey-bunches of Oats (my dh is quite the name caller)
Two things you are wearing right now:
1. Jeans
2. jacket (I recently stepped in and haven't taken it off yet.)
Two of your favorite things to do (only two - dratzzzz)
1. puzzles
2. Crochet
Two things you want very badly at the moment:
1. My house to be sold and done with
2. All ants in my house to die.
2 favorite pets you have had/have
1. Kane a beagle I had in my parents home.
2. Halloween a black cat someone gave me while I was trick-or-treating. (Wasn't that cruel of that person? Hand out kittens to kids while parents aren't looking.)
Two things you did last night:
1. Bought yarn
2. Watched "Stranger Than Fiction"
Two things you ate today
1. Cheerios
2. Yogurt
Two people you last talked to:
1. Mrs. Oats
2. Eve
Two things you're doing tomorrow:
1. walking to the bus stop
2. crocheting
Two longest car rides:
1. Idaho to Georgia
2. Georgia to Arizona
Two favorite holidays:
1. Christmas
2. Halloween
Two Favorite Beverages:
1. Water
2. milk
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Recently Finished Projects!
I made a closet out of my wet bar by adding shelves, turning off the water supply to the sink and hanging curtains to hide it all.
I made a slip cover for the bookshelf and put it in our entryway for a pretty side table. It hides some of our collection of paperbacks.
I made a slip cover for the bookshelf and put it in our entryway for a pretty side table. It hides some of our collection of paperbacks.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
To Sum Up
We loved having so much family to play with over Thanksgiving and Christmas. We hope everyone had such a good time they'll keep coming back for more. Eve is still praying that Grandma and Grandpa will come over soon.
Petroglyph National Monument again
We took our visitors to see the petroglyphs and show off some of our local sites. We happened to catch some wildlife too!
The bunny
More Bunnies!
The bunny
More Bunnies!
Wow!
The day after Roswell we went to the Carlsbad Caverns. I was amazed! They are SO BIG! It's hard to describe. If you ever get the chance, come and see these caves! We plan on going again this summer, but they are great any time of year.
Natural entrance (you can skip this and take the elevator, but we chose to walk)
Gordon, Bettie and some of the kids.
This is the most decorated cave I've seen. (I've been in six or seven caves) It really is so impressive. My pictures don't do it justice.
Very Cool!
Natural entrance (you can skip this and take the elevator, but we chose to walk)
Gordon, Bettie and some of the kids.
This is the most decorated cave I've seen. (I've been in six or seven caves) It really is so impressive. My pictures don't do it justice.
Very Cool!
Take Me To Your Leader!
The day after Christmas we drove down to Roswell, NM and went to the Internation Alien Museum. It has a collection of testimonials and "evidence" of visits made by aliens. The best part of the museum was the gift shops, there is lots of fun merchandizing opportunities here!
Christmas Past
I haven't dropped off the planet. I've just been too busy enjoying it to stop and blog. That and I lost my card reader so I couldn't show you all of the wonderful places we've been to visit over the last month.
Christmas was excellent. We spent a evening with two of my sisters on their way through to visit family and got to play with our new nephew again and his two older sisters.
Here's Gordon "helping" with the baby (aren't they cute?)
Christmas Eve we went to Old Town Santa Fe with Gordon's parents and his sister, Bettie and her family. We were very tempted to buy the wares of the craftsmen in Santa Fe. There was an especially fun stand where a woman had carved rocks and made clocks. They were all fun and if I had $200 just laying around I would have got one. She did offer to trade me one for my coat, but it was cold, the coat was more valuable to me at the time.
Us in front of the oldest church still standing the USA. It's an old mission from the early 1600's.
Ice sculptures in the plaza
Christmas morning was fun. Lily woke up first. I heard her out in the living room. I went out to find that she had arranged all of the gifts into piles and counted them and knew all of the stats on them. She noted who had the most, least, biggest and smallest gifts. I had her put them all back under the tree so we could take pictures.
Gordon bought himself, his dad and our brother-in-law nerf dart guns. We had wars going continuously for the next several days. We've lost most of the darts now but it was great exercise.
Happy Late Christmas!
Christmas was excellent. We spent a evening with two of my sisters on their way through to visit family and got to play with our new nephew again and his two older sisters.
Here's Gordon "helping" with the baby (aren't they cute?)
Christmas Eve we went to Old Town Santa Fe with Gordon's parents and his sister, Bettie and her family. We were very tempted to buy the wares of the craftsmen in Santa Fe. There was an especially fun stand where a woman had carved rocks and made clocks. They were all fun and if I had $200 just laying around I would have got one. She did offer to trade me one for my coat, but it was cold, the coat was more valuable to me at the time.
Us in front of the oldest church still standing the USA. It's an old mission from the early 1600's.
Ice sculptures in the plaza
Christmas morning was fun. Lily woke up first. I heard her out in the living room. I went out to find that she had arranged all of the gifts into piles and counted them and knew all of the stats on them. She noted who had the most, least, biggest and smallest gifts. I had her put them all back under the tree so we could take pictures.
Gordon bought himself, his dad and our brother-in-law nerf dart guns. We had wars going continuously for the next several days. We've lost most of the darts now but it was great exercise.
Happy Late Christmas!
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