Category: Daily Life

So I’m under Sarah’s desk marking the wall where I will cut out the hole for gang box that will hold her wires for her internet connection and Amy (3 years old) strolls in under the desk to slowly and poetically say: "I just want to be an archy tect like my daddy." Alright, while I laugh and smile let me wipe these tears from my eyes. Where does she get these words?!

Student: I am facing adversity.
Master: Turn around. Put it behind you.

…because Evan really enjoys sitting in my lap. We need a dads chair and a larger television.

…because my daughters’ room received a beautiful paint job, my brother and sister-in-law were here, and I survived, without cardiac arrest or conniption, my 12 year old daughter’s "boyfriend"’s father calling to discuss their first [group] date (and a chaperone).

Aunt and uncle visit

…because Tommy gets to show off his riding skills and it makes him so confident that he beams with glee. I am also very happy that my brother and his wife are coming to town to see the kids.

…because I finally took some time to post on Spy Journal Blog Tips, Spy Journal Tech Tips, and Reality Me from links I’ve been keeping in open browser windows for weeks. Now my work environment feels less cluttered and I had fun!

Barry makes an insightful comment on to Air Quality Action Day. It was so good that I wanted to highlight it here so that it wasn’t missed in my influx of posting today.

The Martian Anthropologist points out that my post on Xena as the 10th planet could actually be the 11th planet.

In my post Anti-coffee – Man I could use a cup right now! I listed some Caffeine alternatives and included a link to http://www.zipfizz.com/ as a Caffeine alternative with a warning "WARNING! Some evil web developer thinks it is ok to resize your browser window." Shae of Zipfizz paid us a pleasant visit yesterday which prompted me to revisit her site. I was pleased to find that it no longer resizes your browser!

I have avoided the energy drink craze. Perhaps I’ll have to try one of these. They certainly make it tempting. The store offers a single for free (you pay $1.79 shipping).

I’ve been slowly introducing clients to Blingo over time as an alternative to Google. I was shocked yesterday to find out I had not told my wife about Blingo.

I told one friend and two hours later he had won a music CD. Apparently they either didn’t have the refer a friend program or I didn’t know about it or I would have one also. Just incase you missed that, if you refer a friend to Blingo and your friend wins so do you. For example, yesterday Busy Mom won an iPod Shuffle which means that Lauren’s Mommy also won an iPod Shuffle.

The following is reprinted from a post I made on Spy Journal Blog Tips:

Blingo now has a blog. What is Blingo? Blingo is a search engine that returns the exact same results as Google (since it is powered by Google) but gives out prizes (currently limited to the United States, I think).

You don’t need to sign up to search. But if you sign up as a Blingo Friend when you win, so does your friend!

Spy Journal Tech Tips alerted on Blingo in December of 2004.

If you like celebrity news this blog looks like it has hours of great reading. Careful! Some risque pictures.

Today we have an orange alert Air Quality Action Day. That means that you can ride KAT Buses for free and carpooling is encouraged. Things you can do:

• Conserve electricity and set your air conditioner at a higher temperature.
• Choose a cleaner commute—share a ride to work or take a KAT bus or other public transportation. Bicycle or walk to work or for errands.
• Wait until another day to use gasoline-powered lawn and garden equipment.
• Refuel cars and trucks after dusk.
• Combine errands and reduce motor vehicle trips.
• If you’re going to stop your car for more than a couple of minutes, turn it off. It saves gas and reduces pollution!
• Wait until another day to use household, workshop, and garden chemicals.

…because I realized the reason we aren’t buying diapers isn’t due to lack of money but because we are using drastic measures to potty train Amy.