First of all, an update on my iPhone cracked glass drama. I’m so happy that USAA called me this morning to tell me that my computer/media insurance rider WILL cover the dropped phone, I’m to get an assessment from Apple about whether we can just replace the glass…which they will cover. If Apple says “No, … Read more
That’s how long have had my latest iPhone. I know, I dropped my original phone and had to deal with missing pixels for several months, then I dropped my 2nd iPhone into the toilet…and now this. On Saturday morning Jacob and I were preparing to run at our local Relay for Life event (which ended … Read more
This is something that I've struggled with in the past. It's considered "in poor taste" if you don't have a goody-bag, but what creative alternatives have you seen?Birthday Week: Ban the Junk Goody Bags » GeekMomwww.geekmom.c…
I realized that I posted an incomplete paint job picture in that last post. So here are some pictures of the finished walls. Please note that every. single. wall. in this house was WHITE beforehand. BEFORE: AFTER:
We have completed painting the kitchen! We are officially FINISHED with the painting! In the meantime, I am trying a tool that brings Facebook posts into my blog. Let's hope I don't generate an endless loop, lol!
I now have LiveFyre itself on board to help me troubleshoot things. I have flipped an additional switch in the LiveFyre settings and if you could continue to leave FB and blog comments I can see what is working and what isn’t. I’m now about to try some Twitter testing…so hopefully you’ll see comments from … Read more
I’m trying out a new commenting tool on my blog: LiveFyre. I’ve seen it work well on a friend’s blog, so I thought I’d give it a go over here. One of the things it’s supposed to resolve is tying together Facebook and Twitter comments with the blog’s own comments. So they’re all in one … Read more
Enjoy the boys’ Spring school portraits. I opted for the CD with a large digital copy this year. Grandparents, I’ll be printing some up for you, I promise! The boys go to different schools so their sessions were on different days, but I tried hard to put them in complimentary outfits and chose the same … Read more
This was an idea that was making the rounds on Pinterest just before Easter. Dave had a couple of VERY old ties in the closet so I thought it’d be fun. In this case, you want to start with RAW eggs, they will boil with the silk for 20 minutes and will cook then. … Read more
This year I let GeekMom.com and Pinterest drive our Easter egg efforts. As I’d said over the weekend, we enjoyed coloring our eggs with Kool Aid and a couple of Dave’s old silk ties. And I had promised some details. Here we go! Kool Aid Eggs This is really easy. Add a packet of non-sugared … Read more