Major Mom I called it. On Saturday I enrolled in CrashPlan for the 30-day free trial and so far I’m not that impressed. Their website claims “Free, Easy, Automatic Backup”. So far, no. Paul kindly offered to sign up also — we can always backup to each others’ machines with the CrashPlan GUI without charge — and … Read more
As promised, Part II of my devious plan to conquer the world. I mean, my paperwork! I need to look into storage options for my photos, videos and these soon-to-be-scanned-in papers. If you thought my paperwork filing plan was sloppy, our computer’s file plan is an incredible mess. I try to keep up with it, … Read more
…at least that’s the plan here…. Now that I have a handsome new office, I was hoping to work on bettering the family’s reliance on stacks of paperwork everywhere. I want to scan in our old bills, bank statements, and receipts, and clear our office of some of the stacks of papers everywhere. I’m even … Read more
For those military families, you know the routine… You have a limited amount of time to pick out your new house, and there are things you just can’t know about the house until you’ve been in the house for a while… …and then it’s too late. You’ve tranferred the deed…or you’ve signed the lease. In … Read more
Jacob has to complete a number of achievements to earn his “Wolf Badge” for Cub Scouts. Those with scouts know exactly what I mean here…and those who don’t have scouts, well, these are tasks associated with being healthy, honest, righteous, and all around good citizens. One of the achievement sub-tasks is to build a birdhouse … Read more
That’s what I’d like to think… 🙂 Especially before we had kids, Dave and I enjoyed long-distance running. Obviously, our training dwindled some after the kids arrived, and between Dave and me and our double-jogging stroller, we’d always managed 1-2 races per year even after the kids were born. Then we hit a lazy streak … Read more
New state, new house, new batch of birds to look for! I’ve posted on and off about the birds that have come to visit our houses in both North Carolina and Nebraska (ironically, I got woodpecker pictures in both places). Now it’s time to see what Northwest Florida brings to our backyard! First of all, … Read more
It didn’t take long to realize that pointing the webcam south would be a big mistake. For starters, the best windows to use were set in some by a front porch — so the view was competing with a soffitt, plus the neighbors’ houses. Dave pointed out to me that we weren’t showing much of … Read more
We haven’t completely worked out where we’re going to put it yet, but we have our webcam back running. Like last time, we’re pointing it out the front of the house, through the window. It’s pointing SOUTH, so we should be able to see systems coming in from off the Gulf. It won’t work at … Read more
“So — first Yoshi? Now Ninja??? What’s next? Ginsu?” Yep — this will be a more positive commentary than the Yoshi review, I promise! Dave and I got a nice generous Bed, Bath and Beyond gift card from Dave’s brother for Christmas. Earlier this week we took a trip to Pensacola to run some errands … Read more