Friday, June 24, 2005
Cool Idea
One of my friends called to wish me a Happy Birthday and also told me that she always tells people what she likes about them on their birthday. She then proceeded to tell me what she likes about me. I think this is a great idea! It made my day. I'm going to try to start doing it for other people on their birthdays. Cool!
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Batman Begins
I went to see Batman Begins this weekend. Wow! It was quite a movie. I know I'm 38 years old, but I still have thing for superhero movies. I loved the Superman movies as a kid. More recently, I loved the Spiderman movies. This Batman movie is excellent. It beats the other three hands down. It tells the whole story of how Batman becomes Batman. My whole family loved it. (I would not recommend this movie for young children. I did not take my boys. It has some pretty dark ,intense scenes.)
Big 38!
Today I am 38! I have been celebrating my birthday in my usual fashion...all week! ;) It started last Friday with a cookout at my mom's house. The whole family pitched in and bought me an iPod shuffle. This little gadget is amazing. It is the size of a pack of gum and holds about 120 songs. Amazing! I went out to dinner last night with my husband and his aunt. I went out to lunch today with my sister and then treated myself to a manicure and pedicure this afternoon. I played bunco tonight and rolled 5 (you read that right) buncos!! I won $25 for rolling the most buncos. All in all, a great birthday. The celebration will continue tomorrow with lunch with some of my co-workers and then will continue on to Saturday to dinner with my husband. See, I told you I could celebrate for a week.
Monday, June 13, 2005
Dashboard Widgets
For those of you wanting more info on Apple's Widgets, you can click here. It's like being a kid in a candy shop! Which one should I download next?
For those of you wanting more info on Apple's Widgets, you can click here. It's like being a kid in a candy shop! Which one should I download next?
Cool New Tool
Apple's new operating system (Tiger) has a new feature called Dashboard Widgets. These are little applets that sit on your desktop and appear and disappear as you need them. There's a calculator, weather forecast, clock and calendar among many others. Tonight, I'm trying out a new blogging widget called Dash Blog. So, here it is...my first entry using Dash Blog. I just had to give it a try. No logging into blogger or anything. I just pull it up on my desktop and start typing. It was too easy to resist.
I'm Back!
Well, folks, I'm finally back from my vacation. I had a blast and the drive wasn't near as bad as I feared. In fact, it went great. The boys were super and we made the drive to McAllen in record time...only 12 hours. My sister almost fainted when I called her around 2:00 p.m. and told her we were already south of San Antonio. I didn't speed either. We just made good time and stopped only when absolutely necessary. We took the kids swimming a couple of times and spent two days at South Padre Island. Man! I love the beach. This was the first time I've gotten to stay overnight at Padre and it was well worth the money. There's nothing better than being able to jump into a hotel pool and wash off all that sand and salt. LOL There's nothing worse than a long car ride home after trying to wash all the sand and salt off unsuccessfully while small children are melting down from a long day. I think we played it the smart way this year by staying overnight. We ate delicious seafood at Pirate's Landing in Port Isabel. My favorite thing about this restaurant, besides the seafood, is that they have a wheel of toppings for your baked potato. They bring out one of those holders with a big dish of butter, sour cream, and bacon that turns. We have always affectionately referred to this as the "wheel of toppings." It is no longer available at any restaurant that I know of in OKC. The last restaurant you could get it was Larry's Steak House and it shut down years ago and was torn down and replaced by a Taco Bell. (sigh) Anyhow, I enjoyed visiting with my sister and her husband and my niece and nephews. We had a wonderful time and now I know I can make that drive by myself!
Well, folks, I'm finally back from my vacation. I had a blast and the drive wasn't near as bad as I feared. In fact, it went great. The boys were super and we made the drive to McAllen in record time...only 12 hours. My sister almost fainted when I called her around 2:00 p.m. and told her we were already south of San Antonio. I didn't speed either. We just made good time and stopped only when absolutely necessary. We took the kids swimming a couple of times and spent two days at South Padre Island. Man! I love the beach. This was the first time I've gotten to stay overnight at Padre and it was well worth the money. There's nothing better than being able to jump into a hotel pool and wash off all that sand and salt. LOL There's nothing worse than a long car ride home after trying to wash all the sand and salt off unsuccessfully while small children are melting down from a long day. I think we played it the smart way this year by staying overnight. We ate delicious seafood at Pirate's Landing in Port Isabel. My favorite thing about this restaurant, besides the seafood, is that they have a wheel of toppings for your baked potato. They bring out one of those holders with a big dish of butter, sour cream, and bacon that turns. We have always affectionately referred to this as the "wheel of toppings." It is no longer available at any restaurant that I know of in OKC. The last restaurant you could get it was Larry's Steak House and it shut down years ago and was torn down and replaced by a Taco Bell. (sigh) Anyhow, I enjoyed visiting with my sister and her husband and my niece and nephews. We had a wonderful time and now I know I can make that drive by myself!
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Must Be Crazy
Tomorrow morning around 6 a.m. I hit the road for McAllen, Texas. It is about a 15 hour drive from here. (I think you might be able to make it in 12 if you don't stop much, but I have to stop.) I am driving alone with my two boys, age 4 and 6. I must be crazy! Thankfully, I have one of those handy vcr/tv combos with headphones. I hope to make it down there before dark. I also hope to make it down there with my sanity in tact. ;)
Tomorrow morning around 6 a.m. I hit the road for McAllen, Texas. It is about a 15 hour drive from here. (I think you might be able to make it in 12 if you don't stop much, but I have to stop.) I am driving alone with my two boys, age 4 and 6. I must be crazy! Thankfully, I have one of those handy vcr/tv combos with headphones. I hope to make it down there before dark. I also hope to make it down there with my sanity in tact. ;)
Pardon my Dust
Since I have become a Mac user I have had a few problems posting to my blog. Nothing major, just a few inconveniences. For example, some of my little buttons that I use to format my fonts don't show up anymore and my spell checker doesn't work all the time. Also, I was in need of a way to post pictures more easily to my blog. So, I've been in search of a way to blog more easily. I may just have found it tonight. I just found a sweet little program called MarsEdit that I'm using on a 30 day trial basis. If I like it, I may just buy it. So bear with me, as I try it out. I'm not quite sure of all the features yet nor am I sure of what I'm doing.
Since I have become a Mac user I have had a few problems posting to my blog. Nothing major, just a few inconveniences. For example, some of my little buttons that I use to format my fonts don't show up anymore and my spell checker doesn't work all the time. Also, I was in need of a way to post pictures more easily to my blog. So, I've been in search of a way to blog more easily. I may just have found it tonight. I just found a sweet little program called MarsEdit that I'm using on a 30 day trial basis. If I like it, I may just buy it. So bear with me, as I try it out. I'm not quite sure of all the features yet nor am I sure of what I'm doing.
Best Children's Book You Haven't Read
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven
This is the true story of a pilot, Gail Halvorsen, and his special mission of dropping chocolate to children during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. I loved this book and cried when I read it. It is well written, beautifully illustrated and all the better because it is true. Special thanks to Bookmoot for tipping me off to this fantastic book. She even got to meet the author and Gail Halvorsen in person. Wow! I haven't read the book to my boys yet. I'm not sure they would understand the beauty of the story, plus I would be choking up through half the book because it is so touching. Then again, you're never too young to learn about the kindness of others. I may give it a try tonight.
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot by Margot Theis Raven
This is the true story of a pilot, Gail Halvorsen, and his special mission of dropping chocolate to children during the Berlin Airlift in 1948. I loved this book and cried when I read it. It is well written, beautifully illustrated and all the better because it is true. Special thanks to Bookmoot for tipping me off to this fantastic book. She even got to meet the author and Gail Halvorsen in person. Wow! I haven't read the book to my boys yet. I'm not sure they would understand the beauty of the story, plus I would be choking up through half the book because it is so touching. Then again, you're never too young to learn about the kindness of others. I may give it a try tonight.
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