I was telling a co-worker about how my mom is now looking out on Sourceforge.net for applications. The more I thought about it, I thought it was funny.
A while back, my mom needed to take documents and PDF them. I told her about a free program that could do just that that was out on a site called http://sourceforge.net/ I downloaded it from Sourceforge and installed it for her. My mom also does alot with digital pictures, so I told her of another application that resized the pictures for you. Again I went to Sourceforge and downloaded and installed the application.
A few months went by and my mom had downloaded a song from Wal-Mart and unfortunately it was in Windows Media Format. Before she talked to me, she went out on Sourceforge and searched for a utility to convert it to an MP3.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Monday, October 17, 2005
Pictures, Pictures
I have finally decided that my digital pictures are getting out of hand. I used to have a good procedure in place, but my laptop has been acting up (vpn isn't working) so I can't sync my pictures up to my server at work (through iFolder)
So things have gotten a little bit messy. I brought home about 6 to 7 DVD's of "backups" at different times over the last year or two. Now comes the fun job. I'm actually comparing file for file, on each DVD with what I have stored on my hard drive. Fun, isn't it. Well so far I've gotten through 2 DVD's tonight. Guess I'm going to have to pace myself. However once I get things cleaned up, it will be alot nicer. I'm going to burn a DVD at the end of the year, each year. Make a few copies, one I will give to my parents to put it in their safe, I will keep one in my filing cabinet, then store a 3rd copy somewhere else (friend, or maybe at my work).
With my new camera I'm going to fill more than a DVD per year. At 30 cents a DVD, no biggie.
In other news, we went to Shop-ko tonight and spent $75 dollars on picture frames. Can't go wrong with 60% off frames. With all these great pictures we have taken, we aren't showing them off in our house. We will need alot more picture frames than we bought, but it is a start. Now I need to find my favorite pictures. I bought 3 frames for my office. One is a 16 X 20 frame with 4 - 4X6 matted pictures. The 2nd is a 8 X 16 frame with 3- 4X4 and the last one is a 8 X 10 frame with a 4X6 picture. All three of these have shadow mattes. I will have to take a picture of them once I get photos in them. Since they are black frames with white mattes, I think I may go black and white photos. 4X6's are really cheap to print at Sam's. Only 15 cents a print.
Tonight Ryan put Sydney to bed. We seem to always fight who gets to put who to bed. Tonight Sydney said no to me and Deni, so we asked if she wanted Ryan to put her to bed. She said yes. Deni put her in her crib, then Ryan came in and sang two songs to her. It was really cute. Even better, she went to sleep. Not sure it it was just a fluke or not, but was fun to watch and listen from the door, while Ryan sang church songs to her. Ryan's a good kid.
So things have gotten a little bit messy. I brought home about 6 to 7 DVD's of "backups" at different times over the last year or two. Now comes the fun job. I'm actually comparing file for file, on each DVD with what I have stored on my hard drive. Fun, isn't it. Well so far I've gotten through 2 DVD's tonight. Guess I'm going to have to pace myself. However once I get things cleaned up, it will be alot nicer. I'm going to burn a DVD at the end of the year, each year. Make a few copies, one I will give to my parents to put it in their safe, I will keep one in my filing cabinet, then store a 3rd copy somewhere else (friend, or maybe at my work).
With my new camera I'm going to fill more than a DVD per year. At 30 cents a DVD, no biggie.
In other news, we went to Shop-ko tonight and spent $75 dollars on picture frames. Can't go wrong with 60% off frames. With all these great pictures we have taken, we aren't showing them off in our house. We will need alot more picture frames than we bought, but it is a start. Now I need to find my favorite pictures. I bought 3 frames for my office. One is a 16 X 20 frame with 4 - 4X6 matted pictures. The 2nd is a 8 X 16 frame with 3- 4X4 and the last one is a 8 X 10 frame with a 4X6 picture. All three of these have shadow mattes. I will have to take a picture of them once I get photos in them. Since they are black frames with white mattes, I think I may go black and white photos. 4X6's are really cheap to print at Sam's. Only 15 cents a print.
Tonight Ryan put Sydney to bed. We seem to always fight who gets to put who to bed. Tonight Sydney said no to me and Deni, so we asked if she wanted Ryan to put her to bed. She said yes. Deni put her in her crib, then Ryan came in and sang two songs to her. It was really cute. Even better, she went to sleep. Not sure it it was just a fluke or not, but was fun to watch and listen from the door, while Ryan sang church songs to her. Ryan's a good kid.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Current Favorite Things
Deni - she's amazing, need I say more.
Ryan - giggling and playing with his sister.
Sydney - putting Sydney down at night for bed and laying on the floor singing songs to her, while she holds on to my finger
Favorite Band: Better than Ezra (BTE)
Favorite Song: Trees by Marty Casey (Rock Star INXS)
Favorite TV shows (in order of preference):
-Lost
-Survivor
-Alias
Currently reading:
- Square Foot Gardening
- Leadership/Rudolph Giuliani
Warm corn bags
Ryan - giggling and playing with his sister.
Sydney - putting Sydney down at night for bed and laying on the floor singing songs to her, while she holds on to my finger
Favorite Band: Better than Ezra (BTE)
Favorite Song: Trees by Marty Casey (Rock Star INXS)
Favorite TV shows (in order of preference):
-Lost
-Survivor
-Alias
Currently reading:
- Square Foot Gardening
- Leadership/Rudolph Giuliani
Warm corn bags
Monday, October 10, 2005
Daddy's home
Worked all day on a training for work that I have to give tomorrow. I'm not sure I'll be ready, but it is to my team, so no biggie.
I didn't see Deni online today, like I usually do. I called her around 5pm and she told me she had not been feeling well all day. She stayed in bed most of the day. When I got home, she was just finishing up some homemade chicken soup. I yelled "daddy's home", like I usually do when I come in the door, however Sydney was in timeout for going to the park by herself and for hitting Deni when she brought her home, so I had to wait for 4 minutes to see Syd. She was so sad, calling my name - "daddy". But you do the crime, you pay the time.
After dinner, I took the kids out to rent a movie. We went to McDonalds, where they have a service called Redbox. You rent a DVD by swiping your credit card. They charge a dollar a night +tax. Not bad for a new release. After renting "Robots" cartoon, we went to Macey's to get an ice cream. Then home to watch Robots.
Ryan and Sydney promised me that if I let them stay up to watch the movie, they would go to bed right after. Both kids went to bed, just as they said they would.
I didn't see Deni online today, like I usually do. I called her around 5pm and she told me she had not been feeling well all day. She stayed in bed most of the day. When I got home, she was just finishing up some homemade chicken soup. I yelled "daddy's home", like I usually do when I come in the door, however Sydney was in timeout for going to the park by herself and for hitting Deni when she brought her home, so I had to wait for 4 minutes to see Syd. She was so sad, calling my name - "daddy". But you do the crime, you pay the time.
After dinner, I took the kids out to rent a movie. We went to McDonalds, where they have a service called Redbox. You rent a DVD by swiping your credit card. They charge a dollar a night +tax. Not bad for a new release. After renting "Robots" cartoon, we went to Macey's to get an ice cream. Then home to watch Robots.
Ryan and Sydney promised me that if I let them stay up to watch the movie, they would go to bed right after. Both kids went to bed, just as they said they would.
Saturday, October 08, 2005
I sew
Last year Deni made a bunch of corn bags. You heat them in the microwave then put them at the foot of your bed, or on your feet while you are watching TV. Now that it is getting cold again, it is time to get them back out. We only had 2, as we had given all of the others away, so Deni got her sewing stuff out to work on it this morning.
First I serged 3 sides of 2 pieces of faberic together, next I sewed some on the bag, added corn, then serged the top close. Throw it in the microwave for 2 minute and your feet are toasty. It was fun to learn the (VERY) basics of serging and sewing.
We also kinda potty trained Sydney all morning. We put her "Dora Panties" on. She was cut running arond in them. We set the alarm and took her to the bathroom every 15 minutes or so. That worked for almost 3 hours, then she had an accident. We aren't pushing her to be potty trained, but thought we would try and see how she reacts to it.
After Sydney's nap, we went into Spanish Fork, to the Library, where they had a city party. We ate dinner there, chili and scones, then went to play games with the kids, but the lines were so long and they had way more people than expected, so they had run out of candy and prizes for the kids. It was kinda raining anyways, so we decided to go home.
Watched the BYU game on TV. BYU barely one. I let Ryan stay up to watch it, but I think he just wanted to stay up, he didn't seem too interested in the game.
First I serged 3 sides of 2 pieces of faberic together, next I sewed some on the bag, added corn, then serged the top close. Throw it in the microwave for 2 minute and your feet are toasty. It was fun to learn the (VERY) basics of serging and sewing.
We also kinda potty trained Sydney all morning. We put her "Dora Panties" on. She was cut running arond in them. We set the alarm and took her to the bathroom every 15 minutes or so. That worked for almost 3 hours, then she had an accident. We aren't pushing her to be potty trained, but thought we would try and see how she reacts to it.
After Sydney's nap, we went into Spanish Fork, to the Library, where they had a city party. We ate dinner there, chili and scones, then went to play games with the kids, but the lines were so long and they had way more people than expected, so they had run out of candy and prizes for the kids. It was kinda raining anyways, so we decided to go home.
Watched the BYU game on TV. BYU barely one. I let Ryan stay up to watch it, but I think he just wanted to stay up, he didn't seem too interested in the game.
Friday, October 07, 2005
My kids
Daddy's Little Angel and Dad's big helper
We got the kids pictures taken recently. They came out really cute. The kids are growing up. They have little personalities, however I think I may have tainted them a little bit with their musical tastes. Both Sydney and Ryan love the song "Juicy" by Better Than Ezra" I need to get it on video of them both dancing and singing to the song. It is pretty funny.
Work has been busy as ever. And is only going to get worse the next few weeks. We not only have layoffs, but we also have a new product shipping, which always means I'm busy filing bugs and duplicating customer issues.
Tonight Deni left at 4pm to go to an Enrichment thing. It's been a while since I've had the 2 kids alone for such a long time. I cooked (don't worry, it was only Spagetti) then the kids played in the backyard while I worked on the flowerbed in the front. I'm moving the "kidney" shaped flowerbed, getting rid of the 2 trees in the flowerbed and hopefully making my yard better looking for next spring. Deni's still gone, she came home about 10:15pm, then wanted to go back out for a Zuka juice with a friend.
We got the kids pictures taken recently. They came out really cute. The kids are growing up. They have little personalities, however I think I may have tainted them a little bit with their musical tastes. Both Sydney and Ryan love the song "Juicy" by Better Than Ezra" I need to get it on video of them both dancing and singing to the song. It is pretty funny.
Work has been busy as ever. And is only going to get worse the next few weeks. We not only have layoffs, but we also have a new product shipping, which always means I'm busy filing bugs and duplicating customer issues.
Tonight Deni left at 4pm to go to an Enrichment thing. It's been a while since I've had the 2 kids alone for such a long time. I cooked (don't worry, it was only Spagetti) then the kids played in the backyard while I worked on the flowerbed in the front. I'm moving the "kidney" shaped flowerbed, getting rid of the 2 trees in the flowerbed and hopefully making my yard better looking for next spring. Deni's still gone, she came home about 10:15pm, then wanted to go back out for a Zuka juice with a friend.
Saturday, October 01, 2005
Sat GC
Today was General Conference. We watched it at home. After the second session completed, we all headed out to Wal-mart to do some shopping. Being the first of the month, both cars gas lights were on, so we looked up on gasbuddy.com to see the cheapest gas around. It was actually in Springville, so we drove and filled the car and truck up. Both were over $42 each, so I spent about $90 ($2.72 a gallon) bucks to fill up just for gas. Ouch. We then went to walmart. I took the kids over to the toy/garden/animal area while Deni got the things on her list.
I ran into an friend, Chris Snow, from our last ward and talked to him for a few minutes. Then dashed to find Deni and get home before the Priesthood conference started at 6pm. Well, I was a few minutes late. However, I took Ryan with me. He seemed to enjoy it for about 30-45 minutes, then wanted to come home. We stayed but left during the closing song.
I ran into an friend, Chris Snow, from our last ward and talked to him for a few minutes. Then dashed to find Deni and get home before the Priesthood conference started at 6pm. Well, I was a few minutes late. However, I took Ryan with me. He seemed to enjoy it for about 30-45 minutes, then wanted to come home. We stayed but left during the closing song.
Friday, September 30, 2005
Most likely to throw my golf clubs
Worked half a day today, then our team went to the Golf Course in Payson to play 9 holes of golf. This was the first time I had ever played Golf. On the first hole, I swung and missed the ball 2 times before hitting it on my third.
We were in teams of 3 and played some scramble game. Basically, each of you hit the ball, then you take the best ball, then each of you hit again, and continue this till you get the ball in the hole. It was something new and fun, but I'm NOT putting Golf clubs on my Christmas list, if that tells you anything.
I probably had more fun driving the cart around, but it was nice to get out of work. I've decided that I'm better at putting, probably because I've played put-put golf.
After playing 9 holes, they gave out awards. I got the "Most likely to throw my golf clubs" award. I got a little cooler, a 1/2 pound of Hersheys Chocolate and an old golf club that I could throw around all day long. It was fun.
On a sad note, a little baby at CHLA with SCIDS died today. It makes us thankful for Ryan. It also makes us wonder why Ryan came through with flying color and doesn't have any side effects. I know we have been blessed, but what is in Ryan's future that is so important that he is here and healthy. Guess time will tell.
We were in teams of 3 and played some scramble game. Basically, each of you hit the ball, then you take the best ball, then each of you hit again, and continue this till you get the ball in the hole. It was something new and fun, but I'm NOT putting Golf clubs on my Christmas list, if that tells you anything.
I probably had more fun driving the cart around, but it was nice to get out of work. I've decided that I'm better at putting, probably because I've played put-put golf.
After playing 9 holes, they gave out awards. I got the "Most likely to throw my golf clubs" award. I got a little cooler, a 1/2 pound of Hersheys Chocolate and an old golf club that I could throw around all day long. It was fun.
On a sad note, a little baby at CHLA with SCIDS died today. It makes us thankful for Ryan. It also makes us wonder why Ryan came through with flying color and doesn't have any side effects. I know we have been blessed, but what is in Ryan's future that is so important that he is here and healthy. Guess time will tell.
Thursday, September 29, 2005
Trip to SLC
Tonight I drove to SLC to the Young Mens Leadership meeting. I'm the secratary in the YM's in our ward. I've heard really good things about these meetings, but haven't ever been able to go.
The meeting was really good. I always feel guilty when I don't want to go, but end up really enjoying the meeting. I took 4 pages of notes, so hope to make some changes for the better.
I missed Alias and Survivor tonight and didn't record them. Thanks to Bit torrent, I'll have them tomorrow morning.
The meeting was really good. I always feel guilty when I don't want to go, but end up really enjoying the meeting. I took 4 pages of notes, so hope to make some changes for the better.
I missed Alias and Survivor tonight and didn't record them. Thanks to Bit torrent, I'll have them tomorrow morning.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Deni's Birthday
Deni is 28 today.
Tonight we went out for Deni's birthday. I had asked my mom to watch the kids while we ran out to eat, but Deni wanted to take the kids. So we got the kids ready, told them we were going out to eat and got in the car. They weren't excited about going to Red Lobster, so we took them to Carl's Jr and called my mom. She was on her way back from Teresa's, so she just stopped in Spanish Fork and watched the kids.
Red Lobster had all you can eat shrimp. We both ordered that. I ordered the only good shrimp (fried shrimp). At 40 of them.
Tonight we went out for Deni's birthday. I had asked my mom to watch the kids while we ran out to eat, but Deni wanted to take the kids. So we got the kids ready, told them we were going out to eat and got in the car. They weren't excited about going to Red Lobster, so we took them to Carl's Jr and called my mom. She was on her way back from Teresa's, so she just stopped in Spanish Fork and watched the kids.
Red Lobster had all you can eat shrimp. We both ordered that. I ordered the only good shrimp (fried shrimp). At 40 of them.
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