Looks like I may soon embark on a new path in my life. From all angles, it seems to be a good one. Generally, the road appears and I follow it. I’ve only hit a dead end once or twice. Not rotten odds considering my age, right? But this one looks long, curvy, and full of adventure. I’m genuinely excited 🙂
my little wedding fairies
August 9, 2011 by Leave a Comment
There is something to be said when a nanny makes such an impression on the families she works for that the 6 youngest attendants in her wedding…spanning from age 21 down to age 5….have all been cared for by her. Congrats to Kyra (and now David), who will ALWAYS BE PART OF OUR FAMILY !!!!
genius bar….part 2
June 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
I was reminded yesterday, that the very first post on this blog was about my visit to THE GENIUS BAR at the Mac store in Northridge. So it’s only fitting that I report on my latest adventure there.
This time, the problem was with my gadgets, not The Man’s. Two days ago, I upgraded my iPhone. My info was backed up on my dinosaur of a desktop….it’s 6 years old….so I just plugged my new device in and “restored from a backup”. Umm, big mistake. Little did I know, that my 280 contacts were turned into a cyber omelet. Literally, scrambled!! The wrong email addresses with the wrong names, phone numbers all mixed up and some contacts quadrupled. All because of MOBILE ME. I swear, it’s Satan’s spawn. Anyway, after an entire day of head scratching and baffled stares at my shiny new iPhone….The Man calmly says “take it to the Genius Bar.” Of course… as if I hadn’t already planned on it. So off I went, with desktop and phone in hand…..all three girls in tow. Again.
At first, the couple of geniuses I commandeered the attention of looked at me like I had 6 heads when I showed them what was happening. One flew the coop. But the other guy hung in there. First, he had me make sure the info on the computer was correct, then he went to my Mobile Me account and replaced all the info there with info from my desktop, and turned off the “syncing” feature. That was the problem… I was double syncing through iTunes & Mobile Me. NEVER DO THAT, as it really confuses the devices that are clearly designed to be smarter than you and me. End result, all is right in my Mac world again, it didn’t cost me a penny and The Girls had a blast :-)))
my land of Oz
June 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
It’s been a little bit since I updated this very public display of private, streaming consciousness, so I thought I would do so, lest y’all lose interest. I will try to keep it brief.
Many things have happened in MY land of Oz. We lost a beloved pet, organized a massive relief effort for Alabama, celebrated the Youngest Girl’s birthday, completed a kick-ass 5th grade state report (on Bama), went to Disneyland and got a new car. Wait….that sounds like we actually got the car AT D-land, which, we did NOT. Anyway, it’s been busy, to say the least. The next couple of weeks promises not to disappoint either: elementary field day, preschool picnic and graduation, 5th grade grad week field trips and graduation, and FINALLY a family camping adventure!!!! There will be plenty of pictures of all activities to come, but for now, here is a shot of Disneyland….kind of 🙂
