Wow! 2 posts in 1 day???

OK- so back to fighting with my computer. I'm so easily frustrated when I can't get something to work the way I want it to! I spent 2 hours on the web trying to find out how to remove a file type association. I found how to change it (That's easy) but I needed to remove one all together. Found several suggestions, none worked! Finally I stumbled across something that mentioned a system restore- so I did that and it worked! Wish I'd thought of that a LONG time ago!! But now I'm just disgusted with my computer and don't want to do anything. I think I'm afraid I'm mess it up again.
Maybe I can figure this thing out now. Unless someone wants to email me instuctions! How do I add a cute background? How do I add music (not that I will add any-music that is- I just want to know how!) I guess I'll go try it again. - So if you're reading this with a cute background or something- I guess I succeeded, and if it's just one of the standard blog backgrounds- then I didn't.

wasting time

OK- so I just spent a bunch of time trying to do some creative background for this blog-because everyone else does! And I can't figure it out. I keep thinking I've done it, and then I go to look at the blog- and no, I haven't done it! For DUMB! Add that to the time I spent this morning trying to figure out ACDSEE ( a new photomanagement program I want- don't have it yet, but I have a trial version). This morning's adventure wasn't much more successful. The program kept wanting to manage files I didn't want it to manage, and I couldn't get it to change, so I un installed it! I'll have to fight with that one later. So I've done a bunch of nothing today. I hate learning curves. I'm sure that's all it is, but I just want to know how to do it NOW! I don't have time for all this silliness. -- Off to get ready for cub scouts. Woo hoo- (FYI that was sarcastic). We're making masks.

Hello?? I'm still here!

So it's been awhile since I have posted anything. Oh well. Blogging is way way down on my priority list. Maybe if I had more people to keep in touch with, and I knew they would read my blog then MAYBE I would be better at it. But I doubt it. There's just to much other stuff to do when you have a full time job, 4 kids, a husband, a dog, and lots of other projects and hobbies.

Ryan is writing a novel. He hasn't let anyone read it yet- BUT he has read the first chapter outload to me and the kids. It's actually quite good! I've told the people at work that he is writing one, and there is one guy there that is VERY excited about it. He asks about it a lot and gives advice he finds on how-to-write-a-book-websites: Like write at least a paragraph everyday! He has kept up on the Stephanie Meyer, Twilight series success and likes to pass along bits of knowlege about that. Wouldn't that be great if Ryan's book turned out to be a best seller! I can always hope!!

Ryan's book is an adventure story - along the lines of Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings type thing. Two boys coming of age with some mythical creature, dark magic opposition. - Hey I know I'm not describing it well. But I've only heard the first chapter. There's some cool sword fitting, A council of Elders type group, An old Legend, and a long journey. Ryan has been doing lots of research too- I don't think I'd better give to much away (in case Ryan would rather I didn't), but some of the research centers around the silk road into china used in ancient times.

So- should he get it published, you can say you know him and then you can tell everyone you know to go out and buy a copy. :-)

Digital scrapbooking

Well, lately I've tried my hand at digital scrapbooking. It's easier in some respects because I don't have to wait for the pictures to get printed, and then stick them in a book with paper, stickers, etc. But it's a little harder too because I'm new at it. This is one of the pages I have done. I think I'm supposed to give credit to whomever created the paper that I used. BUT I don't remember what it was, and I'm not taking the time right now to find out. I just barely figured out how to change the size and stuff so that it will look good on the internet. This is the first one I've tried to post. SO we'll see how it turns out. It's of Genna from last October- when she turned 3. As you can tell, I'm quite behind.

Ryan has taken Myles, Pierce and Genna to a movie- Kungfoo panda, and I am home with Adria and the dog. As you may or may not have heard, we have a miniture Australian shepherd named Thunder. He's actually a pretty good dog. Ryan did his homework and picked one that would be good with kids and easy to train. I've noticed a big difference bewteen him and the dogs we had growing up. Either that, or we have spent more time with him. He is in the house, and he sleeps in a kennel in the boys room. They love it- except when he chews their stuffed animals. - A week after we got him, we left him at Ryan's sisters house for a week while we went to Disneyland, and she gave him stuffed animals to play with- so he thinks all of them are his to chew. We are slowing breaking him of the habit. And he is doing better. But he still has his moments- He especially likes pierces animals- maybe because they smell like him. We had to find Pierce a new teddy bear a few weeks ago because Thunder chewed off its' eye. But since then, we have made more of an effort to keep the stuffed animals out of his reach, and big him lots of his own stuff to chew - plastic bones. He loves them too.

That's it for now. If anyone has suggestions for digital scrapbooking, let me know!

My Baby is growing up!!

Adria turned 1 year old this week! I can't believe how the time goes. She is getting into everything now- she has started to walk- just a few steps at a time, but each day she goes a little farther. She loves to climb- up and down stairs all day, and she climbs onto the kitchen chairs, and then up onto the table. She isn't safe for a second! And she is constantly babbling too. We took pictures of the girls with their cousin Makella for mother's day. They are SO cute!

Ryan and I have decided that for now I will keep working full-time and he will be Mr. Mom. He hasn't been able to find a job. I have mixed feelings about it, but I hope it will work out. So I feel like I never have spare time for anything. I'm trying to catch up on my scrapbooking and have decided to change to digital. Which is really neat- but new to me, so it takes time.

DISNEYLAND!!!

We spent the last week at Disneyland! It was so much fun, but the kids are worn out. We got home LATE last night after a long 10 hour drive. We spent 5 days at Disneyland and California Adventure land. We even managed to squeeze in an afternoon at the beach- too bad we picked a cold afternoon to go. But we had fun anyway. There is SO much to do at Disneyland. We could have easily spent another couple of days there, but we will have to wait until the kids are a little older for that. Genna loved the princesses. Pierce got a Nemo hat and liked the Buzz Lightyear and Monsters Inc. rides. Myles liked the Matterhorn, and Splash mountain. He got a coonskin cap. We took over 800 pictures! (I am not exaggerating that number!) I'll have to post some pictures later when I get a chance.

I'm working full time so I don't have much spare time for stuff like blogging. Ryan has been the stay at home dad for the past 3 weeks because he lost his job. It's been an adventure for both of us to see how the other half lives.

Well, here's our first picture. Thanks to Kellie for telling me how to do it! This is a pic from Jessica's wedding. It's really hard to get everyone in the family looking toward the camera at the same time, but it's cute anyway.

March 20, 2008

Here's our first attempt at blogging. Myles and Pierce wanted to try one because their cousins have one. So Hello to all our family fellow bloggers.