Sunday - guess I'll keep blogging while my computer is possessed...shouldn't be able to infect other computers via a blog....and this way I will be able to copy this to word on my hard drive when I have access to it again.
Today was a typical Sunday. Nothing else to say.
OH - I had to run by Mike's office to pick up a couple things for him. I took Stacia and Zander with me. We opened the door and Zander said, "Where is he? Are we taking him home now?" :::gulp::: I guess he's figured Mike was at work all this time...which may be why he doesn't like to talk to Mike very often.
We had a rainy day today. Jamin, Jared, Arielle, Stacia and I took a mile long walk in it...fun. The weather changing may be a bit of the reason that the younger boys have been "off" today - fighting and such.
Life must go on even with computer stupidity so here's our menu for the week:
Enchiladas (which we didn't eat last week after all), rice, salad
Baked Penne/Zitti, garlic pull apart bread, salad
"Shake and Bake" chicken, corn, rolls
Taco/nachos/taco salad type night
Encore Presentation
Pizza
Tortellini if needed to fill in gaps somewhere....
Sunday, October 15, 2006
ARGH - my computer has gone crazy!!!!
It was frozen and wouldn't do a thing. I tried the soft start and then hard crash thing. Finally Igot it to shut down but when I restarted it.....everything is gone. My tool bar is gone.
I did find the documents on the hard drive.
Outlook says "there are no current identities". It doesn't give me any old ones to click on. I can't access any of my outlook files, emails for orders that I'm trying to compile for today, newsletters I was working on etc. Also no email addresses.
When I use explorer, it has no favorites,my home page is gone etc. In fact now it says it can't establish a connection with Verizon...but the computer next to it can.
In other words all my settings seem to be gone. Does anyone have a clue what I should do? I have two projects I was working on today (a spice order and a co-op newsletter). I have a zillion emails waiting to be answered.
It appears to me that somehow it got messed up and logged on as some "generic user" rather than me...but in the start up screen I put in my old password to get it to load....I have no clue what to do or how to find my old outlook and explorer files....
help?
It was frozen and wouldn't do a thing. I tried the soft start and then hard crash thing. Finally Igot it to shut down but when I restarted it.....everything is gone. My tool bar is gone.
I did find the documents on the hard drive.
Outlook says "there are no current identities". It doesn't give me any old ones to click on. I can't access any of my outlook files, emails for orders that I'm trying to compile for today, newsletters I was working on etc. Also no email addresses.
When I use explorer, it has no favorites,my home page is gone etc. In fact now it says it can't establish a connection with Verizon...but the computer next to it can.
In other words all my settings seem to be gone. Does anyone have a clue what I should do? I have two projects I was working on today (a spice order and a co-op newsletter). I have a zillion emails waiting to be answered.
It appears to me that somehow it got messed up and logged on as some "generic user" rather than me...but in the start up screen I put in my old password to get it to load....I have no clue what to do or how to find my old outlook and explorer files....
help?
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Saturday - another one DOWN!
The day began with Jamin running through the neighborhood. He loves to do this on Saturday and check out the garage sales. He found a set of weights that was on sale for $35.00. He only wanted the weights, but they said if he’d take the bench and bar they’d sell it for $20. He did. I drove him back to pick up his purchase. He asked about putting the bench in Nolan and Zander’s room. What a hit that is. I need to watch and see if this is going to work. {g} All day Zander has been saying,
Jamin and I had a bunch of checks we needed to cash at the BX. We’re allowed $100 a day. We took a jaunt to base to do this. Our plan was to meet up with some friends we’ve been missing all week. We weren’t able to pull that off….so we headed for a park in the area.
Big Brothers are so much fun!
Arielle, Nolan and Zander have been trying to learn how to skate. Our homeschool group has skate day on Thursdays – which is the same day that the big boys are at House of Faith. I’ve told them that we can’t go if I have to wear Stacia and try to teach 3 how to skate. We may be able to do this if they keep working at it. They would really like to, but I know my limitations. It’s really sort of sad because the older boys would love to come with us – the timing is simply off.
We were about to give up on making connections with our friends when they drove up. We brought Cian (Jared’s friend) home with us.
In AK many of the Harvest things are impossible. It’s hard to visit a pumpkin patch or an apple orchard, bob for apples or visit a farmers “hay maze”, when the ground is covered with snow and fall lasts 2 weeks in late August/ early September. I’ve been looking forward to these fall activities when we moved back to the lower 48….but guess what? My searching produced nothing! There are no pumpkin patches or apple orchards in W TX. Duh!!! :::snort::: We did the next best thing. Emily on SHS shared a cool object lesson that I want to do with the kids…..problem is that I don’t think I’ve EVER carved a pumpkin. We’ll figure it out.
Here’s the popular “pumpkin patch” at the Methodist church a mile from our home.
Nolan said he felt like he was "pregnant Mom" as he carried this one. :::snort:::
Of course, Zander had to carry a pumpkin if Nolan could. . .
Back at home, Nolan wanted a snack. We turned it into an impromptu “tea”. I went with manly mugs and fish platters that Bre had made. We had crackers, cheeses and halibut salad along with our tea/hot chocolate.
Stacia wants only the finest things in life….
Cian and Jared went off to play a game that Jared created. Nolan and I played Uno. After a few rounds I decided it would be fun to teach him the wild version that we used to play with college friends (ah the memories of being newly married couples in Eugene). This drew Arielle to our table. Then Cian and Jared joined us too.
The day began with Jamin running through the neighborhood. He loves to do this on Saturday and check out the garage sales. He found a set of weights that was on sale for $35.00. He only wanted the weights, but they said if he’d take the bench and bar they’d sell it for $20. He did. I drove him back to pick up his purchase. He asked about putting the bench in Nolan and Zander’s room. What a hit that is. I need to watch and see if this is going to work. {g} All day Zander has been saying,
“C’mon Nolan, C’mon Jamin – let’s WORK out!”.
Jamin and I had a bunch of checks we needed to cash at the BX. We’re allowed $100 a day. We took a jaunt to base to do this. Our plan was to meet up with some friends we’ve been missing all week. We weren’t able to pull that off….so we headed for a park in the area.
Big Brothers are so much fun!
Arielle, Nolan and Zander have been trying to learn how to skate. Our homeschool group has skate day on Thursdays – which is the same day that the big boys are at House of Faith. I’ve told them that we can’t go if I have to wear Stacia and try to teach 3 how to skate. We may be able to do this if they keep working at it. They would really like to, but I know my limitations. It’s really sort of sad because the older boys would love to come with us – the timing is simply off.
We were about to give up on making connections with our friends when they drove up. We brought Cian (Jared’s friend) home with us.
In AK many of the Harvest things are impossible. It’s hard to visit a pumpkin patch or an apple orchard, bob for apples or visit a farmers “hay maze”, when the ground is covered with snow and fall lasts 2 weeks in late August/ early September. I’ve been looking forward to these fall activities when we moved back to the lower 48….but guess what? My searching produced nothing! There are no pumpkin patches or apple orchards in W TX. Duh!!! :::snort::: We did the next best thing. Emily on SHS shared a cool object lesson that I want to do with the kids…..problem is that I don’t think I’ve EVER carved a pumpkin. We’ll figure it out.
Here’s the popular “pumpkin patch” at the Methodist church a mile from our home.
Nolan said he felt like he was "pregnant Mom" as he carried this one. :::snort:::
Of course, Zander had to carry a pumpkin if Nolan could. . .
Back at home, Nolan wanted a snack. We turned it into an impromptu “tea”. I went with manly mugs and fish platters that Bre had made. We had crackers, cheeses and halibut salad along with our tea/hot chocolate.
Stacia wants only the finest things in life….
Cian and Jared went off to play a game that Jared created. Nolan and I played Uno. After a few rounds I decided it would be fun to teach him the wild version that we used to play with college friends (ah the memories of being newly married couples in Eugene). This drew Arielle to our table. Then Cian and Jared joined us too.
We all had a lot of fun.
Arielle and I hung our Thanksgiving Tree. Years ago I decided that Thanksgiving is skipped by most to slide into Christmas. We decided to skip Halloween and focus on Thanksgiving. Fall/Harvest season naturally lends itself to this.
We hung a Thanksgiving Tree and it’s already beginning to fill with leaves.
On each leaf someone writes what they are thankful for and attaches it to the tree. It will be fun to watch the tree fill out as Thanksgiving draws closer.
Cian had to go home. We grabbed some dinner – Encore Presentation - and then settled in to watch *Iron Will*. This is another Netflix movie and was one recommended by TOG for school. It is a GREAT movie.
I had the start of another migraine today. Darshia, I remembered to start a log of these headaches. I noted the time I saw the floating dots and 30 minutes later I was home and noted the level of pain. I then followed Sgt. John’s neurologist’s advice and took 3 naproxen…since the Malox made me ill and didn’t work…AND I believe gave me the rebound headache I had on Wed. So far – so good. The pain was about 5 and now is about 2….I noted it all…..and will for a month and then will go back in again to visit the PCM.
I am hoping to get a co-op spice order together by the end of the weekend. We’ll see how that goes. I’m wondering if the essential oils they sell at Monterrey Bay Spice are the kinds that would be good for homemade cleaners.
**All the bold text goes with pictures…OK using BOTH IE and FF I was able to get all but one photo to load. {g}
Arielle and I hung our Thanksgiving Tree. Years ago I decided that Thanksgiving is skipped by most to slide into Christmas. We decided to skip Halloween and focus on Thanksgiving. Fall/Harvest season naturally lends itself to this.
We hung a Thanksgiving Tree and it’s already beginning to fill with leaves.
On each leaf someone writes what they are thankful for and attaches it to the tree. It will be fun to watch the tree fill out as Thanksgiving draws closer.
Cian had to go home. We grabbed some dinner – Encore Presentation - and then settled in to watch *Iron Will*. This is another Netflix movie and was one recommended by TOG for school. It is a GREAT movie.
I had the start of another migraine today. Darshia, I remembered to start a log of these headaches. I noted the time I saw the floating dots and 30 minutes later I was home and noted the level of pain. I then followed Sgt. John’s neurologist’s advice and took 3 naproxen…since the Malox made me ill and didn’t work…AND I believe gave me the rebound headache I had on Wed. So far – so good. The pain was about 5 and now is about 2….I noted it all…..and will for a month and then will go back in again to visit the PCM.
I am hoping to get a co-op spice order together by the end of the weekend. We’ll see how that goes. I’m wondering if the essential oils they sell at Monterrey Bay Spice are the kinds that would be good for homemade cleaners.
**All the bold text goes with pictures…OK using BOTH IE and FF I was able to get all but one photo to load. {g}
Dad Update
My dad was told yesterday that he needs to have the surgery again. They will go in, remove whatever they put in during the second surgery, put a rod through the bone - up his leg and do a bone graph. I guess this is the only option. All the doctors at that practice have been consulting....guess all the doctors in that town work out of one office.
Dad has surgery on Tuesday.
My dad was told yesterday that he needs to have the surgery again. They will go in, remove whatever they put in during the second surgery, put a rod through the bone - up his leg and do a bone graph. I guess this is the only option. All the doctors at that practice have been consulting....guess all the doctors in that town work out of one office.
Dad has surgery on Tuesday.
Friday, October 13, 2006
This and That
Most the day is shown in the entries below. We didn’t do much besides the things reported.
We were sad not to be able to get together with friends today, but we probably wouldn’t have been able to get everything done if we had. {sigh}
On top of the granola and pizza sauce I friend up the 3 lbs of sausage that was aging in the fridge and 2 lbs of hamburger that I can use for tacos or enchiladas later.
We had to flush our fish today. We had bought four Dalmatians earlier in the year. Three of them died within a week. When we went back to the pet store to buy new ones they told us that they couldn’t sell us the Dalmatians because they all had a worm. We have been watching our fish. He seemed fine…until this week. He turned BLACK!!! Then he grew these green things that looked like trees out of his body. We couldn’t figure out what to do because we have one other fish in the tank. It can’t be good for HIM to be in the tank with this…but we didn’t want to flush the fish…it did become apparent the fish wasn’t going to make it. Now we have to figure out what to do with the tank. We think it should be totally cleaned or even started over…but the surviving fish is a giant scum sucker and if we clean the tank; he may starve. ARGH. I should call the pet store….
In other animal news….we looked out our window and saw a spider eating a fly. We watched the spider tangle the fly in his web and then slowly begin the eating process. Very strange/cool. The photo didn't turn out real well...but if you look close...
*So You Want to Be President* by Judith St. George. This was one of our favorite books from this week of study. In fact, we found the inspiration for Nolan’s quilt square in this book. Ms. St. George manages to pass on a lot of fascinating information about the Presidents in this charmingly illustrated picture book. We found it at the library and decided to add it in. We love the library!
We got two more packages today….the newest Tamar Myers book and *The Idiot’s complete Guide to the 20th Century*.
Josiah made my day. He has been working long hours. They asked him to extend today and he did. Then they asked about him working tonight (he’d already put in 7 hours). He told them that Friday night is the one night of the week he’d rather now work; and he does meet the truck every Friday. They said he’s the best at that job they’ve ever had. {mama brag alert} Anyway, as they talked he told them that Friday night is “family night” and that’s it our tradition. He told them we set up the projector or play games and eat pizza and he’d rather not be at work. I was thrilled that he enjoys the night enough to tell his employer.
Speaking of which: They just fired up the projector. We have *Valiant* from Netflix tonight. It sort of goes along with our history – WW2! LOL
Most the day is shown in the entries below. We didn’t do much besides the things reported.
We were sad not to be able to get together with friends today, but we probably wouldn’t have been able to get everything done if we had. {sigh}
On top of the granola and pizza sauce I friend up the 3 lbs of sausage that was aging in the fridge and 2 lbs of hamburger that I can use for tacos or enchiladas later.
We had to flush our fish today. We had bought four Dalmatians earlier in the year. Three of them died within a week. When we went back to the pet store to buy new ones they told us that they couldn’t sell us the Dalmatians because they all had a worm. We have been watching our fish. He seemed fine…until this week. He turned BLACK!!! Then he grew these green things that looked like trees out of his body. We couldn’t figure out what to do because we have one other fish in the tank. It can’t be good for HIM to be in the tank with this…but we didn’t want to flush the fish…it did become apparent the fish wasn’t going to make it. Now we have to figure out what to do with the tank. We think it should be totally cleaned or even started over…but the surviving fish is a giant scum sucker and if we clean the tank; he may starve. ARGH. I should call the pet store….
In other animal news….we looked out our window and saw a spider eating a fly. We watched the spider tangle the fly in his web and then slowly begin the eating process. Very strange/cool. The photo didn't turn out real well...but if you look close...
*So You Want to Be President* by Judith St. George. This was one of our favorite books from this week of study. In fact, we found the inspiration for Nolan’s quilt square in this book. Ms. St. George manages to pass on a lot of fascinating information about the Presidents in this charmingly illustrated picture book. We found it at the library and decided to add it in. We love the library!We got two more packages today….the newest Tamar Myers book and *The Idiot’s complete Guide to the 20th Century*.
Josiah made my day. He has been working long hours. They asked him to extend today and he did. Then they asked about him working tonight (he’d already put in 7 hours). He told them that Friday night is the one night of the week he’d rather now work; and he does meet the truck every Friday. They said he’s the best at that job they’ve ever had. {mama brag alert} Anyway, as they talked he told them that Friday night is “family night” and that’s it our tradition. He told them we set up the projector or play games and eat pizza and he’d rather not be at work. I was thrilled that he enjoys the night enough to tell his employer.
Speaking of which: They just fired up the projector. We have *Valiant* from Netflix tonight. It sort of goes along with our history – WW2! LOL
Jamin let Arielle, Nolan and I make a pizza tonight. I mean he let us do the dough and everything. He LOVES to do this but was a pretty good sport about letting us in the kitchen. Here we are playing with the dough - we aren't as good at this yet as he is...but give us time. We made a cheese pizza, a Hawaiin Pizza, a 1/2 and 1/2 of those two and then a deep dish with they turkey sausage, onions, peppers and olives....We had more leftovers than we like. We'll try 2 regulars and 1 deep dish next week.
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