I remember the day that I went from a non-reader to a reader. I remember having no interest in reading books, to burying my nose in them for hours at a time. The book was Jack of Shadows, I was in grade 9, I don’t remember why I picked up that book, I just remember that my …
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POD: Skating with Nana and Papa
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today was skating night with Jacob’s parent teacher Melissa and I had to miss it. So the kids got to have an evening out with their Nana and Papa. To top it off we gave Jacob some money so he could take everyone out for dinner. They all had …
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Windows Wednseday: The Setups
At work to day I found myself replacing a dead hard drive in a clients computer and re-installing windows. OF course this is an older computer that’s running Windows 7. I inserting the disk and watching the progress bar go for what felt like an eternity. It was a start contrast to the two installations …
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POD: 200 Down
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Usually I want till the end of the day to post the picture of the day. Just in case I get a better picture later in the day. I don’t have to worry about getting anything better. This picture is an amazing picture. It’s Melissa’s weight. Since she started …
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POD: Cudling up
From Pictures of the Day 2012 I captured today’s picture of the day this evening after swimming. For some reason when we got home Violet wanted to dress up in her princess dress. Jacob settled into the big chair watching Netflix on his 3DS. I guess she was interested in what he was watching, so she …
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How brave am I?
When I first broke my phone, I did a search for replacement parts for my phone and found that the screen was only between $40 and $50 to buy. This gave me hope that it wouldn’t be to expensive to get fixed. Of course when I contact local places to do the repairs I was presented with …
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POD: Violet’s Duty Day
From Pictures of the Day 2012 This morning while getting Violet’s clothes together for the day Melissa saw this scene on her little toy kitchen. I couldn’t help but take a picture. All she told me in the morning was that they were eating pizza. It wasn’t till this evening when I show the picture …
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Mobile Monday: Angry Birds Star Wars
Last week the latest game in the Angry Birds franchise was released, angry birds star wars. It recasts the birds as Luke, Obi-wan Han and the rest of the hero’s from star wars. The pigs become the billions, from Sand people to Darth Vader. It amazes me how well Rovio has been able bring new life the series. …
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End of day Ramblings
The day winds down and I look at this blank post and I wonder why I ever told anyone about my goal of writing two posts a day. Some day’s it’s hard enough to get the picture of the day out let alone another 500 unrelated words. At least before I went and spouted off …
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POD: Last gasp of Summer
From Pictures of the Day 2012 Today the temperature was in the double digits, so we couldn’t keep the kids in the house. So we headed out, Jacob with his skateboard and Violet with a scooter and enjoyed the warm weather.