My very sweet and wonderful husband bought me a new laptop for Christmas. This really was becoming more and more of a need each passing day. My old computer took about five minutes, more or less, to boot up each day, and frequently did not want to turn off. Using certain programs insured a lockup (this would be my picture organizing and editing software that holds nearly 15,000 pictures). Yep, you read that right! I am one happy, snappy, camera toting mama! Anyway, most of Monday and Tuesday was spent in computer lockdown while the old computer transferred all its files to the new computer. I was so relieved I didn’t have to do each program by itself, the “old-fashioned way.” Now all you have to do is connect both PCs to your home network and hit “Easy Transfer” and voila, it works all by itself! Now, I was a little anxious when it took nearly 24 hours to transfer all 49 GB, afraid that one of the kids would touch it and disturb the transfer, causing us to have to start the whole process over again, but (big sigh of relief) it all worked out perfectly. Now all I have to do is re-install some of my favorite programs – music writing, picture editing, and that kind of important stuff.
I am also trying to prepare myself for the possibility of a disaster – the chance that I might lose all my pictures. It almost makes me cry just thinking about it! So, I am also transferring all 15,000 pictures to my Snapfish account. The best thing about Snapfish is not just their great photo sales, but the fact that they have unlimited online photo storage for free! I can definitely use that! So, over the next few days, weeks, months, (as Eeyore says, “Who knows?”) I will be transferring all those memories, one MB at a time! Why did I take so many photos?!?!
A word to the wise, start uploading your photos before you reach 15,000. Depending on your internet speed, the time to transfer those important moments can be quite time consuming. Right now, I am organizing all of mine by time segments (May 2010, June 2010, etc.). That way, I will have a general idea of where to find certain events when I want a specific picture. Don’t wait – the next crash could be around the corner! As much of a bother as it is to move pictures to online storage, it could save you a lot of tears later.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Wacky Wednesday
Well, for those of you who have been downloading the freebies from My Memories, we have another new page kit – this time it is more in theme with little boys – blue and green. I thought this one was particularly cute.
http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_2
This is your last chance to get these, because due to the underwhelming lack of interest, I will no longer be offering the digital freebies…unless I hear from you otherwise. :) They are cute, fun, and easy to use, but if you guys aren’t interested in them, I will find something more to our mutual liking! You can still get $10 off the My Memories Suite using the code STMMMS94566.
http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_2
This is your last chance to get these, because due to the underwhelming lack of interest, I will no longer be offering the digital freebies…unless I hear from you otherwise. :) They are cute, fun, and easy to use, but if you guys aren’t interested in them, I will find something more to our mutual liking! You can still get $10 off the My Memories Suite using the code STMMMS94566.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Sit Back and Enjoy
Now that the hustle and bustle of the Christmas holiday is over, I plan to just sit back and enjoy myself and my family. We had a lovely time together on Sunday – Church service in the morning, followed by a fellowship meal and then, after much waiting, came the time to open gifts. My favorite part is watching everyone’s faces as they see the gifts for the first time. I got so caught up in watching, that I really didn’t get many pictures. I did get a few pictures before the chaos began, so it will not go totally undocumented!
Here is our happy clan. We need to get a new family photo made, but one of our children has issues with group photos. I won’t say which one, but he has to be threatened to smile in many instances. :) We still attempt pictures, but half the time, his little face is scowling. I just take the pictures anyway and laugh when I think about showing them to his girlfriends in 20 years or so… I am such an evil mother!
As we sat with the wreckage of our materialism surrounding us, I could not help but think how good, gracious, and generous our God is. He has given us richly all things to enjoy – including those presents for which we scrimp and save. He gave us His Son, the greatest gift ever given. We make a habit of listening to Handel’s Messiah each year, and the phrase of Scripture, “the Gentiles shall come to Thy light” seemed especially poignant to me this year. In the Old Testament, the law and its type of salvation was given only to the Jews. With the advent of Christ, His death, burial, and resurrection, the wall of partition has been broken down, and now, salvation – without the law – is available to not only the Jews, but the Gentiles, of which I am one. Thank God for the gift of salvation!
Here is our happy clan. We need to get a new family photo made, but one of our children has issues with group photos. I won’t say which one, but he has to be threatened to smile in many instances. :) We still attempt pictures, but half the time, his little face is scowling. I just take the pictures anyway and laugh when I think about showing them to his girlfriends in 20 years or so… I am such an evil mother!
As we sat with the wreckage of our materialism surrounding us, I could not help but think how good, gracious, and generous our God is. He has given us richly all things to enjoy – including those presents for which we scrimp and save. He gave us His Son, the greatest gift ever given. We make a habit of listening to Handel’s Messiah each year, and the phrase of Scripture, “the Gentiles shall come to Thy light” seemed especially poignant to me this year. In the Old Testament, the law and its type of salvation was given only to the Jews. With the advent of Christ, His death, burial, and resurrection, the wall of partition has been broken down, and now, salvation – without the law – is available to not only the Jews, but the Gentiles, of which I am one. Thank God for the gift of salvation!
Monday, December 26, 2011
First Week
Our first week in Mississippi has been a flurry of activity, running here and there, trying to get our bank accounts, drivers’ licenses, registrations and the like all done before the holidays. After several trips back and forth from our storage unit, I think we have everything we need. I cleaned all the summer clothes out of the kids’ room so that they could put all of their winter clothes in the drawers. That was a chore that I am glad is done for a while.
The weather here is milder than in Indiana, but I know the summers are going to be killer. The cashier at Kroger, upon learning that we had just moved from Indiana, said to me, “Oh, you’re going to hate it here!” I hope she was just talking about the weather! :) We didn’t have a white Christmas this year (they only get snow about once a year, and not very much at that).
We are almost all settled in, and I think after another week, things will be back to normal. That means back to school, too. I have one more glorious week of freedom before school starts again! Thankfully, I had the foresight to get my lesson plans done before we moved, so I will not have to do those this weekend! I do have some catch-up to do on my grading – it seems like those papers just multiply while sitting in my dark desk drawer…
The weather here is milder than in Indiana, but I know the summers are going to be killer. The cashier at Kroger, upon learning that we had just moved from Indiana, said to me, “Oh, you’re going to hate it here!” I hope she was just talking about the weather! :) We didn’t have a white Christmas this year (they only get snow about once a year, and not very much at that).
We are almost all settled in, and I think after another week, things will be back to normal. That means back to school, too. I have one more glorious week of freedom before school starts again! Thankfully, I had the foresight to get my lesson plans done before we moved, so I will not have to do those this weekend! I do have some catch-up to do on my grading – it seems like those papers just multiply while sitting in my dark desk drawer…
Friday, December 23, 2011
Merry Christmas!
This has been such a busy year for us, and I know you all have had a lot going on, too. Just wanted you to know I did get my Christmas decorations up in the trailer – with just a few days to spare! I guess they will stay up extra long this year to make up for the late start! :) You can see a few boxes stacked in front of the couch, too, but hopefully, those will all be gone soon!
I thank you for reading, keeping up with me, and all of your words of encouragement over the past year as I figure out this whole world of blogging! I pray that each one of you has a Christ-honoring Christmas, filled with the joy that only Jesus Christ can bring! Merry Christmas!
I thank you for reading, keeping up with me, and all of your words of encouragement over the past year as I figure out this whole world of blogging! I pray that each one of you has a Christ-honoring Christmas, filled with the joy that only Jesus Christ can bring! Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Safely Home
Welcome to Mississippi – our new place of residence! We had a long, but uneventful drive down from Indiana, for which I was grateful, since I had to drive the 26’ Penske truck full of our junk. I am already planning my next garage sale, and I don’t even have a garage yet! :)
There are sad things about moving – saying goodbye to all our friends and family in the Indiana area, leaving my beautiful house(whaaaa!), and boxing up a lot of my things to be put in storage until we purchase a new home. however, there are a lot of positive things about moving as well – being a part of another great church, making new friends, and beginning a new ministry.
Thanks to so many people who helped us get our things packed and loaded on the truck. It was no easy job, let me tell you, and I nearly had a meltdown while loading! Thanks, Mom, Allen, Matt, Michelle, Kirsten, Ryan, Jeff, Gord, Brad, Pastor Jordan, Mrs. Kathy, and everyone else who offered their services. We could not have done it without you!
Here are some of our weekend heroes! They look a little tired about now, don’t they? Please don’t look at all the stuff – I can’t believe how much we have accumulated in the past year and a half!
We had our Christmas programs on Sunday. Josiah did a great job in his part as Benjamin the shepherd – he worked so hard to get all of his lines! The big scary-looking guy is Paul. He grew his beard out for the part. Thank goodness, it is gone! :)
I was thrilled with the job the children did. An added blessing was that one of the little boys came forward after the service to be saved! Thank the Lord for His blessing!
Here they all are – dressed in their finest! I love the bow ties for the boys – really makes everything look sharp! The girls, of course, were beautiful in their Christmas finery! I wish you could have heard them sing! What a blessing to be able to work with these kids, and with my friend and director, Julie (she worked at least as hard as they did). I am already looking forward to hearing how next year’s program goes!
The adult choir performed John W. Peterson’s cantata, Love Transcending in the evening service. It, too, was such a blessing. I was privileged to be a part of this momentous event! Thanks, choir members – you all did a tremendous job!
Monday morning, we packed the trailer up, stuffed the kids in the trucks, and hit the road, headed for Mississippi. It was a nice day for travel – cool, with scattered showers, and clear roads. Josiah rode with me, and took this very flattering picture of me driving the truck. :)
Driving the truck was quite a workout for me, since I am so short. The seat didn’t scoot up far enough for me to rest my heel on the floor to work the pedals, so a lot of the day, I just had to suspend my right leg by sheer muscle power to operate the gas pedal. I was able to use the cruise control at times, which gave me some relief, but in the construction zones, or when there was heavy traffic, I had to drive the old-fashioned way!
Well, that’s enough catching up for now. I hope to get back on the blog regularly, once my internet connection is established. Thanks for your patience and most of all, your prayers.
There are sad things about moving – saying goodbye to all our friends and family in the Indiana area, leaving my beautiful house(whaaaa!), and boxing up a lot of my things to be put in storage until we purchase a new home. however, there are a lot of positive things about moving as well – being a part of another great church, making new friends, and beginning a new ministry.
Thanks to so many people who helped us get our things packed and loaded on the truck. It was no easy job, let me tell you, and I nearly had a meltdown while loading! Thanks, Mom, Allen, Matt, Michelle, Kirsten, Ryan, Jeff, Gord, Brad, Pastor Jordan, Mrs. Kathy, and everyone else who offered their services. We could not have done it without you!
Here are some of our weekend heroes! They look a little tired about now, don’t they? Please don’t look at all the stuff – I can’t believe how much we have accumulated in the past year and a half!
We had our Christmas programs on Sunday. Josiah did a great job in his part as Benjamin the shepherd – he worked so hard to get all of his lines! The big scary-looking guy is Paul. He grew his beard out for the part. Thank goodness, it is gone! :)
I was thrilled with the job the children did. An added blessing was that one of the little boys came forward after the service to be saved! Thank the Lord for His blessing!
Here they all are – dressed in their finest! I love the bow ties for the boys – really makes everything look sharp! The girls, of course, were beautiful in their Christmas finery! I wish you could have heard them sing! What a blessing to be able to work with these kids, and with my friend and director, Julie (she worked at least as hard as they did). I am already looking forward to hearing how next year’s program goes!
The adult choir performed John W. Peterson’s cantata, Love Transcending in the evening service. It, too, was such a blessing. I was privileged to be a part of this momentous event! Thanks, choir members – you all did a tremendous job!
Monday morning, we packed the trailer up, stuffed the kids in the trucks, and hit the road, headed for Mississippi. It was a nice day for travel – cool, with scattered showers, and clear roads. Josiah rode with me, and took this very flattering picture of me driving the truck. :)
Driving the truck was quite a workout for me, since I am so short. The seat didn’t scoot up far enough for me to rest my heel on the floor to work the pedals, so a lot of the day, I just had to suspend my right leg by sheer muscle power to operate the gas pedal. I was able to use the cruise control at times, which gave me some relief, but in the construction zones, or when there was heavy traffic, I had to drive the old-fashioned way!
Well, that’s enough catching up for now. I hope to get back on the blog regularly, once my internet connection is established. Thanks for your patience and most of all, your prayers.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Wacky Wednesday
Well, by this time, we should be settling down in Mississippi – I am doing this post ahead of time, because I think that this week is going to be crazy! I will update you all as soon as I get a chance to catch my breath from unloading all those boxes! I will give you another freebie today from My Memories.
Download this page kit by clicking on the link below.
http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_1
Don’t forget that you can get a great deal on the My Memories Suite digital scrapbooking software by using the code STMMMS94566 to get $10 off and another $10 coupon for the online store! These pages are a snap to use with the MMS software! The possibilities are endless!
Now, go enjoy your day, and be thankful you are not moving the week before Christmas! :)
Download this page kit by clicking on the link below.
http://www.mymemories.com/store/share_the_memories_kit_1
Don’t forget that you can get a great deal on the My Memories Suite digital scrapbooking software by using the code STMMMS94566 to get $10 off and another $10 coupon for the online store! These pages are a snap to use with the MMS software! The possibilities are endless!
Now, go enjoy your day, and be thankful you are not moving the week before Christmas! :)
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