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Happy Valentine's Day

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Luke had his first dance - he is 6 and in kindergarten, and had a little Valentine's day celebration. From the pictures, I assume he enjoyed himself!

THAT'S MY BOY!

I've seen someone else that looks like that kid...

Ahh - now that's cute!

Love that lil man!

TV Relocation

2012-02-13T13:45:00.001-06:00

We moved the location of the television yesterday - I had to run new electric and coax drops to the fireplace - but we were able to run everything behind the TV into the wall and over to the shelves where the components will sit. I still have a little bit to do tonight, but I'm relatively certain it will be done before I hit the rack tonight.

Gives our living room an entirely different dimension... My wife's vision ended up being terrific when implemented, as usual (She's so awesome!). In other news, we're selling our old entertainment center...

Dyson Vacuums - Clever!

2012-02-10T13:31:00.001-06:00

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This is funny! Very Clever.

Rules for Christian Households

2012-02-08T08:59:00.001-06:00

Colossians 3

¹⁸ Wives, understand and support your husbands by submitting to them in ways that honor the Master. ¹⁹ Husbands, go all out in love for your wives. Don't take advantage of them. ²⁰ Children, do what your parents tell you. This delights the Master no end. ²¹ Parents, don't come down too hard on your children or you'll crush their spirits. ²² Servants, do what you're told by your earthly masters. And don't just do the minimum that will get you by. Do your best. Work from the heart for your real Master, for God, confident that you'll get paid in full when you come into your inheritance. Keep in mind always that the ultimate Master you're serving is Christ. The sullen servant who does shoddy work will be held responsible. Being a follower of Jesus doesn't cover up bad work.

Colossians 4

¹ And masters, treat your servants considerately. Be fair with them. Don't forget for a minute that you, too, serve a Master - God in heaven.

I love ebible.com.

Types of "Facebookers"

2012-02-06T12:35:00.001-06:00

via failbook.failblog.org

which are you?

Lifeproof iPhone Case

2012-02-03T07:08:00.001-06:00

via lifeproof.com

I've heard this is supposed to be quite a bit better protection than the famed "Otterbox" - and this one is actually water, dirt, snow, and impact PROOF... they even have accessories so that you can listen and wear your iphone while swimming! that's pretty awesome. It's expensive, but it "could" be worth it...?

70,368,744,169,637.99 PB

2012-01-30T15:31:00.001-06:00

I have to say, i've never seen PB before... I actually had to look up what it was...

So in computer jargon, the following units are used:

Unit	Equivalent
1 kilobyte (KB)	1,024 bytes
1 megabyte (MB)	1,048,576 bytes
1 gigabyte (GB)	1,073,741,824 bytes
1 terabyte (TB)	1,099,511,627,776 bytes
1 petabyte (PB)	1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes

There you have it - PB is HUGE! And we have a rather large file in our system...

iPhone Customization - Inside & Out

2012-01-30T12:11:00.001-06:00

via lifehacker.com

throwing this out there, really for myself, but I'm sure some of you might find it interesting as well...

Podcast: Producer

2012-01-30T10:05:00.001-06:00

via makeuseof.com

A simple-er way to create podcasts; not near as powerful as garageband, but way easier to use... there really is no toolset, just record and go...

Lil man- recovering from the ear infection monster...

2012-01-27T15:50:00.001-06:00

Make Better Quality Decisions with the Help of This Spreadsheet

2012-01-26T13:42:00.001-06:00

via feeds.gawker.com

awesome.

I'm a strong believer in the whole Pro's/Con's list - this is a cool addition to that. Very awesome idea.

Tim Thomas exercises his right as a FREE INDIVIDUAL...

2012-01-24T11:27:00.001-06:00

Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas, who refused to go to the White House when the Stanley Cup champions were honored there Monday, explained his reasoning on his Facebook page.

In what he says will be his only comment on the matter, Thomas wrote:

I believe the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People.

This is being done at the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial level. This is in direct opposition to the Constitution and the Founding Fathers vision for the Federal government.

Because I believe this, today I exercised my right as a Free Citizen, and did not visit the White House. This was not about politics or party, as in my opinion both parties are responsible for the situation we are in as a country. This was about a choice I had to make as an INDIVIDUAL.

This is the only public statement I will be making on this topic. TT

Here's a thought: At the next Republican debate, let Thomas moderate. He's a goalie, so nothing should get by him.

ALSO:

Patriots hang on to beat Ravens, 23-20

Joe Paterno legacy: From triumph to tragedy in days

Giants jump in feet first to beat 49ers, reach Super Bowl

-- Houston Mitchell

Photo: You can look all you want, but you won't see Tim Thomas in this photo of the Boston Bruins meeting Monday with President Obama. Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images

via latimesblogs.latimes.com

I have a new found respect and admiration for Tim Thomas. Besides the fact his name includes both mine and my brother's, the guy has morals and character. I am impressed! Good for him!

Crazy Glasses

2012-01-22T19:43:00.001-06:00

via weburbanist.com

wow - some of these glasses frames are just ridiculous... I love the "CENSORED" ones.. the "melting" sunglasses are pretty cool too.

Save Money on Groceries | a guide

2012-01-21T23:40:00.001-06:00

http://m.lifehacker.com/5877851/a-month+by+month-guide-for-when-to-buy-certai...

Pear Budget Spreadsheet (FREE)

2012-01-21T22:33:00.001-06:00

When PearBudget started out, it was simply a downloadable spreadsheet. It was easy to use, and it helped a lot of people get their finances in order. We created it because we needed something simple to track our income and expenses. So we made it, and we put it online, for free.

People loved it.

It’s been downloaded well over 100,000 times.

It was written up in the Wall Street Journal, in Popular Science, and in the extremely popular blogs Zen Habits, Lifehacker, and Get Rich Slowly, among others.

We received notes and e-mails from all over the world from people who — for the very first time in their lives — were able to understand what was happening with their budgets.

When we launched the new, web-based version of PearBudget, we knew some people would prefer the old version. This page is here for you to download the original PearBudget spreadsheet, for free. It’s still a really great tool, and it might be just what you need to start budgeting.

To download your own copy of the spreadsheet, just right-click on the box below, select “save file as”, and then save it to your computer.

Download it now, for free.

And if you’d like, you can check out the new, online version of PearBudget. We crafted it to be even easier to use than the spreadsheet. You can try out the new version with a free 30-day trial.

via pearbudget.com

This is a pretty good budget spreadsheet (talking about the free download) from way back - I was just going through some of my old archives and found an old copy of it - reminded me to re-check it out - thought I'd throw it out there in case someone else can benefit from a simple solution... *I think mint.com's budget section is better, but if you are one of those who don't want to put your $$ out in the cloud - this is a pretty good solution.

Shingles

2012-01-20T10:56:00.001-06:00

Last week, I was the unfortunate person who discovered the pain of "Shingles"; as in the virus that attacks your nerve(s) and presents as huge blisters and red streaks on the affected area. That in and of itself sounds painful... leave it to me to get it ON MY FACE! Now, a week later, I'm still dealing with the after-effects of the skin irritation (not to mention the look - everyone who sees me asks with a horrified face "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!") and the pain - I call it nerve pain, because it isn't anything like regular physical pain that I've ever felt. I'm told this pain can last well after the lesions have healed. Glad I have medication for that part, because to be quite honest, I don't know how much I can take of that...

You can see in the photos that it doesn't look like a whole lot of fun; while what you see is definitely painful, that is a pain I can handle, or take - what really gets you is the underlying "nerve" pain - it is unbearable...

Bottom line, I wouldn't wish this on anyone - it's extremely painful and not something I want to experience again... and I'm ready for this term to be done with...

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Luke shooting his bow

2012-01-19T21:24:00.001-06:00

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Sea Container Home(s)

2012-01-19T14:26:00.001-06:00

Be sure to look at all the pictures!
Just in case you are thinking about or looking for a new home.
The fastest and most inexpensive way to build a house!
Who Said Rednecks weren't Innovative

Now that's pretty slick - I want to build one of these!

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30 Fantastic geeky tricks to do to your mac

2012-01-19T14:21:00.001-06:00

via mac.appstorm.net

This is another one of those posts that I'm throwing up there for the future self. I've done some of these already, but there are some that I'm interested in messing with later.

Censorship?

2012-01-18T11:57:00.001-06:00

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Interesting Study...

2012-01-18T07:32:00.001-06:00

via mnn.com

I just found this to be pretty interesting... it's a short read...

I often wonder about this myself, I wonder if it is also related to stress levels...?

App Addiction

2012-01-18T07:06:00.001-06:00

via lifehacker.com

I have to admit, I have this problem - too many apps. I think I have like 25 photo-taking/styling/effecting apps - I use none of them regularly - I guess I should get rid of some... The way I horde apps is really making it difficult to find things - to the point now where I normally just go to the search screen and search for apps... that's silly - I'm about to employ this tactic to get rid of alot of the apps I really don't need or use on my phone...

As a side note, I'm starting to get the same way with my Mac App store apps - it's so cool, but I've gotten too many now...

SleepyTi.me

2012-01-17T09:39:00.001-06:00

Check out this website I found at sleepyti.me

very cool, very simple, very different idea of going to sleep at a specific time (to the minute) in order to maximize your rest... I'm going to have to try this.

Resolute

2012-01-17T08:24:00.001-06:00

again, this year - I am shying away from the idea of forgettable resolutions for the new year. Not that I don't think the start of another year is a good starting point for change... it's not that at all. I find that the whole "New Year's Resolution" tradition is really set up for failure. People go on about how they are going to change, yada, yada, yada. I always avoid the gym at work for the month of January (sometimes part of Feb) because of all the people that will be crowding in down there... but by the end of February the gym is again empty and back to its normal status.

That, in and of itself, is a testament to how people do thier "Resolutions"...

Every day is a new start, and you can start to change yourself/life/situation every day that you wake up. I'm just sayin'... don't put so much stress on a resolution that you make or feel forced to make at the beginning of the year - make a choice to control your life each and every day...

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
- Philippians 4:13

The little ones shootin straight!

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Love

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My boy's first tooth pull.

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My best friend

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Averee's rendition of the maid of mer