tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137976562024-02-03T12:57:25.485-06:00A Day in My LifeParts of my life can be found here. I hope you will visit often, and share a comment from time to time.Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-11812125552367485252008-03-16T09:52:00.000-05:002008-03-16T10:08:22.556-05:00Frugality is funI have found several websites that I read often for tips on saving money and keeping things organized. I thought I'd share them, and I will update the list from time to time:The Simple DollarBeing FrugalGet Organized NowLifeHackerAngelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-80252617824326204782008-03-15T11:36:00.000-05:002008-03-16T09:51:40.752-05:00SpringtimeI got most of my container herb garden planted, with a good early start this year, unlike last summer when I started in mid-July, which was just too late. I planted tomatoes and parsley in two pots that are outside the office window in the front yard. I planted oregano, chives and thyme in another large container, bell peppers in another. I planted some coleus, which is attractive and easy to Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-10918994364916767392008-03-13T10:08:00.000-05:002008-03-16T10:22:19.288-05:00A new and unique approach to typingI was born with, to quote a friend of mine, "different abilities." I have problems using my left hand due to one of these congenital different abilities, Cerebral Palsy. I type with only two fingers of my left hand. Another friend, who had a stroke two years ago, found a website that intrigued me.About One Hand Typing is a site put together by a woman who lost most of her left hand in an Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-36566049284874976602008-03-11T09:38:00.000-05:002008-03-11T09:48:57.125-05:00The Nesting InstinctI made a comment to a friend recently that perfectly sums up what is happening with regard to getting settled in our home. I said, "It's just like the nesting instinct expectant mothers get...without a baby." Jay is on Spring Break this week, and when he is not studying for a test coming up next week, he is unpacking, cleaning, and working in the yard (once it dries out; we've had some rain.) Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-28487816614135806542008-03-10T09:52:00.000-05:002008-03-10T09:59:38.562-05:00Another BlessingMy grandmothers were both very wise women. They told me, "the more often you count your blessings, the more blessings you will have to count." That is a statement I have found to be true. I've recently discovered yet another blessing. My daughter is expecting her third (and last) baby. He or she will likely arrive in November or December. We hope this one is a girl, but most of all that he or sheAngelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-60851146950851689702008-03-10T09:23:00.001-05:002008-03-10T10:13:23.158-05:00Mail ManagementLast summer, not long before we started working on buying our home, I decided it was time to get organized. I wrote about making a household notebook. That was the beginning of an ongoing (and surprisingly pleasant) process. I have decided to turn my attention to the paper that comes into the home. There is a constant flow of paper and mail in every household, to one extent or another. Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-68090557258985381952008-03-09T11:10:00.000-05:002008-03-09T11:44:01.626-05:00Home OfficeHaving a home office is not vanity. It is simple necessity. We had a "computer room" in the apartment, but it really was not much of an office. I do not use my computer in our bedroom, specifically because it is a place of rest. We have three bedrooms in our home, which is perfect for our needs. We have a guest room, and we created a home office in the third bedroom.As you enter the room, Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-52746874263714023502008-03-02T10:15:00.000-06:002008-03-10T10:18:31.462-05:00Happy Birthday....Texas! Today is Texas Independence Day. I'm proud to be a Texan!Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-65178357855373132872008-02-25T10:47:00.000-06:002008-02-25T10:48:29.293-06:00A Sign of the TimesWhen I was a child, my hometown had two editions of the daily newspaper. Eventually, the evening edition was discontinued. Yesterday, on the back page of the weekly television listings section, there was a printed noticesaying that it was the last edition of the weekly listings, because technology had changed, and it is now possible to get television listings from multiple other sources such asAngelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-22663438076837799142008-02-24T09:09:00.001-06:002008-02-24T09:09:25.151-06:00Getting better organizedWe are spending one day per week (usually Saturday) doing the laundry, cleaning and organizing. Yesterday, we got the entertainment center organized; Jay initially wanted to throw away the doors that go on it, but I asked him to wait until I had cleaned them up to see if we wanted to keep them or not. Sure enough, they were extremely dirty, but I used some furniture polish and a lot of Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-3932426558845032632008-02-10T17:53:00.000-06:002008-02-10T17:55:56.197-06:00Moving....Last weekend, my Dad brought us an entertainment unit (shelving). Today, we rearranged the living room to make room for it. It needs to have some screws tightened, but it is otherwise in good shape--after we cleaned and dusted it thoroughly. It will be used to store books, videos and various items we want to display. The living room looks quite comfortable now. We put the couch perpendicular to Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-76492413524681739512008-02-10T13:59:00.000-06:002008-02-10T14:01:54.498-06:00Fun Weekend!Yesterday, we had a party. My neighbor has a birthday (today), and since mine is also this week, we decided to get together at their house next door to celebrate with a barbecue. I made potato salad, we supplied cups, paper plates, flatware and napkins, and they supplied the meat and beans, and we split the cost of a cake. It really was a wonderful day, and the weather couldn't have been any Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-49904976517050086312008-02-03T07:20:00.000-06:002008-02-03T07:23:08.229-06:00Keeping watchIn addition to everything else that we did yesterday, we took the girls to the vet for their annual checkups and shots (feline leukemia and distemper, this time; they need their rabies shots again next year or in 2010.) Darla has had an allergic reaction to the shots in the past, so this year, she was given an extra injection to help prevent illness or problems. The extra injection had an Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-64214442668991451312008-02-02T18:41:00.000-06:002008-02-02T18:43:48.353-06:00Projects completedThanks to the helpfulness of one of our neighbors, We have a ramp at the front door for easier and safer access to the outside of the house. The cement should be completely dry by tomorrow. Next, we will build a smaller ramp for the inside of the garage. Then we can park the car in the garage, and no more getting wet when it rains. Jay has hung the last of the curtain rods in the guest room. WeAngelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-52636514228665084252008-02-01T12:55:00.000-06:002008-02-01T18:55:22.685-06:00Special DaysFebruary's chill cannot overcome the special days for our family this month. Today is the anniversary of my maternal great grandmother's birth.Tomorrow, of course is Groundhog Day. (I'm expecting six more weeks of winter.) On the 10th, my neighbor will celebrate her birthday; the 11th is the anniversary of my grandmother's birth; the 14th is my birthday and it's the first birthday of my grandson,Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-26874414360330735542008-01-22T10:36:00.000-06:002008-01-22T10:38:14.484-06:00Good NeighborsOne of the best things about our new community is the neighbors. We met two of our next door neighbors the day we closed on the house. They were arriving to close on their house as we were leaving with keys in hand. He bounded over to our car, smiled and put out his hand, and introduced himself, then we went to his car to meet his wife. We've been friendly ever since. We had them over for dinnerAngelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-48465145104148849902008-01-19T12:13:00.000-06:002008-01-19T12:14:39.454-06:00Under developmentI am actively creating one of my new websites. Finally. This time, instead of editing template code first, I am writing my content. This not only keeps the creative process going, it will be easier to copy and paste all of the content at the end.I am planning two sites currently, and the one I'm working on is the easier one to complete. Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-84590263887057247302008-01-12T12:32:00.000-06:002008-01-12T23:01:06.496-06:00CleanupI have removed a lot of unused applications and games from my computer. If I haven't opened one in six months, it's not going to happen...so out it goes. I used the Add/Remove Software tool in Windows for this.The other day, I came across a computing tip that I like: Give XP the Performance Tools of Vista. Check it out; you may find it helpful.Another trip to the local Home Depot and Walmart Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-82409492898448408142008-01-06T17:09:00.000-06:002008-01-06T17:43:32.698-06:00Productive DayWe did not get to church this morning. Jay and I both have upset stomachs, for some reason. He had a backache that has improved; mine is still sore. Sigh. Maybe tomorrow will be better.We went shopping yesterday, to get more curtain rods for the house. We still need four more. We continued using fabric shower curtains as window coverings; we put white ones on the patio door, with an opaque whiteAngelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-54668593947405304372008-01-05T13:12:00.000-06:002008-01-05T13:14:04.177-06:00Tunes of many typesI have changed my music player. As you can easily see by checking the player at the end of the page, my taste in music can probably be best described as "eclectic".I grew up listening to country (because my parents did); I still like some of the more "classic" country (Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, and my latest discovery, LeAnn Rimes) and later expanded to what are now called "oldies" (from the 60'Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-150615594015012172008-01-01T15:14:00.000-06:002008-01-01T15:16:11.148-06:00A Fresh, New Year....Happy 2008! We did stay up to see the New Year in. I have a hard time imagining 1 million people in Times Square in New York City. I'm just as glad we stayed home; not as many fireworks as I thought there might be, but a few more than in the city, I think. The girls didn't seem too bothered by them this year; they always go hide under the bed when people start shooting off firecrackers. I never Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-19478442562293196522007-12-31T12:01:00.000-06:002007-12-31T19:53:27.979-06:00Adding a few bells and whistles...and New Year's EveEver since I started learning to edit html to tweak my blog, I've never been one to leave it alone for very long. Now that the template has been updated (yet again!), I've decided to add a few features that I had before...along with a new one I've been waiting a long time for. I still need to work on the Expandable Post Summary coding a bit (and will do more reading on that soon), but it is Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-7195418144594754362007-12-22T20:27:00.000-06:002007-12-22T20:29:14.814-06:00getting organizedThis summer, I decided to get better organized. I got tired of not being able to find my manuals and user guides for our appliances, few though they were. I got a few supplies together:-- a large looseleaf binder-- page protector sheets-- a zippered pouch for pens and small items-- dividers for the binder-- lined paper for extra notesThen I set to work. I gathered all of our aforementioned Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-31768887841586002492007-12-22T20:11:00.000-06:002007-12-22T20:13:08.662-06:00Anniversary...Today is the anniversary of my grandfather's death. He died on December 22, 1983, and his funeral was December 23. I still hear his voice in my mind, and I can hear him calling me "sister" as he used to do so often. I am thankful for the years I had with him, and that I could help care for him in the weeks before he passed away. I still miss him...but he is at rest, and I will see him again Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13797656.post-78910500743741210982007-12-19T16:23:00.000-06:002007-12-19T16:24:54.157-06:00A HUGE ReliefToday, we had two of the interior doors in our home widened by just a couple of inches each. This was something I had specifically asked the builder to do before construction on the house began. He declined. So we planned to have it done ourselves...then we were told that if we made any changes to the structure of the house, it would void the 1 year builder's warranty. We considered carefully, Angelsonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04746297724136474973noreply@blogger.com0