CreativeMemories-- So Tricia hosted a
Creative Memories Party last night. She put it on for her best friend who is a consultant. And now, guess what? My wifey is now a Creative Memories consultant. Congratulations on the new endeavor!
Scrap-booking strikes me as very retro-chic. Because I spend my time tinkering with my cranky Mac trying to get iMovie and iPhoto to spit out splendid documentation of our travels and of Mason growing up. I spend hours trying to get the DVD burner to work, or that transition to time just right. Whereas a scrapbook rarely acts up. As a matter of fact I got so much satisfaction with having my Mac produce a professional looking book of photos to give for Christmas that it is clear. Looking at photos in a physical book will always be a big hit. As long as the time is spent choosing the photos wisely, and properly annotating them with other thoughts and memorabilia. So while Tricia spends her time making and selling really nice photo albums, I'll spend my time goofing around with the easiest way to document our lives digitally.
In a way, this blog could become my scrapbook, as
Rachelle's has become hers. I'd really like this to seamlessly link into my photo albums on
oPhoto, and videos that I digitize in iMovie. I'd like to easily compile a scrapbook, and a DVD all pulling journal content from my blog. So please, Apple. Add another iApp. iBlog.
5thAnniversaryFling-- Well, Friday we made it through 5 years of marriage. Amazing how time flies when you're having fun (and having kids). We spent a very nice evening at
La Sorella di Francesca without Mason. It wasn't our traditional trip someplace somewhere without any planning that typically makes our anniversary an adventure. But having a kid coming up so soon is bound to change a plan or two. We spent the rest of the weekend doing our normal house stuff, visiting with friends, and playing with the boy. Somehow it just seemed a little bit more enjoyable knowing that we've done this for so long, and there are so many more nice weeknds to come. Happy Anniversary Tricia.
Glorious4th-- What a way to shake off a bad week. We had a great time travelling to Western New York for the 4th of July holiday. My wife purchased a
welcomed addition to our travelling entourage. With 6 hours of Noggin to keep Junior busy, we had a quick trip. I got to watch a couple movies while driving. No, it wasn't dangerous, you just put in movies you've seen before and listen to 90%, watch 10%.
We went to my sister's wedding shower at my parents place on Conesus Lake. We actually made bridal gowns out of toilet paper. Afterwards was the beautiful ring of fire - everyone puts up flares on their shoreline so it looks like...you guessed it, a ring of fire. Mason got his first taste of lake water, and I'm still convinced that I must have a home on a lake as my permanent residence. My parents and family spoiled Mason silly which was very cool.
Onward to Tricia's parents, where we had outstanding food. Roast pork, deepfried turkey, pulled pork. Come to think of it we had a total pig out fest. Much beer was drank. Much
Q*bert was played. Yes, Adam has a ROM of Q*bert on his PC. And Matt and I played it for hours, discovering the joys that 80's gamers must have had. I never played it that much. Nana and Poppy spoiled the Mason, so he is just brimming with memories.
After an excruciating 13 hour trip home, we're all tired, and afraid of the work that awaits us.
SuckWeek2003-- It all started when we went to mid-Ohio last weekend and I picked up a souvenir headcold from my Dad that just won't seem to go away. On the way back to Illinois I was slapped with a $108 speeding ticket - 74 in a 55. Then when we got home, I turned on the computers that we had specifically turned off so they would be "safe", and found that neither my Mac or my PC could find their operating system. Strange. I wiggled a few mires and waved the magic wand on both, and they started to work. Unfortunaely neither of the 80 Gig data drives were working. After I gave up on trying to recover Gigabytes upon Gigabytes of downloaded music, and 3 years worth of digital photos, I decided to try and format the drives. Neither will even format!
Then on Thursday I topped off all of this good fortune by sideswiping a 1996 Chevy Lumina in the parking lot at the train station with my Dodge Durango. $1300 worth of damage just to my vehicle. Now that I've gotten all of this out in the open, I think I can move on, and start to have a much better week. Yippee!
