Saturday, January 28, 2006

New Kitty Clubhouse


The Diethelm kitties are so spoiled. From the moment “Brown” (a.k.a. UPS) dropped the box off they wanted to know what was inside. Sparky supervised the assembly. Pepper had to climb to the very top pedestal. She’s the Queen, so it’ only appropriate.

Thursday, January 19, 2006

Maybe One More...


... blog. The thing I love about working on my Mac is...well, it's a Mac. Apple is always thinking of ways to make technology easy to use. I ordered the new iLife software with iWeb on it and within minutes I've got a new website & blog "So Say We All..." . What's cool about iWeb is that you can easily make a website with a blog AND podcasts if you want.

I plan to use "So Say We All..." (you'll know this saying if you watch Battlestar Galactica) as a travel blog. I'll test it out during our trip to New Zealand. So bookmark it and check for pictures of sheep, Hobits, more sheep, Dwarves, some more sheep and maybe an Elf. Or maybe you'll just see some really nice pictures of a beautiful place!

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Cool Way to Find New Music

Matt & I were listening to one of his geeky podcasts Inside the Net on the way home from dinner this weekend and they were talking about Pandora. It's very cool. You basically type in a favorite artist or song and it will give you the opportunity to listen to similar artist and music types in your browser. Many of the artists may be new to you. You can refine your tastes by telling Pandora that you like it or not and build different music lists. You can also just click and buy from iTunes or Amazon etc. Go ahead...try it!

Friday, January 06, 2006

I'm Sold!


I'm in the spring cleaning mode and have decided to go for clutter-free, clean lines, light and bright. I have some odds and end furniture that's a bit chunky and more fitting for the Southwestern, Rustic decor... so today I decided to try Craig's List which is fee free listing site for local areas. I posted a nightstand with pictures and within 15 minutes of posting I had 5 gals that wanted to drive out and get it! So I let the first one that e-mailed me have first dibs. She was at my house in a half hour and she ended up taking the nightstand AND the chair pictured above ( I had listed after the table). I threw in some throw pillows and a lamp.

Also, before listing my nightstand, I responded to a guy that was looking for a nice futon. I sent him a picture of the one I have that is taking up to much space. He is coming by tomorrow. So I'm thinking this is WAY BETTER than a garage sale. People are coming to me and taking my stuff away and paying to do it!

So if you haven't had a chance to check out the Craig's List in your area--I highly recommend it!

Sunday, January 01, 2006

New Year's Resolution

Happy New Year everyone! No pictures for this blog, just commentary. Sorry. Maybe I'll snap a picture later that will make it to the blog before the end of the day.

My New Year's resolution....well, I usually don't make a New Year's resolution because I find that the "lose weight" resolution is way to convenient and rarely attainable. However, this year I have one that I think everyone can relate to. I saw a segment on Rocketboom on "Freeganism". Basically, a group of extreme vegans who meet up outside grocery stores before the garbage trucks pull up and forage for still edible veges, fruits, and packaged foods that are just being thrown out. I witnessed them collecting Odwalla fruit juices that didn't expire for a couple of weeks. Those cost at least $3.00 for a small drink container! They also collected bags of lettuce, vegetables, fruit and baked goods that were still pristine in their packages.

I'm not willing to hang outside the local Safeway at 5:00 a.m. for free goods-- but recognize that Americans in general are huge "wasters". So my New Years resolution is to start "E-ganism". That means being less wasteful. I'll accomplish this by filling up a small "basket" at the store instead of a cart. Perhaps even walking the mile or so to the grocery store to limit how much I buy since I'll be carrying it home.

So there it is--an "E" New Year's resolution that's obtainable. Maybe you'll think it's worthy to add it to your New Year's resolution list.