Well friends, since I have been ordered to stay on the couch all day and rest, I might as well update the ol' blog while I'm here!
I very suddenly got sick the end of this week - I was at the basketball game Thursday night and started getting a sore throat. I figured it was just because we did notes that day, and I talked a LOT... but no. Woke up the next morning and it was a little worse, and now this morning it's moved into my sinuses. BOO. At least our school nurse convinced me to go to a walk-in clinic after school yesterday, so I've already got my antibiotic. I loathe being sick, and would rather do anything to avoid just "letting it run its course." I know that sometimes that's all you can do, but I'm hoping this antibiotic kicks it pretty quick. And of course Tim has been very sweet and helpful, and Lucy has been especially cuddly... I love my family. :)
Tim's "gift" to me so that being sick could be more bearable, is that I get to watch the rest of season 2 of Dexter without him while he works on things today!! I. love. Dexter. I really didn't think I would get into it... thought it would be too dark (you know, with the whole sociopath serial killer thing he's got going on). But we LOVE it! I guess I shouldn't be surprised... I wasn't sure that I'd like Weeds either and we're addicted to that one too. So that's my plan for today... lay around and veg and watch dear Dexter.
I guess that's it, since nothing else is really note-worthy.
...not that being sick and watching Dexter are exactly note-worthy...
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Project 365... Take Two!
Okay, so that last post where I said I was going to take a long, hot shower and go to bed?? (At this point, if you have not read the previous post, you really should before you continue with this one so it will make sense!) So anyway, while in the shower (during which I ran us completely out of hot water!), I decided that I couldn't just give up. I also decided that maybe this was for the best... maybe the other project was going to be a tad too ambitious, and maybe I should scale back a little. Maybe that's what I'm telling myself to get over the disappointment of having to involuntarily give up on that particular project so early on?
Either way, I am in a MUCH better mood now than I was a few hours ago. And I now present to you, the new (and improved?) Project 365. :)
Either way, I am in a MUCH better mood now than I was a few hours ago. And I now present to you, the new (and improved?) Project 365. :)
YAY! I feel like I can go to bed now and forget about the whole mess. I really like the way these turned out, and I was able to still use quite a few of the pictures I took throughout January. And really, I think it allowed me to narrow it down to just the main events that I wanted to remember.
Good grief, and good night!!
:'(
So, this post is really for me more than anything. I'm not writing it for sympathy, just to make myself feel better. Nothing tragic happened.
HOWEVER. The Project 365 stuff that I've been working on? All the files are completely gone. Vanished. I don't know if it was from the virus, or if somehow I accidentally deleted the folder (looking back I realize that it was probably pretty stupid to plan to work on a project for an entire year without making a back-up of the folder... but being that it's barely February, I guess I just wasn't thinking about it like that yet). I tried to restore the system back to January 30th, but of course it didn't do any good because it doesn't affect your files... just programs apparently. I knew this, but I had to try.
So now I feel like I'm at a crossroads. I liked the idea of taking a picture every day (mostly), but I liked the idea of scrapping them even more... and having an easy template to work with that still allowed me to be creative.
Do I start over? I mean, it's only January. It could have been much much worse than this (and way more devastating). But I don't WANT to start over. I feel like I would be bitter about it the whole time I was re-doing January (all the while getting behind on February). I do have the pictures... but now I would have to rewrite all of the little journal strips and re-crop all the pictures. Not to mention re-purchase the kit in the first place.
Do I start over but with a different template set? Maybe an easier one? I have one that I downloaded awhile back just to check out. It only has 7 or 8 photos for the whole month and then a little section to journal. Seems more just like my usual "year in review" scrapbooks though, and I had liked the idea of something different.
Do I let this stupid, irritating, sob-inducing, frustrating beyond belief incident ruin the idea? I feel silly (like I'm making WAY too big of a deal out of this), but I am so so so frustrated!!!!! I feel like I'm having a major internal struggle right now... and that if I completely abandon the project, the "incident" wins. I want to give it up and not think about this freaking project ever again... and at the same time I almost feel like that's being weak... giving up. When I could easily re-group and start again.
Again, really not looking for advice or sympathy, just wanted to vent for myself.
It's 8:30... I'm going to take a very long, hot shower and go to bed. I think that getting lots of sleep and going to church in the morning is probably the best thing for me right now. I think that will bring things back into focus, and I will realize that in the grand scheme of things, getting this upset (angry really) about something so trivial is really quite silly. Really looking forward to church tomorrow even more than I already was... I need some perspective.
HOWEVER. The Project 365 stuff that I've been working on? All the files are completely gone. Vanished. I don't know if it was from the virus, or if somehow I accidentally deleted the folder (looking back I realize that it was probably pretty stupid to plan to work on a project for an entire year without making a back-up of the folder... but being that it's barely February, I guess I just wasn't thinking about it like that yet). I tried to restore the system back to January 30th, but of course it didn't do any good because it doesn't affect your files... just programs apparently. I knew this, but I had to try.
So now I feel like I'm at a crossroads. I liked the idea of taking a picture every day (mostly), but I liked the idea of scrapping them even more... and having an easy template to work with that still allowed me to be creative.
Do I start over? I mean, it's only January. It could have been much much worse than this (and way more devastating). But I don't WANT to start over. I feel like I would be bitter about it the whole time I was re-doing January (all the while getting behind on February). I do have the pictures... but now I would have to rewrite all of the little journal strips and re-crop all the pictures. Not to mention re-purchase the kit in the first place.
Do I start over but with a different template set? Maybe an easier one? I have one that I downloaded awhile back just to check out. It only has 7 or 8 photos for the whole month and then a little section to journal. Seems more just like my usual "year in review" scrapbooks though, and I had liked the idea of something different.
Do I let this stupid, irritating, sob-inducing, frustrating beyond belief incident ruin the idea? I feel silly (like I'm making WAY too big of a deal out of this), but I am so so so frustrated!!!!! I feel like I'm having a major internal struggle right now... and that if I completely abandon the project, the "incident" wins. I want to give it up and not think about this freaking project ever again... and at the same time I almost feel like that's being weak... giving up. When I could easily re-group and start again.
Again, really not looking for advice or sympathy, just wanted to vent for myself.
It's 8:30... I'm going to take a very long, hot shower and go to bed. I think that getting lots of sleep and going to church in the morning is probably the best thing for me right now. I think that will bring things back into focus, and I will realize that in the grand scheme of things, getting this upset (angry really) about something so trivial is really quite silly. Really looking forward to church tomorrow even more than I already was... I need some perspective.
Stoopid Computer Virus
So I got a virus on my computer two days ago. I am so mad at myself for "allowing" it to happen - something popped up while I was downloading a bunch of freebie digital scrapbooking files, and it wanted to do something to my computer... so I clicked "no." As soon as I clicked it, I thought, "Why did I do that?? Why didn't I just x it out or close the program?" And sure enough, less than a minute later, Windows had detected a virus on my computer. UGH!!! I'm usually much better about things like that, and I think more than anything I was annoyed at myself.
Needless to say it's taken us until today to get everything straightened out. It was a sneaky little bugger... kept finding it, getting rid of it, and then it would reinstall itself (or whatever the technical lingo is) upon the next start up. We finally just restored from a backup of the computer from three days ago. (I know you are all SO thrilled to know the intricacies how we took care of the virus on my computer!)
Soooooo I was finally able to tweak my first Hawaii scrapbook page (there was just something not quite right about it - thanks to Tim's great design eye, he helped me figure it out). I now present to you the new and improved version (along with the old for comparison), as well as a new one that I started yesterday and was able to finish today. I am pretty much in love with them both. :)
And there you have it! I'm really irritated that when I finally got back on a scrapbooking kick, my computer was out of commission for almost TWO whole days!!! Lame. I got out my traditional paper scrapbooking stuff, but shockingly, I just wasn't into it. I got 5 pages done on my bridal shower, but the whole time I kept thinking how much more fun it would be if I were doing it in Photoshop. I'm kinda sad about the shift... why?? I'm weird.
Needless to say it's taken us until today to get everything straightened out. It was a sneaky little bugger... kept finding it, getting rid of it, and then it would reinstall itself (or whatever the technical lingo is) upon the next start up. We finally just restored from a backup of the computer from three days ago. (I know you are all SO thrilled to know the intricacies how we took care of the virus on my computer!)
Soooooo I was finally able to tweak my first Hawaii scrapbook page (there was just something not quite right about it - thanks to Tim's great design eye, he helped me figure it out). I now present to you the new and improved version (along with the old for comparison), as well as a new one that I started yesterday and was able to finish today. I am pretty much in love with them both. :)
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| Eh. This is the old one - something's just not quite right... |
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| Ahhh... much better, we have CONTRAST now! (thanks babe) |
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| And this one might be my favorite one I've done ever - I LOVE it!! :) |
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Six Day Weekend!
Well I can hardly believe that tomorrow will be day FOUR of being out of school from the winter storm. It dumped almost a foot of snow (maybe more in some places) in Oklahoma and dumped about an inch and a half of solid ice here... which keeps refreezing (or never melting in the first place) because the temperature hasn't been even close to being above freezing, and won't be until tomorrow afternoon at the very earliest. Oh yeah, and did I mention that we're supposed to get some snow tonight/tomorrow? Insanity!! I don't think I've ever been out of school for four days in a row for snow/ice... and most definitely not in Dallas.
...I have been loving every minute of it though! Don't get me wrong - I love my job, I love the people I work with, and I actually had a really great day on Monday. But an unexpected little holiday?? Awesome!! I'm not one of the ones who is going stir crazy... I have thoroughly enjoyed myself these past three days, and can't wait to do it again tomorrow. Tim has been working from home, so it's been us and Lucy, just hanging out together the past three days. I've been reading (started and finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - awesome book... once you get past the first 200 pages, which are just so-so), doing some digital scrapbooking, some traditional scrapbooking, watching movies and tv shows on Netflix, and generally just piddling around. It has been fantastic! Tim and I ventured out in the freezing cold yesterday to go eat at Gloria's (okay, so I was starting to go a little stir crazy - I'm glad we went out!).
Today, all I did was read. I only got out of bed to either make tea or food, and then I would eat/drink in bed while reading. I get obsessed when I find a book I really like, and I'm almost relieved sometimes when it's over, because then I feel like I have my life back again. Until then, I really can do nothing other than READ! I love it. :)
Oh, and I did this too:
I decided I'm going to go the digital route with Andrea's wedding and our trip to Hawaii - I found two really adorable digital kits that I couldn't resist - they're from Flergs, and I seriously love everything she makes... I have to will myself not to buy everything in her store! Incidentally, she just released a new kit literally 9 minutes ago - my reader had one update when I went to find her blog and it was hers! Crazy. And, of course, I want it. BAD.
So... Andrea? You likey? I feel like it needs some sprucing... but I like it! I plan on doing more tomorrow, so I will post them when I do. :)
Alright friends, I'm off to bed... got to get my beauty sleep to prepare for day four of reading/scrapbooking/lounging/general bliss. G'night!
...I have been loving every minute of it though! Don't get me wrong - I love my job, I love the people I work with, and I actually had a really great day on Monday. But an unexpected little holiday?? Awesome!! I'm not one of the ones who is going stir crazy... I have thoroughly enjoyed myself these past three days, and can't wait to do it again tomorrow. Tim has been working from home, so it's been us and Lucy, just hanging out together the past three days. I've been reading (started and finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - awesome book... once you get past the first 200 pages, which are just so-so), doing some digital scrapbooking, some traditional scrapbooking, watching movies and tv shows on Netflix, and generally just piddling around. It has been fantastic! Tim and I ventured out in the freezing cold yesterday to go eat at Gloria's (okay, so I was starting to go a little stir crazy - I'm glad we went out!).
Today, all I did was read. I only got out of bed to either make tea or food, and then I would eat/drink in bed while reading. I get obsessed when I find a book I really like, and I'm almost relieved sometimes when it's over, because then I feel like I have my life back again. Until then, I really can do nothing other than READ! I love it. :)
Oh, and I did this too:
I decided I'm going to go the digital route with Andrea's wedding and our trip to Hawaii - I found two really adorable digital kits that I couldn't resist - they're from Flergs, and I seriously love everything she makes... I have to will myself not to buy everything in her store! Incidentally, she just released a new kit literally 9 minutes ago - my reader had one update when I went to find her blog and it was hers! Crazy. And, of course, I want it. BAD.
So... Andrea? You likey? I feel like it needs some sprucing... but I like it! I plan on doing more tomorrow, so I will post them when I do. :)
Alright friends, I'm off to bed... got to get my beauty sleep to prepare for day four of reading/scrapbooking/lounging/general bliss. G'night!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Date/Girls Night Weekend Extravaganza!!
Thanks Andrea for reminding me that since I spruced up my blog, I should probably BLOG a little from time to time. :)
This has been the BEST weekend I've had in a long time! Tim and I took the day off on Friday to kick off our date weekend EXTRAVAGANZAAAA!! For no reason at all, we just decided it would be fun. :) I got a great deal on a room at the Warwick-Melrose down the street (thank you Groupon!), so we figured we would just make a weekend of it. I feel like all I did was eat wonderful food this weekend... and it has been glorious.
Friday we got up and went to a new coffee place - The Crooked Tree. It's an old house that they turned into a coffeehouse - I love when they do that! They have local artists' work displayed throughout and local musicians that play as well... definitely our kind of coffee place!
Then we saw The King's Speech - loved it!! I recommend it to everyone (unlike True Grit... which I thought was okay, but overrated... as most Cohen brothers films are in my opinion).
Lunch was at Fadi's Mediterranean Grill & dinner was at Trece (an upscale Mexican restaurant off Knox), two more new places we had never been to eat, and we loved them both! If you ever go to Trece, you MUST get the guacamole... it was to die for, probably the best I've ever had next to my Nonnie's or my brother's. Mmm!!
Saturday night was girls' night, and we managed to pack in dinner at Gloria's, a trip to Eatzi's, a game of Bang!, dessert at Chocolate Secrets, and The Social Network all in one evening. It was fabulous!
So that was my amazing weekend... and it's only 2pm on Sunday! I love weekends like this. The kind where you feel like you got to DO a lot, but you were productive and had time to rest even. Perfect. Just like the 75 degree weather we've had the past few days! Don't remind me about the fact that mid-way through next week it won't even be above freezing and we have a strong chance of a "wintry mix." UGH. Is it spring yet?
And now, for an update on Project 365! And I'm off to get ready for the upcoming week. Adios friends!
This has been the BEST weekend I've had in a long time! Tim and I took the day off on Friday to kick off our date weekend EXTRAVAGANZAAAA!! For no reason at all, we just decided it would be fun. :) I got a great deal on a room at the Warwick-Melrose down the street (thank you Groupon!), so we figured we would just make a weekend of it. I feel like all I did was eat wonderful food this weekend... and it has been glorious.
Friday we got up and went to a new coffee place - The Crooked Tree. It's an old house that they turned into a coffeehouse - I love when they do that! They have local artists' work displayed throughout and local musicians that play as well... definitely our kind of coffee place!
Then we saw The King's Speech - loved it!! I recommend it to everyone (unlike True Grit... which I thought was okay, but overrated... as most Cohen brothers films are in my opinion).
Lunch was at Fadi's Mediterranean Grill & dinner was at Trece (an upscale Mexican restaurant off Knox), two more new places we had never been to eat, and we loved them both! If you ever go to Trece, you MUST get the guacamole... it was to die for, probably the best I've ever had next to my Nonnie's or my brother's. Mmm!!
Saturday night was girls' night, and we managed to pack in dinner at Gloria's, a trip to Eatzi's, a game of Bang!, dessert at Chocolate Secrets, and The Social Network all in one evening. It was fabulous!
So that was my amazing weekend... and it's only 2pm on Sunday! I love weekends like this. The kind where you feel like you got to DO a lot, but you were productive and had time to rest even. Perfect. Just like the 75 degree weather we've had the past few days! Don't remind me about the fact that mid-way through next week it won't even be above freezing and we have a strong chance of a "wintry mix." UGH. Is it spring yet?
And now, for an update on Project 365! And I'm off to get ready for the upcoming week. Adios friends!
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| January's pictures thus-far. Only forgot to take a picture 4 times! |
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| Journal strips for January - it's really hard to try to be so concise! |
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| And is what they look like together (how they'll be when I print my book) |
Sunday, January 2, 2011
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The new layout, background, banner, etc? Felt like I needed an update for the new year. :)
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