Getting into the winter spirit is always a catch 22 for me. I love the snow and being able to go snowmobiling and enjoying the outdoors (a topic of which I will go into further in a following post). But events leading up to said activities almost always end up driving me mad. The holidays just before, as well as during and some right after are what makes the time such a drain for me. I was raised in a house and family that, up until my generation, has been gung-ho about holiday and the decorations involved. The main offenders that I will refer to are Thanksgiving and Christmas, but Valentine’s Day and St. Patrick’s both have their annoying qualities. Come, let’s take a walk down the twisted path that leads to the soul rending story of my youth. (more…)
January, 2010 Monthly archive
It’s been quite a while since I’ve put anything on here, which seems to be par for the course with me lately. But things have been very busy lately and I’ve not had much time to stop and think or write anything out. This is a post from the new WordPress 2 iPhone app and I’m just putting it through it’s paces and making sure it all works right. So far I am very pleased with it. It is very responsive and doesn’t cause any noticable lag while my thumbs fly around typing out my random thoughts. It also has the landscape keyboard orientation, which I don’t remember if the old app did or not, but I’m glad that this one does for sure.
Oh, and there’s a little pic of Audra staring up at me from her changing table.