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| Wednesday, January 24, 2007 |
| Wait... what's your name again? |
 Say what? I coulda sworn that less than 2 years ago, Cingular ate my beloved AT&T wireless (which I'd had since 1998 with no problems ever and the greatest coverage ever) and made me buy a new phone and be on their new network.
Yes, that's right, less than 2 years ago it was. And just about a year after they made me get a new phone, said phone decided to start puking on me on a weekly basis by not recognizing new voice-mail or text messages and sometimes not even ringing for incoming calls. Most of this was finally fixed after about 50 trips to the retail location and a couple calls to tech support in Timbuktu and one massive download sent by the only technician to have a freaking clue. At which point, I missed my AT&T so very much.
Looks like I"ll be getting them back, though I'm sure it will never be the same again.Labels: musings |
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| Monday, January 22, 2007 |
| Playing in the Snow with Cuite-patooties |
This is part of what I enjoyed this afternoon. Just two more reasons (2 of an entire series really) to always carry my camera and at least one fully charged battery.
 Labels: outdoors, photography, winter |
| posted by Jen @ 11:50 PM |
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| Amelie's first sketch |
This photo was actually taken last week, but was stuck on my camera until I got my battery all charged up. Miss Amelie created her first crayon 'work of art' (aka independent scribble) during the gathering last week. She's well on her way to becoming the next big thing in abstract art. Though it might be best when she becomes famous if her momma doesn't write her name across the top of the page.
 Labels: baby girl, solomonsporch |
| posted by Jen @ 11:19 PM |
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| Sunday, January 07, 2007 |
| Lost in Translation |
| A good portion of my heritage is Danish and my last name stems from that land as well (quite a long story with the originator of the name defecting from Sweden and changing his name). While I was online translating a Danish website today, I plugged in my last name to find out if it had a deeper meaning in my ancestor's' native tongue. Lo and behold, it means "foods, foodstuffs, or provisions". Strange, but true. Labels: musings |
| posted by Jen @ 2:11 PM |
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| Monday, January 01, 2007 |
| Hopes and Dreams for 2007 |
Taking a page from Michelle's blog, I have decided to write down my so called New Year's Resolutions, but instead to call them my Hopes and Dreams for the New Year because I do not prefer the whole convention of making resolutions. It seems far too often we make them without intent to follow through or without real belief that these things can or will be completed. My list of Hopes and Dreams are things I have asprirations to pursue in the coming year.
1. take up belly dancing (and other various forms of Mideast dancing)
2. pare down my belongings to a set of things which are both useful and lovely
3. become a Minnesota "compacter"
4. take at least one road trip, preferably spontaneous with little direction and to locations yet unvisited by me
5. open a savings account and make regular deposits to it
6. dirty my mountain bike on the River Bottoms trails with Matt
7. try winter camping at least once and regular backpacking at least once more
8. learn to snowboard
9. ride my bike to work [weather-permitting]
10. create a list of long-term goals and dreams for myself (ie. 5-years, 10-years)
11. enter at least one art contest/show with new work
And that's what I've got for now. No doubt I'll find a way to add to this list before the year is well under way.Labels: daily life, holidays, musings |
| posted by Jen @ 12:00 PM |
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