Archive for July, 2008

I spent $5 at Starbucks, and I am ok with it

We got back earlier today from our travels.  I am glad to be back! On the way home, both my husband and I were really tired.  At a rest stop on the turnpike, I purchased a really big (I’m not sure what it is called in Starbucks language, but I said “really big”, and...
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Posted in About Us, Travel | 6 Comments »

Getting ready for another trip

We’re going out-of-state this weekend to visit my husband’s family.  While I enjoy being there, I dread the 6-7 hour drive.  Our close friends from Arizona will be in town with their son, so it will be extra special! I can’t promise that I will be able to keep up with Entrecard drops or...
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Get 350 pounds of carbon offset in your name

If you’re a blogger, offset some of your carbon footprint by visiting Brighter Planet’s 350 blogger challenge and putting a badge on your site.  Even though their initial goal of 350 bloggers has been met, they will still make contributions for new additions. It took them a little over 24 hours to verify this...
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We found a program for the kid

If you’ve been following some of my previous posts, you know that a recent source of stress in our lives has been finding a program for the kid for the next school year.  It seems like some good karma has come our way, and we found something that is a great fit. My kid...
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Posted in About Us, Education, Kids, School | 6 Comments »

Getting the Digg button in WordPress to work

There are a number of posts out there on getting the Digg button into WordPress – I ended up using snippets from a couple of them, and thought that it might be helpful for someone else. I added the following code to my archives, index, and single post files: <div style=”float:left; margin-right:10px;”> <script type=”text/javascript”>digg_url...
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Recycle your old technotrash

I feel pretty guilty about throwing things away.  We’ve been trying to get rid of the things that we don’t need anymore, and the next thing on the list is VCR tapes and coasters (CD/DVD discs that did not burn correctly). Even though it costs money, Green Disk seems like a good option for...
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