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 the girl knew what I meant) coffee to wake me up for my leg of the trip. I haven’t purchased a Starbucks coffee in almost 10 years (my last one was when I was driving my old car to graduate school in 1999). It was...
Monthly Archives: July 2008
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 posting, but I’ll be sure to drop cards on everyone early next week. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
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 site and send me my credit. If you’ve got the time and the inclination, won’t you consider doing the same?
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 is only 2, so we’re trying to find something that doesn’t last all day, but gives him the chance to interact with other kids. We always go to the free story time at our local library (as well as visit the library at least once...
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 = “<?php the_permalink(); ?>”</script> <script src=”http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js” type=”text/javascript”></script> </div> I inserted the code immediately above the <?php the_content (‘<p>Read the rest of this entry »</p>’); ?> line in each of the files. The div style lines puts the button floating (instead of above the post) and...
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 us. Here is a list of some of the things that they will take for recycling (from their website): All forms of electronic media and their cases: diskettes, zip disks, CDs, CD-Rs, CD-RWs, DVDs et al, video tape (i.e. VHS), audio tape, game cartridges, DAT,...
