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A few weeks ago, I created a Facebook page. It's cool because I found some old college friends I hadn't talked to in years. I now have 43 "friends" in my network.
The problem is Facebook can be kind of addictive. You can add all sorts of plugins and applications to your page. Plus, you can spend all kinds of time reading your friends' pages, writing on their walls, sending them messages and pieces of flair. Geez, I have a hard enough time keeping up with this blog, now I have another space on the World Wide Web to update.
If you can keep your Facebook time under control, though, it's a very cool social networking tool.
Next on my list of tech trends to explore: Twitter.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
What to do?
I hate major, life-changing, career-impacting decisions. Without going into too many details at this stage, Clint and I are facing a big decision. He has an opportunity, I have an opportunity, and, of course, we always have the "do nothing" option.
It's tough.
I'm continually asking for God's guidance and hope to hear a response soon -- yes, no, call back later -- anything would do.
What's your advice for dealing with big decisions?
It's tough.
I'm continually asking for God's guidance and hope to hear a response soon -- yes, no, call back later -- anything would do.
What's your advice for dealing with big decisions?
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Hello, solid food
What exactly am I supposed to do with this stuff?
Yesterday, Katherine had her first foray into solid foods. By the way, why do they call it "solid" food when it's really runny, liquid-like food? Anyway, she sat in her new high chair and sampled some rice cereal.
Although a good amount ended up on the bib and her face, she did great. I personally adore cereal and could eat it for any meal and as a snack, so I have a suspicion Katherine feels the same way.
Happy Father's Day!
Last year for Clint's birthday I ordered this dress for our yet unborn baby girl. It seemed appropriate for Katherine to wear it on Clint's first Father's Day.
Happy Father's Day, sweetie! You're an awesome Daddy!
Worst Week Ever
I could go the rest of my life without another week like the one that just ended. My entire family has a stomach virus that settled on our house like the plague.
A week ago Saturday Katherine was vomiting and had some diarrhea. She’d just had her 4-month vaccinations so we thought it was a side effect of those. But Sunday afternoon, I was hit with some serious nausea. I went to bed early but woke up about 10:30 and ran for the bathroom. I spent the night and the better part of Monday hugging the toilet.
Clint started feeling yucky Monday afternoon and by Tuesday he was sick too. Even one of our dogs, Mocha, was throwing up. Had it not been so awful, it might have been comical.
We kept Katherine home from daycare on Tuesday because she still wasn’t feeling well either. We managed to drag ourselves to work on Wednesday. Probably a mistake because I felt worse on Thursday and missed work that day and Friday. That goodness we could send Katherine to daycare. I could barely get out of bed.
Katherine perked up on Friday, and Clint and I are just starting to feel better this weekend. We hope never to repeat such a hideous week.
I did learn a few things:
1. It’s awful when Mom and Dad both are sick because someone still has to feed the baby.
2. It would be great if a grandma lived nearby.
3. Nighttime daycare would be a blessing in situations like this.
4. It would be terrific if the dogs had opposable thumbs and could hold a baby bottle.
5. While you might think your body should work in your favor, your stomach can turn on you at any minute. Sort of like when a tame tiger eats its master.
A week ago Saturday Katherine was vomiting and had some diarrhea. She’d just had her 4-month vaccinations so we thought it was a side effect of those. But Sunday afternoon, I was hit with some serious nausea. I went to bed early but woke up about 10:30 and ran for the bathroom. I spent the night and the better part of Monday hugging the toilet.
Clint started feeling yucky Monday afternoon and by Tuesday he was sick too. Even one of our dogs, Mocha, was throwing up. Had it not been so awful, it might have been comical.
We kept Katherine home from daycare on Tuesday because she still wasn’t feeling well either. We managed to drag ourselves to work on Wednesday. Probably a mistake because I felt worse on Thursday and missed work that day and Friday. That goodness we could send Katherine to daycare. I could barely get out of bed.
Katherine perked up on Friday, and Clint and I are just starting to feel better this weekend. We hope never to repeat such a hideous week.
I did learn a few things:
1. It’s awful when Mom and Dad both are sick because someone still has to feed the baby.
2. It would be great if a grandma lived nearby.
3. Nighttime daycare would be a blessing in situations like this.
4. It would be terrific if the dogs had opposable thumbs and could hold a baby bottle.
5. While you might think your body should work in your favor, your stomach can turn on you at any minute. Sort of like when a tame tiger eats its master.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Book recommendations
One of my favorite authors is Rick Bragg, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, former New York Times reporter and now a professor at the University of Alabama. Last spring, I had the chance to meet him when he came to the Society of Professional Journalists spring conference at the University of Florida. He spoke about storytelling and his experiences as a journalist and writer.
Bragg's ability to paint a picture, tell a story and craft a phrase is remarkable. If you haven't read his first book, "All Over But the Shoutin'," I highly recommend it. It's an autobiography of his life growing up in rural Alabama.
His latest work is "The Prince of Frogtown," another book about his family. This one focuses on his father and Bragg's relationship with his stepson. I'm just a few chapters into it, but so far, it's great. I also used a collection of his newspaper stories when teaching at the College of Charleston last fall. The students really enjoyed it.
Bragg did a book signing last week at a bookstore here in Charleston, so I took my family and went. Plus, I wanted to catch up with him about possibly speaking at the SPJ national convention in September in Atlanta. He is always so gracious and kind. He spent plenty of time answering questions, signing books and was genuinely interested in what people had to say.
If you're looking for some good summer reads, check out Bragg's books. And, here's a link to his book tour schedule.
Bragg's ability to paint a picture, tell a story and craft a phrase is remarkable. If you haven't read his first book, "All Over But the Shoutin'," I highly recommend it. It's an autobiography of his life growing up in rural Alabama.
His latest work is "The Prince of Frogtown," another book about his family. This one focuses on his father and Bragg's relationship with his stepson. I'm just a few chapters into it, but so far, it's great. I also used a collection of his newspaper stories when teaching at the College of Charleston last fall. The students really enjoyed it.
Bragg did a book signing last week at a bookstore here in Charleston, so I took my family and went. Plus, I wanted to catch up with him about possibly speaking at the SPJ national convention in September in Atlanta. He is always so gracious and kind. He spent plenty of time answering questions, signing books and was genuinely interested in what people had to say.
If you're looking for some good summer reads, check out Bragg's books. And, here's a link to his book tour schedule.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
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