Monthly Archives: November 2008

Free 8.5×11″ photobook from Snapfish!

My friend Jennifer gave me a heads-up about a great deal at Snapfish for a free 8.5×11″ photobook. It’s not just for new customers, either. You only have until tomorrow to request the online offer, that’s by midnight PST Friday, November 14. You must use the coupon by midnight PST Sunday, November 16. All you [...]

Nerd love: ZXing barcode reader app for G1

My hubby is a programmer for a direct mail company and deals with barcodes a lot. He’s so happy to have found the barcode reader app for our G1 phones. Then, he decided he wanted to make some QR codes since the postal service codes and UPC codes weren’t enough! So, found a QR code [...]

Anonymous gifts that bless others: An angel among us

Have you ever been the recipient of an anonymous gift? Have you ever given one? There’s no telling how your “small” and anonymous gesture may bring comfort and happiness to someone. What an encouragement to use our gifts to bless others. And to do it anonymously is the best because you’re not only letting God [...]

Learning music online

This post’s dedicated to all the musicians of the world. I am a musician, though I don’t read music. I have excellent pitch, but play by ear; I started with guitar by learning how to play based on basic guitar chord charts and transferred my skills to piano by seeing what notes made up the [...]

Jiminy Cricut!

I just thought of what I think is a catchy domain name to use for a new blog I’m thinking of starting about Cricut projects and tips. Yep, JiminyCricut.com!  Best yet, no one had registered it, so I snatched it up tonight. Ummm….Forgive me, honey? I mean, c’mon, how perfect is this?! (Edit: I love [...]

Woman at work

If you’re visiting and everything looks freakin’ crazy on this page, please just ignore it and know things will be better soon. I’m playing with themes and some don’t quite work.

First cut with my new Cricut Expressions

First cut with Cricut, originally uploaded by gardenwife. Yep, I’m a big old nerd, not that this is a surprise! My first word cut with my Cricut Expressions? Why Cricut!, of course! There’s an exclamation point, too, but it wouldn’t fit on the machine when I set up this shot. This is the Plantin Shadow [...]