Archive for August, 2008

My 1960 Yearbook Photo…

Monday, August 18th, 2008

If I was alive in 1960 (which I wasn’t) and was graduating from high school this could be my yearbook photo:

1960 Yearbook Photo

This is so fun…get check out www.yearbookyourself.com!

A Carpenter’s Boots

Friday, August 15th, 2008

“The man with the boots does not mind where he places his foot.”  Irish Proverb

“None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
We got here because somebody – a parent, a teacher, an Ivy League crony or a few nuns
- bent down and helped us pick up our boots.” Thurgood Marshall

Carpenter's Boots

Tim

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

My wonderful nephew, Tim… He has whiskers now… He’s all grown up. I remember once when he was a baby he got a golf ball stuck in his mouth. The ball was stuck behind his 4 front teeth. It was sad to see his scared, little, chubby face but the incident really was funny.  Please don’t think I’m mean…he wasn’t in danger of swallowing it. I still think it’s funny. He plays Frisbee golf now…a Frisbee is tougher to get all the way into your mouth.

tim

Cold, Wet Nose

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

This is Teddy.  He belongs to us. We love him. He’s stubborn. He snores. He likes to play. He has a happy growl that it is too cute. He’s a Cairn Terrier.  I don’t think he wanted me to take his picture.

This is Ted.

On Tolerating Printers…

Monday, August 11th, 2008

I am a geek and you know that I really love using computers & digital cameras. However…I really have a tolerate-hate relationship with printers. It seems that whenever I have a rush print job, my printer refuses to print, is jammed or has pms. When I have an extra special item that I want printed, it smudges ink on the page. UGH! Over the years I have tried various brands (HP, Canon, Epson) and models – it’s always the same struggle. Can you relate?

Another issue I have with printers is that ink is so expensive. It really hurts my wallet to buy printer ink. Why is it so expensive? I don’t get it.  However… I am writing not just to wine (oops..I mean whine) but I want to share a wonderful resource. I buy 99% of all our printer ink from online company called 4inkjets.com.

4inkjets logoI think these guys are awesome and have used them for at least 2 years. I buy their remanufactured high capacity cartridges and am happy with them. They ship fast and their ink works great for me.  Also, as a bonus..they always seems to have some type of discount offer going on. This morning I used the code, SCH4545M at checkout and saved about $3 (10%) – I smiled. =)

So if you need ink, check them out: 4inkjets.com

Now….anyone know of a printer that won’t jam, smudge or refuse to print?