tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54566742912730033042024-02-07T12:02:31.933-07:00PhoenQMagsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-9098415027186395462012-11-24T22:43:00.000-07:002012-11-24T22:44:20.816-07:00A Long Overdue UpdateThis was Gwen "singing" during the Primary program a few weeks ago. She loves to sing this song, but was a little distracted when it was time to perform. . . . .<br />
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These next ones were taken at the park today. This girl hates to wear clothes and fights getting dressed, but today she asked me to get her dressed to go to the park, so that's exactly what we did. She was so happy -- the sheer delight in her face as she was running around at times..... moments like those are what life's all about.<br />
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<br />Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-51542487059246349312011-10-29T15:05:00.008-06:002011-10-29T15:44:58.284-06:00Pics and videosWe took Gwen to the zoo last week and she wouldn't stay still long enough to get many pictures, but here are the few I managed to get:<br /><br />Gwen on a bench that could be anywhere --<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ30LqnUlJRSXjMxEoyw_B27iOZviT43Y55DBSBrV0iPLfWvSFBDV6xAUtk-0JyUkLo6yVKWjEqRLQCo76VuMItsB7gLMuDHRJ-JWJQEvZjGRguPQNjzsJsOu_Wm1LilU_klK9Z17zG94/s1600/IMAG0059.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ30LqnUlJRSXjMxEoyw_B27iOZviT43Y55DBSBrV0iPLfWvSFBDV6xAUtk-0JyUkLo6yVKWjEqRLQCo76VuMItsB7gLMuDHRJ-JWJQEvZjGRguPQNjzsJsOu_Wm1LilU_klK9Z17zG94/s400/IMAG0059.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669024096722982066" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Gwen in front of a some cavy --<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QFWQ_kZ6pq-eGCSEIpeeKkylHJk6TwtguDc3zQDUtqEhR-5wqf8-QDm2fn3HGZ4f7PxOc5X3-O2w1PYM7uTUz7xTT0bDTJaPGhREqc6AYxLC73jhg35g83PudiknzG2Ktrr7ufe-_kc/s1600/IMAG0058.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7QFWQ_kZ6pq-eGCSEIpeeKkylHJk6TwtguDc3zQDUtqEhR-5wqf8-QDm2fn3HGZ4f7PxOc5X3-O2w1PYM7uTUz7xTT0bDTJaPGhREqc6AYxLC73jhg35g83PudiknzG2Ktrr7ufe-_kc/s400/IMAG0058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669023984955062146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Teri and Gwen with the gorilla statue. There was a gorilla right by the window of its pen, but Gwen wouldn't turn away from it to look at the camera, so I didn't get a picture of her with the actual animal.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjCkNYUd8hKgA3DN-wgC2PMkqs8bJUly8aR3o21ZkR72P7RRGqq_r6jYDGhgw8TiqtWcgKlG8pBcPyIMQuu4FDh5G3aseGQr5JxfMbFsAoEdGXLwoNF12OIxMiiS_ppNnsmQKoUtb7A4/s1600/IMAG0054.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqjCkNYUd8hKgA3DN-wgC2PMkqs8bJUly8aR3o21ZkR72P7RRGqq_r6jYDGhgw8TiqtWcgKlG8pBcPyIMQuu4FDh5G3aseGQr5JxfMbFsAoEdGXLwoNF12OIxMiiS_ppNnsmQKoUtb7A4/s400/IMAG0054.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669023873008956994" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This week we took her to the North American Museum of Ancient Life (colloquially known as The Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point). She only held still when she found a computer to sit in front of and pretend she was playing on it, so here are those 2 pics:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWhgdxKZTbV6gy-fV8AJoRRR7hJcagJC_oHVQCLyTarD3nfl8RXFsOuMiP9Jy_Y8Esv1NPBKQDvhz3GWmF-w_JSetYN4w5r2vx1Gr4jLuyDIKDWMuWq3hwXh_la7AHnKlIoiw6eEwZHM/s1600/IMAG0062.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsWhgdxKZTbV6gy-fV8AJoRRR7hJcagJC_oHVQCLyTarD3nfl8RXFsOuMiP9Jy_Y8Esv1NPBKQDvhz3GWmF-w_JSetYN4w5r2vx1Gr4jLuyDIKDWMuWq3hwXh_la7AHnKlIoiw6eEwZHM/s400/IMAG0062.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669025102235993810" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpDHHKRPszbD8fKZD2cyzG5THe-in5O1Ersv6Re9Z4XkdeTtV7xprSGW1S2JDMB8dFr1QBJvth27gNUBMTRY5dAm2Qnzvb9FLgTAPlbDNez3WFM8l7ebcZvLCgRPxBl2lsg4eEO84PhA/s1600/IMAG0061.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpDHHKRPszbD8fKZD2cyzG5THe-in5O1Ersv6Re9Z4XkdeTtV7xprSGW1S2JDMB8dFr1QBJvth27gNUBMTRY5dAm2Qnzvb9FLgTAPlbDNez3WFM8l7ebcZvLCgRPxBl2lsg4eEO84PhA/s400/IMAG0061.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669032928261771650" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Since she wouldn't stop moving, I took some videos of her instead. The longer ones at the sand/water table might be a little boring, so I'm not offended if you don't watch them all the way through.... or if you don't watch any of these at all, really. Sorry for the low resolution. I forgot to bring our actual camera, so this was my cellphone subbing in.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xwyqcd15CzA?hl=en&fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sHqkV5b6y9s?hl=en&fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qgUg8V1C4LQ?hl=en&fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hw3DiYysqj8?hl=en&fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WnWXFPQup5c?hl=en&fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/P7YSLVcLAI0?hl=en&fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8i0uV5HaesQ?hl=en&fs=1" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe>Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-28348701519769178852011-08-18T22:50:00.005-06:002011-08-18T22:59:11.626-06:00A small picture post<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijX2qPMly39o6K5AVrUi8jBVDS8JHtZLvccffCBazvxnjrh9Q4_ql1oEoKa1NbymgMB2xErkWABMXCcCJDmW4072rLGkBCJPQeaVtJZVS8mBKnjJQYG6eVWZhJb9psLG5V9FvPUjucof4/s1600/IMAGE_024.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijX2qPMly39o6K5AVrUi8jBVDS8JHtZLvccffCBazvxnjrh9Q4_ql1oEoKa1NbymgMB2xErkWABMXCcCJDmW4072rLGkBCJPQeaVtJZVS8mBKnjJQYG6eVWZhJb9psLG5V9FvPUjucof4/s400/IMAGE_024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5642426458057626162" border="0" /></a>I'm told I don't post often enough and that I don't have enough pictures of Gwen up here either, so... here are some for your viewing pleasure.
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<br />The 1st one was taken back in April, the next shows the aftermath of her working on a giant jawbreaker, the 3rd is her taking a nap last week using her stuffed animal puppy as a pillow while snuggling with her "pen-gwen" toy.
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<br />And the final one is her sitting with her Grandpa Camp while he was here over the Memorial Day weekend.
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<br />Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-34347944270241398872011-03-24T07:57:00.003-06:002011-03-24T08:03:19.180-06:00Phish phish phish!I saw the "from address" as "Amazon Corporate Ofice" and already knew it was bogus. The "Reply Back Immediately" that the real Amazon NEVER would use only confirmed it, but thought I'd check to see how bad it was. Judge for yourself:<br /><br /><pre>Dear e-mail User,<br /><br />Your e-mail address was selected as a winner of 900,000 Great Britain Pounds in Amazon<br />-2011 Consumer awards Program-.<br />All participants/beneficiaries were selected randomly from Worldwide Amazon online<br />networks of Consumer/Sales & Marketing lists.<br /><br />You are required to re-confirm your Bio-Data as stated below to enable;Dr Warren Payne of<br />The Amazon Corporate Office,United Kingdom,to begin in processing of your awarded funds.<br /><br />(1) Full Names:<br />(2) Address:<br />(3) Country:<br />(4) Nationality:<br />(5) Cell Phone #:<br />(6) Age:<br />(7) Occupation:<br />(8) Zip Code<br />(9) Sex:<br />(10) E-mail Address:<br />(11) Annual Income:<br /><br />Kindly forward all your details reply to: <span style="text-decoration: underline;">bogus.email at Albanian domain</span><br />Note:This is to officially inform you that your payment will be sent to you via Bank Wire<br />transfer.<br /><br />Regards.<br />Mr Spencer Johnson,<br /><br />(Amazon Corporate Office, European Zonal Co-ordinator)<br />-2011 Consumer awards Program-<br />United Kingdom.<br /></pre>Bad spelling, incredibly wrong punctuation, stilted language . . . . it obviously came through an online translator rather than from another English-speaking nation, and well. . . the email address was Albanian. So easy to spot . . . . and yet people still fall for these. Sad, really.Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-5060881784465199602011-02-15T07:34:00.002-07:002011-02-15T07:36:38.004-07:00Gwen after 2.5 weeks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKNAVwxKWwXj-jR__50ZlHMR1dYjWIWIvxf57xu7hVoZE7UJ6vNiTo-hwjg9w-TjRUrFKGuCP24em8PWu4jXv3AR8Ca1ly8NtmHtQdpffUKlxqL47WBKKwKotb4HDlrHDLjtr6TRDx4g/s1600/Gwen%2527s+Cheek+Sleeping+02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKNAVwxKWwXj-jR__50ZlHMR1dYjWIWIvxf57xu7hVoZE7UJ6vNiTo-hwjg9w-TjRUrFKGuCP24em8PWu4jXv3AR8Ca1ly8NtmHtQdpffUKlxqL47WBKKwKotb4HDlrHDLjtr6TRDx4g/s400/Gwen%2527s+Cheek+Sleeping+02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573925166899296066" border="0" /></a><br />She's been so active that we had to wait for her to be sleeping to get a good picture since we've only got cellphone cameras with slow shutter speeds. Kinda blurry, but such is life. As you can see, there's still a little red mark, but if you don't know it's there it's not really that obvious anymore.Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-5459662068464231352011-01-31T22:24:00.003-07:002011-01-31T22:27:59.087-07:00Pics of Gwen's healing process.Days 3, 4, and 5. 3 at the bottom and 5 at the top. She's doing a ton better in a very short time. Well.. she was doing great the very next day as far as her energy and bright spirit go, I'm talking about the injury itself her. . . .<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEkRcwxifWK5tY_cQ0fVDc668_XeY0tVtnQCMUt_npWUvMmIczjqAZTP59ZtwlXPYZDavccGBd1ol5ormJPy3ERxwWDjX4jDOJDi0iCc2d8wy-E-w-sMJ5aPlzyyQZY7uoukTyngue3k/s1600/Gwen%2527s+Owie+Day+5.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitEkRcwxifWK5tY_cQ0fVDc668_XeY0tVtnQCMUt_npWUvMmIczjqAZTP59ZtwlXPYZDavccGBd1ol5ormJPy3ERxwWDjX4jDOJDi0iCc2d8wy-E-w-sMJ5aPlzyyQZY7uoukTyngue3k/s400/Gwen%2527s+Owie+Day+5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568588501699650578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKomuLMjcRWtmrP554v3_HFbzHN39ybkhJvlU8TrxDdwknLNkR4YhqrmgxTMQpJC1DHlrznl9_2UrG3mfmYLTZVAIeXEWIEtqTL8R1fngOC8iYmLtkwhc6wD_HVmdW-iMpcO9w1Nzhbyo/s1600/Gwen%2527s+Owie+Day+4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKomuLMjcRWtmrP554v3_HFbzHN39ybkhJvlU8TrxDdwknLNkR4YhqrmgxTMQpJC1DHlrznl9_2UrG3mfmYLTZVAIeXEWIEtqTL8R1fngOC8iYmLtkwhc6wD_HVmdW-iMpcO9w1Nzhbyo/s400/Gwen%2527s+Owie+Day+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568588365507435986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2H4d228j0GA7NiA9nwtH1PssVjSEuRynt5S9oQxgUIzsuigwJ2iMz7MdehNURzV8Jq-uG7WLMT6jXl9iEVzyr3SBC2dd-6tmHIRD5LfAE4nqrWTeiOdYypWlO_z-ItdgMp7aAX1C0fc/s1600/Gwen%2527s+Owie+Day+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG2H4d228j0GA7NiA9nwtH1PssVjSEuRynt5S9oQxgUIzsuigwJ2iMz7MdehNURzV8Jq-uG7WLMT6jXl9iEVzyr3SBC2dd-6tmHIRD5LfAE4nqrWTeiOdYypWlO_z-ItdgMp7aAX1C0fc/s400/Gwen%2527s+Owie+Day+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568588273218014274" border="0" /></a>Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-44177657729053322542011-01-27T20:41:00.001-07:002011-01-27T20:42:55.558-07:00Day 2 Comparison PhotoHere's Gwen's rug burn 24 hours later:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievC_r9hEkZKn8K-A8MyGcYgmWrfz26ehBGMAq3ws2EgnDPc3u_y7sEjr7H1Qk7YKaNII3OTS3Vt06NQ4VTAU_nqf_TvBkQp5z8isxhAv91SFweKVneTU0Q_VSP6uRZjwFdxJPmNNjccM/s1600/Gwen%2527s+Owie+Day+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievC_r9hEkZKn8K-A8MyGcYgmWrfz26ehBGMAq3ws2EgnDPc3u_y7sEjr7H1Qk7YKaNII3OTS3Vt06NQ4VTAU_nqf_TvBkQp5z8isxhAv91SFweKVneTU0Q_VSP6uRZjwFdxJPmNNjccM/s400/Gwen%2527s+Owie+Day+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567077149936390290" /></a>Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-72044997838367638742011-01-26T22:31:00.004-07:002011-01-26T22:40:09.460-07:00Gwen's 1st Trip to the ER<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxH6AxAj574Vky8DbpOCQLp2BNAHB5xPT9_rCabdDbrsqNm8SLAtAX3mD895shmnR1jkgIdXcHDHdQ3JiQIT7OEsVwzQqIR8RUkQnFUgRjrKBjorE6xKOVmnE8WBfEpvvnXTovN5x3N0/s1600/Gwen%2527s+Owie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBxH6AxAj574Vky8DbpOCQLp2BNAHB5xPT9_rCabdDbrsqNm8SLAtAX3mD895shmnR1jkgIdXcHDHdQ3JiQIT7OEsVwzQqIR8RUkQnFUgRjrKBjorE6xKOVmnE8WBfEpvvnXTovN5x3N0/s400/Gwen%2527s+Owie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566734216569018706" /></a><br /><br />Gwen got to be moving too fast today and fell against some carpeted stairs. As you can see from the picture, her face swelled up something fierce, forcing her eye shut, and that's quite the rug burn too, isn't it?<br /><br />We called her pediatrician and took her to the closest instacare and were told by both to take her to the ER at Primary Children's, so off we went to the U of U.<br /><br />The biggest concern the docs had there was that she might have broken her cheek bone, so she had to have a CT scan. She didn't like it at all, but she held still enough that they were able to do the scan without needing to sedate her. Results were negative -- no broken bone. Whew!<br /><br />The secondary concern was that she might have gotten rug burn on her eye as well as her cheek. They don't think so, but put some fluorescent dye in her eye to see. As you can probably guess, she didn't much care for that either. And her eye was too swollen shut for them to be able to tell, so we've got a follow-up visit with her pediatrician on Friday to check that.<br /><br />Of tertiary concern is that she may have pooped her nose over a little, but we can't tell that until the swelling goes down. If it looks out of place after that, then we have a referral to an Ear, Nose, & Throat clinic to help with that.<br /><br />Gwen handled it all rather well. It did take her a while to stop crying, of course, but she was smiling and laughing for the doctors in the ER just before they'd work on her and make her mad. She's asleep now and is lying on her side with the rug burn on the mattress, so it must not be hurting her right now, at least. We tried moving her onto her back, but she just pops back up on to her side.<br /><br />All in all a very long evening.Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-30132266565417437312011-01-17T08:08:00.004-07:002011-01-18T18:24:06.611-07:00Gwen's Walking!She's been taking a step or 2 every so often for the past couple of month when she couldn't think about it and "just went" but yesterday she finally decided that she didn't want to pop down and crawl to where she wanted to go and thus started lurching around all over the place. Teri's calling her a zombie due to how she's got her arms stretched out in front of her and how she does kinda lurch as she takes her steps.<br /><br />I should have at least updated back at her 1 year appointment with her statistics then, but. . well, I often forget I have this blog, frankly. She was 20.3 pounds (35th percentile still) and . . I don't recall the exact height but she'd gone up to 90th percentile, so she's even taller and skinnier now than she was. She can still barely fit her 12 month sized pajamas, but for the most part we've got her in the 18 month size now. They still "swallow her up" but she's growing fast, so that won't be for long.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/p8metP1Wuv0?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/p8metP1Wuv0?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-64378586632930735502010-10-30T11:30:00.004-06:002010-10-30T11:43:35.331-06:00It's the Day before Halloween!We saw the movie I talked about in my last post last night. It was really cute, and really good. I've seen a few other reviews of it from when it was on the film festival circuit earlier this year and they mentioned that the ending had a twist that resolved everything and didn't feel like a cheat and. . .they were right. It was very well done! I think I'll want to own the dvd whenever it comes out.<br /><br />In other news, Gwen didn't want to take her nap this morning. Well, no... she didn't cry or anything becuz she knew she was tired, but she still fought it. To the point that when she couldn't keep herself awake anymore she was still sitting up. Instead of falling back, she fell forward, and this was the end result:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpdTi4-VTgYeEvzCFE6Pu96LW8BzUSqQu8kIRw8fZzXaZoLQnNT6zWUzqd0ALInIylgFEU-ZQ5NNi0KwECDsQksrP5uFpFNEKWuMQEd_mLmpgItaBiBWz0zpz7jQoAC3w_c1zJp66GNU/s1600/Gwen+Asleep+Sitting+Up.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwpdTi4-VTgYeEvzCFE6Pu96LW8BzUSqQu8kIRw8fZzXaZoLQnNT6zWUzqd0ALInIylgFEU-ZQ5NNi0KwECDsQksrP5uFpFNEKWuMQEd_mLmpgItaBiBWz0zpz7jQoAC3w_c1zJp66GNU/s400/Gwen+Asleep+Sitting+Up.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533895814128745058" /></a><br /><br />Too cute!Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-89267959391173527902010-09-29T15:53:00.005-06:002010-09-29T16:03:22.560-06:00New Movie TrailerBack when I was at Ricks College, there was a guy named Daryn with whom I became friends. In a "small world" coincidence, I ran into him in Aurora, CO several months later since I'd been called to the Denver mission, and he was temporarily serving there while waiting for his visa to go to the San Fernando, Phillipines mission.<br /><br />Why this backstory? Becuz he directed a film, that's why! Here's the trailer:<br /><br /><object width="400" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/bfcMGkxDl3g?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/bfcMGkxDl3g?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="250"></embed></object><br /><br />I think it looks cute, and I'll admit to having had a crush on Alyssa Milano ever since "Who's the Boss?" back in the 80's. I look forward to seeing it in order to support my old friend, even if I haven't seen him in a very long time.Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-85402821896257658202010-09-24T14:10:00.001-06:002010-09-24T14:11:29.053-06:00More "PenGwen" videoEver since Gwen's been able to "army crawl" she more or less stopped rolling around, but today she decided it was a fun way to play, so I got the camera out and took this video:<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7mpFjgd5XXU?hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7mpFjgd5XXU?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-1679578323815534102010-09-20T16:46:00.004-06:002010-09-20T17:02:48.048-06:00Vital StatisticsGwen had her 9 month doctor visit last week. She's now 18.0 lbs, and 28 inches tall. This puts her at the 75th percentile for her height and 35th for her weight, meaning she's tall and skinny. She was "short" when she was born, so she's been outpacing that growth curve, but as far as weight goes she's been consistently on the 35th percentile line.<br /><br />In other news, she is loving solid food. It's hard to even snack on anything without her crawling over and begging for a taste. She loves the vegetable baby foods, but so far hasn't been too keen on any of the fruits. She enjoys the Gerber Graduates and also loves bread. Don't worry, we only give her little bites so she won't choke, but she'll go through a complete slice of bread in a single sitting, as well as some nibbles of string cheese and a half a tub of baby food to boot. And yeah, she'll chase it down with 2 oz. of her bottle on top of that.<br /><br />Funny thing about her crawling is that while she can crawl up on her hands and knees, she generally only does it in her crib or when she's reaching up to the furniture to pull herself up, but otherwise prefers the "army crawl" on her elbows/forearms. And yeah, she cruises the furniture too, albeit slowly.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwcZ7G9b4rMxcN_G-wvtysfBMGuRZYnGrbztfHVfRRZKS_3-Sn6Qq1962GBIknYJHP7x5JeAxD4hcL5E3o1u8XiBncOGBgj88PU6nCZ1zg3ijD5IgdyKPq_3OvOGchxSr_iwfl_0zqk8/s1600/Gwen+in+Jail.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwcZ7G9b4rMxcN_G-wvtysfBMGuRZYnGrbztfHVfRRZKS_3-Sn6Qq1962GBIknYJHP7x5JeAxD4hcL5E3o1u8XiBncOGBgj88PU6nCZ1zg3ijD5IgdyKPq_3OvOGchxSr_iwfl_0zqk8/s400/Gwen+in+Jail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519134638653557570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />She's finally fully cut a tooth to boot. We can see 3 other teeth hanging in her gums, and she's had teeth pop out then go back up before, but this one's staying out for sure this time. She likes to reach into her mouth to feel it with her thumbnail.<br /><br />And another big milestone is that last night she slept for a 7-hour stretch, which is her record for longest ever single sleeping period. Her prior record is about 5 hours, which she's only ever done once. A typical night still sees her up about every 2-2.5 hours. Hopefully the long stretch last night is an indication of good things to come. She had a good nap this morning as well and finally doesn't have dark circles under her eyes anymore.<br /><br />Hopefully this picture of her in "jail" is cute enough to accompany this post ;)Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-15968702130368710812010-09-01T20:08:00.001-06:002010-09-01T20:11:18.081-06:00New Fun StuffYeah, I know. . I don't update. Bad me and all that. I just don't often feel the urge to write anything here.<br /><br />But, we've been able to make a few videos of Gwen the past day or so and I thought I'd share them.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/elfhDY4MszM?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/elfhDY4MszM?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/G9q4bqLhiUY?hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/G9q4bqLhiUY?hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-30102353754503918722010-05-24T10:03:00.003-06:002010-05-24T10:05:50.060-06:00A new nickname?Gwen was visiting her grandma the other night while Teri and I were on a date. Grandma told us this story when we got there to pick her up to go home:<br /><br />Gwen had been playing with 2 of her cousins, ages 2 and 4, for a while. When it was time for her cousins to go, the 2-yr old said "I want to keep playing with Penguin!" Or should that be "PenGwen?"<br /><br />Either way, we thought it was cute, and now Teri's taken to calling Gwen "Penguin" and wants to start decorating the place in a penguin motif. We'll see how that goes . . . . .Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-39366265483131321302010-04-17T20:41:00.001-06:002010-04-17T20:43:54.479-06:00Baby Update for 4-17-10I couldn't believe it but. . . Gwen rolled over from her back to her front tonight. It seems a bit early for her to be doing that, but.... I watched her do it. She was rolling up on her side last night and this morning, but her arm was still "in the way" so I didn't think much of it, but tonight I had her lying down and I was playing with her and she was smiling big at me and then suddenly she just flipped.<br /><br />She's growing up fast.Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-1378221979888615672010-04-17T14:19:00.005-06:002010-04-17T14:24:07.730-06:00Family PhotosMy nephew recently was doing a fundraiser for his school which consisted of getting a family photo for $13. Wotta deal, right? But of course they also try to upsell you to getting more, and we actually did want a picture of Gwen too, and they were quite reasonable for a 2nd & 3rd shot, so we got the additional 2. We have a few to pass out to the family, and if you haven't got one yet, family, we'll get them to you before long. But here's a preview:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3AIXerC_oamftK-vd2YaGFz_Q_iuTqadggT8B2eiMmzgi74s2Nv7u1xYFmwEuZBfbbBHiiKoYeK8wD-6fVJ5Pe2SM17VrHZpN7tqeeDlPvtJuZciuIBBGfxoFbxpC_howJYxpc3HeBs/s1600/img002.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3AIXerC_oamftK-vd2YaGFz_Q_iuTqadggT8B2eiMmzgi74s2Nv7u1xYFmwEuZBfbbBHiiKoYeK8wD-6fVJ5Pe2SM17VrHZpN7tqeeDlPvtJuZciuIBBGfxoFbxpC_howJYxpc3HeBs/s400/img002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461204437903021202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAqluyI4qoDmN_8-0ai3mbgQ2vrvs0BsSX0Nm3tNpBJjGOtIzj-DSRyOxowmMLGPTsZlt5zu6EYjDY_LOsqr8OIxqi6ZsCVZpxPdSS7_ReTDYe_NXx2oqU35zVltPxYx_MoTETc5vgyw/s1600/img001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVAqluyI4qoDmN_8-0ai3mbgQ2vrvs0BsSX0Nm3tNpBJjGOtIzj-DSRyOxowmMLGPTsZlt5zu6EYjDY_LOsqr8OIxqi6ZsCVZpxPdSS7_ReTDYe_NXx2oqU35zVltPxYx_MoTETc5vgyw/s400/img001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461204345287495298" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYHEq-revlTj5qCCe19shuok51r8_bWxfvdXxqlCpXHNn82qMUPBHyYUxaMSyVJHG5Y8EdKzN3uABJ_bwbQAiWO8GMdvhPEZqNSbrhlG6TE3C5ZJz63xuJwMTBcLodc5AmfU5fQHEa8Y/s1600/img003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFYHEq-revlTj5qCCe19shuok51r8_bWxfvdXxqlCpXHNn82qMUPBHyYUxaMSyVJHG5Y8EdKzN3uABJ_bwbQAiWO8GMdvhPEZqNSbrhlG6TE3C5ZJz63xuJwMTBcLodc5AmfU5fQHEa8Y/s400/img003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461204517507088962" border="0" /></a>Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-87562157390189416322010-03-25T14:42:00.003-06:002010-03-25T14:52:55.585-06:00Baby UpdateGwen's started reaching for and playing with things in the last couple of days. She's done it semi-randomly for about a week or so, but started showing real progress in it on Tuesday. today, she was unerring and had a blast playing with the "hanging toys" while on a mat on the floor for a couple of hours today. She's also started to laugh a little bit in the past week or so also, but the odd thing about it is she only does it for a second or so, and only Teri can get her to do it.<br /><br />In other news, job search continues apace. I went to the DWS office the other day and they blatantly stated they're trying to make it so everything is done online anymore and the physical locations be phased out. They showed me a few ways to more effectively use their site, but that's about it. I also talked to a certification school about looking into working toward an MCSE cert, since I'm thinking that might help me break the barrier into Netadmin/Sysadmin-type jobs, which is where I've always been looking to take my career path. I'm a darn good desktop support guy, but my work experience beyond that is pretty limited, so methinks a cert would help to show potential employers that I do possess at least the fundamental knowledge and I can build on it quickly.<br /><br />Sadly, I know the test will have a lot of questions that are trivia, and not well suited to an actual working environment. One place I interviewed at had a test to take before the interview that asked things like "How many pins on a DIMM memory chip?" Who cares? You just match the ram with the slot, and who cares how many actual pins are in the thing? It also asked the hertz speed of PC2700 ram. Again, who cares? I'd just put PC2700 ram in about 400 machines in the prior 2 months at my old job and never once did I care what its hertz speed was.<br /><br />But you know that you still have to be able to regurgitate that kind of trivia for the tests, so....<br /><br />Cert house programs look to be quite expensive, so I'm thinking I'll be needing to simply buy books on the subject and self-teach. Frankly, I can't see that as being any less effective than having someone else read the book to me in a classroom and having me pay them for the privilege.<br /><br />And in completely trivial news, I got my Shadowknight to level 90 in EQ2 a couple of days ago. Yay me, and all of that. . . .Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-81536572214943688082010-03-08T12:19:00.003-07:002010-03-08T13:02:44.932-07:00Blogs are like journals, right?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNW3q1J1X3KPBNx2H2YB8zG-MpsvP-WCmVZJK44_net8bEO9ICOyHiwlHvgX8cJLuI93H2OeT8U6oq1ql-8Yuu1cfnmZpXbOa42HhoXcuoqSoIdWxc6WwHmyOtE7fY39IaK2wew-4T5jk/s1600-h/Gwen+05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNW3q1J1X3KPBNx2H2YB8zG-MpsvP-WCmVZJK44_net8bEO9ICOyHiwlHvgX8cJLuI93H2OeT8U6oq1ql-8Yuu1cfnmZpXbOa42HhoXcuoqSoIdWxc6WwHmyOtE7fY39IaK2wew-4T5jk/s400/Gwen+05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446345018328683634" border="0" /></a><br />And this is what Gwen looks like now.<br /><br />A lot has happened in the past 3 months, but I've not really felt the "inspiration" to write about it. Here's a quick recap:<br /><br /><ul><li>Gwen was born 12/12/09, but had some breathing and eating issues, so we didn't get to bring her home until 12/17/09.</li><li>My other 3 kids came out for the Christmas break on the 21st. I took 2 weeks off work so I could be with them the whole time. They loved their new little sister and a grand time was had by all.</li><li>On 01/06/10 I was let go from my job, completely unexpectedly. I am still unemployed as of this writing, but actively looking and interviewing.</li><li>On Feb 21 we named and blessed Gwynneth Fey Camp at my sister's ward in Lehi. We did that because she and her husband were blessing their adopted baby girl Eliana Caitlin Spencer the same day and we had a lot of family in from out of town and it was easiest to have the blessings in the same place. My sister wrote about it <a href="http://tendermercies1.blogspot.com/2010/02/blessing-and-bishop.html">here</a>, if you're interested in reading it.<br /></li><li>I got a CPAP machine and began using it and I feel a lot less tired now than I used to. I don't snore anymore either. Downside is that now that I'm sleeping with my mouth closed I've started grinding my teeth, but I went and found a mask that mounts on a mouth guard, so that's been nice the past few days. This one's awfully delicate though... I found this morning I've somehow managed to break the small tubes that connect from the big air hose. Fortunately it came with replacements, but if it broke in only 4 days.... not looking promising.</li><li>Teri and I finally got our house in NM sold. We had to put a lot of money into it last year in order to get it "sale ready" and after paying the broker's commission and also the full cost of the place for the past 4 months without a renter in it while we were selling it.... we lost quite a lot of money on the sale, in spite of theoretically having a decent chunk of equity in it. Ah well... at least we don't have the monthly cost anymore and can simply work from a "local" budget now.</li><li>Teri's maternity leave ended today and so I'm being "Mr. Mom" while doing my job searches. Gwen's actually sitting in my lap right now as I'm typing this. Teri's not really happy about needing to return to work, but.... life is. Once I get a new job we'll see how it all goes.</li></ul>On the gaming front, I'm doing <a href="http://play.eveonline.com/en/home.aspx">EVE</a> still and playing just enough to get enough ISK to buy game time, so it's effectively free for me anymore. I re-subbed to <a href="http://www.everquest2.com/">EQ2</a> when the expansion came out, but no longer on the "Station Pass" -- just a regular sub this time. I've been focusing on my shadowknight and trying to work up her AA points. Got her up to 150 now (from 132) with 90% of my xp going to AA on the slider. I've gotten about 60% of a level also, so theoretically I'd be level 86 now if I hadn't been working so hard on the AA's. I've actually not set foot in the new zones at all yet, but am working on finishing all the old quests from RoK and TSO that I never did. The TSO quests are something of a pain with a lot of running around, but I can't say I really expected any differently.<br /><br />I'm playing DDO under its "free model" also. There's another <a href="http://ardwulfslair.wordpress.com/">blogger</a> out there who's organized a "static group" that I've joined up with and we're gonna see how far we can go with it. I've also checked out <a href="http://allods.gpotato.com/">Allod's Online</a> - a new F2P title - and while I think it's ok, it's nothing special either. It's free, so I've not uninstalled it and may log in from time to time when I'm not doing anything else, but I doubt I'll ever really do much with it.<br /><br />And you can't tell, but Gwen's had her diaper changed, been fed, and is fighting not to fall asleep now so I'm gonna go focus on her until she is napping.Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-2494440508174481402009-12-12T18:03:00.001-07:002009-12-12T18:06:13.342-07:00New Arrival!Our baby girl was born this morning @ 6:53 am Mountain Time. 5 lbs 14 oz. 18" long. Name is still up in the air, but my wife's leaning toward "Gwynneth" as her official name and calling her "Gwen" for day-to-day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_fXwAfkqz-mUzAopWhEsp_CFB2wWotkiiazmvZbtNJAbxZ1ipWwbN8iVqmz2P6w03QxpFxfCWYlqHUZQzHP31u7zChsZq9ftXeEY6eLWXw7Ybv6LE4EcQf8mBWtNS6dgTv1AmmtFGG8/s1600-h/IMG00150.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_fXwAfkqz-mUzAopWhEsp_CFB2wWotkiiazmvZbtNJAbxZ1ipWwbN8iVqmz2P6w03QxpFxfCWYlqHUZQzHP31u7zChsZq9ftXeEY6eLWXw7Ybv6LE4EcQf8mBWtNS6dgTv1AmmtFGG8/s400/IMG00150.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414520607301206306" border="0" /></a>Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-2767810987685400192009-11-24T14:30:00.002-07:002009-11-24T14:46:45.307-07:00It's been almost a month . . .. . . becuz how interesting is "work, sleep, eat, repeat" really?<br /><br />Okay it hasn't been just that, but it hasn't really seemed like much more either. Teri's still sick much of the time, so we don't go out or anything anymore. Occasional family things that she pushes herself for, but not even always to those either. So it's pretty much we both work, she crashes on the weekends, I try to keep up with a lot of blogs that I read (see my sidebar? that's maybe half of the ones I actually follow), try to keep up with the tv shows we record, and play some mmo's in there too.<br /><br />TBH, I'm a little burnt out on the mmo genre right now. I enjoy playing EQ2 when I log in, but I tend not to really log in much anymore. I'm not sure why, really, since I really do enjoy it once I'm logged in. I haven't played DDO in over 2 weeks. Warhammer's trial kept bugging out on me badly, so I ended up deleting it, but a friend who's in the trial also talked me in to reinstalling it. It's still bugging out on the graphics, but it's not doing the crash bug that requires re-patching 5 gigs of files anymore either.<br /><br />In EVE I sold off my CNR and replaced it with a Tengu Tech 3 cruiser. I do more damage and have a stronger tank with it than in the CNR, plus due to the smaller signature radius and higher speed I take fewer and smaller hits anyway. I soloed the Angels Extravaganza 4 bonus room this weekend and barely dipped to 85% shields -- that was kinda nice. Even so... my corp is dead. Some people are talking about selling off their characters and starting over, others just never log in anymore, we dn't have our regular "corp night" anymore either, and.... I'm thinking it's time to leave RFI and find somewhere else to go. <br /><br />I think that's part of my EQ2 problem -- my guild there is dead too, so I need to join another. I actually was chatting with a friend last week in EQ2 and he said I'm welcome to join his guild, and I think I'll take him up on it. I was in that guild before, but then it "died" and merged into another, but apparently it's been built back up.<br /><br />Lotsa computer crap at work, yet no specific stories come to mind for your amusement. Sorry.<br /><br />Also on the home front, the cat we got a month ago is doing well. He and the dog are getting along really well and love to play and wrestle with each other. He's almost to 4 lbs now (he was 2 lbs 4 oz when we got him) and it's all been growth, not fat. And he's got quite a bit of growing to do too. He's rambunctious and loves to both play and get pet, but is pretty careful with his claws. Only real problem is he's a little "bite-y" when he plays, but even there it's not that he's trying to bite, just that his teeth are so sharp that they hurt when he gets you with them. Mostly he's trying to "lip you" with the side of his mouth, but his little fangs are so long they get you anyway. As he grows a lot of his gray is getting more orange. It's going to be really interesting to see what his final color(s) turn out to be.<br /><br />And that's it for this post. Until next time. . . .Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-74002176345388587202009-10-28T14:12:00.002-06:002009-10-28T14:13:30.464-06:00More computer secretsDarnitall! Who's letting out all the IT secrets?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/song-chart-memes-computer-issue.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 504px; height: 489px;" src="http://graphjam.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/song-chart-memes-computer-issue.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-11285144292764706602009-10-27T15:12:00.003-06:002009-10-27T15:42:44.548-06:00Approaching Halloween already?Amazing how time flies, isn't it?<br /><br />Not a whole lot has really happened, though. How exciting is "work, eat, sleep, repeat?"<br /><br />Granted, the new TV season's started and I've discovered that I quite enjoy Castle and Dancing with the Stars. Got the DVR set to record all the "Man vs. Food" episodes, but after Sunday's "marathon" they did, as well as the sheer number of reruns they have for it... I have 1 more epsiode and then I am wholly caught up, methinks, so I can set it to only catch new episodes. I don't know why, but I just love that show. . . . .<br /><br />Dollhouse this past week was simply amazing. Too bad that the rumor mill still has the show on thin ice and expected to be canceled after 12 episodes this season :-(<br /><br />Work's still work. People are so helpless that they call us to map network drives that they have the paths for, so all they have to do is type them in, but. . . nope they don't do it. Ah well -- it's job security, anyway.<br /><br />On my video gaming front, I'm still playing more DDO than anything. I suppose if I actually got off my duff and joined a bigger guild in EQ2 it'd be more exciting for me -- maybe even a guild that raids. I'm home in the evenings anymore, after all. We'll see.<br /><br />And we do have 1 piece of "big news." Teri's been wanting to get a cat for a long time, and we said that once we got into a place of our own (not an apartment) that we'd get one. So we did this past Saturday. Adopted a 3 month old kitten from the Humane Society. Cute little gray tabby cat. Very sweet disposition, loves to play, already litter trained (though he did have 1 accident on the 1st day), and we're thrilled to have him. We've named him "Kozmo Kitty, Lord of Kaos" but just call him Kozmo. Wooli's still a bit concerned to have him around, but he seems to like her and tries to cuddle up to her every so often -- which freaks her out and she runs off. Teri had 2 adult cats when she got Wooli, and 1 of them and Wooli didn't get along so well, so it seems she's remembering that and is thus a little leery of him yet. For his part, he did hiss and spit at her a lot the 1st day until he realized she wasn't gonna hurt him, and now he seems to think she's pretty awesome. He's settling in pretty well too, we think. He's taken a nap on my chest while I was watching TV the other day, and he's napped on Teri while she's been reading also, so he seems to like us both. Sometimes he follows me around like a little puppy, so Teri's calling him a "daddy's boy" but we'll see how that goes over time.<br /><br />Yeah, with the baby due in 2 months it might be a little nuts to have also added a kitten to the family, but with luck there won't be allergies and we'll all have a grand old time. We shall see. . . .Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-41318462291464852672009-10-08T12:34:00.003-06:002009-10-08T13:27:03.904-06:00And here we are in October. . . .Started my new job on the last day of September. Well..... same job, different company writing the paychecks now. The joys of being a contractor!<br /><br />Life's starting to settle a bit into a routine now, though Teri and I are still moving storage boxes out of the old place and into the new one on the weekends. Not all weekends are the same either, but they generally do involve laundry, cleaning, and grocery shopping.<br /><br />Cable internet tech came out last Friday and found that since it was running from a splitter through a 2nd splitter (and in to an "out" part of the 2nd splitter) that it was causing a pretty severe signal degradation. He replaced the 2 splitters with a single one with more "out" prongs, and made sure that everything was on the proper prongs, and there's been no trouble with the internet since. I call that a win for the cable company.<br /><br />Computer Stupidities: People calling in for help creating SHORTCUTS. Come on! That's one of the most BASIC Windows functions. People calling in asking if the file servers are down when a) we sent a site-wide email informing them that yes, they are, and b) the intranet home page has a huge red-text posting about it. People calling in asking for a 25' telephone cable to run from 1 side of the room to a new desk they want to move to, when there's a stinking jack AT the desk and we just need to have their phone number moved to the jack at the desk.<br /><br />There are more, but those are the ones so egregious they're standing out in my mind.<br /><br />We've caught up on Dollhouse and are enjoying that. Heroes episodes are stacking up becuz I still need to download or hulu the 1st ep of the season. I've caught up on Man v. Food now. I don't know why, but I just love that show. We've started watching Flash Forward also, becuz it had an interesting premise and it's seemed pretty well done so far. I'm still eageraly awaiting the resumption of Chuck, but that won't be until after the Olympics, apparently. Stupid NBC. . . .<br /><br />My EVE news is: I completed Caldari Cruiser 5 and can now finally fly Tech 2 hulls. and if I wanted to, I could fly a Tech 3 hull in a little over an hour also. Time for me to start grinding out some ISK. . . . . But, I frankly haven't really played EVE in about 2 months. I'm not really excited about doing missions anymore, but I'm not really interested in pvp either, nor researching the market well enough to "play it" and try to make money that way, so...... I'm willing to keep playing it, but I think it's about time for me to be looking at a different corp. MY current corp is fun in that I know everyone in it IRL, but we don't really do anything in-game together anymore. I can't remember the last "corp night" operation we had. But I read a lot of EVE blogs and I know there's a lot more game out there.... it's just a matter of me going out and finding it.<br /><br />In EQ2 I spent the past weekend doing the Everfrost quests on my mystic. I set him to 100% aaxp on his slider and so I got 8 AA's rather quickly. The thing that surprised me was that I thought it was simply a combat xp slider, but it turns out it's all the adventuring xp, so my character level didn't move a bit - all quest xp went toward aaxp as well. He's now fully melee spec'd and also has his full 40% boost to SoW. Add his racial 5% speed boost and he's permarunning 45% now. I kinda would like to put the next 5 points into the generic footspeed AA on the Shadow tree, but the difference from 45 to 50% runspeed isn't that great and I've got the racial +50% boost I can fire off every 5 minutes if I want. As a result, I'm going to work more on the WIS line in order to get the Ritual of Alacrity. I also worked on getting more AA on my monk also and got him to over 50 points, but I still am not sure where I want to go with that character.<br /><br />In DDO I deleted all my characters except for a dual-wielding kopesh fighter. I am *loving* this character. Good AC from the full plate armor, high dps from the fighter haste enhancements and good crit multiplier from the kopeshes.... much fun! There are still other combos I want to try, but I think I'm going to focus on this fighter for a while and look at building a reserve of cash up in order to be able to twink the later alts a bit. As it is, I've been able to do about half of the "newbie island" quests on the Elite level by myself, and I'm pushing level 4 with her now and will be able to add the "weapon specialization" feat in for even more damage. Way cool, methinks. Time to start looking at grouping. . . . .<br /><br />And that's about it. Nothing earth shattering but... life is pretty good and I'm enjoying my hobby.Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5456674291273003304.post-80108965227871997542009-09-28T16:17:00.002-06:002009-09-28T16:46:38.038-06:00Time flies, no?We got moved in, but it became apparent in the next few days that I highly overstressed my back while doing it. I'm better now, though.<br /><br />Past couple of weeks have really mostly been the typical "work, sleep, eat, repeat" routine. Teri's pregnancy is still kicking her butt, so most evenings she spends resting in bed, so I've been passing the time reading or watching dvd's.<br /><br />We did get our cable hooked up this past Friday, including internet. The TV part's been great, but the internet part.... not so much. The guy hooked it up to his laptop to activate it and it worked fine, but when I hooked my computer up a few minutes later...... nothing. Link lights looked okay on the modem, but the nic showed solid, no flashy. Power cycled the modem, but no help. Called the cable company and their automated system did a remote reset of the router and that fixed it. Hooray!<br /><br />It worked fine on Friday, but on Saturday it started going up and down a bit, especially later in the afternoon. I ran some errands and tried again and it seemed ok at first, but still was going up and down a bit into the evening. The modem would reset itself from time to time, and that seemed to help each time, but then last night it was just a no-go. Link lights looked good, but I was lucky to get the occasional packet in. Could barely load text-only blogs, never mind trying to play a game or something.<br /><br />Called the cable company again and this time it routed me to an agent. I described what was going on and she indicated she could see exactly what I described to her in her activity logs -- tons of missed/dropped packets and timeouts, etc. Seems odd that that would be the case -- when it's working it's nice and zippy, so I don't think it's a wiring issue, and it's a new modem -- I watched the tech pull it out of its plastic when he set it up. Even so, she said she'll send a tech out. She could do it for tomorrow, but since Teri and I both work... Friday it is. Since the TV's working and the fall season just started, Teri and I have more than enough to keep us occupied in the evenings now, and can read when we run out of recorded programs too. Ain't DVR something?<br /><br />Although, knowing me, I'll check the internet connection out each night anyway ;-)<br /><br />As it was, during the times it was working I put in a lot of DDO and a little EQ2 this weekend. For DDO's soloing, I'm finding I prefer melee oriented characters, and I'm thinking that a straight-up human fighter (bonus 1st level feat, after all) seems to fill the bill best. I tried a fighter/rogue multiclass combo, but found that the dual-wielding path I took wasn't "doing it" for me. Don't know why, really. It's not like I lost a lot with that 1 rogue level, and if I were to take every 5th level as a rogue I could end up with a 16/4 fighter rogue at the end with several of the rogue skills capped out and a very respectable +19 BAB for the fighting still. <br /><br />But, the idea of an Arcane Archer took me, so I made an elf fighter. From reading the descriptions on the DDO compendium it sounded like I'd need at least 1 level of ranger in order to be one, so I started level 1 as a ranger, then swapped to fighter for the additional feats and "kensai" enhancements. I'll grab level 9 as a wizard and that will then open up the Arcane Archer abilities at that time, plus the wizard spells will have some utility, so far as detecting secret doors minor AC buffs, etc. Thing is, I'm soloing right now, so while I'm doing okay at plinking at things as they run at me, I'm still forced to "sword and board" most of the time. And I'm not sure that I'm doing any more damage with the bow than a competent sorcerer or wizard would, so I'm not sure any group would want me as "ranged dps" in these low levels. Time will tell, I suppose.<br /><br />Anyway.. enough rambling on that.... I tried several other classes too, deleted several, have open character slots again, etc.<br /><br />Logged in to EQ2, but really it was just in order to re-attune my gear that got changed from "Lore No-Trade" with the latest update. For my lower level toons I also adjusted the new xp slider to 75% AA and only 25% toward adventuring.<br /><br />Today's computer stupidity: Guy calls up and wants me to renamed a file, then put a replacement file into the folder from the desktop. no admin rights needed, the idiot just thought they would be. He didn't even TRY to do what he needed to do.Magsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05870589034885773525noreply@blogger.com0