Blog & tech stuff
- I added some reactions to the bottom. Please click the appropriate one as you see fit.
- You can also add a rating system allowing readers to give a post 1-5 stars.
- This is a cool site that will analyze the gender of the person writing a particular blog / web site. I come in as 58% woman, which is the most gender neutral one of all the blogs I entered.
- I finally bothered to figure out how to easily resize my browser using keyboard shortcuts so that I have the three different sizing and positioning options availble easily: regular browsing, browsing with a chat window open, browsing with a video playing on the side. I'm a dork.
Avery
While walking the dogs a couple of weeks ago, I let Avery out of the Beco to walk, too. When I do this, the dogs have to be very, very patient. Shockingly, they are perfect in this situation. They rarely get antsy and just walk slowly as we follow Avery's strange little trajectories and pit stops. Anyway, it was a hot day and the dogs were panting quite a bit. I was worried they were overheating, so I stopped by one of the water spouts in the cemetery and turned it on in case the dogs wanted a drink. Neither did. I turned it off and we continued on our way. Since then, every single time we walk past that water spout, Avery does the sign for water and points to it. She remembers it every time.
Fast becoming one of Avery's most used words is "pease?" She knows I respond positively more often when she says "pease." She still has to be reminded to say thank you (which she signs 90% of the time, and speaks "dank koo" about 10% of the time), but we're making politeness progress. Now, if I could get her to understand it's not OK to poke people directly in the eye, nor it good practice to expect other kids to take off their shoes so you can try them on.
Mexico
I can't believe we leave for Mexico soon. That is just crazy. We are all set up to borrow another homeowner's car while we're down there, so that rocks. And we are bringing entertainment (read: DVDs) with us to watch at night and/or during the really hot times of the day. I can't wait to see how Avery likes the new pool. She didn't want to leave the other pool last time, but it was kind of cool then. This time it'll be super hot, so we won't have that problem.
Please let me know about surf fishing and kayaking.
ReplyDeletekeyboard shortcuts for browser resizing!? sweet.
ReplyDeleteuh, how did you managed to do that?
Have fun in Mexico!
ReplyDelete@Darren - a javascript bookmark.
ReplyDeleteCreate a bookmark on your toolbar (I moved it out of the tool bar afterwards since I never actually click on it, but use keystrokes to get to the address bar). Anyway, set the location as "javascript:resizeTo(1400,screen.availHeight);self.moveTo(0,0);" You can adjust the size as appropriate, obviously. Name it whatever you want. Set the keyword & save it.
Then you can just use command + L (assuming you're using a Mac, otherwise, whatever the keystroke is to get you to the address bar) and then type the keyword and voila! It totally rocks.
@KMK - Will do! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMore Heather words: BowPough = Grandpa; Grammar = Gramdma; oowey-oowey = birds
ReplyDeleteI was said to have chastened the neighborhood bully from my doorstep behind my mother's skirt by saying: "Owe home you naughty boy, owe home!"
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