I can now blog from anywhere using sms and my cell phone... Way cool!

I'm testing to see if I can text message to my blog....

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I think I just figured out how to edit blog entries before I send them once I mark them to send on the next sync. I'm liking this more and more.... Now if only I could justify unlimited data access on the phone. Maybe I can talk the boss into paying for it. Somehow I doubt it. If I had it then I could publish to the blog realtime from anywhere instead of waiting for my next sync.

We got back from Quest without incident. I need to make a drop bracket for the cooler so it doesn't block the air flow on the front of the jeep. I don't like running it that hot for very long. I definitely need to figure it out by Pennsic since that is a 400 mile trip one way. The trailer held up well and I think it will work out for Pennsic. Katya slept better last night than she did the prior 2 nights. I hope she will adjust quickly to camp life at Pennsic. On the plus side it looks like my Treo can last 6 days on a charge if I don't use the phone... I left the phone on all weekend and was down to 56% by the time we left. If I turn the phone off I should be able to go all of Pennsic on a charge. I'm starting to figure out the video on this phone. I took some at Quest ans was able to view it in Real Player on the computer. Last time I made the mistake of trying to access it right from the phone instead of letting it synchronize first.

its sunday night and we just put katya to bed... I'd say that it was a good weekend overall, the weather has been pretty good... Not too hot not too cold. I'm now the baronial archery champion. I think its pretty cool... I'm already thinking of a shoot for next year's championship. Katya has been handling it pretty good though I think it will take more time for her to fully adjust to camping in the SCA.

I made a birthday cake for rain... I think we'll have it after court this evening.

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sunday... katya is handling quest pretty well. once we got her to sleep last night she slept most of the night through. she only woke up a couple of times mainly because she was cold. once she learns to stay in the sleeping bag she will do better. friday night we had to let her sleep with us because she was just so darn tired that the camp sounds kept her awake. yesterday I shot in the baronial archery championship and I became champion. :) yay! now I can say I was champion in carillion and settmour swamp. now I get to design next years champion shoot. that should be loads of fun.

well it looks like this weekend will be a little rainy but not too bad. It should be a decent weekend for camping. I got more plastic containers for our gear so we have room for katya's stuff.

rain rain go away

It looks like its supposed to rain every day for the next week. that sucks since we're going camping this weekend. At least its just supposed to be showers and not rain all the time.

Well, its official... I m now officially a Tread Lightly master trainer. This means that I am qualified to train other Tread Lightly trainers as well as do presentations to other groups.

Well Katya got a huge jewelry chest that is bigger than she is.. its amazing what people will throw away.

thank goodness I'm not an AT&T customer.

If you had trouble accessing our web site, it is because someone at AT&T screwed up royally and has a whole bunch of domains redirected to some at&t fraud warnign site. They don't host the domain or the web site.. nice, huh.

 

ahh... bathtime at the irvine's... what an experience it is. more toys than any kid could want. its hard to believe that less than a year ago we had o fight with Katya to get her to take a bath.... now even the mention of the word has her running for the bathroom and taking her clothes off.

Big day tomorrow

Tomorrow I go to the class to be a Tread Lightly master trainer. I'll be qualified to train other trainers and to train groups on Tread Lightly. I can't wait.

Tonight I replaced the valve seals in the tub faucet. I've never done this before so it was a real accomplishment for me. it seems not to leak so I guess I did it right.



I'm loving this Treo... I'm actually writing this post on my phone. In the morning when I sync, it will get posted to the web site. way cool!

I should be able to create as many blog entries as I want to.

I think I am going to start blogging on the treo now...

just testing a new blog tool

This weekend the boss was so kind as to buy me a new Treo 650 smart phone. Basically it is a Palm Pilot with a cell phone attached. I am loving this thing. It has a color screen, 1 mega pixel camera, etc..

Another pic

Our little artist helping daddy paint.

Katya got some new chalk.. and I got a new camera on my cell phone so I just had to test it out.. :)

Wow, can my daughter eat.. last night she put away a whole can of ravioli by herself. I'd say that she is going through a growth spurt again. I think she may b eating as much as me if not more, considering I weigh 4x what she does, its alot. She is making some serious forward progress. You would never suspect that less than a year ago she spoke no English at all and could barely walk.

New Orleans

Looks like we're going to New Orleans in November for a few days. It should be fun. I'll be down there for a few days at a seminar and then Rain will fly down & join me. We'll have to see about booking a hotel in the French Quarter if we can. I'm really looking forward to going.

New Orleans

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Camping...

I got the tent set up last night. It looks like termites got into a few of the support poles so I need to replace them ASAP. I'm gonna set everything up over the next few days and make sure that nothing needs repairs, etc. I don't think I'll need to do much except restock some supplies. I'm going to see how well the 2 beds fit with the shelves while I am at it.

Here's our little darling playing int he basement.

We had a rather successful shopping trip this weekend. New pants for me, new stuff for camp. Katya has her own sleeping bag now. The sinks turned out rather well. I have some minor adjusting to do but all is well. This weekend the tent goes up and I am going through the camp kitchen, etc.

May all your wishes come true

Yesterday on the way home from Lancaster I saw what was probably the most touching tribute that I have ever witnessed. Heading the other direction was a line of (I'm not exaggerating) 50-60 fire trucks, and at least 200 big rigs (everything from a cement mixer to a tractor trailer). They were all sporting "Make a wish" banners on their front end and at least 30 of them had "Wish child on board" banners. This parade was over 10 miles long headed down US222 toward lancaster. I could not believe it, I've never seen so many big rigs before in my life.

Its amazing what people throw away... I just grabbed a 25 gallon fish tank off the curb. Maybe we'll set it up for Katya.

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Summer is approaching.. The camp gear is coming along nicely and I should hopefully have the sinks re-done tomorrow. In another 2 weeks I'll be training to be a Tread Lightly master trainer, which means that not only will I be qualified to teach people on the tread lightly ethics (which I do now every time I talk to people about the outdoors), I'll be able to train others to train people. Pretty cool if you ask me. And in another month I take my motorcycle class and get my license. One more thing off the to-do list.

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I think I got the webcam working, Now I just have to see about getting the audio working. It seems to be fighting me. Once I have it running I can see about using it to talk to Amy.

Camping season is upon us. I built Katya a collapsible camp bed something like ours. Now I have to get her a sleeping bag and such. We'll probably go to Lancaster next weekend and get it at camp Coleman. This week I think I will get the tent set up, and I am working on a new sink setup for this season as well.

 

Well i finally got a webcam. Now I am trying to get it working... fun fun