I am loving my new iPhone, probably a bit too much. It's just so handy. I've downloaded some apps (mostly for free!) and thought I'd mention some of my favorites.
1. Handy Level - I'm so not good at eyeballing something and telling if it is straight or so crooked as to look as if it went through an earthquake. This App is exactly what it's name implies. And again, to use the word...it's handy.
2. ISpadez - I have been addicted to Spades for years. Back in the day, we would spend entire weekends playing Spades, with real actual cards. Then we got old and married, and played with other couples before the little ones came along, again, with real actual cards. Then the Yahoo Games came along, and you could play with complete strangers from your desk at work (ahem!). That was fun because you could get lucky and get paired with a great player, or unlucky and get paired with a moron. Either way, it was pretty interesting. I got a real job, though, and couldn't play anymore. Enter this iPhone app. Technically, I probably could play at work, but I don't. I do play when I'm stuck somewhere, like waiting at the license bureau, or the Dr's office. Oh the joy of wasting time!
3. Flashlight - I didn't think I would need this app. But our power went out one night, and of course, I couldn't find the flashlights that one would normally keep in the house for such an occasion. So I promptly downloaded this app and found my way back to bed!
4. Keeper - This is a (password protected) password keeper. I HATE how I have to have a gazillion different usernames and passwords for different websites and accounts. Some websites make you stand on your head while whistling dixie to find a password they'll accept, but you know you'll never remember. Keeper is great for that. You can type in the name of the site or account, your username and password and it keeps it for you. A great app for a memory challenged gal such as myself.
5. Gorillacam - This app helps you hold your phone straight so your pictures don't come out all wonky-like, and it also helps prevent the shakiness that makes my pictures...well...all wonky-like.
6. PandoraBox - An app that gives you a daily list of apps that have gone on sale - and many are free!
7. Pandora - This is an awesome music app! You type in the name of a song or artist that you like and it creates a radio station that plays similar types of music. It's really great!
8. Yahoo Music - Another music site, although I don't think it's as great as Pandora.
9. Mass Times - This app gives you mass times for Catholic churches in whatever area you are in. I don't know how trustworthy the app is though, as the test one I used was for my own church and it is about two years out of date.
10. iRosary - If you pray the rosary, this is kind of cool. It has the prayers listed, along with the Mysteries. It also has a customizable rosary that moves through your fingers as you recite the prayers.
11. iConfess - This app is just kind of wierd. It is password protected, and has lists of sins that helps you examine your conscience. You can flag any sins you have commited, and then lists them on a special 'For Confession' page, along with the prayers for confession. This is supposed to be for you to reference while you are in confession. I'm not sure, but I think if I tried to pull out my iPhone during confession, Father would probably think I'm a nut, among other things.
12. Facebook - The coolest app ever! You are never far from your friends and family with this app! Now if all those farmers and bakers and mafia people would stop begging me to build their barn, feed their animals, fertilize their crops, take some baked goods off their hands and knock somebody off, I could get down to the real reason I facebook - to see what's going on in everybody's REAL world.
That's it for my app suggestions. Time for me to go find something to do that doesn't require the use of my iPhone. Goodnight, all!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Super Bowl followed by Snow Day
We watched the Super Bowl last night. I'm a Peyton Manning fan (a little bit), but was glad to see New Orleans win. That city deserved a reason to party and they played a great game.
But now let's discuss the real excitement of Super Bowl Sunday: food and commercials. I slacked off on the snack food this year. We're trying to eat more healthy, and I just wasn't much in the mood for 'healthy' snacks. I did make a nice homemade beef stew (yum!) for dinner and as a concession to 'we have to have something to snack on-it's the Super Bowl' theory that I got from my husband, I made a small batch of ro-tel dip and gave him a bag of tortilla chips. That was it for snacks. I did, however, have margaritas. Cuz, dudes...any excuse for a margarita and I'm all over it!
I thought the commercials were fairly lame this year. I was a little disturbed by the two commercials featuring underwear (not sexy people in underwear, mind you) in a row. Really, could the planners have not separated them out a little bit. Probably would have been more effective if they had not been back to back. Instead, I just cringed while watching them. My favorite was the little boy in the doritos commercial. "Put it back. Keep yo hands of my momma and keep yo hands off my doritos." Hahaha, funny stuff.
I was glad to see the Clydesdales in a commercial. Being from the St. Louis area and having a bad taste in my mouth because of the whole InBev takeover, I do still like the Clydesdales. They are beautiful horses. And does anyone miss the Bud frogs from years ago? They were awesome.
Woke up this morning to just enough snow to make the roads slick and cancel school. I made the mistake of telling the boys too early. If they had thought they had to get up for school, I couldn't have drug them out of bed. But because I told them they could sleep in instead of telling them to get moving, they jumped out of bed full of energy and attitude. No Schoooooolllll!!!! Help me.
Well, here's hoping things calm down around here in time for some knitting to get done. And I'm trying a new recipe for dinner tonight. Going to try hungrygirl.com's buttermilk chicken tenders. (I'm sure that's not the right name, but it's close). Sounds yummy. I do like trying some of these new healthy recipes. So far, so good.
Oh man, CJ has the TV turned up to 'amplify' mode, the dog won't stop barking at the snow falling, Ryan won't stop yelling at the dog, and I'm on my third cup of coffee. This day is not shaping up like I planned!
But now let's discuss the real excitement of Super Bowl Sunday: food and commercials. I slacked off on the snack food this year. We're trying to eat more healthy, and I just wasn't much in the mood for 'healthy' snacks. I did make a nice homemade beef stew (yum!) for dinner and as a concession to 'we have to have something to snack on-it's the Super Bowl' theory that I got from my husband, I made a small batch of ro-tel dip and gave him a bag of tortilla chips. That was it for snacks. I did, however, have margaritas. Cuz, dudes...any excuse for a margarita and I'm all over it!
I thought the commercials were fairly lame this year. I was a little disturbed by the two commercials featuring underwear (not sexy people in underwear, mind you) in a row. Really, could the planners have not separated them out a little bit. Probably would have been more effective if they had not been back to back. Instead, I just cringed while watching them. My favorite was the little boy in the doritos commercial. "Put it back. Keep yo hands of my momma and keep yo hands off my doritos." Hahaha, funny stuff.
I was glad to see the Clydesdales in a commercial. Being from the St. Louis area and having a bad taste in my mouth because of the whole InBev takeover, I do still like the Clydesdales. They are beautiful horses. And does anyone miss the Bud frogs from years ago? They were awesome.
Woke up this morning to just enough snow to make the roads slick and cancel school. I made the mistake of telling the boys too early. If they had thought they had to get up for school, I couldn't have drug them out of bed. But because I told them they could sleep in instead of telling them to get moving, they jumped out of bed full of energy and attitude. No Schoooooolllll!!!! Help me.
Well, here's hoping things calm down around here in time for some knitting to get done. And I'm trying a new recipe for dinner tonight. Going to try hungrygirl.com's buttermilk chicken tenders. (I'm sure that's not the right name, but it's close). Sounds yummy. I do like trying some of these new healthy recipes. So far, so good.
Oh man, CJ has the TV turned up to 'amplify' mode, the dog won't stop barking at the snow falling, Ryan won't stop yelling at the dog, and I'm on my third cup of coffee. This day is not shaping up like I planned!
Friday, February 5, 2010
World's Worst
Yes, I am the World's Worst Blogger. 'Tis true. You may note that my last blog entry was about a camping trip, with green, green grass and shirtless little boys excited about going to the pool. As I sit here tonight watching the snow fall outside, I realize that some time has passed since my last blog. Sue me.
The issue here is partly that I know that no-one reads this blog. You know how your life is full of things you should do, because maybe they are good for you. But if nobody is watching, you find yourself not doing those things? Yeah. Kind of like this.
But screw it. I'm going to (attempt) to blog anyway. Largely because there has been some undocumented knitting going on in my life since last summer. And I was getting ready to order yarn that was PERFECT for the baby sweater I made last fall, and I have a baby explosion going on with my friends and family. And I cannot for the life of me remember what the hell yarn I used for that baby sweater. I know the color was called Petal. That's it. Don't know where I got it from. Don't know what weight it was. Don't even fully remember the material. Was it Alpaca? (No, I'm sure it wasn't.) Merino? Superwash? What the hell?!?! If I had been a good little blogger, there would have been pictures here, with details. (Why, yes, I am a member of Ravelry, where they have great applications for keeping record of such things. But that would mean I'd have to use it. See the above paragraph where I talked about doing things that are good for you.) Ravelry is a great site, by the way, for finding patterns. I'm just never going to remember to keep my stash records updated. Never. Ever. Not gonna happen. So here I am. Back in blog world. Hold me to it, will ya?
Current WIP: a prayer shawl for a very dear friend in need of prayers. I'm using Lion Brand Homespun in a great color that can't be named in this post because I already lost the damn ball band. (Note to self: Don't do that again.) Using size 13 needles and the pattern Easy Triangle Shawl by Lion Brand.
No pictures as my camera has gone kaput. Maybe a new camera is coming my way. I mean, how can a girl blog and keep good records without a camera? Yeah. Just what I thought. I'll work on that plan.
Until next time, enjoy the snow. There's more on the way.
The issue here is partly that I know that no-one reads this blog. You know how your life is full of things you should do, because maybe they are good for you. But if nobody is watching, you find yourself not doing those things? Yeah. Kind of like this.
But screw it. I'm going to (attempt) to blog anyway. Largely because there has been some undocumented knitting going on in my life since last summer. And I was getting ready to order yarn that was PERFECT for the baby sweater I made last fall, and I have a baby explosion going on with my friends and family. And I cannot for the life of me remember what the hell yarn I used for that baby sweater. I know the color was called Petal. That's it. Don't know where I got it from. Don't know what weight it was. Don't even fully remember the material. Was it Alpaca? (No, I'm sure it wasn't.) Merino? Superwash? What the hell?!?! If I had been a good little blogger, there would have been pictures here, with details. (Why, yes, I am a member of Ravelry, where they have great applications for keeping record of such things. But that would mean I'd have to use it. See the above paragraph where I talked about doing things that are good for you.) Ravelry is a great site, by the way, for finding patterns. I'm just never going to remember to keep my stash records updated. Never. Ever. Not gonna happen. So here I am. Back in blog world. Hold me to it, will ya?
Current WIP: a prayer shawl for a very dear friend in need of prayers. I'm using Lion Brand Homespun in a great color that can't be named in this post because I already lost the damn ball band. (Note to self: Don't do that again.) Using size 13 needles and the pattern Easy Triangle Shawl by Lion Brand.
No pictures as my camera has gone kaput. Maybe a new camera is coming my way. I mean, how can a girl blog and keep good records without a camera? Yeah. Just what I thought. I'll work on that plan.
Until next time, enjoy the snow. There's more on the way.
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