Worlds of Wonder

Irene's been working on learning to read and she checked out a book today from the library at school by Scholastic.  They're called Wonder Books.  Talk about really cool!  She read the book to me twice tonight!  She was so excited to be the one reading.  Man..I am seriously thinking we should pick these books up but with needing to watch the budget I think we'll be telling people that's what she'd like for Christmas this year.   We'll see.

Wonder Books: Ben's Pens

Found a neat Knitting/Crochet site

A friend just went through and showed me a new site that I am thrilled with. :)  http://www.ravelry.com
Talk about a neat spot.  You can post the projects you're working on as well as other's you've done.  There is a nice newsletter with helpful stuff like dropped stitches in knitting etc.  Anyway, if you're of a mind, have a look! It's great.

Learning curve

Now that I have been laid off for about 2 months now, the learning curve has been immense.  I am not only learning Java, Python, Perl, and JUnit but I went out and bought a new MacBook Pro.  What a beauty that is. So now I am going to do all my learning on a mac to give me better background and I am going to try downloading the SDK for iPhone developement.  It's *that* that I think will give me an edge.  Looking forward to the fun.

Games, and the world in general

Well, I sit here playing Dragon's Quest IV for the Nintendo DS. I have to say I am having a blast. I found a blog here on blogspot that is great as it has nice pics / a wonderful world map.

Here is the link.

While looking at this blog, I realized: How do these people create the image captures? I realized, I had no idea - if I'd like to do something like this - as to how to do this. I did some research. By just googling, I found a link:
http://www.screencapturenews.com/2009/07/07/capturing-video-from-nintendo-ds/

This was fascinating because I found they actually make a camera! Then of course there are the Emulators - which totally makes me think - NEAT! Am tempted to try out the Emulator. Not sure what I'd do with it, but *shrug* it's something interesting.

I am currently learning Java and having a wonderful time. I have to say I really needed this type of time to learn something new. I am absorbing as a result and I feel like I have time with which to do so. For those that don't know, I was laid off at the beginning of July. The latest QA jobs out there, are looking for people with experience in Java and in JUnit. My Plan?
1) Learn Java
2) Create a couple of apps that my husband has drawn up that would help him in his game tournaments
3) Learn JUnit in the process and build a test system for the apps.
4) Use the Selenium automation tool to automate from the front end
5) Display this all on our newly designed web site as apart of my job interviews.

I have to say, I am quite excited at this prospect. Isn't it amazing what happens when we get laid-off?

As I sit here

It's Saturday and I sit here contemplating the world while Irene is watching the The Backyardigans.  I think that I need to post a pic ... so here we go. This is from our trip in Disneyland this year.  We went to the Disney Princess dinner the first night we got there.  This is one of the shots with Snow White.  Unfortunately , Irene wasn't feeling all that great, so most o the pics with the princesses look like this...but that's fine.

 

I have to say...This is fun! I am going to have to get a digital book or something setup up at Shutterfly soon. :)  

Inspired....

Well I got inspired when reading Liz's posts on her crochet work. So I thought I would post something creative here. The pic I am posting is really old considering that the scarf is now beyond 63 inches in length (am using up the rest of the ball - why waste? ) :) It's a simply K3 P3 and reverse side is P3 K3. I am really enjoying it. Hopefully you can see it. I took the pic with my iPhone so the detail really isn't there. Hmm I think it is time to get my camera back out. I promised to get the Disney pics posted soon anyway. :)

Wanting to be creative

Well, I have to say that I am fighting the urge to just leave work, and go find a good knitting pattern for socks and do my stuff. So much of what I have been needing to do lately is to do something creative - write fantasy, knit something new, work on Irene's new afghan - something. Instead, I am sitting here at work and feeling ho-hum about the world.

Easter is coming up. Family is coming in. I am having to figure out what the heck I am making for the main dinner course. I know I'll do the Cooking Light Grasshopper Pie that my family loves. I know I'll probably do green beans that I know Irene will eat. The question is: What to do for the main course? Maybe I'll ask my brother. Maybe he'd be willing to help me with it...hmm. I wish I felt confident to do a Leg of Lamb. I would *love* to do that. I have the spit stuff for the BBQ *sigh*. My parents have sort shown me. But I think I need to just do it myself. hmm...

Isn't it supposed to be freezing and wet and stuff?

So, it's January, right?  I  didn't miss winter right?  Cause I think I did somehow.  We are currently getting notifications of having 74 degree weather.  I had to dress Irene in short sleeves from her Summer clothes (thank god I keep a few shirts in her dresser). It's 4pm and it's registering at around 72 degrees!!! Oh my lord! It's JANUARY!!!! WTH???