An extra special post

Today deserves an extra post because it is two years today that we came home with our little Keira.

I can't believe how fast time has flown and I can't even remember how life was before her. I am so thankful that she is a part of our lives. I am so thankful that we are finally a complete and beautiful family. This wonderful gift that we've been given is more than i could have ever dreamed. Thank you to the powers that be.


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First blog post with the iphone

Alright. Let 's just give this sucker a try and see how it works posting a post here. Still a bit awkward to type but I can at least access blogger. It's taking me forever even to type these few lines. Urg!!!!!!!!!!

It was a very nice day today. We are at the cabin and it's the first time that we went up on the big lift today with Keira. She was totally awesome just singing and skiing her way down the slope. Me , on the other hand, sucked the big one. I mean, how much snow plowing can one do on ice and still fall? First time on the big slope in two years. Thank god everything is melting. I hope it's all gone by Easter .


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Mobile phone dilemmas

Picking a new phone can be quite an emotional ordeal. Do I go functional? Do I go cool? Do I use a touchpad? Do I not use a touchpad? Do I want a good camera? Do I just want to use it for work? Argh. THe questions and choices are endless.

I had a Nokia phone, quite similar to the Blackberry. It was black, functional, easy to type, easy to find contacts, send SMS and email. It sucked in the camera department and sure as the hell sucked in the car. The bluetooth function didn't work so well and it kept cutting me off in the middle of conversations. I hate carrying on a conversation in the car...and then all of the sudden, in the middle of traffic, the call cuts off. I had to turn the phone off and then turn it back on, put in a passcode and then sync it up to the car. Other than that, it was a pretty good phone. It served me well for a couple of years...and then it started to turn off in the middle of the day for no apparent reason. It wouldn't make phone calls when I asked it to and it certainly wouldn't even answer phone calls when I pressed the green button. So, I needed a new phone.

I thought that the most logical choice would be the Blackberry. Just as functional as the Nokia and probably would work better. I had my mind all set on that and then poof...there comes the husband trying to convince me that I should have the iPHone. He said that I could have all my music, audiobooks, pictures, videos etc on the iPhone. We could consolidate devices at home..meaning I wouldn't need an iPod and a phone and a camera, etc. One device for so many things.

Ok. Fine. He sold me. Everyone at work loves it. I even took a poll on FB and it seems that the iPhone won.

So I got on the iPhone bandwagon Monday night. Ease of use? Puh. Easy to send email? Puh. EAsy to send SMS? Puh. EAsy to connect in the car? Yes. Cool looking and hip? Yes. Happy? Hmmm...not yet.

Well, today, I might, I say "might" be persuaded that the phone is kind of neat. I have been listening to an audio book on my iPod and finished it yesterday. Hubby had downloaded some books onto my iPhone when he so kindly set the thing up for me. This morning, I didn't have to to use the iPhone. All I had to do was to scroll to an audio book, plug it in and poof --- listening to a novel. AND, it still funtions as a phone and I didn't have to carry two devices around.

Ok, so maybe I'll be persuaded to the dark side....just maybe.

Spring is in the air...lalalalalallal

Dare I say that Spring is here? It's been a few sunny days this week. Cloudless skies. The snow is just melting off the roof of our house. These nights, we here loud "booms" and crashes from every side of the hosue as big chunks of ice melt in the warmer weather and come tumbling to the ground. It sounds like either a big bulldozer is knocking off our roof. But, hey, I don't mind...it's all melting...melting...melting...

I can't wait. This shitty darkness is over. The dirt on the roads is almost gone...maybe that means that I can finally spend a couple of NOK to get my car washed. HAHAH. God knows that it needs it.

Random videos February

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Random photos in February

Well...I'm a bit behind in the blogging/ photos area this month. Let's just blame it on the darkness and lack of sun = lack of energy. Anyway, here's a bunch of various photos taken in February.

Like my pretty new dress? Now, if I would only just button the top button

My first pop tart

"Yeah baby, I just knocked that one out of the park."

Valentine's day gift for Keira

So proud that she built this

Catching a ride from Pappa after hot chocolate

Keira and Tonja

Getting dressed for skiing

Cute Valentine's day cards

Goodie bags for classmates on Valentine's day

Playing with the cousins

Picture of Keira and Far Far

Farmor with a big smile on her face

Far Far looking very relaxed and dapper