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I Like Skype

Julie — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 18:31:58 +0000

I may not be on Facebook or chat, but I still have Skype and I’ve enjoyed using it. It can be used like a telephone or with video.

I have one friend who calls me once a week on Skype to talk since I went off of chat. It’s nice to be able to talk and even see the person. We can share smiles and laughs and see how the other is.

I find it a good way to use the computer for communication.

Photo Editing…

Julie — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 22:01:18 +0000

Up until recently, I’ve been using Gimp to edit my photos. I’ve loved learning how to do different things with it. When I got this new laptop so I could work on my pictures, Jeremy and I talked about photo editing software. We discussed getting Gimp again and just continuing to use it, but I was wanting to do more with my pictures, so we looked at both Photoshop and Aperture.

After checking out the different things you could do with each, I decided to get a trial version on Aperture. Initially, I enjoyed it and it could easily do the basic editing that I need, but I had trouble figuring out how to do anything extra.

Now, I have a trial version of Photoshop Elements 9. I’ve been working with it for about two weeks now and I’m enjoying learning new effects. I really like this one and I think I will be purchasing it when the trial is done. I’m slowly going through pictures from the last year and seeing what I can do with them. I’m playing with one or two pictures a day. It really is a lot of fun for me. If you want to see what I’ve gotten so far, here is my collection.

South Dakota Pictures

Julie — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:56:46 +0000

I edited and posted 80 of my pictures from my trip to Sioux Falls, SD. You can find them on Facebook in the album “Sioux Falls, SD trip” or you can go to my Flickr account and see them there. I took the most pictures when we went to the Falls Park.

Fireproof Movie

Julie — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:48:49 +0000

Jeremy and I went on opening night. We couldn’t get into the showing we had wanted because it was sold out, so we went to the next one. Jeremy and I enjoyed it. You have to remember that this is only Sherwood pictures third film, so the acting and editing and stuff isn’t as good as many of the Hollywood films, but the message can hit your heart. The story was so good that it had Jeremy crying in a few places. I think he cried more than I did. You know about how it will end from close to the beginning, but the journey from beginning to end is what made it so good. It had some parts I wasn’t expecting and I enjoyed seeing the camaraderie at the fire station. Anyway, I would suggest checking it out. It was good food for my soul.

Late Friday Felicities

Julie — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:19:40 +0000

Sorry, Dana. I was busy baking all day yesterday and hardly on the computer at all.

Here are my good things for this week.

1. Got a lot of desserts done… chocolate cupcakes, vanilla cupcakes, strawberry jello, and my very own recipe that I call Chocolate Cheesecake mousse pie.

2. Have visitors come last night and talked a while and having more come today.

3. Noelle learned some phonics this week.

4. AnnaBeth is enjoying doing her math workbook.

5. Library cards! Finally got them for here and was able to get books this week.

6. I have a clean house.

The best news this week though was: Emily’s scan showed NO cancer!!!

I hope you all have a good Labor Day weekend and enjoy this next week. Remember that even when it feels like you have had a bad week, if you look for them, you can find the good that God gave you to help you through it all. Hugs and kisses from your children. A nice good piece of chocolate at the right time. A friend’s IM just to say “Hi”

Oh Wow! What a Week!

Julie — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:45:25 +0000

At the moment, I don’t have time to really post. I have been extremely busy, but circumstances around here have really helped my disposition. I’m feeling so much better now than I was in the post a little while back. I will update you all as soon as possible. In the meantime, pray for our washing machine. Something isn’t working right and we just can’t afford a new one (or even the ones on Craig’s list that are big enough for our family.) We also can’t afford to do our washing at a laundry mat. Can you imagine how much it would be to do enough laundry for 7 people? Yikes!

Tonight is Day 1

Julie — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:36:50 +0000

The four kids who helped me with the VBS songs in church yesterday did a good job. Christine was nervous because she didn’t feel like she knew the movements very well, but she did fine.

I have my schedule and will be teaching the song of the day to the different classes of kids. There are five different classes of kids, so I’ll be getting my exercise. We have the assembly at the end of VBS, so we’ll do the theme song and the song of the day during that. I bet I’ll be ready to fall into bed every night this week.

As I’ve probably mentioned before, Jeremy has the 7-8th graders. He’s more comfortable with adults, but he’ll do fine with these kids too. He is running the assembly tonight and on Thursday since our Pastor has classes to teach at a Christian college those nights.

Anyway, pray for all of us who are teaching that we may have the knowledge that is needed to teach the children what they require to have a good relationship with Jesus and pray for the students that their hearts will be prepared and open to the messages we have for them each night. I’ll let you all know how it goes.

Sharing

Julie — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:40:10 +0000

I have found a teenager at our new church who is as much a music-aholic as I am. She sings and is trying to learn to play the guitar. She wants to learn the piano and is interested in all kinds of instruments. Last Wednesday, she asked me to bring in my tuner this week, so she could get her guitar strings tuned. As we talked about music, she asked what instruments I had and could play. I ended up bringing my guitar, mountain dulcimer, and bongo drum in as well as my tuner. I’ve taken the bass string off of my guitar because my hands are too small to reach it to push it properly. Her eagerness to learn all about the different instruments was so exciting to see. I let her borrow my guitar book. I look forward to sharing what I know about the instruments and teaching her to play some of them.

I’m also teaching her little brother how to use the autoharp that I play as accompaniment with the children’s choir. The older kids in the children’s choir are being taught how to use instruments, mostly percussion. Amie is learning the bongo drum (which has a neat technique to bring out two different sounds), James is learning the tambourine, and Christine is learning the maraca. If we get any other kids in, I will need more instruments. I have a few ideas and I need to find a music store up here.

Bummer

Julie — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:49:00 +0000

Jeremy’s 15 seconds of fame was pulled by the user on YouTube.

Starring Jeremy!

Julie — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:14:15 +0000

He’s enjoying working for Google… see how they spend their days…

He’s the guy who shoots the Spam!