Apples and picture scrambles

I was going to post a couple before and after pictures of projects that I have worked on lately regarding spray paint for one and a sisal rope for another.  But the mad picture scramble on this computer is making it impossible.  
You see at the beginning of the summer our computer almost crashed, well it did but my brother-in-law fixed it and chased away the nasty viruses.  When I got it back my pictures were no where to be found.  He said it shouldn't be a big deal since he didn't delete anything and even if he did that is usually recoverable as well.  Great! I thought and he recovered all the pictures!  Even better I thought.  Until I got the computer back only to realize that my meticulously organized folders were gone and there 8,000 give or take pictures in one large folder, and in no particular order.  Well it seems each folder at least stayed grouped together, but I think he recovered ALL of the pictures that have ever been on this computer- so all the blurry ones I had once deleted have reappeared.  On top of all of that, ALL of the pictures are at least duplicated if not copied up to eight times on some of them.  Phew! at least I didn't take 8,000 pictures!  The weirdest thing is the computer still acts as if these pictures and folders still exist.  Like if I go to add pictures into my folder labeled 'crafts' it will tell me that folder already exists and then it will ask if I want to merge the folders, of course I want to merge the folders we don't need any more duplicates.  It whisked my pictures away to said 'craft' folder.  And now I can't find them.  I mean if I do a search for 'craft' folder I can find it but I can't seem to get them to where I can use them. I have even tried to follow the trail when I go into the place where it asks you where you want to save them.  It seems simple but as soon as I try to find them, they don't exist.  So if you are still reading this complicated boring computer problem and know how to help, would you like to set up a 'help Jenn fix her pictures' date?  On the bright side I only have 1,890 pictures left to sort through.  Even our back-up hard drive is messed up with a couple of 'layers' of saved info.  I want to just get these organized saved on a hard drive, and then start fresh with our brand spankin' new Apple computer.  Now I have all sorts of new things to adjust to.  Now back to that picture disaster, and if you are an expert on saving and organizing and computer glitch fixing, I am serious about needing help.

Grant

Still praying for my cousin Grant.  He is a 10 year old football loving, farm kid just getting ready to start his first season of football.  He had is appendix out 2 weeks ago and during the procedure the surgeon, accidentally and with out realizing it, cut the aorta 3/4 of the way through.  Grant survived for 19 hours before the doctors were able to identify the problem.  Most people only live 4-7 minutes. He has gone from doctors thinking he wouldn't make it through the night to he might make it, but will probably have some disabilities.  There are so many many things still trying to recover such as kidneys, bowels, legs and other organs, that all is a result of having little to no blood flow for a period of time.  He seems to be cognitively aware, processing information and communicating, so we are all praising God he hasn't seemed to loose any or much brain function though his brain too went with very little blood flow for a period of time.  The risk of infection is also still very high as his abdomen is still open as are the incisions on his legs.  He had another surgery today.  Here is a link to his Caring Bridge site for more details.

Week 1, Day 1: complete

I am going to try to run a 5k at the end of October. Today was pretty easy. Just the right amount of jogging/walking and my route was the perfect length. I even bought this nifty couch to 5k app for my ipod that tells me when to walk and when to jog. So no calculating on my part.

I purchased a double jogger last week, so now I have no excuses. Actually I better get some use out of it since it brought our stroller tally to a grand total of six. Yes I know that is a ridiculous amount of strollerage for only 2 children. I am hoping to sell at least one possibly 2 strollers. Anyone want to buy a singe jogging stroller? Funny rabbit trail. This weekend Andy and I were backing out of the garage to head to the mall shaking our heads and laughing in disbelief at the amount of strollers sitting in there. We get to the mall only to realize the only stroller we brought along was the rinky dink $2 umbrella stroller that we have to bend over to push since we are taller than average. The joke's on us I guess.

So back to the 5k business, I think my biggest challenge will be trying to run once the weather gets chilly. Hopefully I will have a good routine down before that happens. I have never been one to be able to talk while I am running, but I think my inquisitive parrot that NEVER stops talking will try to change that. He will talk and repeat and repeat and repeat the entire walk, I thought going on a walk was supposed to mellow a kid out and help him to chill a little. Of course he road his little bike over a mile this weekend and talked and whooped and hollered the entire time, until he pooped out, then Cade screamed for the second mile until he fell asleep as we approached the car, so no peace and quite on our walks.

That's my man....

...just another day on the job. Must tough driving something like a snazzy old corvette around for work. Don't tell the boss man, but he even swung by and gave me a ride. (Special thanks to a friend *Peter Marie* that happened to be around and watched the boys for me.)

That's my sexy man! I think he looks pretty good here :o)

disclaimer: in case said boss man or others in the work place thinking he is taking a joy ride, these pictures were snapped by a local corvette dealer. All work related. seriously.

Tamales

We spent the day at my Aunt's house making tamales. To be honest, I have never even had a tamale, so I didn't know what to expect, but it was fun, quite a process since we were all first timers, and it was fun spending time with my dad's three sisters. All around a great day!

Two good articles I found today

http://www.desiringgod.org/blog/posts/motherhood-is-application?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DGBlog+%28DG+Blog%29



http://www.feminagirls.com/2011/08/24/on-women-divisiveness-and-hobby-horses/#more-3464

Malcom or should I say Dewey

This episode never fails to crack me up. It pops into my head from time to time and is always good for a chuckle.
Lately as in the past 2 weeks Dane has and a line stuck in his head that he continues to sing over and over. As he is playing or wandering around he will pause and sing "I have hands..." and then continue playing occasionally he will sing "I have one foot" and then go about his business.

The song is supposed to be:

I have hands, watch me clap
Oh what a miracle am I

I have one foot,
watch me balance
Oh what a miracle am I

There are other verses but you get the idea. If you were to stop in and witness this, you would think I had a handicapped child that thinks it is so profound that he has hands or better yet one foot. Oh man this just makes me laugh every time he does it.