tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63950862011-09-04T08:20:20.126-05:00About UsJeffnoreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-19563112812292507972007-09-06T22:50:00.001-05:002007-09-06T22:58:38.570-05:00Quite cool - 30 second video clip, such as this, is free.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-18203740270687815622007-01-27T07:05:00.000-06:002007-01-27T07:16:35.745-06:00Lauren was very excited to build a snowman last weekend. She has been waiting for the snow so she could try out her new shovel and sled. Jessalyn seems to be more comfortable in her snowsuit. However, walking without falling is still a bit of a challenge. Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1152511686568927192006-07-10T01:08:00.000-05:002006-07-10T01:08:07.213-05:00The Muny! - a photoset on FlickrLauren went to the Muny for the first time last night. She saw the Wizard of Oz with Karri. She even took a nap in the afternoon so she could go. Shows at the Muny start at 8:15, which is after her bedtime. They got back to the house around midnight. Lauren was excited that the fireflies came to watch the show as well.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1151770778834141292006-07-01T11:19:00.000-05:002006-07-01T11:24:29.286-05:00Quick Flickr TipsComments and notes, mouse over the picture, can be added to any picture. You can also lable a picture as 'A Fave'. Look for the buttons above the pictures. You will have to be logged in to Flickr to do these tricks. See the links for examples.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1151770090569984292006-07-01T11:08:00.000-05:002006-07-01T11:22:37.620-05:00Flickr SetsKarri has been uploading quite a few pictures lately to Flickr. She is trying to add new pictures daily. The best way to browse the pictures is by clicking on the labeled 'Sets'. They are the smaller thumbnails going down the right side of our Flickr page. The main 'photostream' are the larger pictures on our Flickr page arranged in two columns on the left. The main photostream includes all of Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1151465895497576032006-06-27T22:38:00.001-05:002011-02-23T02:17:53.668-06:00Lauren and I went to Michael's Swiss Inn last weekend for hot chocolate and coffee. Michael's has a full coffee bar that serves Starbucks. A picture of a Caramel Macchiato on the wall caught my eye right away. I caved in and ordered one for the first time. Other than the occasional Mocha at Borders, I drink my coffee black and strong. Before we left, Lauren's hot chocolate was spilled all over Jeffnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1150928898986427812006-06-21T17:26:00.000-05:002006-06-21T17:28:19.000-05:00Jessalyn just decided she was ready to walk. Yesterday she started trying on her own without our encouragement. Just now, she got up and walked across the living room. She did it multiple times and thinks she is pretty cool.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1150783252749047232006-06-20T00:33:00.000-05:002006-06-20T01:06:06.206-05:00If you check in frequently at our Flickr site, you may have noticed a few changes. Flickr is constantly evolving as more features are added, deleted, or made easier to use. Most recently, the layout of pages have seen some improvements. Everything feels a little more 'logical' and easier to navigate. Sets with thumbnail previews go down the right side of the page. The most recent photos uploadedJeffnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1150705374200146832006-06-19T03:22:00.000-05:002006-06-19T03:22:54.240-05:00City MuseumWe went to the City Museum in St. Louis on Sunday. It is more of a giant artistic playground than a museum. Karri has posted some photos on Flickr. Do this search on Flickr"city museum" St. Louisto see more photos from the museum. There are some cool evening/night shots to be found. Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1148722125627567832006-05-27T04:28:00.000-05:002006-05-27T04:28:45.686-05:00MmmmmMagic Shell Rocks!Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1146379808832031702006-04-30T01:50:00.000-05:002006-04-30T01:50:08.836-05:00Flickr BasicsThis link will take you to Flickr. The learn more link provides a brief overview of Flickr's features. In order to get the most out of Flickr, it is best to create an account. Yahoo owns Flickr, so if you have a Yahoo ID (email, etc) the process should be simple.Click on the thumbnail pictures on the left or by following this link to get to our pictures or what Flickr calls, a photostream.When Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1146321575747683692006-04-29T09:39:00.000-05:002006-04-29T09:44:12.373-05:00FlickrWhat website is one of Time.com's 50 Coolest Websites of 2005 and is described as 'completely addictive', 'amazingly easy', and a 'visual playground' by Time, Forbes, and Salon Magazine? Flickr, of course. Flickr isn't the only photo blogging site, but it is the one where you will find our pictures. I will be writing about how to get the most out of Flickr. For example, did you know that some of Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1144209906240256192006-04-04T23:05:00.002-05:002011-02-23T01:58:39.657-06:00Spring StormA severe storm blew through the St. Louis region on Sunday April 2nd. We were at LAX in Los Angeles getting ready to fly home when our neighbor called with the bad news. The mature maple tree in our backyard fell on our roof resulting in some minor damage to a gutter and a few shingles. A Bradford Pear in the backyard was also knocked over. Two very large sections of the privacy fenceJeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1143589013808978732006-03-28T17:13:00.001-06:002011-02-23T02:11:12.059-06:00Last Thursday, Karri, the girls and I left St. Louis and flew to San Francisco to visit with Karri's uncle and extended family. We flew Frontier airlines out of St. Louis and couldn't have been happier with our service. We were upgraded to first class accommodations and we were lucky to have witty flight attendants to help pass the hours.We couldn't go to San Francisco and not tour the sights. Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1140337500355344782006-02-19T02:25:00.000-06:002006-02-19T02:25:00.386-06:00Practice writing name.jpeg Practice writing name.jpeg Originally uploaded by About-Us. More of Lauren's art/school work was added to Flickr today. Enjoy.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1139780925968723052006-02-12T15:48:00.000-06:002006-02-12T15:48:46.010-06:008 8 Originally uploaded by Jeff, Karri, Lauren & Jessalyn. The number 8Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1139368748371670132006-02-07T21:19:00.000-06:002006-02-07T21:27:03.633-06:00RecipesI've added a new section with recipes that we have made and found to be good enough to share. See them here...Good Food Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1139169653344051072006-02-05T14:00:00.000-06:002006-02-05T14:00:53.386-06:00Superbowl SundaySuperbowl Sunday! It's the biggest sporting day of the year! I'm going shopping.All the guys out there are thinking 'groan' "He is being dragged to Kohls, Target, etc. his wife." "The poor guy..."In reality, it was my decision to go shopping. The only thing I'm worried about missing are the commercials and the Rolling Stones half-time show. Thank goodness for VHS.By the way, who Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1138747939042362202006-01-31T16:52:00.000-06:002006-01-31T16:52:19.113-06:007 7 Originally uploaded by Jeff, Karri, Lauren & Jessalyn. The number 7.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1138479409676404492006-01-28T14:15:00.000-06:002006-01-28T14:16:49.686-06:00Lauren and I scanned some of her work from school today. She added her own comments to each of the pictures! Enjoy!Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1136270933863910302006-01-03T00:48:00.000-06:002006-01-03T08:35:20.873-06:00The Day AfterI felt okay today after my run last night. I was a little sore, but I managed to not complain too much! Tomorrow we are going to the rec. center to walk and swim.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1136183092475609002006-01-01T23:56:00.000-06:002006-01-02T01:17:52.656-06:00I ran one mile this evening. One grueling mile. One long grueling mile! Well, it really wasn't that bad. I thought I could probably finish a mile in under 7 minutes. Totally unrealistic. I finished in 11:29. That is 11 minutes, not hours. We packed up the kids and headed to the rec. center Friday evening for some walking and swimming. Karri and I walked a mile on the track while the girls rode inJeffnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1132468055166457422005-11-20T00:19:00.000-06:002005-11-29T09:12:10.213-06:00I added a flickr 'badge' to the page. It will show thumbnails of the most recent pictures that we upload to our Flickr account.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1131946327626631632005-11-13T23:20:00.000-06:002005-11-21T07:40:24.306-06:00I reverted to the original page template due to problems getting comments to work correctly. I updated the title with some javascript from Spell with Flickr instead of html code. The code went from about 20 lines to 1 line using javascript. As a bonus, the letters now change with every reload. Click refresh! Pretty cool.Check out Google Labs for more good stuff.Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1131607222955024012005-11-10T01:20:00.000-06:002005-11-14T00:18:02.406-06:00The Training BeginsYesterday, after dinner, we decided to head to the Rec Center for the evening. While we were getting ready, I told Karri that I was going to run to the Korte Rec Center. The rec. center is about three miles from our house. She looked at me like I had gone mad. So we packed the kids up, put them in their car seats, and I set off to start my training. I ran to the end of our Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1131392439158371522005-11-07T13:40:00.000-06:002005-11-07T13:52:38.963-06:00Getting in shape!I've decided to start working on getting in shape. This will requirequite a bit of determination on my part to change my couch potatohabits. Nevertheless, it must be done. I will start with the ambitiousgoal to run the Chicago Marathon on October 22, 2006. I will be bloggingmy progress toward this goal on a regular basis through this blog.Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1130004801946156572005-10-22T13:07:00.000-05:002005-10-22T13:35:46.560-05:00I have added a link to our Flickr photo blog. Right now the pictures are still the ones that were there after Jessalyn was born. New pictures are coming soon!The new About Us title comes from Spell with FlickrAll you have to do is enter your text in the form. The letter pictures are pulled from Flickr photo blogs. Clicking on the letter pictures at Spell with Flickr will change to another pictureJeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1116562297125039372005-05-19T23:11:00.000-05:002005-05-19T23:11:37.140-05:00Severe Thunderstorms!It's 11:10 pm. The sirens went off shortly after Lauren went to bed tonight. We are now sitting in the basement waiting for the big storm to hit!Boom!Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1113186526228661602005-04-10T21:28:00.000-05:002005-04-10T21:28:46.226-05:00gnome-blogTest of gnome-blog applet. I recently switched from Fedora to Ubuntu. Ubuntu comes with Gnome 2.10. Gnome is a straight forward easy to use desktop environment. Not a lot of configuration options are available. However, it 'just works'. You can find a screenshot here. You will see this post being composed and a window browsing our Charter FTP space that hosts this website. Notice the Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1106731207352979042005-01-26T03:20:00.000-06:002005-01-26T03:20:07.353-06:00Firefox has reached a new milestone - 20,000,000 downloads! There is a Wiki available for anyone wanting additional information.
Mozilla Firefox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1106720449575764662005-01-26T01:18:00.000-06:002005-01-26T00:22:32.206-06:00They are finally here! Everyone waiting for pictures from the ultrasound should check out the Photos link to the left. Enjoy!
Jeff
Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1105672296695343302005-01-13T21:11:00.000-06:002005-01-13T21:11:36.696-06:00Apple - Mac mini
I want my Mac mini! To bad it doesn't come with a DVD burner. You can always buy an external DVD burner, but they generally cost more. It will be interesting to see what options become available in the future. Maybe a mighty Mac mini!Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1078724911583578682004-03-07T23:48:00.000-06:002004-12-05T14:14:06.336-06:00On Saturday at noon, Jeff and 102 'hearty souls' took the Polar Bear Plunge into Carlyle Lake to raise money for Special Olympics. It was 52 degrees and partly cloudy. Winds were from west at 15 mph and it felt like 45 degrees. The water temperature was a chilly 46 degrees. For the record, 46 degrees is cold! I raised $556.50. Over $23,000 was raised by the Carlyle lake jumpers. The Special Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1077162667099268992004-02-18T21:51:00.000-06:002004-02-18T21:53:47.716-06:00We were really busy last weekend. We went to Springfield on Friday for Christy's going away party. Lauren's favorite thing about eating at Ponderosa was the chocolate ice cream! On Valentine's Day, we went to The Mills outlet mall in Hazelwood, Missouri. Lauren spent a lot of time in the play area and toy stores! We ate dinner at Fuzio's Universal Pasta. Karri saw Fuzio's showcased on the T.V. Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1076392916124524972004-02-10T00:00:00.000-06:002004-02-10T00:04:24.310-06:00I added some pictures of Lauren sledding in her new snowsuit on the photos page. She really did say Whee!Jeffnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395086.post-1075704060754324802004-02-02T00:41:00.000-06:002004-02-03T21:31:06.263-06:00The first mom and dad's night out was a big success! Hailey and Elaine came over to our house Saturday for a night of fun while their parents went to dinner and did some shopping. The kids devoured hotdogs and mac n' cheese for dinner. Many games were played, and at the end of the night, Jeff and Karri were exhausted! Check out the pictures on the Photos page.
JeffJeffnoreply@blogger.com0