23 Things continued.......

I found a Wikipedia article about my son Kris' band - Brand New Sin - and was able to edit the two minor mistakes very easily. I remember that we had to use a Wiki alot back when we were making that transition to POLARIS.

I think it's neat that anyone can chime in with what they know about a given subject but the fact that Wikipedia articles are so easy to create/alter should make anyone very hesitant about trusting the accuracy of the information contained in them. I have, however, resorted to Wikipedia when I can't remember things like the title of a song or the author of a book and want a quick "jog" to my memory.

BTW: If I hadn't been following our 23 Things, I would never have guessed at the origin of the word "Wiki". For some reason, I had it in my head that it had something to do with that ubiquitous "wi" that gets attached to all things wireless.

I am trying to do the multimedia thing now without much luck. I guess I'll have to wait until Nancy Boisseau comes back from her vacation and see what I am doing wrong.

Another of the "23 Things" accomplished!

I just set up my Flickr account and uploaded some family photos along with a very old (adorable) video of Blaed performing his very first karate routine when he was 4 years old. Friends and family can find me at www.flickr.com/photos/countess48.

I need to start using my digital camera at some point! I've had the thing for three years and am still kind of afraid of it. Not to mention that it seems that whenever I do take it somewhere, I discover that I need a new battery or a new memory card or something. I think I am just an "Instamatic" kind of girl at heart. What I really used to love were the throw-away cameras. Sigh.... Enough nostalgia!

Oops! I need to get back to work. A little short-handed here tonight with Mary B. on vacation.

23 Things #??

I don't know where we are anymore. I did my "linkdIn" thing. Touched base with Lynne, Carol Westcot, NJB, etc. Got alot of catching up to do.

Goodbye Nana

It's always a sad thing to lose your mother. Mine was 89 years old and well-loved by everyone who knew her. She lived with me the last six years of her life and was a joy to come home to every day. She deserved not to suffer at all but she was very ill for about a month before she died and I am grateful that that is over for her and also that I had the chance to care for her and comfort her near the end.

My life is changing again.

Another weekend

Busy busy busy! The only enjoyable thing I did was visit my new grandbaby with the punkin children. Blaed and Ariel are pleased with their new cousin and Olivia seems to have accepted him completely. Lindsay is feeling good and Andy is glad to have the family home and settling into the new routine.

It was all downhill after that visit. Saturday morning I met with cases managers at Loretto to get Omi settled in to her temporary digs. She's still mad at me for making her stay there. Then home to poor Nana who is still in alot of pain and still not eating enough. In between changing dressings and administering pain pills, I painted some more of my house. This was complicated by rain showers off and on all afternoon.

Weeded my garden and mowed the lawn. What a drudge I am!!!

I'm looking forward to work tomorrow. My great escape!

23 Things Post #3

I set up a Meebo account today with a little help from Elaine. It was not very difficult to set up but now I will have to fool around with it in order to see what I can do with it. I sort of remember Instant Messaging from a long time ago when my family bought our first computer and we had an AOL account (dial-up!!) Other than that, my only experience with IM is when the little pre-teen girls used to come into the library, get on the computers and furiously IM nasty things back and forth to each other.

I have Skype on my "booklet" at home but the only person I actually "skype" with is my son Andy and my little granddaughter. They live all of three miles away so it's not such a big deal for us. We are trying to talk my sister who lives on the west coast into loading the program onto her laptop and then I'm sure I would use it often.