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Software geek / mom blogs about her life. I blog about the trials of parenting and work, and endlessly photograph my beautiful children. I often discuss gadgets, podcasts, movies, music, books, and send along fun things I find on the internet.

Latest Blog Posts

  • Silly Monkey Story - Jumping off the swings on Nov 24, 2009 in dova adam silly monkey stories

    When I was a kid, my absolute favorite playground toy was the swings.  I could swing for hours and hours.  My kids love the swings too, but they seem to enjoy them only for a moment and then jump off.  At full height.  When I was...

  • PSF - Happy 9th Birthday Adam! on Nov 20, 2009 in adam photo story friday

    Adam, I know you would hate to read a gushy mom's letter for your birthday, so I'll keep it short. You brighten every room, you are "wicked" smart, and awesome at soccer. You love to read and you eat up book series like candy.  Perhaps like the...

  • Dropbox Fever! on Nov 20, 2009 in internet geek out

    Last year, I posted about the great tool, Syncplicity. It allowed me to sync files on multiple computers as well as store them in the cloud. Since it came out of beta however, they changed the terms of the free account to only allow synchronization b...

  • Love Thursday - Finding a Friend on Nov 19, 2009 in love thursday dova

    During one of Adam's last soccer games, Dova was bored as usual until she happened to see a Kindergarten classmate also watching her brother's game.  They bonded over Swedish Fish. Yay! Dova found someone to run around with. And to take...

  • WW - I Need Intervention! on Nov 18, 2009 in games wordless wednesday

    Just when I thought I kicked the Facebook Bejeweled Blitz addiction, my latest iPhone app update put up a new icon for Bejeweled2.  What could be new about good ol' Bejeweled2? What's that on the bottom? Blitz? Facebook Bejeweled Blitz???

  • Cheetah and Gazelle on Nov 17, 2009 in travel animals

    At the Smithsonian National Zoo, I found it ironic that the cheetah exhibit was very close to the gazelles.  Isn't that taunting the poor cat who can smell his food just around the corner?  Here's the cheetah hanging out in the shade, flick...

  • PSF - The Soccer Romance on Nov 16, 2009 in sports dova photo story friday

    Remember this picture of Dova flirting with a boy classmate during her first soccer game?Apparently, this Kindergarten crush has blossomed through the season into a full-fledged romance. Grandma came to one of Dova's soccer games and captured the co...