The curse of the TV

So our TV is dead.  That is probably a great thing.  I am not trying to focus on that but what has come of it because it is broken.  I am reading more at night than I have before.  I love to read and now I am actually doing it because I am not watching all that filth that is on that dumb tube.  But something better has come of it.  At night I am spending more time talking with my wife.  We have been discussing things more in depth than we have before.  And yes I enjoy it.  Maybe the curse of the TV is a good thing.


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Wes Grimm

Notes are stronger than memory

Do you ever think of something and mean to write it down and never do, something really important,  so you say to yourself "I'll remember that" and then when it come to it you don't?

Ya, I had one of those today.  I always mean to write it done, just get to busy to do so.  Well getting to busy is a big crock of an excuse.  We would probably save time in the long run if we would just write in down int the first place.  I have learned that writers have these notebooks that they call, of all things, writers notebook.  They just jot down what ever they think when it comes to them, or details that they see or here when they are out and about.  The way a certain thing looks at dusk.  Or the sounds that people make getting on or off a bus, or the smell of food cooking in a restaurant.  Well you get the point.  Saves a lot of time while they are writing. 

So my point-well I guess I better get better  at jotting down my thoughts when they come to me.  Yes this will mean start carrying around some type of note pad.  But wait most of us already carry those around.  They are called Cell Phones (most now a days have a note pad function on them.)  Like we didn't already know.

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Wes Grimm

Dropbox with link this time

So here is some info again and with the link this time.

http://db.tt/5kwzyFc

DROPBOX

Dropbox is software that syncs your files online and across your computers. 2 GB of free space.

Dropbox replaces:

• Emailing file attachments to yourself and other people
• Using USB drives to move files between computers
• Renaming files to keep a history of previous versions
• Complicated backup software and hardware
• And more!

Dropbox lets you go back in time to undelete or undo changes to files.
Every time you save a file in Dropbox, Dropbox syncs it to its secure servers. Dropbox keeps a history of every change you make so that you can undo any mistakes and even undelete files. By default, Dropbox keeps 30 days of history for all your files.
With Dropbox, online backup is automatic.
Any file you put into your Dropbox folder is automatically backed up to the servers. Even if your computer has a melt-down, your files are safe on Dropbox and can be restored at any time. While the free 2GB account is perfect for backing up smaller files and documents, Dropbox offers larger accounts (up to 100GB) for backing up more and bigger files, like your music and video collections.
Dropbox lets you share files easily.
You can easily share entire folders or photo albums with Dropbox. Simply put the folders you want to share in your Dropbox, and invite people to them. You can also send people links to specific files within your Dropbox. This makes Dropbox perfect for team projects.

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Wes Grimm

Organizing life-Drop box

So we do sometimes run around like I said last time, like chickens with our heads chopped off.  How much of that is because we have no focus on what we are doing?  It is interesting to note in our day to day lives that when we are organized things run so much better.  Try it, I dare you.  I have noticed that the Saturdays that I don't schedule out with things to do, they fly by and it feels like I get nothing accomplished.

So what am I saying?  Life is better when it is organized a bit.  Yes we most definitely need off the cuff moments though. 

Here is a way to make your technology life a little easier.


DROPBOX

Dropbox is software that syncs your files online and across your computers. 2 GB of free space.

Dropbox replaces:

• Emailing file attachments to yourself and other people
• Using USB drives to move files between computers
• Renaming files to keep a history of previous versions
• Complicated backup software and hardware
• And more!

Dropbox lets you go back in time to undelete or undo changes to files.
Every time you save a file in Dropbox, Dropbox syncs it to its secure servers. Dropbox keeps a history of every change you make so that you can undo any mistakes and even undelete files. By default, Dropbox keeps 30 days of history for all your files.
With Dropbox, online backup is automatic.
Any file you put into your Dropbox folder is automatically backed up to the servers. Even if your computer has a melt-down, your files are safe on Dropbox and can be restored at any time. While the free 2GB account is perfect for backing up smaller files and documents, Dropbox offers larger accounts (up to 100GB) for backing up more and bigger files, like your music and video collections.
Dropbox lets you share files easily.
You can easily share entire folders or photo albums with Dropbox. Simply put the folders you want to share in your Dropbox, and invite people to them. You can also send people links to specific files within your Dropbox. This makes Dropbox perfect for team projects.

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Wes Grimm

Blank moments

I am sitting here at lunch doing nothing thinking that I need to do something, but there is nothing there.  So I just sit here aimlessly staring at my computer screen looking  at nothing in particular.   I want to be doing something productive, but still here I am.  Is life like that?  At times yes I think so.  We just go through the days following our routines just because they are easy and that is what we always do.  Its easy. And then on top of that we don't have to chance anything, or think about it.  Walking down the sidewalk or riding on a bus or in the subway; how many are there that are drone machines programed on our daily routine.   Then there is a bump on the road we walk around it and get right back on our one way railway track.

My kids are growing up and I am not going to get them little again.  It is warming up outside and they want to be out there.  But "I have things to do"  needs to get thrown off my track and spend some time with them.  If I don't I sure am going to miss out. 

Memory's are everything, lets not waste them.

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Wes Grimm
4th Grade Teacher
Iron Springs Elementary
"Love Learning"

Life is about family

So today was a little over whelming for me.  I let the work load and other concerns over burden me.  I took my eye off the prize and stubbled a little.  But there is nothing like family and family time together that can bring you back on track.  I helped out a niece with some algebra homework tonight, helping her understand a little better and then a nephew came and we all worked on a problem together and tried to get the right answer.  Then all the family got together and we talked for a while.  During the chatter and chitter we were learning how to make butter from cream.  Yep the whole churning the cream to make butter.  And you know what, it turned out pretty good.  The time was good, I got refocused on what was important and why I do what I do, and how I can be better. And now I am ready to hit the ground running again helping others feel like they are worth a million dollars.
Family really is what it is all about.

Wes

Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego, is she on the Oregon Trail?

Apparently she is on Face book, well soon will be.   So the Oregon Trail will be there soon to.  I loved those when I was a kid.  It is cool to see that Things that I liked as a kid are still popular, or have come back.  And Yes it has a lesson with life.  Good values will never go out of style.  You will never go wrong with right choices.

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enjoy

wes

Washing out Life

So our washing machine is out, and it has been out for a while.  Being out means it won't drain or spin.  It fills up with water and washes the clothes, but then doesn't drain, and then that kills the rest of the cycle.  So I have been draining the loads all by hand, using a large glass. This is quite the process, and it's a big bummer since there is no money to replace or fix right now. So yes sometimes life is the same, we have to brain our selves with a cup and get all the water out.  Meaning all the things that we really don't need or want.  We have to wash out life and get things straightened out again, make things right and get on the right track

Image via Wikipedia

Right now I am wishing I had this washing machine.  At least it would work right.

O Happy Day!

Wes

Cold spells can help in life?

So I just saw something that went along with my last blog.  Apparently some plants need the cold to be able to bloom in the spring.  Here is the article Why winter is important to some plants.
Same thing for us.  We need to have winters in our lives to truly enjoy the springs an summers of our lives.  Think about it. If you never had sadness you would never know what joy and happiness was.

Wes

LIFE'S Protection from a Lily

I was cleaning out some of our flower beds today, yes it is January and I live somewhere were there is normally a lot of snow.  Well there is almost no snow on the ground and it has been really nice weather.  Probably too nice for January.  This picture reminded me of what I saw in the flower beds.

We have day lilies maybe to many of them but they are really beautiful when them are blooming.  We didn't get two of our beds cleaned out and the Day Lilies just stayed there and covered the beds up with they're long leaves, if that is what you call them.  Underneath them I found a pot with a flower in it that was living and doing quite well even though it should have been dead.  It was still alive from the protection that it had gotten from the Lilies and moisture from the snow that had fallen.  Even though the temperature seems warmer than normal there have been some real cold snaps.  Thanksgiving was around -10 at night for a few nights, and a lot of 0's for the first week in January.
     My point.  We may feel beat buried, froze out, burned out half dead and just ready to give up, but there is some type of protection that we have that has and is saving us and protecting us from the storm that is raging around us.  Just hang in there and there will be growth.  There is not one person that does not go through something in their life were they feel battered and bruised.  And there is always some type of Lily there helping us through.

Wes