Articles in November 2008

  • Putting up Christmas

    Posted: 30 November 2008 at 10:31 p.m.
    Putting up Christmas LightsJeffrey and Cambree have had so much fun adding Christmas decorations to our home.  The Christmas lights and their own nativity are their favorites and of course, they found stale candy canes from last year - it didn't seem to phase them one bit.  We are excited to start December ... ...read more

  • 5 year Aniversary

    Posted: 30 November 2008 at 10:18 p.m.

    Ice Skating - We skated for about an hour and a half and had such a wonderful time. Our chins started to freeze and we'd laugh that we couldn't pronounced our words very well or move our chins as quickly as we are used to.  Daniel tried to teach ...

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  • Thanksgiving Delight

    Posted: 27 November 2008 at 11:11 p.m.

    Another delightful Thanksgiving within our own home and family.  The turkey was a success - I let it soak in brine all night.  Tender, tasty, and delicious - even still with leftovers.  Cambree hasn't eaten meat so well. 

    My stuffing reminded me of President Uchtdorf's Knusperchen in toasting my bread ...

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  • Look Dad! Cows!

    Posted: 23 November 2008 at 8:13 p.m.

    Cows in our back yard

    I took this picture from our bedroom window.  We have cows in the field beyond our backyard we enjoy watching.  The children are delighted to see them.  The farmer lets his cows graze on his field after the harvest every fall.

    Having cows in our backyard has raised some interesting ...

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  • Man Pays Bill With Spider Drawing

    Posted: 21 November 2008 at 11:18 a.m.

    Josh VanderLinden, (see his blog), sent me this link to this funny story about a man that tried to pay his bill with a spider drawing.

    http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=665847

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  • Japanese Cuisine

    Posted: 18 November 2008 at 10:39 p.m.

    Though it's not as fancy as it really is in Japan, I had so much fun making dinner on Monday.  I made Yakisoba - Japanese Stir-fry on noodles, Tempura - battered, fried vegetables, Oriental Salad, Rice and Egg Rolls.  It felt like a Japanese Thanksgiving.  I rarely make so great a ...

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  • To Bies, Daan & Emilie in Amsterdam

    Posted: 16 November 2008 at 9:27 p.m.

    A very unusual thing happened to us last week.  I received the following e-mail out of the blue, and didn't know what to think:

    You don’t know me, but I came across your site/blog through Google. My name is Bies Vermeulen and I live in Amsterdam, the ...

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  • Amazing Post-it Notes Video

    Posted: 13 November 2008 at 5:30 p.m.

    I found this video today.  This is from the same guys that became famous with the Mentos + Diet Coke experiments.  It's amazing!


    EepyBird's Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo. ...read more

  • Cambree's Birthday

    Posted: 9 November 2008 at 9:11 p.m.

    Our Two Year-oldCambree turned TWO on Halloween!  What a wonderful day we had.  In the morning, I asked Cambree how old she was.  She answered with enthusiasm, "ONE!" and held up one finger.  We then corrected her -- that she's now two years old and should hold up two fingers.  Throughout the ...

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  • How To Convert AVI to FLV

    Posted: 1 November 2008 at 9:35 p.m.

    I have to look this up every time, so I thought I would save someone the trouble.  This is how I convert AVI files to FLV using FFMPEG:

    ffmpeg -y -i IMGP2371.AVI -ab 56 -ar 44100 -b 200 -r 15 -f flv /tmp/candles.flv -s 320x240

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