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Springtime Guests

Drew — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:09:53 +0000

Hanging out at the house I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. I looked over and saw this big guy. Yeah, it was fairly large and crawling along the wall. I watched it for a bit then got me macro lens and shot a few pics of it. Then Oliver knocked it off the wall and I got rid of it.

I think Vimeo is trying to make me buy their professional version. I uploaded a video this morning that I made last night with Eva. I uploaded that video this morning at about 9:00am and it still has not processed. It is a simple 9 minute video book review that I did for Read to Me, Dad and I’d love to post it but have not been able to yet. I like Vimeo overall because it looks cleaner than Youtube and you don’t get that many knuckleheads leaving ridiculous comments. So I enjoy vimeo and am leaning towards paying for the year subscription especially if I am going to do more of these video book reviews for Read to Me, Dad.

I learned how to do a few things today. I learned how to add an opt in box to my facebook fan page and profile. That was pretty good information. With that info I added the sign up e-mail for BenSpark’s Personal Branding BootCamp to mt Facebook profile and to the I’m Not A Famous Blogger “Un-Fan” page.

I also learned about a plug in called Rapportive. I blogged about it over at Blogging Tips.com.

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Pretty, Pretty Princess

Drew — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:21:51 +0000

Photo-A-Day #1802

Eva has been on a Princess kick lately. It could be because we have been reading Disney’s Princess Treasury (aff link) to her each night. Eva has given all of us in the family names like Cinderella, Snow White and Prince Eric. Eva herself is Ariel and she tells people that she is Ariel.

Yesterday I took Eva with me to Super Stop & Shop. We were in line to pay and Eva asked the cashier what her name was. The cashier told her and then asked Eva what her name was, her response “Ariel”. She did the same thing with the girls behind us at Church, too. She cracks me up.

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GenesisToday and Collective Bias ask me to try more cool stuff.

Drew — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:29:40 +0000

I was sent a $25 gift card from Collective Bias and GenesisToday. I was asked to go to Wal-Mart and buy some yogurt and pudding. I found everything in the back of the store in the coolers. I think the product is overpriced at $1.50 a cup of yogurt and $3.64 for a four pack of small cups of puddings. However, the puddings really taste great, it is nice to find new and tasty flavors. The three flavors are Strawberry Goji, Pomegranate Resveratrol and Blueberry Acai. I found two pudding flavors, Dark Chocolate Cacao and Dark Chocolate Acai. I haven’t yet tasted the puddings but am having one today. I’ll add more info about that to the Whrrl story above.

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Springing Ahead

Drew — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:34:16 +0000

Photo-A-Day #1801

With the rain and wind all over the place I’ve been longing for the sun. Today with Springing Ahead I am done with the crappy weather. So with water everywhere and the wind blowing down branches and trees how did I get a shot of some flowers? Allison’s parent’s sent them to her and they sure brighten up the place.

A quiet day for us. Church, Supermarket, Disney Movie and lots of reading.

I also got to listen to all of Reimaginator and it certainly Rocks! I’m going to close the Because Pop Rocks contest this Friday. So, make sure that you get your entries in to win your copy of the CD.

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Reimaginator Arrives!!!

Drew — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:30:35 +0000

Photo-A-Day #1800

The sounds of the 80’s re-imagined have arrived on my doorstep. Ever since I listened to Mike Schmidt’s 40 Year Old Boy podcast. He went on for 30 minutes about the band. So then I went and found out all I could about the band and the idea for the Because Pop Rocks Contest popped right into my head. I’d buy the CD for myself and give one away too. That is how much I was excited about this band. And now I have the CD’s. Unfortunately the band didn’t sign them.

The next episode of The 40 Year Old Boy started with Mike talking about a blog and the Rock Sugar Band. I thought that he might have been talking about my blog and my contest but no. He was talking about PollStar and how the band got signed to a major label. Fantastic for them! Well, I’m doubly happy that I got the CD now and also the one for the contest.

Today we had a nice day at home because it was gross and rainy outside. I read to Eva from the Disney Princess Treasury Book. We’ve now read all of Snow White, Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. Eva considers herself Ariel and has dubbed me both Jasmine and Cinderella. We introduced Eva to Lady and the Tramp too. I haven’t seen that movie since I was a kid and saw it playing in a theater or on the wide world of Disney, or both.

Tonight I took Eva to our church for a Chicken Pot Pie night. We went with my parents and Allison had a couple of house parties to go to. It was fun and we enjoyed Willow Tree Chicken pot pies. I also won a bottle of wine and Eva got some bubbles and playdoh. She played with some of her friends and had a great time. She really loved the green cupcake for dessert though. When we got home I finished reading Cinderella to her. I cannot believe that she has listened to me read three large stories. I love reading them to her.

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