{"id":384,"date":"2007-07-01T20:23:37","date_gmt":"2007-07-02T04:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.wordpress.com\/2007\/07\/01\/big-weekend-happenings\/"},"modified":"2007-07-01T20:23:37","modified_gmt":"2007-07-02T04:23:37","slug":"big-weekend-happenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=384","title":{"rendered":"Big Weekend Happenings…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actually that title is not very accurate. There was not a lot really happening around here this weekend, except cleaning both the house and our computers.<\/p>\n

Actually that really isn’t accurate either. Friday counts as the weekend, and we had a terrific Friday. So I guess we did have some “big” happenings.<\/p>\n

Ok, so let’s just start over. We had a very fun-filled, productive weekend. How was yours?<\/p>\n

Friday J. and I met up with our friends, Michelle and Eric, and had a fantastic picnic (sans kids!) outside of the Greek Theater while we were waiting for our concert to start. We had not very kid-friendly food like wine, brie, french bread, steak and salad. It was delicious.<\/p>\n

And then we got to sit out under the stars, in a gorgeous California summer evening and listen to some mighty fine music. (It was quite a musical week for me last week!) We saw Alison Krauss and Union Station, she is a favorite of J’s. I know some of her music and like it alright. But after seeing her Friday, I think I can seriously call myself a fan. It was a great night – and did I mention, we were without kids?<\/p>\n

Saturday we took the girls to see Ratatouille. Very cute movie – and amazingly enough, I got to see the entire movie. Addie sat through just about all of it, and since we were on an aisle, just stood for a little bit of it when she got bored. I’m going to call it her “first” real movie since we didn’t spend any of it roaming the hallway outside the theater.<\/p>\n

Then we did a lot of the not so “big” stuff. Cleaned. Worked. Cleaned a little more. J. got me an external drive to consolidate all of my pictures, and my new back-up drive also has a back-up! Just. In. Case.<\/p>\n

Huge thank you to him for that. Guess how many photos I have between the desktop we have and my laptop where I have been downloading most of my photos since January. Go on…guess!<\/p>\n

Go on, guess. I’ll wait.<\/p>\n

Ok, ready? I know we have a lot of photos, but even I was a bit surprised by the sheer volume of pictures we have. And remember we have only had a good digital camera since Em was about 6 months old (October 2003), up until that point I took mostly film. (Which also means I have boxes and boxes of photos, too.)<\/p>\n

26,309 photos on the pc, just over 7,000 on my laptop.<\/p>\n

Now tell me how sick I would have been if I lost them. We have occasionally backed them up to CDs and DVDs, but we have always been sort of half-hearted about it, thinking we would do a better job. I just feel so relieved now that I know every little step, milestone, and smile that has been recorded of my girls has been backed up. And backed up again.<\/p>\n

AH! Speaking of photos. Here is one more “big” happening of the weekend.<\/p>\n

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Yup. Big discussion this morning as she was dry again for the third morning in the bathroom between E., A., and I. (She isn’t dry during naps or at night yet…but I can deal with diapers\/pull-ups for that!) We agreed that A. is ready for some big girl underwear. So she and I went and picked some out this afternoon. She kept them dry all afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n

*Sigh.* It is so fantastic and I know it just means the girls are growing up. But a little piece of me is so sad. It is her last little vestige of baby-ness, floating away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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