We left Thursday and came back Saturday. We went to Grayson Highlands and camped out along the Appalachain trail. After the first night we hiked Mount Rogers then packed up camp and headed off-trail. We hiked what felt like 10 miles with 50lbs packs---give or take a few pounds. Our second-night camping site was a lot prettier than our first day. We camped in a little hollow next to a small creek. The land was flat and soft, which made for a good nights sleep. The worst part of the trip was Saturday morning when we started home. We ended hiking at least 10 or 15 miles uphill! It would've only been a mile, except we took a shortctut. Oh well, its OK. We made it home alive.
As far as the blog is concerned, I just updated the playlist with some Motion City Soundtrack songs. You can hear them here or in the Music Archives.
And last but not least, a new product review for the ever-progressive technology enthusiasist out there. Google Calendar (yep, another Google product). This service is brand new and already shows improvement over other similar services. One of the handiest things about Google calendar is the ease with which one can use it. It is easy to add events and share the calendary with others. I imagine that Kristen would find this helpful while scheduling birthday parties. You can share calendars to see where an event could be placed without conflict. Another feature is the "invite" feature. You can send invites to other people and compile a guest list as people accept or reject the invitations. Handy map information is included in the invite when you specify a location. Anyway, that's my product review for the day. Check it out, it seems pretty handy for me (so far that is :)
And last but not least, countdown to Prom T-minus 9 days. Everyone here knows how excited I am for it, so I won't bore anyone, suffice it to say it couldn't come soon enough! Unfortunately AP exams happen to be the week after Prom *sigh* that is just not cool! Fortunately I have developed an anti-studying program that should help relieve the stress commonly associated with AP exams. My program also works well for any standardized testing. And now for only three LOW down payments of $39.95 it can be.........
okay. i don't feel sorry for you about the camping trip. i know there wasn't a big crowd, but you're in a branch. your job is to support the church activities, regardless of how well-attended they are. although that's easy for me to say now. i know what you're feeling, and i remember having some of those same feelings from time to time...but i'm just telling you the deal.
i bet that 10 mile shortcut was fun. =) but again, i'll bet it was a good, character building experience that you can use when you force your son to go on a camping trip with his branch!
i've checked out the google calendar & think its pretty cool. i've entered a few things in already. thanks for sharing.
can't wait to hear the prom details as they become available. keep us posted.
which ap exams are you taking?
Kristen, you're going to be great when yours hit the teenage years because you already have all the right answers! I mean that seriously - you said all the right things! You're good with your little ones, but you have the teenage years pegged, too! I'm proud of them for going and making the best of it!
I'm going to check out the calendar. Adam, I really depend on you to keep me on the cutting edge of technology and all things cool on the computer!
Thanks for the sympathy. See if I ever post about camping trips again :) Just kidding with you. However, I imagine camping experiences with my own children something like this:
Son: Dad! There's this really cool campout that...
Me: No! Camping is evil, go play videogames
Ok, seriously. Overall I must grudingly admit that I'm sure I learned something. And I think camping would be more fun with my own children, especially when I can send them to get firewood and other such chores. Finally! Also, with the Google Calendar, try sending me and mom and invite to allow us to view your calendar. You can choose whose calendars you overlay on your calendar, which helps when scheduling events and such.
oh cool! somehow even though you sent me yours & i've played with having it up & down i didn't think to send it to you! i'll do it though!
i liked your idea of how your camping trip would go. =)
Kristen, I have Adam's calendar and would like yours, too. I sent you an invite to mine. I just barely played with it a minute last night and I thought I entered a date with Daddy at 7pm tonight - just to try it out, but as it turns out, I scheduled it for 7am!
Google does everything better. I checked out their finance page and it rocks. Calendar is also good.