We hear things all the time each thing we hear tells us about something around us, right now I hear my kids talking to the care bears on TV which means they are safe. I also hear the dishwasher which means my dishes didn’t get done last night. I hear the washing machine which means soon my kids will complain cause they will have clothes to put away. I hear a bus outside which means this is the time next year Zoe will either be getting ready to leave right now or getting home right now, Hopefully the latter. I also hear my computer hard drive hard at work which means soon I will have new pictures on my computer and off my camera, I really hope I figured out the downloading of this new camera. And sometimes we have to hear things hundreds of times before we finally realize what it really means, sometimes we catch on the first time. How many times do you tell you baby to say “mama” “drink” “dada” “bye bye” “please” “thank you” before they say it and really knows what it means.
This happened to me with food a couple weeks ago, I think I finally figured out how much food impacts our lives. Much to my childrens dismay this has led to a food makeover at my house. No I don’t think I’m being extreme and most of the food we have tried has been delicious. 
This was dinner just the other night, I was making it while I was talking to my sister on the phone she wanted pictures, so this post is for her.
The next day I had this wrap with leftovers for lunch it was also so delicious we also used the rest of the leftovers for lunches during conference. SUPER YUMMY!!
The recipe was really easy 1 can of black beans drained, 2 cups of corn, 1 red bell pepper, 1 onion 1/4 cup cilantro leaves chopped, 1 jalapeno, 2 cups brown rice (I think you could use any rice, quinoa, or other grain) 1/4 cup white wine vinegar. I added chicken and I should have added more vinegar because I added more ingredients, I also didn’t mix mine with the rice because I thought I would give my kids the option of choosing what ratio of bean salad they wanted with their rice.
Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other. ~C.P. Snow, New York Times, 15 March 1971
Do you notice a difference from the cards above. Well besides that the one on the right will obviously hold a larger amount of data. Well I am very excited that I got a bigger memory card to hold a significantly larger amount of better pictures BUT, yes big but, my computers card reader is not compatible with the larger card.
I also LOVE my great new camera, unfortunately my camera software is also not very compatible with the computer system I am running. I can download pictures but not all neat like into folders where they are easy to find an maneuver through.
Why one may ask would computers do this to us. Why must smart people come up with amazing new ideas and make the “older” stuff irrelevant. Yes more is better and convenience is great. Its great for my kids to use the new memory card I got and take 211 pictures in one day that is great, but it isn’t great that I have to find the cord to hook up my camera to the computer. And then I have to wait and wait and wait cause my computer is “old”.
I promise awesome pictures will come as I slowly get a mesh the awesome new technology with the “old” technology I already have.
What a spoiled dog.
Today I took Lucy to the vet. I don’t love going to the vet. But Lucy LOVES going to the vet. She gets lots of attention and treats at the vet. Today while we were leaving the vet. I stopped to look at a book about training your dog to walk on a leash. While I was stopped Lucy spotted two ladies who were not paying any attention to her. To Lucy this is not allowed. Right away she started whining and pulling on the leash trying to get the ladies attention. Finally they noticed her and started walking our way telling me what a cute dog I had and asking about her unusual breed. Before they could get close enough to ask if they could pet her, Lucy rolled right over knowing full well that no one can pass up rubbing her tummy. Its her favorite and everyone morning she greets us and rolls over for a tummy rub.
After reading this comment by Jenne on this blog. I feel like I should make a better effort as to keeping something on my blog. I made this resolution. I got very excited. I went and found my new camera. I took out the card and spent the next couple hours trying to get the pictures off. Then I decided to plug in the camera and do it the hard way. Finally the camera started downloading pictures. I waited some more.
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