We did some horseback riding lately, so we of course donned the appropriate attire.
Justin, Kyle and I on the horses. If I remember correctly, the horses didn't get along at all, but that always makes it more exciting. It's pretty awesome when the horses sidekick each other, and jump really fast to the side, and all that fun stuff. I guess that is what you get when you go to a riding stable in SoCal.
In October, Jonathan, Kyle, Paul and I took a day off to go fishing. We didn't catch much, but we still had an enjoyable time.
Relaxing next to a lake watching your fishing pole is so picturesque. What a picture doesn't show, though, is how long you've been in that picturesque position... with no results.
Speaking of picturesque...
Jonathan got me a float tube for my birthday, so I was able to spend lots of the day out on the water. Fishing from a float tube is a whole lot of fun... and picturesque!
What is the best thing to do when you are wearing waders that look slightly dorky? Embrace the dorkiness! I was going to try and use picturesque in this caption, but it just wasn't working. Not at all.
The Townsend family stayed at our house for a few days in October, and it really brightened up the week. Good food, everyone else doing the dishes... I'm so hospitable!
There is this one game you should watch out for... it's called "Slap" and it is highly dangerous. Everyone has to slap the card pile in the middle when a certain card is played, and more often then not, someone jams their finger. Of course, games with a danger element have some appeal to them. Why do you think football is so popular?
I was outside one morning and I saw this epic battle going on. The wasps couldn't fly yet, and only one of them was really putting forth any defensive effort. The spider knocked one wasp down onto the ground, and got really close to the others, but then got driven off by the defender wasp. Both sides really lost out in the end though... I think they were all too focused on fighting each other to notice a stick knock them all down, and then all the shoes stepping on them. Tragic really.
You know, if you really think about it, there is a good lesson to be learned from that...
Ok yeah, let's try out another lesson, shall we?
"Learn to fly fast, or you'll get eaten!"
Hey, you have to admit that last one is pretty practical.
I've had a few hard drives go out on me lately, and then on top of that, I had another one have a pin break. It was a terrible hard drive brand to begin with, and they went out of business soon after I bought it years ago. So anyway, after a visit to the Geek Squad, a phone call and a few visits to sites online, I came to the conclusion that there is no way I can pay to have someone fix that one single pin for me without having to sell my car.
I decided that I was definitely smart enough to be a DIY genius and fix it myself. It really is quite simple when you get right down to it. In fact, this is going to be so awesome, I am going to take pictures along the way and make an article that amazes everyone.
For starters, you can't use a different logic board unless you get another hard drive from the exact same batch as the broken one. Considering it was a lousy name brand to begin with and went out of business years ago, that option wasn't very plausible. I did find one on ebay, but when I asked the guy about the batch number to double check, he never responded.
So first you go to the hard drive grave which grows way to fast, and locate one with the exact same pin layout. I found it one, see?
#2 You remove both logic boards, swap the pins, and then tada, it works!
I really should write that article on this. I really should. Maybe I could title it:
"101 Reasons to BACKUP your hard drive!"
Yeah... my little DIY project wasn't exactly a success. ;) I'll stop there, it's a sore subject.
Our friend Caleb was down here for the weekend, and we decided on Sunday that we should do something fun together on Monday. Considering all of us are at work or school most of the, we were limited to the evening. We weighed all of the options we could think of, and the one that sounded by far the best was a night hike in the nearby mountains. It was a total of 7 1/2 miles. None of us had hiked there before, but we didn't have any trouble finding the trail. I took the above picture with my cell phone at the top.
While I was getting the previous picture off of my cellphone I noticed I had a few other random pictures that I might as well post. If you couldn't tell already, that picture is of a door. We actually have a sign now. Maybe I should get a picture of that.
This was a mess in the back room of our office.
We spent most of our afternoon one day arranging the server rack and getting all the cords untangled. Much neater now. Have you ever spent a lot of time cleaning or arranging something and after you are done realize hardly anyone will ever even see it? I was starting to feel that way, so I solved that by posting the picture here on my blog.
That is my computer. This is a really special picture to me, as it is a very rare one. The computer is actually ON and WORKING! Ok, I'll admit, I spent a good portion of my afternoon having my laptop shut down and restart and throw all sorts of nasty errors at me. It is actually sort of a blessing in disguise though. It has put on such a show lately, that I'm going to get a new one.
Actually this picture is even more special than the last one. They just keep getting better. Since I know you are wondering what on earth this picture is of, I'll tell you. We were playing round-robin at church last night, and there were just a few of us left. Cristin hits the ball over to my side, and it just barely ticks the side of the table and keeps going down. I was heartbroken needless to say, so I demanded a cookie in retribution. Jonathan M brought the peace offering into the office this morning, but I was dismayed to find out that it was hardly bigger than a quarter.
My dismay must have been anticipated, because right after that, he pulled out...
the king of all cookies! Talk about cookie la la land!
Actually, as I was kindly informed, the 'cookie' was a rejected blob of chemicals that wasn't going to be eaten anyway. It's the thought that counts right? Ouch.
