Archive for January, 2009
Get Dropbox Friday, January 30th, 2009 by Nick
As you can see from Kim’s previous post I’m somewhat of a nerd. I’m pretty in to technology, computers, and finding things on the internet that make life easier or are just plain cool. So you may see posts from time to time of cool things that I (or Taylor, my partner in crime) have found that I feel like sharing with all of you. Today it is Dropbox. With Dropbox you can store all of your important documents (2 GB free storage) up in the cloud and sync them between all your computers via lightweight clients for Windows and Mac OS X. When I drop something into my dropbox on one of my computers, say my Macbook, it automatically uploads to the web, where I can access it through Dropbox’s web interface. What makes it even better is that it then instantaneously copies the files into my dropbox on my PC. Its works seamlessly and is pretty freaking cool. If you aren’t understanding me watch this video and you’ll get the idea.
Dropbox is perfect for sharing files with other people. You can set up share folders and specify who you want to access your files. For example, when Goot drops a picture into our shared folder it automatically downloads into my dropbox. Pretty cool. Give it a try. It’s free and setup only takes a minute.
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Nick’s Big Break Thursday, January 29th, 2009 by Kim
My brilliant yet humble husband was highlighted on his favorite blog the other day! I’m so excited! We laughed a lot when we read it because it’s just funny to see Nick referred to as “Espinosa” throughout the post.
The topic is pretty interesting too! Nick created this form, using google docs, to organize and track our spending. I was just thinking today how recording what I spend really makes me think about my purchases more. We’re so thankful because God has blessed us with a lot and we want to take that seriously and be wise with what He trusts us with. We’ve been going to First Baptist and the pastor there always reminds us that heaven is not in a recession. (But boy is it clear that the economy is changing! The news is really hard to watch!) It’s a challenge but a relief to believe that all we have is actually God’s and that He’ll still take care of us even when we learn the hard way that we can’t rely on money. Nick and I were talking about how if you look at money as your god, it’s really failing you, so it’s good to have a faithful God.
Back to Nick’s big break: I know there are lots of ways to keep track of finances, but so far this has really worked for us! Here’s the link in case you want to check it out:
http://lifehacker.com/5140271/track-your-spending-with-gmail-and-google-docs
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Scooby Love Sunday, January 25th, 2009 by Nick
We figured Scoobs needed some more traffic on the blog considering his name is in the title. Sooo check out these pics from a recent trip we took with him to our local park.
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Food for Thought Friday, January 16th, 2009 by Kim
So, about the time Nick and I realized what a huge chunk of our income
was eaten up, if you will, by food, we became chefs. I’m not sure we
can actually be called chefs, but we do have fun cooking together. By
far my favorite recipes have been ones that come backed by a
recommendation from friends, so I thought I should share one that we
absolutely loved.
The other night we tried one of my sister’s
(Katie) favorite recipes and loved it! It’s a crock pot meal, which
means we were delighted by the smell of a ready-to-eat dinner when we
walked in the door. I must warn you not to judge this book by its’
cover though. Apparently, when Katie made this for my parents, my dad’s
compliment was, “Well, good thing it tasted a whole lot better than it
looked!” I’ll leave you with that -and the recipe!
Chicken Cacciatore
3 chicken breasts
1 large onion sliced
1 large bell pepper sliced (we liked yellow for the sweet taste)
1 small can sliced mushrooms, drained
1 can diced tomatoes with Italian seasoning, undrained
15 oz. tomato sauce
Salt & pepper, Oregano & Basil to taste
Put all ingredients in crock pot & cook on high for 6 hrs or low for 12. Serve over pasta.
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Cabo Honeymoon Thursday, January 15th, 2009 by Nick
Cabo, having the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Sea of Cortez to the east, is well known for it’s marlin fishing. So well in fact that we couldn’t go and not spend at least half a day out on the open sea. I mean everybody was doing it and everybody was catching something. That is except for us. We spent 7 hours at sea with Captain Cezar on a 12 footer with no luck. Our only bite was by the jaws of a sealion which luckily didn’t get hooked. No fish but a memorable experience nonetheless.
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Om nom nom Monday, January 12th, 2009 by Nick
Mmm…that was a good turkey leg. Considering it was November when we actually went to the Renaissance festival with Taylor and Callie I’m just a little late blogging about our trip to…what town was it again? I honestly don’t remember. Anyways, we had a great time walking around watching all of the crazy old men wearing nothing but kilts and flinging around swords. Not to mention the half naked, not so attractive women. Here is a slideshow of our escapades.
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