It’s been a fairly productive weekend and one that’s been somewhat relaxing. I apologize for the randomness of this post, but for those who know me, it fits me well.
Lemonade Stand on the iPhone
I’m sure that many of you may not know about this game. But back in the Apple II days, this game was used in a lot of classrooms. I remember spending a lot of time in the computer lab at St. Luke’s playing this game, it was simple, yet also presented challenges. As soon as I found this game on the iTunes Store, I looked for Oregon Trail… Oh Oregon Trail… if that was on the iPhone, I’d be a happy man!
Picture Frames
I was shopping at World Market the other week when I came across these boxed frames. Essentially they have three panes of glass: the front pane, middle pane, and back pane. I was able to come up with some pictures to put in these frames and I’m pretty happy with it.
Christmas is Coming!
Christmas is by far, the best of all the holidays. So please don’t judge me for the fact that I found holiday cookies on sale at Target…
Straight No Chaser makes it into iTunes!
I was pretty excited to log into iTunes and find that in the “Holiday” section, that Straight No Chaser’s album is featured on that page. Woo hoo!
So overall, it hasn’t been a bad weekend. I got the apartment cleaned, went and saw my friend Clayton while he changed the oil in my car, watched Elf with Chad and then watched Kung Fu Panda with some other friends. I’m hoping that I’ll have time to take off towards the end of the week to relax. I have a few things due this week, so it’ll be nice to relax after I’m done writing those papers.
As for next semester, need to decide what I want to do, since the college isn’t offering anything that will really help my degree. I’m considering going to Ivy Tech for the semester to get some classes out of the way. Well, that’s all for now!
What a great weekend! Well… almost. It was an absolutely beautiful day on Saturday so some friends and I went to Stuckey Farm in Sheridan. We picked apples, road a wagon, bought some apple cider and apple butter.
As for Sunday? I was supposed to go down to Brown County with some other friends and go hiking, have lunch in Nashville, IN, and go to Oliver Winery. But my stupid allergies acted up and kept me stuck in the apartment all day. So I spent the day cleaning and watching videos on Hulu. In fact, here’s a clip from SNL mocking the Vice Presidential Debate… made me laugh. Tina Fey makes an excellent Sarah Palin.
Well, I guess that’s all for now! Have a semi-busy week ahead, but looking forward to a four-day weekend (for me, the rest of you only get two days… ha ha!).
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been to a couple conferences that deal with my main field of web development. I’ve come out of these sessions with great ideas and given the fuel I need to keep going.
But I walked into my office the other day and realized that I need to design a creative space to work in! I spent last night checking out bookshelves at IKEA, looking for prints at AllPosters.com, and checking out paint sites to get an idea of cool colors for my office. I was getting kind of bummed because I couldn’t find anything that fit my style.
So with some motivation, I hopped on my bike and rode down to the Carmel International Arts Festival (www.carmelartsfestival.org). I was looking from tent to tent looking for stuff and then I came across Trudy’s booth. I was so excited to see some of her work because to me, it inspires creativity, fun, and the casual look I was going for. Here are the three prints I bought.
I’m thinking I may have to go see her for more prints, but for now, those were the three that I really loved. To see more of her work and to order, you can visit her on the web at www.TruDysigns.com. She has drawings of your favorite college campuses (IU, PU, Notre Dame), places around Indianapolis, and so much more.
Now if I can only figure out what colors to paint my office… sigh… Oh well, my jambalaya is ready to be consumed and it’s a beautiful day, so I’ll worry about my office later.
So, my friends, I apologize for the lack of updates,
Many of you already keep up with me, so it’s not hard to figure out what’s going on when I have a lack of posts. Truth is, I’ve been keeping busy! I have some big projects coming up at work, school started last week, and I’ve been trying to get some time for myself squeezed in there.
In my free time I’ve been playing with my new camera, which has been a joy. I really forgot how much I enjoyed photography and how inadequate my old camera was. It was a good “point-and-shoot” camera, but for the more advanced stuff that I like to do, it just didn’t measure up. I have even created a section on here called “Photography by Kiel” which I hope to start working on soon. I took some good pictures at the Indy Air Show this weekend and hoping to post some of those.
This past weekend was filled with joy and sadness. The sad part? I had to get rid of my faithful 1995 Geo Prizm LSi. I’m pretty grateful that it has held up for so long… we even drove through the mountains of Tennessee together. Fortunately the car didn’t break down on me while up in Chicago. The joyful part is that I got a 2004 Chevy Impala LS… which I’m loving! My most favorite thing about it (apart from the stereo sounding good) is that it has cupholders! That’s right… it’s the little things. My old Prizm was supposed to be a “luxury” model (if there is such a thing with the Geo) and it didn’t even have cupholders! The only downside is that my new car doesn’t get as good of gas mileage as the Geo or the other car I was looking at (Honda Civic), but I will survive.
In my personal life I have been doing alright. I have had to learn to say “no” to people and to create some distance so that I can have some time for myself. It has been through that time that I’ve been able to connect closer with God, spend some time searching myself, and I feel so much better. So that can probably explain the lack in blog posts. HOPEFULLY, I will start posting more now that my mind is a little more free. We shall see!
So I got to go flying with my buddy Jake on Sunday. It was a beautiful day for flying, we went from Bloomington, IN to Terre Haute, IN. Jake was practicing “instrument time” which basically means flying only by watching your instrument panel and not looking outside for points of reference. This is pretty important especially if weather starts getting bad because you may not be able to see the runway or other aircraft if visibility gets low, so it’s important to know your instruments and how to navigate with them.
Here are some pictures and a few videos for all of you, enjoy!
