not this cute anymore!As I am waiting for Zack's birthday video to upload, I thought I would post. what the heck. We had a good day. We spent a few hours with the annoying enormous Rat that most kids like to visit on their birthdays. or is he a mouse? Thankfully, we did not eat at Up Chuck's. But we did earn 500 tickets that "bought" each of my kids a swirly drinking straw. It doesn't get more exciting than that, folks.
When I was growing up, part of our birthday celebration was being able to pick out our favorite cereal to eat for breakfast (it lasted only that one day with 10 kids in the family) and my mom would make our favorite dinner. I am trying to carry on the tradition with my kids. We had delicious Frootloops for breakfast and Zack requested "turkey" for dinner. Huh? What's wrong with pizza or hot dogs, kid? I wasn't in the mood to make Thanksgiving all over again, but we did have turkey sandwiches and Cheetos (Zack's main staple in life.) All in all, it was a good day.
I have still been spending many hours on my book and it's really coming along. I am excited to print it. I have been scared about sharing HOW I am doing it because I'm not exactly sure if I can explain it. But I will give it a try.. Blurb is no longer uploading blogs from blogger... even with the older software. They've also kicked off wordpress and a few other companies. I have decided to still work with them because the quality is good and the printing price is great. I have NOT been uploading each blog entry and picture separately.. no one in their right mind should do that. Instead, I figured out how to export my blog, and then import it in a file that Blurb can recognize. If that sounds confusing, it should be... because it's all done in code. Basically, after my month training in the Blurb files last year when my book got corrupted, I learned how to read the language. And apparently, after tweaking a few codes from my blogger HTML file, I was able to import the entire blog into a book. Now I am editing it and it's looking great. If you're wondering if I can upload YOUR blog into a book, the answer is yes. It's not a hard process, but that's only because I am basically a genius.. kidding, we all have our special talents.. mine happens to be reading computer code. In order for me to upload your blog into a book you can edit yourself, I would need access to your export files. It would only take me a couple of hours to create the file and email it back to you. However, I don't think I will do it for free... because I am a mom and my hours are precious to me. Just know that the option will be available soon. I may try to write a program so that you can download it on your own computers and export the file yourself, but I don't know exactly where I am going to go with my new found computer skillz. I believe the code will work for most printing companies, but Blurb is my pick because of the price. I don't know of another company that will print a 400 page hardbound book for $65.. so Blurb is getting my business. Bloggled.com is supposedly coming out with new software soon... we're all sitting on the edge of our seats to find out how user friendly it is...
Other items of business-- I lost my camera. Have you noticed none of my posts have had pictures? I am really, really bummed about it. The last time I had it was on New Years Eve.. and I know exactly where it was in my house. I am honestly thinking that one of my babysitters took it. Is that a bad thought or what? Do I confront them personally or do I ask their mom? Honestly, I don't know what to do. Until then, the only pictures you get are scanned in pencil drawings from pizza joints.
Or maybe just a cute older video of Zack. This was him a few months ago giving his version of the Star Wars theme. He used to sing it non-stop around the house... when coloring or going potty, etc. I originally recorded it on my cell phone (many of you have heard it because it's my ringtone.) Anyway, I got him to do it for the camera a few months ago and I love it, especially because he won't sing it anymore...
When I was growing up, part of our birthday celebration was being able to pick out our favorite cereal to eat for breakfast (it lasted only that one day with 10 kids in the family) and my mom would make our favorite dinner. I am trying to carry on the tradition with my kids. We had delicious Frootloops for breakfast and Zack requested "turkey" for dinner. Huh? What's wrong with pizza or hot dogs, kid? I wasn't in the mood to make Thanksgiving all over again, but we did have turkey sandwiches and Cheetos (Zack's main staple in life.) All in all, it was a good day.I have still been spending many hours on my book and it's really coming along. I am excited to print it. I have been scared about sharing HOW I am doing it because I'm not exactly sure if I can explain it. But I will give it a try.. Blurb is no longer uploading blogs from blogger... even with the older software. They've also kicked off wordpress and a few other companies. I have decided to still work with them because the quality is good and the printing price is great. I have NOT been uploading each blog entry and picture separately.. no one in their right mind should do that. Instead, I figured out how to export my blog, and then import it in a file that Blurb can recognize. If that sounds confusing, it should be... because it's all done in code. Basically, after my month training in the Blurb files last year when my book got corrupted, I learned how to read the language. And apparently, after tweaking a few codes from my blogger HTML file, I was able to import the entire blog into a book. Now I am editing it and it's looking great. If you're wondering if I can upload YOUR blog into a book, the answer is yes. It's not a hard process, but that's only because I am basically a genius.. kidding, we all have our special talents.. mine happens to be reading computer code. In order for me to upload your blog into a book you can edit yourself, I would need access to your export files. It would only take me a couple of hours to create the file and email it back to you. However, I don't think I will do it for free... because I am a mom and my hours are precious to me. Just know that the option will be available soon. I may try to write a program so that you can download it on your own computers and export the file yourself, but I don't know exactly where I am going to go with my new found computer skillz. I believe the code will work for most printing companies, but Blurb is my pick because of the price. I don't know of another company that will print a 400 page hardbound book for $65.. so Blurb is getting my business. Bloggled.com is supposedly coming out with new software soon... we're all sitting on the edge of our seats to find out how user friendly it is...
Other items of business-- I lost my camera. Have you noticed none of my posts have had pictures? I am really, really bummed about it. The last time I had it was on New Years Eve.. and I know exactly where it was in my house. I am honestly thinking that one of my babysitters took it. Is that a bad thought or what? Do I confront them personally or do I ask their mom? Honestly, I don't know what to do. Until then, the only pictures you get are scanned in pencil drawings from pizza joints.
Or maybe just a cute older video of Zack. This was him a few months ago giving his version of the Star Wars theme. He used to sing it non-stop around the house... when coloring or going potty, etc. I originally recorded it on my cell phone (many of you have heard it because it's my ringtone.) Anyway, I got him to do it for the camera a few months ago and I love it, especially because he won't sing it anymore...
Update: I found my camera. Yeah! I asked my babysitter and she was using it with the kids, and mistakenly put it in an odd place. I would never have found it on my own, so I am so glad I asked...
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