Happy Mother's Day to All!

My daughter made me cry... on Mother's Day!

Jessica's 21st Birthday

 Wow, what an evening.

I'm excited for my daughter's 21st birthday.  She looked so stunnng.
We had a fantastic time at North India Bar and  Grill in Fresno/Clovis area. Fantastic variety & the owner is there to greet you!

Thanks, Carissa for such a beautiful up-do.  You rock.  Thanks goes out to Erin for her picture-taking savvy (slap a tag on the camera "take pics of everyone" and pass it down).  


So, Jessica, it was absolutely wonderful to meet your friends! 

Deborah and Jessica

picture L--> R) Erin, Charlie, [me], Juanisha.

Kale, loving .. Chutney?  (and is that how you spell Kale??)

Poop Duty

Erin snapped this as she waited for the bus. Man, the things governmental officials do for our safety.
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Ava and Pompey

Finally, Ava is settling in and is snuggling like crazy. Her agility with the other dogs is getting better! I'm dying to get back into the saddle and train her for confirmation... I want to get the champion into her and out in the ring.
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The Pygmalion Effect

The Pygmalion Effect

aka:Self Fulfilling Prophecy , The Rosenthal Effect

Praise with vision goes a long way.

People tend to live up to what's expected of them and they tend to do better
when treated as if they are capable of success.

These are the lessons of The Pygmalion Effect.

Pygmalion first appeared in Greek mythology as a king of
Cyprus who carved and then fell in love with a statue of a woman, which
Aphrodite brought to life as Galatea.

Much later, George Barnard Shaw wrote a play, entitiled Pygmalion, about Henry Higgins (the gentleman) and Lisa Doolittle (the cockney flower girl whom Henry turns bets he can turn into a lady).

So the Pygmalion Effect has come to mean "you get what you expect." If you expect disaster, your expectations may well be met in a kind of "self-fulfilling prophecy," yet another catch phrase about the pressure of expectations.

from :
http://www.envisionsoftware.com/articles/Pygmalion_Effect.html

Big Oven Recipe software

The only user-data files that BigOven uses are the ones in the "My BigOven Recipes" folder. The application itself installs to c:Program FilesLakefront SoftwareBigOven.

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Make a copy of the recipe and shopping list data. Locate your "My BigOven Recipes" folder, and check the "last modified" dates to make sure you've got the most recent ones. You can search for the files named "*.crb" to locate them easily. Usually, they are either under your "My Documents" folder or your "Shared Documents" folder. If you've updated multiple times, you may have a couple copies -- you can check the "last modified" date in Windows Explorer to make sure you have the most recent set.


Make a copy of the recipe and shopping list data. Locate your "My BigOven Recipes" folder, and check the "last modified" dates to make sure you've got the most recent ones. You can search for the files named "*.crb" to locate them easily. Usually, they are either under your "My Documents" folder or your "Shared Documents" folder. If you've updated multiple times, you may have a couple copies -- you can check the "last modified" date in Windows Explorer to make sure you have the most recent set.

for detailed instructions, you can go to http://www.bigoven.com/cs/forums/t/1665.aspx

Re Sharper Add-In Review

I am new to C#.

in fact, I'd call myself very new!

ReSharper add-in for visual Studio is absolutely wonderful. It has shaved off many hours of pulling hair and getting a flat forehead.

please google it, try it.. for middle of the road novice/beginners this is fantastic!

Ultra Edit? or Notepad++

While I enjoyed the simplicity and light-weightness of Notepad +
Notepad ++ is even more delighting.

For the serious "I want to buy" stuff I like ultra edit.
Note tab pro is cheaper though

Gagets: Time Tracking software

free, works on xp & vista:
http://www.argosoft.com/RootPages/FreeToys/Default.aspx

woks on vista, using xml locally, your data is not traversed over the internet (developer gets money by google ads):

http://screeperzone.com/category/activity-tracker/