Transferring Data

I have a few hard drives.  I recently purchased a terabyte hard drive as a back up to my blue 500 GB backup, which holds all my photos...My first hard drive is the black 160 GB which I still use for all my jewelry designs.  You'll also see in the photo my IPOD. I am transferring all my songs to the terabyte.  Also pictured is my clunky old hard drive from work, and I am working on transferring all my data and photos to the TB.  Also, sitting on my laptop is a 4 GB memory card for my camera.

In the late 1980s, the average home computer system had a single hard drive with a capacity of about 20 megabytes. By the mid 1990s, average capacity increased to about 80 MBs. Just a few years later, operating systems alone required more room than this, whle several hundred megabytes represented an average storage capacity. 

1 gigabyte of memory is the equivalent of 500,000 typewriten pages, or about one pickup truck of books.

1,048,576 megabytes = 1 terabyte (a terabyte is a thousand librarians driving Ford F150's stacked with literature...)

Snowmen Fall From the Sky...Unassembled

Getting out the Christmas decorations is like reuniting with old friends. 

My favorite buddy.  He reminds me of the old storybook.

The Mantle

It took all my energy to get the mantle decorated for Christmas.  I love having a double shelf for some of the Santa collection.

1920s Radio

This radio sits in the entryway and is in pretty good condition.  It belonged to a great uncle. A few watermarks appeared after it was placed in the entryway when the kids, when they were little, would shake off their snowy coats.  It still works, but we don't play it, as it is very expensive to replace the old bulbs.

No Gravy...No Pie

I spent Thanksgiving Day alone on the couch.  In the evening Mike brought me home a plate.  No gravy and no pie.  He forgot those important items, but it tasted good anyway.  It was Wendy's 35th birthday and I missed spending time with her - bummer.

100.7

Nope, not a radio station, but my temperature.  I've been sick twice this month with the flu.  Probably the H1N1 and it's no fun.

Eye Candy

I've been trying to organize my studio so that I can find what I need when I need it and not waste so much time looking.  I have a very old wood file cabinet with drawers and pull-out sections that I love, and purchased a few years ago.  It was on layaway for a number of months.  It's one of my most favorite pieces, and now more useful than ever.

Printer

My printer has been very tempermental of late, so I became very tempermental and threw it out.  I cannot do without one as I use it almost every day with my jewelry business.  So here's my early birthday present.  It's wireless too.

Favorite Movie

If one were to would ask anyone in my family what my most favorite movie of all time is they would quickly answer: An Affair to Remember, starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr.  It was made in 1957 and I watch it every  year.  I have the VHS, but no player anymore. It happened to be on TV tonight. I'm going to have to find it on DVD. (This movie may be why I like Sleepless in Seattle so much.)  Didn't break my record - I've yet to watch it without crying at the end.

Wrestling

I watched two of my grandsons in a regional wrestling meet.  They are only ages 4 and 7, so it was fun to see these little guys give it their all.  Ez came in 4th and Jonah, 3rd. Afterwards we ran over to my mother's house so she could visit with her great-grandchildren.

Pink Clouds

Beautiful clouds over the Davis Conference Center.

Grandma's Apron - Oh, the Memories...

A dear friend sent me a wonderful commentary on the apron.  Remember making one in Home Ec?  The aprons in this photo hang in my laundry room and were my Grandma Wardle's.  She always wore an apron.  I'm going to try to find a picture of her wearing one.

The History of Aprons

I don't think our kids know

what an apron is.

The principal use of

Grandms'a apron was to

protect the dress

underneath, because she

only had a few, it was easier

to wash aprons than dresses

and they used less material;

but along with that, it served

as a potholder for

removing hot pans from the oven.

It was wonderful for drying

children's tears, and on

occasion, was even used for

cleaning out dirty ears.

From the chicken coop, the

apron was used for carrying

eggs, fussy chicks, and

sometimes half-hatched

eggs to be finished in the

warming oven.

When company came, those

aprons were ideal hiding

places for shy kids.

And when the weather was

cold, grandma wrapped it

around her arms.

Those big old aprons wiped

many a perspiring brow, bent

over the hot wood stove.

Chips and kindling wood

were brought into the kitchen

in that apron.

From the garden, it carried all

sorts of vegetables.  After the

peas had been shelled, it

carried out the hulls.

In the fall, the apron was

used to bring in apples that

had fallen from the trees.

When unexpected company

drove up the road, it was

surprising how much

furniture that old apron could

dust in a matter of seconds.

When dinner was ready,

Grandma walked out onto

the porch, waved her apron,

and the men knew it was

time to come in from the

fields to dinner.

It will be a long time before

someone invents something

that will replace that 'old-

time apron' that served so

many purposes.

Note: Grandma used to set her hot baked apple pies on the window sill to cool.

Her granddaughters set theirs on the window sill to thaw.

They would go crazy now trying to figure out how many germs were on that apron.

(I don't think I ever caught anything from an apron.)

Tunes

I love having my IPOD in the car. I can choose any genre I'm in the mood for, switch to the radio, switch back to the IPOD when the commercials annoy me, all while driving!

Roosters

During the month of November Rooters in Layton is offering a $6 lunch for Davis School District employees.  I very much enjoyed my delicious lunch as well as the company of good friends.

I ordered the Lemon Pepper Salmon Pasta Salad...Yummmm - leftovers for dinner tonight!

Empty Tank

I really don't mind filling my tank with gas...unless it's cold weather...brrrrr

Christmas Cactus in November

I have a wonderful Christmas Cactus which was given to me by a cute little 80 year-old neighbor when she moved a few years ago.  I pretty much ignore this plant all year, throwing some water and fertilizer on it when I think about it.  It blooms every November through about March, though November and December produces the most blooms.

Snow Pictures

We worked madly in the yard this morning, trying to get all the leaves raked up before the snow started to fall.  We almost made it.

  Then I went back out and took more pictures.

"It's Good to be Home"

After being away from home for 13 and 1/2 hours today, this saying, which hangs in the entryway, says it all.

Thanks

I received a very nice (and fancy) thank you note from Alisa Bangeter.  She does a weekly segment on the Studio 5 TV show and is super talented.  She loves cupcakes and Halloween, so I created a new design just for her as a "thank you"  - she's purchased a number of my necklaces.  Here's what it said:

Jayna,
Thank you so much for the darling (cupcake) Halloween necklace. That was so thoughtful and I love it. I have purchased many of your adorable necklaces and charms and always get tons of people asking where I bought them.  Thank you so much!
Alisa Bangerter

Headache-Driven Mini Cooper

Yes, I have a headache.  Probably because I'm wearing my computer glasses. My regular ones are in the backseat of my Mini which is at the service center of the Mini dealership in Murray.  My car broke down - pedal to the metal and no power after leaving Cafe Rio in Bountiful with my friend, Cathy, at lunchtime today.  We "quickly crawled" off the freeway and it was towed, free of charge, to Salt Lake.  After Joanna kindly picked us up and we arrived back at work, still wearing my sunglasses, I realized my glasses were miles away.

Let the Wild Rumpus Start!

Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak, was a staple of our reading material when my children were young.  It is also one of my most favorite books.  I have given each of my adult children their own copy.  Hopefully they are reading it to my grandchildren.  I was surprised to find it made into a movie recently, but disappointed to find that it is not appropriate for young children, as I wanted to take them all.  I'll be going to see it soon.

But the wild things cried, "Oh please don't go - we'll eat you up - we love you so!" And Max said, "No!"

An Old Barn and Weeds

This old barn sits behind Knowlton Elementary in Farmington - sort of.  The only access, it seems, is pulling over on the off-ramp of Hwy 89, just before Shepards Lane, then traipsing through weeds. 

Someone once said that a weed is no more than a flower in disguise.  These weeds are interesting, but I would not call them "flowers."

Twilight

New Moon, from the Twilight book series by Stephanie Meyer, comes out in theatres soon.  Although they are not my most favorite pendants to make, they've been a big hit at the store, especially with the teen/pre-teens.

No Shade Here

A funky shadeless lamp shade hangs above me as I work in my studio.  Lots of my favorite things hang from it, such as an old skate key, cloth measuring tape and vintage prisms.

The Red Toaster

My Aunt Nelda gave me a wonderful red and stainless steel toaster to go in the new kitchen.

The Best Baked Potato

Jason's Deli in Layton makes the best, and biggest, baked potatoes. This one is their Pollo Mexicano, which is marinated chicken breast, sour cream, homemade pico, cheddar and spices.  I add cottage cheese to mine. One potato will last me three meals.

Jamba Juice Every Day

I've had the flu this week, and the only thing that sounds good is a Jamba Juice.  So for the last three days, this is what I've had for dinner.

Looking at my Feet

I've been laying on the couch since Saturday, watching TV, playing on the computer and looking at my feet.

Mystery Plant

I love house plants that don't require any care, and they are the only ones that will survive in my home. This one has been with me for years.  It's a succulent, and I don't remember it's name right now. The only drawback is if you move it or touch it, the little nubs drop right off.

TV and Christmas

Brenda, from the "Just a Bed of Roses" store in Farmington, will be on Studio 5 Tuesday, Nov 3.  Here's the ornaments/necklaces which will be on the segment.

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