Lunch With Youngest Daughter

Today my youngest daughter is coming over for lunch. It's just pizza. But I've set the table for us.

I made myself some fabric napkins yesterday. For some reason the fabric I ordered had some small stains on it. So that gave me an excuse to use it for myself.

I made four napkins. Thought this blue and white print was so pretty. Even though it has some small rust-looking stains in a few places. One yard was perfect for four napkins.

She actually invited me to go out and have lunch. But I said why don't we just stay here and have a lazy afternoon.

It will certainly make the dogs happy that I'm not going anywhere today. Yesterday I had to go through the hoopla of getting an in-state automobile tag.

Today I'm just happy to be out of the crowds!

And besides, just getting to spend some time with her is most important.

What are your plans for the day?

New Information On Carbonite

The other day I signed up for a free 15 day trial of Carbonite. It is a computer back up system. 

But then today a friend mentioned she didn't think there was actually a way for them to back up Blogger, or any other format like it. 

So I just got off the phone with Carbonite support. Seems she is correct. 

Your blog is not a file. It backs up files automatically. 

He said unless you were to email your blog posts to yourself on a non-internet email system, such as Outlook, it would possibly back them up. But, for instance, I use Yahoo and Gmail. Not going to back that up. 

So if you signed up for a free trial this week after I wrote that post, I wanted you to have this information before you gave them your credit card to pay after the initial 15 days. 

It will back up your photos and the things it says on their website. But you don't see a mention of blogs. Because for many of us, our posts are being written directly on Blogger. If we wrote them and kept them on a word processing program in a file, it might be a different scenario. 

So I'm back to square one. I know of people who have had their blogs disappear. I thought this would protect me. It will not. 

Just wanted you to have the same information that I do. If you know something I don't about this, please leave it in a comment or email me.

Welcome Wagon Friday 1/27/12

Good morning. It's Welcome Wagon day again. 

Up for you this week I have:

Blue Chateau is a blogger living in a 100 year old house. She loves living and decorating frugally.

Isn't it dreamy? She's full of tips and good food ideas.

Patchwork & Lace is a blogger with three children and loves patchwork and crochet...

Don't you just love all the colors? I'd love to curl up here with a good book.


And here's her organized stash. Be still my heart...

County Line Road is a blogger who proclaims to be a serial collector, and an avid seeker and seller of all things vintage...


Just take a look at what she refurbished so beautifully. From this...

To this... Oh my!

And just this week I've found Poppy Juice. She has many practical tips on how to live frugally and have fun doing it. Get this: She has six children and is a stay-at-home mom. She has a licensed daycare center. And sings in a band! She's one busy lady! Go over to see her many tips on how to save money and live happily.