Betty Claire is interested in setting up a family blog like this one. Without a resident web person or two, I don’t think our set up can work. So I looked at using Blogger (acquired by Google) which can integrate with photo-websites like Flickr.
I set up this test site to show her. It includes a photo of BC on the beach.
After researching and taking Clark Howard’s advice to buy Vanguard’s Total Stock Index fund, I noticed an add from Fidelity advertising lower expense ratios.
This note from Clark confirms it. The minimum investment is $10,000, though.
Clark Howard has a collection of tips, most of them against using debit cards (Wachovia called them check cards.) With credti cards there are all kinds of rules and regulations that protect you in case of fraud or merchant error. A simple phone call will typically clear up any problem.
Debit cards do not have the same level of protection. And because they can be used without a PIN number, you can have a lot more hassle with a stolen debit card than a stolen credit card.
Wachovia keeps sending us “Visa Check Cards.” I call them and tell them we do not want them. We just want an ATM card. Clarke’s June 4 post suggest I may not be able to get away with this much longer.
This is a good article on investing mistakes. He mentions the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index (VTSMX) fund we just bought into based on Clarke Howard’s advice.
Good overview of grasses. I need something for our wet, shady back and side yard. Centipede? Zoysia? St. Augustine? The latter does not like snow or chinch bugs, otherwise it sounds like the best candidate.
While the bermuda grass has come in better than ever (w/ something of a late start thanks to a winter weed problem), I’ve been battling outcroppings of crabgrass all summer by spraying with crabgrass killer. This results in yellow spots when the weather is dry. Crabgrass preventer in early spring is the only way to go.
Yesterday I put down 16 lbs of Vigaro Ultra Turf 29-3-4. It had a setting guide that included by Scott’s Speedygreen 2000. I set the little rotating control to 6.75. The bag was supposed to cover 5,000 sq feet. At 6.75, I seemed to have just enough.
Our front yard is a triangle with a whole (pine island) in the middle. I had Danny measure the 3 sides one time using a 100 foot power cord as his ruler. He did the math. I don’t remember what he came up with. Let’s call it 5,000 sq feet.
This article from Suzanne. The crux of this article is, do you find yourself trying to adjust the teachings of Jesus (as conveyed by the church) towards what makes you more comfortable, or are you willing to consider that you should adjust yourself towards what Jesus would want? I agree with Laura.
A step-by-step guide to transferring VHS movies to DVD using iMovie.
This free service provides a smaller graphic than the Weather Channel’s “web magnet” which I am currently using. May switch.
Mini forecast:
Found this and other fun tips here on Elise’s Learning MovableType site.
At Lifeteen mass I’ll hear “ray ray nobis” in one of the songs, along with “dona nobis pacem” and can’t figure out what the “ray ray” is. Googled “re re lifeteen nobis pacem” and found this:
Miserere Nobis (mize re re /nobece)- “have mercy on us”
Dona Nobis Pacem (do na/ no bece/ pa chem) “give us peace”
So I’m hearing the second and third syllables of Miserere (have mercy.) Now I can rest.