Carol's random babble

Some news here! First, My Memories has upgraded to version 9. There are a whole bunch of new features: New Project Types Social Media - Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Google Plus Print Products - Canvas, Metal, Posters, Mug, Mousepad, Water Bottle Photo Enhancements Color Pop - Make a photo Black and White except for an area you select in Color HSB - Hue Saturation Brightness Adjustments Right-Click photos in the Photo Gallery to see details (width, height, dpi, path, etc) Right-Click to sort photos in Photo Gallery by Date vs Name Text Enhancements Copy & Paste Text Styles from one Text Box to another Copy & Paste Text without Style or Paste Special with Style Text on a Shape or Line can now have Text Styles Adjust Text Style while Text is Attached to Shape or Line Set any Text Box Style to Default Text Style Background Enhancements Set Background to Gradient Colors Zoom Background In or Out Nudge Background in Eight Directions for Precise...

I'm still trying to get the hang of the Pathway experience. Of my two classes, I'm doing better in the religion course. I've got a lot of the general studies assignments that I haven't completed. The best I can hope for is 50 percent of the grade when I do turn them in, so I'm not sure I can even pass at this point. But I'm still going to try. Let's take Lesson 2 for example. This is a beginning lesson on The Learning Model & The Honor Code. The Learning Model embraces five principles: Principle One: Learners and teachers at BYU-Idaho exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as a principle of action and power. Principle Two: Learners and teachers at BYU-Idaho understand that true teaching  is done by and with the Holy Ghost. Principle Three: Learners and teachers at BYU-Idaho lay hold upon the word of God - as found in the holy scriptures and in the words of the prophets - in all disciplines. Principle Four: Learners and teachers at BYU-Idaho act ...

One of my Pathway Connect assignments is to share an insight from our Book of Mormon study. I have read through the Book of Mormon once or twice in my lifetime, but never really studied it with appreciation. So now as I read, I'm noticing things I never noticed before. One of the common verses that people like is in 1 Nephi 3:7. And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them. I started seeing this phrase in other verses. 1 Nephi 17:13 And I will also be your light in the wilderness; and I will prepare the way before you, if it so be that ye shall keep my commandments; wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments ye shall be led towards the promised land; and ye shall know that it is by me that ye are led. 1 Nephi 17:41 An...

In our Pathway gathering tonight, we talked about cause and effect - or studying cause and effect when studying the scriptures. But I'm going to talk about a different cause and effect. The person I ride with, Melba, listens to country music. It's not usually my thing, but I listen. One week, on the way home, the songs "It Ain't My Fault" and "Nobody to Blame But Me" played back to back. It was almost as good as "We Will Rock You and "We Are The Champions." ;-) Tonight, however, one of the songs that played had some chords that reminded me of "Ghost Riders in the Sky." This is one of my favorite songs that my dad would sing when I was a girl. I don't think he sings it any more because his voice can't handle it. But I loved it. So I went on YouTube and listened to about a dozen versions of the song, trying to decide which one was closest to my dad's version. Some of the singers sounded okay, but sang different ...

Desktop Publishers This is what I already do. Which is not a bad thing. I enjoy my job. This is also what I do: Proofreaders & Copy Markers So the interest quiz I took offered me (as two of many options) things I already do and enjoy doing. Not bad.  Note: This is part of a Pathway Connect assignment.

So, I go through waves of being active in one thing or another, then not being active. Church, my blog, playing particular games. Well, I'm enrolled in Pathway Connect now and part of the assignments require "sharing with a friend." This blog will be my platform for that. Also, I can do a giveaway of a copy of My Memories digital scrapbooking software every quarter. I'll set one up in the next few days. I'm not as interested in gaining likes and followers as I once was, so I have to figure out what methods people can use to enter. In other news, Cayla is off to college, living in an apartment with two roommates. Amanda is still with me (since March) and we have three cats: Olive, Jock and Lena (Amanda's cat). Right this minute, Lena is trying to catch a bug through a window, Jock is lying on a box and Olive is lying in a box.

This is what the radar looked like last night some time after we lost power. I took the shot of my tablet with my phone. Here's some of the damage this morning: Tree in front of my place. Tree in front of the neighbor's place. At left, you might be able to see a taillight of their vehicle. Tree by my place again, out into the street. I was at work when the power went out, with five pages left to send. Two of the pages were done, but just needed to be PDF'd and sent. Three of the pages needed two articles that hadn't been written yet, but the computers were unavailable. So I went home for my laptop. I parked in back, in the lake that forms whenever it rains hard. Stepped right into about 4 inches of water. My shoes are probably still wet. Took laptop back to work, and let Hans use it. Chad was writing his story on  his Chromebook, but he had to retype it later on my laptop because we had no internet access. Our publisher contacted a company in to...

No update since last October? Shame on me. I guess this is one of those things that I can check off under "Loss of interest or pleasure in most or all normal activities, such as sex, hobbies or sports" (signs of depression). I spend too much time playing games, and yet have lost interest in some of them. I hardly do genealogy. For awhile I wasn't reading much, but I'm doing that again. I was seeing a physician's assistant (Alicia) until she moved out of state. My last appointment with her was in December. I was allowed three months of medications, but had to see a new person before getting refills. My meds ran out in March and I didn't see my new person (Jordan) until last Tuesday. Now I've got medical tests coming up on Thursday, plus a mammogram on Friday. Joy. I need to sort through stuff and get rid of a lot. I've got boxes I haven't unpacked since we moved into this apartment in July 2012. Plus Mom's stuff and still some of Don...