Find Free Space on your Mac!

I remember back in Elementary school using Macs before they were so popular. When I started college, I went off to VCU in Richmond, VA. (It is a HUGE art school.) Almost everyone I knew had a Mac. My neighbors had Macs, my roommate had a Mac. I was literally surrounded by Mac users so much, I actually started liking them, the Macs not necessarily the people who owned them. HA! And one thing that I LOVE about Macs is that they don’t get viruses. Why doesn’t everyone have one?
For all the Mac users I went to college with, this tool is awesome. You will literally be able to find Free Space on your Macintosh. This website, Wheres the Free Space will analyze your Mac OS X hard drive. When its done its job, it will tell you how much free space you have, where your really big files are, and print summary reports of your hard drive. AND- if you have multiple users on your computer, it will tell you who is using up the most space. (So, if your roommate is using WAY more space than you…you can totally tell them to get their stuff off your computer and actually have proof!!) HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!?

You can download the free 30-day trial from their site. OR- if you know that it is just the thing you need, you can go ahead and purchase it for only $29.95. You can download the software directly from the site, or you can have them send you a copy through the mail ( I LOVE TANGIBLE SOFTWARE…it makes me feel better to have it in my hands once I’ve purchased it, rather than just seeing it in my Programs list.)

“There is no other program that is comparable to Where's The Free Space.” –quote from the site

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Happy Daylight Savings time!! :)

Saturday night, once again

Well folks, its Saturday night... and I'm at home. AGAIN.

Evan and I went to get our hair cut this morning. He got a trim first and then my mom took him home. I got a hi-light and cut. It's pretty, but I'm not feeling pretty enough to take a picture right now, I'm a bit wind blown.

After I got back from my hair appointment, mom and I went to the new Ross, the new Target, Walmart, and DressBarn before coming home. I then rushed off with Evan to see Jeremy at the boat for dinner. However, that got cut short because the wind was blowing the water up and over the sub, so they had to close the hatch, and once they do that, they don't open it for nobody. So, I had to eat quickly, because we had like 20 minutes. It was CRAZY windy all day long!! I need to go get my car doors adjusted now because they are all out of whack. And in the morning, I have to go pick Jeremy up from the boat... whee fun. no sleeping in tomorrow. oh and by the way, its daylight savings time tomorrow.

Black Friday flashbacks

So, rather than stand in line at 5am with a 10 month old baby on black friday, I decided to use a website to do my deal-spotting. And, oh myg oodness, Walmart is on there! BlackFriday.info has ads from EVERYWHERE (Best Buy, Overstock, Office Depot).

Everyone knows about Wal-Mart; they sell nearly EVERYTHING imaginable. For Christmas this year, I was looking to buy some toys for Evan at some good deals. So, I went there and found amazing deals in the toy section. If Evan was a little bit older, I would have been able to score an AWESOME deal on an inflatable bounce room. HOW COOL OF A MOM WOULD I BE?!!? I also was looking to find unique CD's for my dad to listen to. I checked out the music section and found out that I could make a custom CD of random tracks for my dad.

I’m also a big fan of Overstock. They are an awesome site, and by checking out BlackFriday.info, I was able to see what the awesome deals they had going on. I only wish I had enough money in the bank to afford all of the cool stuff I found!

If I had been a crazy woman who stood in line at 5am, I probably wouldn't have spotted these deals. Thanks to the internet, we can now spend black friday in our jammies!

Organizing 101

I seriously need to take a class, it could either be Organizing 101 or Decluttering Basics... either one, I need it.

So, in my journeys of surfing the web, I stumbled upon some tidbits... and I'd like to share them with you, because frankly, I have nothing better to do with my time on a rainy Friday night.

"What Being Disorganized Costs.

A moderately disorganized person loses about two hours every day due to disorder. If your income is $100,000 per year, based on a 40-hour week, you're costing the company about $25,000 every year. When you enlist the help of others to help you find something, the cost goes up. " (Thanks Peggy Duncan!)

So, even if you're not a company, you're probably losing two hours every day if your house is a WRECK... it's not costing you money, but it's probably costing valuable time with your family. And goodness knows, we don't have enough time with family as it is...

Scan what you can...I think is going to be my new motto (once I can get my scanner to work properly.) If I scan all of my loose papers and save them into a folder on my computer, they are all there, at my fingertips (except when the computer goes on the fritz...)

Okay, I think I'm going to go make some jewelry now. PS- I have coupons to the florist if you want one.

Conscious Discipline

We do Conscious Discipline at our school, which involves class meetings and problem resolution skill training. So, I find myself incorporating this philosophy into my parenting now. Like this afternoon, Evan was pinching and scratching me while I was changing his diaper. I found myself taking his hands and saying, "I don't like it when you scratch and pinch me." (All the while he's got the cutest grin on his face and it takes all that is in me to not bust a gut.) But- he's so stinkin' cute that its hard to tell him NO. And I don't want that to be a word he learns right away, so I figure if I phrase NO in the right way, he'll have a bigger vocabulary and he'll be able to express himself to others when they do something to him that he doesn't like (Mommy and Daddy included.)

I want a DVD camcorder.

I'm looking to buy a DVD camcorder. I want to be able to record Evan doing cute stuff when Jeremy is out to sea so I can mail him DVDs to watch. Since we're on a submarine, we don't get the luxury of video conferencing and phone calls and pictures like the surface ships do. I could gripe about how stinky that is, but it wouldn't get me anywhere. So, being resourceful, I checked out this site Comp-U-Plus. They have got an AWESOME list of deals from camcorders, to LCD TVs, to handheld GPS receivers. They scour the internet looking to give YOU the consumer the best deal possible. What I like about them is that they have been selling on the internet since before the internet was cool...way back in 1993. AND- they've had over 2 million satisfied customers. They must be doing something right, eh? And if I don't like the DVD camcorder I order, they provide a 30 day money back guarantee.

Hopefully, I'll be able to afford a DVD camcorder soon (when the tax money comes??) and I will definitely check out Comp-U-Plus before I make my purchase!

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