Archive for the ‘qotd’ tag
QotD: On The iPhone…
Over a million iPhones have been sold. Have you: bought one, considered it, or decided it's not for you?
Bought it this weekend! Scotty has one, too. 
All photos in previous two posts taken with my iPhone. Not only that, but it is SUPER easy to email the photos right from the phone. I was whipping them off to grandmas and friends and family (and vox) as soon as I took them. Fun! So much easier than dealing with uploads off my digicam. Of course the photo quality – while not bad for a phone camera when there's adequate light – has nothing on my digital cameras, but it's super convenient and I always have my phone, so I'm likely to use it for that purpose quite often. Resolution of photos is 480×640 (4×6 prints). Not bad for everyday snaps.
I wish it interfaced better with the google suite, but now that google is IMAPing, I can access my email off the iphone as seamlessly as any other web machine!
I also love how it is also an 8G iPod! And how I can download music directly from iTunes onto the iPhone AND it synchs the music with my desktop automatically.
Surprising, there are no games on it. And no GPS like blackberries have (although it does have google maps).
I'm very satisfied with it for my needs (which is more pleasure vs. business). If I had to type a lot of email on a smartphone, I would have gone for a blackberry, I think.
The only thing (for me) that would make iPhone perfect is if it could synch with my google calendar like it does gmail. I CAN easily access my calendar from Safari on the iPhone, but certainly not as ideal as having the phone's main menu calendar button link directly to my google calendar. (It does link directly and synch with the outlook calendar, but I abandoned that for google a couple years ago.)
Also, I was able to import my google contacts into the phone. It was a bit of a hassle – had to export to CSV and then import to outlook and then synch, but it was doable and it is lovely to have everything so nicely consolidated now. Before I had phone numbers on my phone contacts and email addresses on my gmail contacts. I took a little time on Sunday to get all the phone numbers entered on my gmail contacts before I did the export.
QotD: Primetime Emmys
What do you think about Ryan Seacrest being chosen to host tonight's Primetime Emmy Awards?
LOL – what?! This is really the QotD??
QotD: Take Me Away…
Where do you go to get away from it all?
Submitted by Hops.
Nose-first into a novel.
QotD: Many Happy Returns
What are you going to do with your tax return?
Submitted by KB.
We just spent some of it today! From the Wendy Bellissimo Honey Collection.
They are on order and should arrive within 1-2 weeks.
We also got a lamp and a couple cute baskets – also Wendy Bellissimo collection. I just LOVE her baby line!
QotD: Also Known As
What's in a screen/user name? Tell us how you found yours.
Submitted by Bill.
be = First two letters of my first name; ba = First two letters of my last name
QotD: I Dunno, Where Do You Want To Go?
When you go out to eat, how do you pick where to go?
Submitted by Kristine.
Scott: "Where do you want to eat tonight?"
Me: "Ahhhh, I dunno. What sounds good to you?"
(Translation: How about you make a bunch of suggestions and I'll shoot them all down?)
It's amazing how land mine-infested this simple decision can be! Especially if we're actually hungry by the time we've arrived at this point. Munching on protein bars while discussing the problem is usually well advised.
It's all much easier when we're taking the kids out to eat. Then it's all about affordability!!
QotD: Dude, where are my keys?
What's the story behind a time when you got locked out?
It was a balmy 50F day in January 1991. The place: a Columbus, Ohio car wash. The car wash line: VERY LONG.
So I'm getting my car ('89 Ford Festiva) washed – de-salinized, if you will – like every other Midwestern car-owner does on a beautiful winter day. Everything is going swimmingly until it's time to go and I notice that the roller brush thing is still resting on top of my car.
I get out to investigate and automatically – ack! – lock the door behind me. Keys? In the ignition. Vehicle running… and locked up tight.
Had to call a locksmith. And endure the glares of everyone waiting in line for the carwash.
(Yeesh, apparently I've always been an airhead… !)
QotD: I’m Good.
What are five things you're good at?
Submitted by HapaLove.
With the exception of being lazy, I am better than average at the following. Not brilliant. 
1. Writing/editing
2. Cooking
3. Web design
4. Persuasion
5. Being lazy (master status!)
QotD: My <3
Who or what do you really love?
Since it goes without saying that I love, love, love my family and friends. (But there I said it anyway for the official Valentine's Day record.
So I thought I would talk today about something else I really love:
I love Phoenix in February!!
(And most all the other winter months here, too.)
In my Hometown, Ohio right now it is 18F (feels like 9F) and a projected high of 22. It looks something like this:
Here in Phoenix it is currently 52F with a projected high of 66. Brr. A little chilly. A photo from a South Mountain hike last January:
I'm so glad I moved here! All this gorgeous sunshine AND the love of my life.
QotD: Never Seen It
What's the most famous movie you've never seen?
Submitted by Mike.
Star Wars, nor any of its sequels and prequels.
Mom to 4 kids and 2 stepkids, I work at home in the heart of the chaos. Founder and executive editor of SheKnows.com and various other sites. Homeschooling. Knitter. Family chef. Gadget geek. Wordphreak. LAZY BLOGGER. 