Lexi's Life

About

About this blog...
I started this blog to help me remember that there are always good things in life. I’d been feeling a bit down, but on October 12, 2008 I was struggling to name one good thing about life even though a million wonderful things surrounded me.That is when I decided I needed to try to concentrate on the positive.
My goal is to post about the good things in life and what I love about life. No rules for defining “love”. It may be deep love for friends and family or something as trivial as loving a new flavor of gum. One subject I post about often is food. I love cooking. I also post photos a lot, in fact this is becoming more of a photo blog as time goes by. I'm trying to get back into the habit again and hope to be posting more often.
I've imported most of my public content back to 2006 from various sources. I'd like to have everything in one place. Also, blogging services such as VOX have since disappeared.
Note about site banner: The dogs in the banner are my Mr. Billy, Sam, and Ally. Sadly, Sam is no longer with us after battling liver disease (January 2009). We miss you, Pimp Dawg.

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One week in

Last week I switched from Android to iOS. For the past few years I’ve been using Android phones and tablets. (before that PalmOS, Windows Mobile, WebOS) I was a bit irritated at my Nexus S 4G lately. It had been crashing and locking up randomly. Plus I was grumpy that it still hasn’t been updated to ICS. (selling point of Google’s phone is timely upgrades)

So… After the new iPad was announced I decided to order it. I had a 7 inch tablet and a laptop, but I figured the iPad would be better as a sitting around gadget. My laptop is great, but I don’t love dragging it around the house. The 7 inch tablet was okay, but the screen was a bit small for reading magazines and some web sites.

Then I had the idea that I should just go “all in” with iOS. I never really heard anybody complaining of their iPhone crashing, lagging, and driving them crazy. So… I ordered one.

After a week I must say that I’m happy with my decision. I think that after years of playing with gadgets, rooting, using different ROMs, and such, that I just want my phone to work. My iPhone has, at least so far. The battery life is great too. I’m not too happy that I need to repurchase the apps that I love and use. Even worse, in some cases I can’t find replacement apps that I like. Still, it was worth it.

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Planning...

Mr. Billy is currently the "Dog President" of our house. He's starting to plan his re-election campaign for next year. His slogan... "A Squirrel in Every Tree!"

I think it's a winner.

(I hope those pictures of his drunken escapades don't make it to the media.)

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What's up?

My wonderfully spunky puppy, Woofgang, has been home since Saturday. I'm now sleep deprived, but it's worth it. No other news, I'm mostly just posting pics and things to http://woofgangpuppy.com -- it's like a baby book for him.