M.A. Kropp: Writer, Blogger, GeekGirl. My Life. My Words. My Way.
A few posts back I mentioned that I bought talking buttons for Lambeau. We've been working with them for a bit now. We started with just one, and with a good motivator for him- food. I recorded "Food" as the cue and used just one section of the mats that came with the buttons. I … Continue reading You Talkin’ To Me?
I am doing a bit of redesigning and updating here on And So On. I am trying to make sure things are disrupted as little as possible while I am doing so, but, well, we all know about those best laid plans, right? If things are a bit upended and stuff disappears for a bit, … Continue reading A Little Work Being Done
Describes my computer over the weekend. I was installing some updates like you do, and suddenly, the screen turns that dreaded shade of blue and I see in big letters: RECOVERY. Your PC needs to be repaired. No one wants to see that. I let the IT department (aka The BaldMan) know and he came … Continue reading Kinda Blue
Okay, technically, I am going to talk about my knees, not some random bee's. In a nutshell, they have hurt. A lot. I've been dealing with knee pain for a few years now. I used to walk Lambeau a mile to a mile and a half most day, but lately, if we make a half … Continue reading The Bee’s Knees
We can has snow! Everything is white now outside. We had what you might call "significant" snow a week or so ago, and that gave us a few inches. Since then, it's been a bit here, a bit there. Pretty much what you get all winter here, with a big dump now and then. It … Continue reading Quick Stuffs
"All of my plans for the future involve me waking up tomorrow with a sudden sense of discipline and adherence to routine that I have never displayed even once in my life." I posted that meme a few days ago on my Facebook page, and boy, does it speak to me! I try to do … Continue reading The Best Intentions
This one is one that the BaldMan got me for Christmas. It's The Annotated Brothers Grimm: The Bicentennial Edition. It's just as pretty inside as out. There are full page color illustrations, illuminated lettering, margin drawings both in color, and black and white. It's lovely. These photos are the dust jacket, book cover, and spine. … Continue reading Another Pretty Book
Just popping by quickly on this Christmas Eve to wish everyone a happy holiday season, whatever you celebrate. And if you don't celebrate anything in particular, a wish for a peaceful and fun weekend. I'll be back around after the New Year with more of whatever it is I do here. Until then-
As kids, we used to help Mom bake cookies every Christmas. We baked a few different kinds, but the cut out sugar cookies were always a favorite. Mom would mix up a huge batch of the dough, and it would sit in a big pot out on the cold back porch. We'd scoop out a … Continue reading Baking Cookies
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