iPod Woes

Paco gave me an iPod mini a few years ago and I love it. (That does not mean that I don't want an iTouch, because I totally do. It just means that I appreciate the good times my mini has given me and prefer it to, say, Princess' very-hard-to-work mp3 player we gave her because children don't need iPods.) The mini has always been synced to our desktop since that's the computer we had when I received the iPod. I decided to sync it with my laptop today and am embarrassed to admit that I am totally confused/surprised. After a few minutes, I figured out how to transfer the music I purchased at iTunes. But, either I can't transfer the music I already owned or I am not smart enough to figure out how to do it. To be fair, I haven't tried very hard. I am one of those people that believes that this stuff should be very, very easy. If it isn't, I am generally too lazy to really go for it. One would never know that I work as a computer/internet professional based on my current iPod and Facebook problems. (Don't even get me started on Facebook!)

UPDATE: I found out how to do it and I am definitely too lazy to do it right now...if ever.

Bread

I have wanted to post this bread recipe for quite a while. It is really tasty and very simple to make. Paco doesn't like homemade bread for sandwiches and stuff because it's too hard to have consistency in slice size. But, the kids loved it - it made great toast.

NOTES: You can probably get away with less sugar if you want. The recipe actually calls for more and I only use about 1/4 cup, although I think it's sometimes less. Also, I had intended to take more pictures and forgot. So, these are all you get.

INGREDIENTS

* 2 cups warm water
* 1/4 cup white sugar
* 1 1/2 tablespoons active dry yeast
* 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
* 1/4 cup vegetable oil
* 6 cups bread flour

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, dissolve the sugar in warm water, and then stir in yeast. Allow to proof until yeast resembles a creamy foam.
2. Mix salt and oil into the yeast. Mix in flour one cup at a time. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth. Place in a well oiled bowl, and turn dough to coat. Cover with a damp cloth. Allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
3. Punch dough down. Knead for a few minutes, and divide in half. Shape into loaves, and place into two well oiled 9x5 inch loaf pans. Allow to rise for 30 minutes, or until dough has risen 1 inch above pans.
4. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Oh no!

I can't believe it has been this long. I mean, I *swear* it was just last week that I posted. UGH! Well, at least I am here now. Sadly, the picture of my fab tattoo is not on this computer, so that will have to wait. Here is a great photo of the kids on the first day of school.



I cannot believe Pirate is in school!

I will leave you with a recent conversation I had with Princess:

Princess: Do I have to go to college?

Me: Well, I wouldn't worry about that right now - you have 10 more years. You have no idea what you will want to do with your life!

Princess: I don't want to do anything big.

Me: What do you mean by "nothing big"?

Princess: I just want to work at Mighty Taco.

So much for my working in a professional position, as a Webmaster, inspiring my daughters to make something of themselves!