Think Big When Decorating for Graduation

Posted by Mel on April 24, 2009

My son’s prom is going to be at the Downtown Denver Aquarium.  How cool is that?  They get the run of the place.  How neat it would be to stroll through hallways lighted only by the aquariums, or else to go into the rainforest sections with all the birds and running water.  So romantic!

And then I’d like to do some sort of outdoor party for him upon graduation.  I’d love to use lots of yard lights and even lights in trees.  I have a little bit of a dilemma, though.  My trees are 80 foot Ponderosa Pines!  Do you think there are some sort of mini lights that would be feasible for those?  I’m even thinking I could use some of those giant Christmas decorations that would fit the occasion, like stars or something.  But none of this is any use if I need a hook and ladder to get the things up into the trees!

I need some advice from some professional party planners, or people like those on tv who plan big wedding events for movie stars.  Maybe one of you does that and would like to give a little free advice?  Because I don’t have a movie star’s budget!

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Easing Fears

Posted by Mel on April 22, 2009

Our babysitter is afraid of our house. We have windows along the entire back side of the home which opens up into the backyard and at night, with no lights behind the house, it can feel very isolating. She had babysat for us several times during the day but on her first evening of work, she shared with us her fear. Her discomforts lead us to change our plans for the night. We didn’t want to leave our children with someone who was scared of the house; it wouldn’t have been fair to her or our kids.

The situations with the babysitter lead us to reevaluate security in and around our home. While we’ve never felt threatened, we did understand how isolated our home is from the rest of our neighborhood, thus giving the feeling of fear. We decided to contact a company specializing in home security in Denver. An agent came to our home and talked to us about implementation of a home security system that would be monitored 24 hours a day. Within in days, we had all the windows and doors linked to the off-site monitoring center which could be contacted at the punch at the keypad. Our babysitter decided to try babysitting for us again and we had a successful evening out after we put her fears to rest with our new alarm system.

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Technology Is Greek To Me

Posted by equiPrime on April 16, 2009

I am fairly proficient at using modern technology. I can navigate my way around a smartphone or a modern notebook computer. I can hold my own at video games on today’s gaming systems. But if you ask me how any of this stuff works or how to fix something when it breaks, you’re going to be seeing a pretty dumb look coming off of my face because the nuances of technology are really Greek to me.

I’m a smart girl. I can understand the basics. I know that you can take apart accessories for 2 way radio gadgets and use them as cellular phone accessories. I know that you can change the settings on your computer to maximize its power usage. But beyond the basics, I’m lost.

I don’t know why it is that I have such a tough time understanding the inner workings of today’s technology. I’m not bad at math or science. It’s just that when it gets down to the details of these things, it all just starts to look and sound the same to me. I can’t see beyond the chips and wires to a bigger understanding of how it all works. Luckily there are other people who can and those are the people I rely on when something goes wrong with my technology!

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