Happy Birthday, David Bowie!
January 8, 2009
New Blog Server, say “Hello, World”
World, say “Hello” to my new blog server. I’ve finally migrated from my old Ubuntu server to a new Windows-based blog server, hoooray! I’m really excited about this change because I think it will be much easier for me to maintain. I also hope it will be easier to use. It seems that some of the latest features of WordPress should help overcome the roadblocks I face when blogging.
There are a few changes you might want to know about. First, email from the blog is out of commission and I don’t know when it will be back. I need to install a mail server to get it to work (I think) and I haven’t had time to do so yet. Who knows when that feature will be back, but until then, please use the ‘Subscribe to Feed’ button at the top-left to subscribe to this blog’s RSS feed.
Second, my domain has changed. The blog is now found at
http://www.iheartdavids.com/blog
I’ve made this change so we can manage future projects at the root URL. Right now, however, if you go directly to www.iheartdavids.com, you will be redirected to the blog.
Please update your blogroll if you’re linking to me.
Thirdly, all of my permalinks are broken and I just can’t figure out how to fix it. This means that any links you had to my blog that looked like this:
http://www.jeniqblog.com/2007/03/my-date-with-David-Bowie/
will no longer work. My blog posts will, unfortunately, be linked only by their post numbers, like this:
http://www.iheartdavids.com/blog/?p=246
Lames, I realize, but as I say, I haven’t found a fix that works. Let me know if you have any ideas. I’d love to implement a fix at a future date.
There have been a few cosmetic changes and will likely be more in the future. Otherwise, I think that’s it. Please let me know if you find any errors. Thanks for reading and keep those comments coming!
Jeni
Henry’s First Christmas
Spent in Virginia Beach with his great-grandmother, his grandmother Jo, and Mommy and Daddy.
It was so wonderful to spend Christmas with Granma. Many were spent with her when I was a kid so it was great to get to share this fun time with both Henry and her. Henry loved her gifts and loved spending time with his Gangee!
December 24, 2008
Raleigh Critmas
Mom and Gene came over to celebrate an early Christmas with us last weekend. We had a lovely beef tenderloin that Dave made, and everyone liked their prezzies!
Dave made this fabulous beef tenderloin in a salt dough and herb crust. It was nothing short of AMAZING.
The dough casing in which the tenderloin was cooked.
Amy Visits Henry
Amy came recently for her annual post-Thanksgiving visit to Raleigh. This year she helped us get and decorate our Christmas tree, extra fun because it’s Henry’s first Christmas tree.
We managed to fit in a trip to the Saucer.
And then went to get our tree at the Booger Mountain lot we always go to.
And she and I had a great time decorating the tree, especially all the ornaments that she and Ali have gotten for us. Dave mostly made cookies – YUM!!!
It was a wonderful weekend and I’m so glad that Aunt Amy was able to spend some good quality time with her nef’ie. They seemed to get along quite well.
December 21, 2008
More Henry Videos
I’m currently working on replacing my blog server with a new server, but until I get it up and running, I have a few videos to share with you.
Proof that Henry is cut from the same cloth as his mother – a total gigglebox.
This one is so super funny to me. He was staring at the Christmas tree from the kitchen, and propelled himself a few feet in his exersaucer toward the tree.
Henry attempts to conquer the coffee table.
December 10, 2008
Sleepy
Henry had a long, hard day yesterday. He bit his tongue and was in some pain. He was feeling better by evening but the stress of the day combined with not enough napping seemed to take its toll on him. He fell asleep during dinner.
December 7, 2008
Menu
Henry’s diet is really starting to expand as he starts table food these days. Here’s an inventory of his menu, aside from all the jarred baby foods he eats, in no particular order.
- baby yogurt
- peas
- green bean
- cheese (did not like)
- water and formula from a cup
- banana
- avocado
- rice cake
- puffs
- tomatoes
- peach
- banana teething biscuit
- cat hair
- chicken nugget
- apple
- orange
- steak
- turkey
- potato
December 1, 2008
Adorable Henry Photos
We had a great time in Cleveland this past week. Leslie’s wedding was gorgeous and beautiful and made me cry, and the reception was a blast. Unfortunately, I had no camera so no photos to show of the handsome couple.
We wound up our week of fun with the drive back home on Sunday. We left Stow at 11:30 AM and got home at 12:30 AM. That’s right, folks, a thirteen hour trip. It should have been about an eight hour drive but we had to stop for Henro multiple times and the traffic was awful. We ended up getting off the highway and taking backroads through some of West Virginia and most of Virginia and Carolina. But we did eventually make it home, safe and sound!
November 27, 2008
TWILIGHT!
OMG we went to see Twilight and it was awesome and I can’t wait to see it again!! Cristin’s already seen it. At least three times now. I can’t wait to see it again!! She and I will be seeing it again very soon.
Here are my few thoughts, after the break.
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