Test of new Gadgets

I, as you know, if you have read some of my old posts.  And I have now set my eyes on Windows Live Writer to write my blog posts.  And this will be the first to set a bench mark to see if it live (pun not intended) to the standard I expect.  I am writing this of line, for later to upload it.  Not that I need to do it off line.  It just happen to be that way it does the posts.  I am more interested in the possibility to cut and paste from ms word or something like it.  Being able to take something I already have written, and paste it into the blog.  For now, this is all I need to say, and really can say, except that I can tell that it seem to work fine so far.  The installation process took longer then I had expected.  But that could have something to do with the other gadget that I am testing out at the moment.  Let me clarify.  I have started the test of a different virus software, as I have recently experienced some problem with a different virus software.  I have been using AVG anti virus from Grisoft for a very long time.  And they have been the anti virus software I have recommended for all my friends until now.  But they recently changed.  And not for the better.  Even this last month they switched from the 7.5 version to a 8.0 version.  They have a free version, with limited ability, and they have wanted to let different companies "sponsor" their paid version.  But they made it difficult to find the free version, and they made it almost impossible to activate without paying after rejecting the paid version.

So I am now using Avast Antivirus software.  But I had a very hard time to uninstall the AVG, as it had not completed the installation since it was not activated.

In any case, the main reason I switched, was that I experienced that all our computers have been acting so sluggish that I was considering switching to Linux or Mac to get away from the sluggishness of MS. But it dawned on me that it may be the AV that was the cause.  And I were right, or at least I have found others that found the AV to make the computer sluggish after upgrading the AVG to 8.0 .  So I have only made the switch on one computer so far.  But so far so good.

So if you want to make the switch, here is the link that goes directly starts the download. After you have downloaded the file, that is 21.98 MB, you just install it.  Then you will need to register.  It is free, and you should not need to re-register for 14 months they claim on their web site. You will get the link when you install the software, and they send you a registration code to your email.

Now I just have to see if I will be as happy with Avast as long as I were happy with AVG.  And that must be something like, 4 or 5 years.

Let me know what Anti virus software you use, and how happy you are with your AV choice.

My Cheerleader (* UPDATED *)

I have biked to school both with Sam and Katie. With Sam, I bike behind and call out directions. That is how we get safely where we need to go, whether it is to or from School.

With Katie, it's a whole different story. She is in the bike trailer. I have the pleasure of doing most of the work. Well, that brings us to yesterday, when I had both of the girls in the back, and Lilly yelled, "GO, GO, GO, GO...." and that was ALL the way to Katie's school. Katie calls out: "You can do it." This is repeated most of the way. It was interrupted by "I am your biggest cheerleader, Do you like that I am your cheerleader?" What could I say. I told her that I LOVE that she is my cheer leader. They are verbal if they think I go to slow, then they unified call out to me "FASTER, FASTER".



Here we are home after one of our trips. The whole ride one way is 1.9 miles. So with a return trip that means about 3.8 miles. I used the car to measure it. (* UPDATED *)

I have a newfound admiration of Bike taxi's. (* UPDATED *)

Here is the route we take.

Time for a Sunday post.

I have been thinking. Wow, and it did not hurt at all.

I was assigned to teach the lesson in Elders Quorum to day. I have had a couple of days to prepare. I thought it would be hard, as I had been up working last night. It made it easier to stay awake in class. I have to admit that there are times I have to stand up in class to stay awake. It comes with the "work at night to Sunday" part. I was easier when we had 1 o'clock church. I got a few more hours of sleep between the job and church.

In any case, I have been thinking and wondering of what to blog about. Not much have happened lately that are blogable. But I realized that much have happened in my life, that are blogable. Just because it happened a long time ago, don't make it less blogable. It just means I may have less pictures to attach.

Back to the original topic. I was, as mentioned before, assign to teach Elders Quorum to day. The topic was "Why are we Members of the Only True Church?" It was based on a article by Elder Enrique R. Falabella, Of the Seventy. If you want to read it, just follow the link. It was a fairly short article, and well worth reading. Short and sweet, and with wisdom from a 6 year old in regard to prayer. Quote: “Well, once you’ve thought of it, tell it to Him! When you finish, wait and see if He has something to tell you.”

Funny, how the wisdom of kids can blow your mind away.

I have just had my 15th anniversary of my baptism into the Church. That was a special time in my life. Just as my anniversary of my marriage and sealing to my wonderful wife of eight years, Lea Anne, My Princess Annie-Girl, that I married for Time and All Eternity in The Temple of the Lord in Portland, Oregon.

I love her so much more then she will ever understand.

Here is one of the pictures that we took on our wedding day at the Temple.