Almost There

We've almost got our backyard complete. Two years ago all we had was dirt and weeds. See the transformation, before:


Just prior to having the cement poured.




Concrete for the patio and walkway is done, sprinklers installed and sod laid. Before patio cover:


To date, bricks for the planter has been set, trees planted, and patio cover installed:




Patio cover was installed by Carl and his crew from DayLiteDemensions.com. They did a fabulous job! We highly recommend them if you ever wanted a patio cover installed, they also do sunrooms & pools. Be sure to mention us when you call.


Almost there, with just a few more things to do our backyard will be complete...

Photo Tip: Oops! Where Did the Files Go?

Have you unintentionally deleted or formatted pictures, videos or sound files on your thumb drive or memory card? Lost data, fear not! There are several recovery tools out there, some fairly priced. I recently came across a FREE application recently reviewed by a tech podcast I listen to that can easily reconstruct the lost data and it's called "PC INSPECTOR - smart recovery" (Google search result #1).

I've tried it out myself on a compact flash memory card that was formatted and I was able to recover the images off of it. I've even recovered images that were deleted off the card several months old ago.

I haven't had to use this application in a real world situation but it's comforting to know that it's available when I do accidentally push the delete/format button by mistake.

Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Already 2 months old, where does the time go?! Natalie received her first set of shots recently and she handled them very well. She is now 24" long and weighs 13 lbs.


Natalie now has her own blog, check it out at www.Natalie.RonaldMariano.com . Mommy will be helping Natalie keep it up to date with her photos and adventures.