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Mica’s Blogging. Heck Yeah!

Johwey Redington — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 11:00:13 +0000

Like I always say, it’s never too early to start building your personal brand and hone your entrepreneurial skills. {She’s also planning on selling handmade jewelry in her blog. So watch out for that!}

Please give my 13-year old daughter some online love and pay her blog a visit at www.micaredington.com.

Fab Find: Graphic Drawing Tablet

Johwey Redington — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:21:03 +0000

Yesterday afternoon, I saw light spilling from the sidelights of our front door into our foyer. It made me happy. This morning, the weather was warm enough that a light jacket sufficed when I went out to see my dentist. It felt really nice – not having to lug my 5-pound winter coat, I mean, not the visit to the dentist – although my dentist is really nice. I’m digressing. Spring is definitely near and I love it. I read in another blog last night that one thing the blogger doesn’t like about spring is the cleaning. I’m actually looking forward to it. My house can benefit from shedding a few pounds.

Anyways, on with what I really wanted to share. For those wanting a pen tablet but waiting until you have enough money to splurge and realizing you might have to wait until your kids are all grown, married, and out of the house before that happens, I have a fabulous find for you – the Monoprice Graphic Drawing Tablet. The 8×6 is only $37 and it comes with 2 pens, each with over 1000 pressure sensitivity levels, and 3 extra pen tips. Or for around $3 more, you can get the 10×6.

I hope Monoprice doesn’t mind that I stole their image since I’m endorsing their product.

Troy said he was going to surprise me with one last Christmas but it was out of stock. Last month, it went back in stock, and so he bought me one. {So sweet, right?} I haven’t really used it enough to give a valid review – I usually wait several weeks before I use new things, it’s just the way I am. But so far I’m satisfied with it. Troy played with it last night and he loved it. I was going to show you this quick awesome flame drawing he made but I just realized that Mica drew and saved over it. {Shhh, he doesn’t know it yet.}

I think it’s worth $40 to try Monoprice before you end up spending hundreds of dollars. It does have good reviews online. If you’re not satisfied with it, then you can put Wacom back in your wish list.

New Eyeglasses

Johwey Redington — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:37:14 +0000

Troy, Mica, and I got some cool prescription eyeglasses today. We had to wait a few weeks while Zenni Optical celebrated Chinese New Year before they shipped our order. It was quite a wait but the package arrived today and we’re all excited.

Mica was the most ecstatic because her prescription actually changed. And she ordered two eyeglasses – not that she needs more than one. This one with the red and black frame and flower design is only $8.

This blue one with the stars is only $13. Not bad, huh?

Showerboard Whiteboard

Johwey Redington — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:07:25 +0000

We have an old, small whiteboard, only 16″ x 22″. And it’s done its part. It was only meant for Troy’s notes but since we started homeschooling, Mica and I use it as well. Of course, we can’t forget Rinoa and all her doodlings.

We’ve been wanting a bigger whiteboard without the price. Troy’s solution: an 8′ x 4′ showerboard at Home Depot for $13 – not a bad substitute. He installed it this evening and now, we have all this white space just screaming at us to write on it. The downside? It’s not magnetic. So I guess all those magnets will just have to go on the fridge.

Pop-up Flash Diffuser and Sunday Morning

Johwey Redington — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:49:35 +0000

Troy discovered this for our camera. I was never a fan of the pop-up flash but this neat, little add-on works great – it softens the light coming from the pop-up flash, giving me the additional light I need without the harshness I usually get with a flash. Best thing is Troy got it for just $3 here.

Here’s Troy messing with it:

And here’s a glimpse of our Sunday morning (last weekend). Just hanging out, playing with the camera. I love how the flash diffuser gives a soft glow to the photos. (Mica, Rinoa, and I got haircuts last Saturday. So these are the first shots of the girls with their new do.)

Grandpa and Aunt Tonya visited that morning.