Monthly Archives: May 2012

I Got Tagged – 11 Questions

I have been tagged by Rois I will try and answer the 11 questions:

1.       What kind of fantasy creature would you like to be, if you had to choose any – vampire, elf, wizard etc.? Vampire stories were always my favourite while growing up. The dark, mysterious and quiet Count always fascinated me. Now that I am an adult all that bloodsucking is quite off putting and yet when I was young it did not bother me.

2.       If you had to choose one sport in which to be the best in the world, which sport would it be? A non contact sport like tennis or running.

3.       How you met the love of your life? –

4.       What name would you like to give to your first/next child? –

5.       If you had time travel machine would you travel to the future or to the past? If I could change the past I would go back if not then I would like to see a glimpse of the future.

6.       Did you follow the religion of your family or you have your own believes? My family.

7.       What kind of talent you wish you had that you don’t? The ability to draw or paint – because I fail at drawing the simplest stickmen.

8.       What song no one suppose that you like? – 2 old songs by Heart. Alone and All I want to do is make love to you.

9.       Which’s the last movie that you saw? –

10.   Which one’s your favorite holiday? –

11.   If you could have your own hotel, in any place in the world, where would you choose? If it is a hotel with proper plumbing and internet it could be anywhere in the world I am fairly easygoing, it is the difficult guests which might rub me up the wrong way.

For the rules please goto to Rois’ link at the top of this post. If anyone is interested in answering these questions consider yourself tagged.

Managing images.

I have enjoyed snapping away with my little camera. The first problem now is how to manage all those images which need to be named and stored.
I want to share with you a handy renaming command which saves a lot of time when you want to rename many files/images all in one go.

Select files and press F2.

Now if there is anyone who can recommend a handy FREE batch watermarking software – life will be much easier for me :)

Morning chaos and the new jacket.

I have a similar routine every work day morning while getting ready for work. Some mornings I go online and have trouble convincing myself to get ready for work and the day before yesterday was such a morning.
I was sipping my coffee, commenting on blogs and momentarily forgetting that it is not weekend.
A few weeks ago, I bought a brightly coloured jacket and with the weather being quite nippy in the mornings I decided I would like to wear this new jacket. These bright ideas usually pop into my head when it is really too late for fancy wardrobe changes.
I was still at the computer when I looked up at the wall clock and with a screech of horror realised I had 30 minutes to create a miracle transformation from pj chaos to smart office lady.
My hair was still damp, that is my excuse for sitting at the computer. Will browse while my hair drip dries and I drink my coffee, and then 5 minutes longer, and then only 5 minutes longer and then oh no!
In a flash I grab the hair dryer and with a gentle blast of warm air and some frantic finger brushing action I try to get my hair dry. After a few minutes I am forced to stop – static hair alert. Ok, no matter, I rush off to iron my new jacket.
The instructions on my beautiful 100% polyester, made in China jacket says cool iron. I set the iron exactly as instructed on the label. A freezing chill runs up my spine as I do not have my duvet wrapped around me anymore. Ok the iron is ready, and I am in doubt that the iron is hot enough, because the weather is so cold. I iron the whole jacket (and because I really hate ironing) I proudly hold it up for inspection to find that none of the creases have been ironed out. I set the iron a little warmer and re-iron the whole jacket. I get dress and look at myself in the mirror and the jacket is still creased. I decide to iron it on another day on a hot setting. I take off all my clothes, now my teeth are chattering, and I pull on a plain black outfit, painfully brush through my static hair and rush to work. The things I do … only when I am late!
I arrive at work relieved to see that everyone else is also running late and that they are busy unlocking the doors.
This morning I gave the jacket another chance, because it is really beautiful. I sprinkled it with some water and put the iron on a hot, but safe setting and I was finally able to wear my new jacket.