Maryland Comptroller Tours The Hill
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Journaling March -- Better Late Than Never
I not going to be hard on myself, I decided. I'm simply not keeping up with my goal to journal each and every day -- it's been really difficult to fit that into my life. But I still go back and try to fill in the blanks when I do get the chance. I know that I'll enjoy reading through this album years from now and that's why I keep going.
Calendar Journaling February
While I did manage to get something down on paper for every day in February, I didn't actually journal each and every day. In fact, there were a couple strings of five days or more during which I completely forgot this project! Luckily, I had some tools (my calendar and Facebook timeline) to help me remember what the highlights of each day were so I could go back and add something in.
The Hill Featured on Eastern Shore Savvy
The Hill Featured on Eastern Shore Savvy
I provided some background for this article about a local school group that toured black history landmarks here in Easton, Md.
Calendar Journaling January
I did it! Not without some cheating, but I completely journaled the month of January for my 2013 scrapbook.
Here is what the page started out as on January 1:
And here is what it looks like now, January 31:
This was a lot of fun! The chance to reflect on my day was nice and I enjoyed finding little things to add to illustrate each day.
Check out how I did during my first month of calendar journaling in 2013!
Scrapbook for Calendar Journaling
Hop over to my business blog by clicking on this picture to see what new scrapbooking project I’ve started for 2013!
Way-Back Advent Calendar: Religion
This is the closest I could find to anything with a religious bent for today’s post (note the creche in the background). That’s my mom on the left, Aunt Teri in the middle and Aunt Joan on the right. Love the matching pjs my mom and Joan are wearing.
Where Were You on September 11, 2001?
I was at work at the MIT Media Lab when one of the students in my research group shouted to me from her office next door that her husband, who was in Brooklyn, had just seen a plane hit the World Trade Center.
“Oh my God, Missy, it just happened again!”
Then I knew.
I think we all knew.
I remember that it was just a beautiful, crisp, clear morning in the Boston area. Just like it was in NYC. Just like it was in Washington, D.C.
The frantic stories started pouring in. Planes were unaccounted for. There were reports some were headed for Capitol Hill (where many of my friends worked). For the White House. The Pentagon was hit.
The Pentagon was where my grandparents met.
I couldn’t reach my friends in D.C. I did, eventually, reach my grandmother in Alexandria, Va. She was quite distraught. I so wished I could have been closer to my family on that day.
A former coworker called me in the midst of the chaos because “she wanted to hear the voice of reason.” I’m afraid she didn’t find it in me that morning. By that point, I was panicking too.
MIT closed early that day, but I did decide to stay at work. What were all of those students to think if all of the staff abandoned them? Besides, it was comforting to stay and talk with others who had witnessed the horrible images that were replayed over and over on the television.
When I did eventually make my way home, what struck me was the quiet. I lived under one of the usual flight paths for Logan Airport at the time. But not a single plane was flying.
It was so quiet.
The above is what I remember about that horrific day. I also remember the colossal amount of goodwill that poured in from across the globe in the days that ensued. I hope we never have to face such a dark day again, but I was very impressed by how everyone came together afterwards to help each other recover and heal.
Stop SOPA
Using CrossOver to Get RootsMagic Working on a Mac
I waffled over purchasing RootsMagic recently because I really wanted the software, but I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to use it on my Mac laptop, where I do most of my personal genealogy research. After talking with the RootsMagic staff at their FGS10 booth though, I was informed that a program called Wine could make running RM on a Mac possible.
I visited the Wine website and quickly became flustered. Luckily, there is a neatly packaged version for newbs like me, created and maintained by CodeWeavers. It does cost money to permanently install this easy-to-use version of the software, but I’ve tried the trial version and am sold after getting both it *and* RM4 up and running on my Mac in less than 15 minutes.
The process to get them both working was quite simple. I clicked on the Try Now button here. Then I filled out the form and clicked on the resulting link to download Crossover. After the .dmg file downloaded, I clicked it to install per usual. After it installed and launched, I was prompted to load the installation CD for the Windows software I was trying to run.
I popped in the RM4 CD and Crossover told me it didn’t recognize the software but that I could continue to install it as “Other Software.” This I did and before I knew it, Windows-esque install screens were popping up, prompting me through the process to install RM4. I was a little weirded out when I was asked whether I wanted to install RootsMagic on my C: drive (does my Mac have a C: drive?), but I kept on rolling as if I were truly on a PC and before I knew it, RM4 had launched!
Now I’m following the tips in the RM4 guidebook I also bought at FGS10 and everything has run super smooth. I hope this helps anyone else who wants to use this software but also has a Mac!
