Days after Christmas and such

For Christmas we (Sara, my Dad and I) went out to the Stelzner's (my in-laws, Sara's parents) for a Christmas Eve mini-service, with singing and a birthday cake for Jesus. Then we went Sunday afternoon (Christmas Day) to go open presents and have a dinner there. Then we watched "Homecoming: A Walton's Christmas Story" or something like that. It wasn't a bad movie, but wasn't that good either, if you follow me. Jade has been a crazy little puppy. When we took her out to Stelzner's, she met all of their dogs, and had a grand old time. She got along with them well, which is good. She has been in the habit of going #2 downstairs lately though... always something to work on... Wow... lately Sara and I have been watching the Second Season of 24... it is pretty good... for those not in the know, it is a show that breaks down each episode into one hour of a day. So there are 24 episodes for a full day and all the events happen in real time. This season they are dealing with the threat of a nuclear bomb going off in Los Angelos. The show is suspenseful in the extreme, and if we did not have it on dvd, I could not watch it... the suspense would drive me nuts week to week. Today I've mostly been working on the cleaning my office, a little bit on the lesson for Youth Group in two weeks, and hanging out with Sara because she didn't have to work today. It was nice just to hang out with her for a little longer... Over the break, I used $20 of my Christmas money (from my Aunt) to buy two programs for my palm. One was called TMP (Time Manager Pad), and the other is called Address XT. TMP is a datebook-type application that has a much cleaner look than the default calendar and displays all of the events in a list-like format. For those who have changed to Palms from a paper organizer, this should be one of the first programs you buy. It displays events in a vary similar way to a paper organizer. It also has a pop up section for To-Do's and shows a Calendar (with which you can change days). Since it uses the built-in palm datebook and to-do list, all of the existing events you have from Calendar are shown, and vice-versa. I've been using it for a few weeks now, and have really enjoyed it. An excellent program. TMP Address XT is a "Contacts" replacement program that surpasses the built-in Contacts application in several ways. It allows you to sort contacts by first name, last name... which alone was worth the cost for me. There is also a button to quickly show recently accessed contacts, and you can link contacts to Events in the Calendar, To-Do's, and Memos. It also allows the contacts to be viewed in a much smaller font, which is great for those who have 320x320 screens or higher resolution. I can now view twice as many of my contacts on one screen as with the default Contacts application. Highly recommended also. Address XT I purchased both programs through Palm Infocenter's store, with the 20% off coupon, so the total of both came to $21. Not bad for two high quality programs. Well, I better get back to finishing cleaning up the office... Later, Isaiah