We used to send out a holiday photo about every other year. We need to get a new one done this year, since we have yet to do one since Fuller was born.

I like the idea of sending something out, to reach out to those who you want to remain in contact with, and just let them know that you are thinking about them. Holiday photo cards are a great way to do that.

Tiny Prints Holidays is geared toward those who do send out greeting cards, photos, and announcements during the winter months. Whether for Christmas, Hanukkah, or the generic Happy Holiday, Tiny Prints has designs for all kinds of cards. They even have personalized gift tags and designs for party invitations. And I really like their personalized thank you cards for children.

I’m drawn to their designs because of the simplicity and colors. You can upload a picture (and do an online preview) or email it to them, and for no charge they will convert color pictures to sepia or black and white. The prices are comparable to other sites with the same service. What makes this site stand out is the variety available and freshness of the designs.

I’ll be giving Tiny Prints Holidays a look when we finally get a complete family photo.

One of the recent movies I have watched is Driving Lessons. It interested me because Rupert Grint (Ron from the Harry Potter films) is the lead, and the elderly woman he has a job with is Julie Walters. Julie plays Mrs. Weasley in the Harry Potter films.

I really like the Mrs. Weasley character in both the books and the films. I was a bit disappointed that there wasn’t more Mrs. Weasley in the last film. She has such a big heart for all the children- even those who are not her own.

The dynamic of Rupert Grint and Julie Waters in Driving Lessons is not at all mother and son… it is a bit funny to see Ron holding back Mrs. Weasley’s hair while she pukes. Julie Water’s portrayal of an elderly actress is really amusing.

When Rupert (Ben) goes to the club in Edinburgh, the closed captioning tells the viewer that the music is “Celtic Salsa.” I want to know where I can get a CD of Celtic Salsa. It was quite fun to listen to and see Rupert dance. A lot of the soundtrack is Sufjan Stevens, which gives the movie a homey feeling.

The only downside of the movie is Laura Linney. She seems to think that to have a British accent, you just speak quietly. She is also a bit creepy as the mother.

But that aside, I enjoyed the movie.

This is getting really old. I keep losing my internet connection on my laptop. It will drop for a few minutes and then miraculously show back up again. If I move my laptop over slightly to the right, it drops again. And it happens most often when I am in the dining room, which is where the router actually is. I make sure that there is a clear path from the table to the router, but it still drops a lot.

How can I find out if it is my laptop or if it is the router? I would feel better if it was the router, since that is easier to replace than my laptop would be. It isn’t one of the better known routers (it isn’t a Linksys router), and we have been using it for about three years now. So maybe that is the problem. I just don’t know…

I finished reading Harry Potter on Saturday night. Damon picked up the book on Sunday and is currently pages away from finishing. And when he gets done, I plan on sending him this link. (Warning, it inadvertently contains a spoiler.)

I saw over on Lynn Terry’s blog that today Dell is selling laptops for $499. That sounds pretty good to me, too bad I already have one. But I know some folks recently who said that they want one (Dad? Albert?). It is one day only, and that day would be today.

I guess with back to school only a few weeks away, the electronic companies are going to be putting everything from laptops to viewsonic monitors to Texas Instrument calculators on sale. The Best Buy and Circuit City circulars are going to be fun to look at for the next month or so.

When we went to Ohio Damon had one request: that we go see the Hall of Justice. We made it a destination to see before we went to the church for the wedding.

The Hall of Justice is actually the Cincinnati Museum Center. The building is a gorgeous tribute to Art Deco. The inside has these beautiful tile mosaics on the walls and everywhere you look there is a shining example of what Art Deco should be. There are three museums in the center plus a working train station, but we didn’t get that far since we had a wedding to attend.

But the museums and the mosaics are not why we were there. We were there simply because of the striking resemblance that the exterior of the building had to the Hall of Justice of Superfriends fame.

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