Sledding

Some members of our family enjoy being inside and doing inside things. Especially when it is cold and snowy outside. So one Saturday, after a significant amount of snowfall, most of us in the house were perfectly happy to stay warm and cozy inside.

Jonathan had other ideas. He saw the freshly fallen snow and suggested that we go sledding. He was so excited to see the snow and so anxious to go and give it a try that we were powerless to refuse and, honestly, there was no reason to.


Our front yard has a small hill. Not huge, but big enough for us.


While he doesn't look like he's enjoying it, Brigham really did.


Jonathan and Brigham had a lot of fun going down the hill and then back up again.


Even Jaaromy gave it a try.


Nathaniel eventually came out to sled for a little bit. Although, I didn't really give him a choice. He went back inside as soon as I let him, but I think he did have just a tiny bit of fun.

After we were done sledding, Jaaromy figured he might as well shovel the driveway.


Brigham loved stepping on all the snow right in front of Jaaromy to make it a little harder to shovel.


Brigham really loved being in the snow.

When we were all back inside warming up Jonathan reminded us that whenever you come inside from playing in the snow you have to have hot chocolate. We agreed. I'm thankful that Jonathan sometimes pushes us to get out and do fun things.

In case you're wondering why we had so much snow, these pictures were taken almost two months ago in early January. I'm really behind.

A Random Brigham Moment

So Brigham loves to play on Jaaromy's computer after he gets home from school. He really gets into it and is always moving around and jumping up and down on it(and it swivels too, so it's super safe). I often find him in the most unusual positions at the computer.


You can see that the seat is getting pretty worn out, although the picture doesn't quite reveal the extent of the damage.

I love that Brigham really gets into his computer time.

Nevermind

Well, I changed my mind and now I'm keeping my blog here at Blogger. I really struggled with this one because I wanted to make sure that I wasn't doing it because it's easier(and it is easier). The problem is that technology has always been a mixed blessing and unless I am willing to cut myself off from it entirely, which I'm not, there really isn't anything I can do to protect myself other than what I was already doing(although I'm sure I could do better).

Technology is a wonderful tool and has brought about much good. But as long as there is evil in the world we will always have to be vigilant. I can't wait until the millennium when all this wonderful technology will only be used for good and not for evil.

So, now I have a lot of catching up to do since I wasn't really posting on either blog because I hadn't fully decided what I was going to do. Hopefully it won't take long.

It's not me, it's you, Google

So, I have decided not to accept the terms and conditions of Google's new privacy policy. This means I will loose my accounts with several online sub-entities of Google's such as Gmail, Youtube, Google Talk and (sigh)Blogger. The fact that they have their fingers into so many things is part of my problem with them. Their new privacy policy will consolidate all my information and my posts will belong to them(it's possible that they already do). Add to that their increasingly nonchalance about working with the government and I don't want them to have that much control over me. The old argument that "I don't have anything to hide" doesn't fly with me. Not only is it the principle of the thing, but our government is getting more and more corrupt and their idea of what is right and what is wrong is changing and I don't want them to suddenly decide that I'm a person of interest because I have food storage. I would rather not make it any easier for them.

I have found suitable replacements for all of them(although Jaaromy is having a harder time finding a suitable replacement for Gmail) but some of the replacements, as in the case of Blogger, are not quite as easy. I have transferred all my posts to Wordpress at http://ziersezeitgeist.wordpress.com/http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif and after a lot of tweaking finally got it more-or-less the way I want it. It's not quite as easy to use as Blogger but it does what I need it to do. So, please start checking that blog instead of this one. I have until March 1st to accept the new policy and so I hope you all see this before then.

Often, the right thing to do isn't the easy thing, and I believe the right thing is to not affiliate with Google anymore.