FlyKids Countdown

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3...

OK, we'll stop there for now, but we ARE getting closer to getting this FlyKids CD done! It feels like we've been running a marathon at a sprinter's pace for over a month but we are starting to see light at the end of the tunnel. We're supposed to have all the editing on the vocals wrapped up tomorrow and then they'll be shipped off to Nashville for the final editing. For a preview of the Camp Gonnawannafly song visit the FlyLady MySpace page (be patient, it takes forever for the page to load). Fun stuff!

We're still working on the graphics and will be frantically trying to get them pulled together this week so we can get them ready for the printer about the same time the CDs go for duplication. Here's an early beta of an idea for the logo to be used on the cover:



I just realized that the link I sent to the Lacey side of the family I don't think made it to anyone when we posted the audio site after the first demos were finished back in April. Not sure what happened there, but I'll re-email it to you after we get the site updated with the new MP3s tomorrow.

In the meantime, check out some of the pictures of what we've been up to for the past month or so. They include pictures from here in Vegas, some from our recording session with Eric and Andy Dodge in St. George, and from when we were up in Logan when Amy was working on the vocals up there. Sorry they're not all labeled, but it's way past my bedtime and I need to get some sleep. Click through the slideshow below for a closer look.



Off to bed now...

BlackBerry Float

Next time you go swimming, make sure your cell phone/PDA is NOT on your person when you enter the water. I thought I was going to be footing the bill for a new BlackBerry after what happened a few weeks ago. We were getting ready to go swimming in St. George with the kids and I specifically clipped my phone to the OUTSIDE of my shorts so I wouldn't forget to take it off when we got down to the pool. But Anna was anxious to get in and I was excited to start an early weekend with the fam so the last thing on my mind was to check for some little black gadget hanging from my pocket.

So...after about 2 or 3 minutes I felt this incessant buzzing coming from my left hip. UH OH! I took it out and it was just freaking out: BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ...



Sad, huh? Notice the water level about 1/3 of the way up the screen!

[I should have taken a shot of Amy. I think she was really having a hard time keeping the grin off her face once she realized it was dead. I think she was jealous, though, that she couldn't have been the one to chuck that $%^&@! BlackBerry in the water!]

A closer shot here:



So I took the battery out and left it for dead to dry out. Come Monday morning I stuffed it in my pocket to take to work and see how much I owed. When I pulled it out at my office I noticed the water had drained out. I put the battery back and and much to my surprise it started to boot up!



That T-Mobile logo never looked so good! I guess it wasn't completely dry, though - notice the white/gray shape that somewhat resembles Greenland? That's moisture that was still in the display. It eventually went away after another couple days.

And here it was after it finished booting.



Notice all my data was still in place - look at all the email that I wasn't able to get to over the weekend! And the battery even still had about 30% charge left!!

[When I called Amy she said she was happy that it was working (and that we didn't have to cough up some cash for a new one), but I think deep-down - or maybe just under the surface - I think she was mad that the Berry would be returning home with me that afternoon. :-) ]