My Toe

I recently had an ingrown toenail and it got real bad real quick within the last few weeks, so I went to see a podiatrist. He numbed the toe and cut out about a third of the toenail... just like that. It was over in 20 minutes. Since then it's been healing over quite nicely, and I've been wearing a special medical shoe that my mom had in storage. I think I need to get shoes with a wider berth because it feels like my toes are squeezed together when I wear my shoes. It became more evident with this issue because I can feel every bit of pressure on my toe now until it completely heals. Wearing shoes that are not wide enough may be the reason for the ingrown toenails too, but I'm not sure.

So.... if you have any input, please leave a comment. :D

ABC News: Largest Known Planet Discovered

This is pretty cool news!  I enjoy finding new things out about our Universe.  It is exciting that we are being able to see more and more of our universe as technology increases.  It always makes me feel so small and insignificant, but then it also makes me feel lucky to think that of all the space we have discovered, the Earth is the only place so far that we are able to thrive.

ABC News: Largest Known Planet Discovered

UPDATE: August 29th, 2008. I found the above link to be bad, so I found another link with the same story: Space.com: Largest Known Exoplanet Discovered

The Search for a New Phone Service is on

So, as I stated in the most recent post at my family blog, our VOIP service, SunRocket, pulled the plug to all their customers on Monday without warning. So I am in the hunt for a new service. Vonage is still more expensive than I am willing to pay, so we probably still won't switch to the giant of VOIP. But I did find a service called ViaTalk. Their price is the same as SunRocket's was ($199/year) and with comparable and more features! They are also offering free shipping of their Internet-to-phone adapter to ex-SunRocket members! It is looking promising so far. But in the pressure to save more money I am also looking at Skype: for only about $25/year you can have similar service. You lose the 911 feature (which we have with our cell phones), but then you have added SMS functionality which may be a plus... e.g. Heidi at home with Skype phone in one hand, holding Makayla in the other hand, can still be chatting with me while I am at work, and she doesn't have to sit down at the computer to do it :D. So, we will weigh the Pros and Cons and see what works best for us. I will bring my findings to the table as my research progresses.

Kickoff

This post kicks off the beginning of my Blogger account. It's been a while since I've kept a regular blog and hopefully this will be regularly updated.