He is 3 months and 2 weeks old and all kinds of awesome.

Other amazing big news in my life is I’m now an aunt. I’m so in love with this tiny baby girl.

You can check out her mom’s blog at http://natalieguffey.blogspot.com/

I am still making buttons and would love to make more, I have tons of parts laying around and I like to keep my hands busy so if you know anyone interested in One inch buttons send them my way.

I’m also getting into apartment hunting mode, which is both fun and stressful.  I would really like to find a home I can stay in for a few years.  So far I’ve moved every year for the past 8years and it is no fun.  So I hope this time I can find a home that works for both me and Don.

P.S. I hear it is someone’s (ME)  birthday at the of this month so get your candles ready. -_^

I wish my camera was better so you could see how truly awesome Laura Winn’s button came out, you can see the real avatar on her tumblr.

Here are some of buttons I’ve made but more designs can be found at Collective Clothing.

If your interested in a pack of custom buttons for your business or yourself just let me know. They are .60 each and deals can be made for large orders.

I’ve made a few for some local stores I visit to see if they would like to buy some. If you want some custom buttons or know someone who might, just hit me up.

(You can scan the barcodes to pull them up on the app store.)

Applications:
Twicca is my favorite twitter client for android so far. It lets you filter your timeline with color bars and text. This makes glancing at your timeline easier to pick out your friends among all the other feeds.

TasKiller Free is a task manager for your phone. Since android runs apps in the background it is easy to forget what you have open. This app makes it easy to see all the apps that are open and shut them down with one click. Managing your apps like this is an easy way to save on battery.

Games:
Since I switched from an iPhone to the Nexus One the one thing I really missed was games. It has taken me a while to find ones I don’t delete after 2hours. Here are some of my favorites,

Word Search Unlimited is an easy word search game with a lot going on. This app beats any other word search app I had on my iphone. I love the themes and the large word database. I’ve been known to carry around a word search book in my purse to pass the time so, this app makes my purse a lot lighter.

I don’t know about you but I love to play Klondike Solitaire. It is one of the first apps I put on any phone or computer when I get it. This app does everything I want in a solitaire game. It is just simple. I can pick a theme for the deck and when a card can be moved to the Ace pile it automatically moves the card for you, which makes me games go by faster so you can get more games in a short amount of time.

Jewels is the best version of a Bejeweled style game for android. It has the best graphics and cleanest game board of any other jewel type game I’ve downloaded. It also has quick responses to each move and generates very different board each time you play.

But enough about my job, lets talk about something amazing Don and I did on Tuesday. We saw Prairie Home Companion at the local cheap theater. For those who don’t know, A Prairie Home Companion is a variety show on found on any local NPR station. I had just checked my phone for movie listings and it was starting in 20mins so off we went. We got there just in time and as we are about to get tickets an awesome guy from WUTC, the Local NPR station walked up and gave us free tickets. Woo! In the theater we were the youngest by about 20-30years and it was perfect. I have a soft place in my heart for sound effects artists and old radio so it was really something amazing. I recommend you at least give the show a listen if you haven’t. You are guarantied a laugh and a good time.

I also wanted to take a moment to talk about my favorite Mac application. It is called Spirited Away. If your like me and you get distracted easily when your working on a project then Spirited Away is for you. Other application just automatically hide and your desktop is no longer filled with distractions and it is easier to stay focused.

Last but not least. Shout out to my Sister in Law NGuff! She is blogging about her life and more importantly, Baby Guff, my first niece or nephew. I’m so thankful she is sharing this experience with everyone. I can’t wait to meet this little person.

Now to most this would be a shock because since it’s announcement I’ve loved the IPhone. I owned one since it hit stores and never looked back. It was everything I wanted in a phone and more and when asked how I felt about it I often told people, “I would marry it and have it’s babies if I could”. That is how much I loved my IPhone….so why change? Well I’ve always supported open source software and customization of anything and everything I can. As we all know the IPhone is very locked down. I can’t browse the file system just because I wanted to or change the icons or change default programs or even download an app that wasn’t approved by Apple. I lived with this because I feel in love and like we all do when we are in love we look past the faults and focus on the things we enjoy. To combat this drive I had my IPhone jailbroken. For a while I was happy with all the new things I could do and the programs I could get but in my heart I knew our time together was coming to an end.
When I heard about the first android phone I was interested but I held off because I knew it wasn’t fully ready for a power user like myself. So, I waited it out until something wonderful caught my eye. When I learned about the Nexus One, I could not get it off my mind. It felt like the IPhone announcement all over again. That is when I knew it was time to move on. So how do I feel about the Nexus One….I Love It! There are so many things that I was already doing with my jailbroken IPhone that just happen naturally with this phone and don’t cause annoying crashes.

Widgets [check]
Background Apps [Check]
Internet browsing feels like “real” internet [Check]
Easy to Sync contacts and calenders [Check] (This one I had a horrible time with the IPhone)

These are just a few of the features that I can think of right now but the list goes on and on. So in the end I’ve found a new love but my old love is still close by. (literally I’m using it as I write this entry as an ipod.) Sometimes you can have the best of both worlds!



Oh, I’m not just addicted to one game no that would be too easy. I’m also addicted to “Words with Friends“. It is basically scrabble you can play with friends who have iPod touch or iPhones. At first it was just a way to pass the time and then it took over. I’m currently in the middle of six games! Six!





So if you haven’t heard from me recently on twitter it is cause my life is consumed by these games.