Please follow directions.

Why is it that no matter how carefully and thoroughly you try to explain something in written form and people still manage to do it wrong?!?!

WHY?!?!

K, this is what happened:
I created a form on Google Documents (quite nifty I must say!) and the cool thing is that when people type stuff in the form, it goes directly onto a spreadsheet which the creator can then download in various formats and it makes things MUCH easier to organize (like compiling a wedding guest list for instance). 

So.  I made my form and emailed the direct link out to people.  Piece of cake.  Many replied and had no problem with my little form.  I still had a bunch more people I wanted to send it to but didn't have their emails so I turned to Facebook.  The tricky part is that FB only lets you sent out a message to 20 people at a time.  GAH!  I had to copy and paste the info into multiple FB messages.  Well, ok.  That took a little more effort but still, not hard at all.  I attached the link to the message so all they had to do was click the text and go to the form, fill it out and done!


I start getting a few replies to the message (which A, defeats the ENTIRE purpose of the form, because that means now I have to go retype the info myself, B, they neglect to answer other critical questions, and C, I carefully explained to go to the form and the reasons why).  ARGG!  I find it funny, but honestly it bugs the crap outta me when people don't read AND follow directions.  It seriously is NOT that hard people!  Makes me wonder how they'd do on tests!  (Good thing it wasn't one, eh?  I mean, what if I were to only invite those who actually did it right?)  Some claimed they couldn't see the link or mentioned other "technical" problems.  (I secretly think it's more of a "user" problem).

Anyway.  Lesson learned:  People aren't gonna follow directions no matter how hard you try to help them.

Thrift Therapy

I went to two D.I.s today and beelined it for the book section.  I had a specific title in mind, and figured it would be a cinch to find since last time I came across at least four copies!  I looked through several shelves of books searching for this book but alas, nothing. 

 

I certainly didn't walk out empty-handed though! 

 

I got a few children's classics for my collection for 50 cents each!

 

 

A nice coffee table art book for a steal of $4

 

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Mosby medical dictionary (um, these normally retail upwards of $100 and more) for $4!!!!!  What a steal!

(Books to me are like shoes to my sister! haha)

 

Bird bath

Ok, I'm backtracking a little because I want to share something about yesterday (and I just barely posted something about today!) and this is kinda randome, but anyway, my friend wrote about about how they wanted to fire up the grill and when they opened it up found a huge bird's nest inside!  haha.  My sister has posted a couple of times about the birds in her yard and how her little girl loves watching them out the window.  It just got me thinking about birds I guess, and how fun they are to watch.  I mean, think of going to feed the ducks at the park.  Isn't that such a simple, happy activity?  I think it was the Disney Earth movie that my other sister was watching with her boys once that showed a bird family, and my sister was making dialogue for this really funny looking bird and it was hysterical! 

 

Well, yesterday was a gorgeous spring day.  I love spring sooooo much!  I love the blossoms in the trees and the tulips everywhere and the green!  The weather was perfect; warm in the sunshine, cool in the shade, with a soft breeze.  B and I decided to go for a walk.  Sunday walks are so nice!  At the beginning of our walk we sat on a bench by a fountain at a hotel and watched a cute little bird flapping around in the water.  I wish I'd had my camera.  A couple minutes after playing in the water, the bird flew away.  Another bird (or perhaps the same one) came a few seconds later, flapped its wings around, shook its little tail feather and flew away.  What a beautiful world God has created for us!