It is with a sad heart I celebrate today’s Mother’s day.  One year ago today, my mom past away from her 3 year battle with cancer.  It is very hard to put into words how much moms matter in this world.  So, with that, celebrate your mom, the mom of your kids, grandkids, grandmother, great grandmother or any mom you know.

Being a mom is a tough thing, I watch my wife do it as a full time job for our 2 daughters, and it amazes me the patience, determination, willingness, thoughtfulness and much more it takes to be a mom.  There is no training manual, just instinct and a memory of how you’d do things differently as a parent.

So to all the mom’s out there, Happy Mother’s Day!  Enjoy it and for all those that have a mom, clean up your room, make your bed, brush your teeth, and clear your plate.

These are the new glasses I got.  After almost seven years with my current pair, I decided do buy two new pair.  The one one the left is an invisible type metal frame and the one on the right is a black plastic frame.  I like the invisible one better for everyday use, but the plastic frame is nice to use when I need to focus on a task and get things done.  Sounds strange but it seems to work for me.

After installing BlogEngine.Net and really loving it. I decided to give Microsoft’s Windows Live Writer a try.

This post has been written completely in WLW.

I was able to add this picture and even add the title and sepia tone to it.

It can do all kinds of things like insert a table (see above) and even code snippets like:

if (this == that)
{
response.redirect("/somepage.aspx");
}

and insert maps

of the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN

what's wrong with this picture?  What exactly is the point of this product if you have to look over your shoulder? I am sure someone said, why are we seeing the back of the girls head?  So the designer got another photo of her looking back.

Well, after a bit of fun, I have moved my website over to IIS 7 from Apache 2.  Also, moved from Wordpress to BlogEngine.

Since I have moved all my personal and work development to ASP.NET, I figured it was time to move my website over.

I think I have the major links fixed and redirecting properly, but I am sure I've missed some.

If you have any issues, let me know.  I think the comments system is working?