What the heck is Twittering?

Hey all. Several of you have been asking lately what the heck twittering is, so I thought I would put out a mass explanation.

Basically, it's the same thing as the status on your facebook page--it's just a way of letting other people know what you're doing and seeing what other people are doing. You can tweeter from your cell phone, online, through im...You can even link your twitter to your facebook so your twitter updates automatically post in your status (that's why my status usually says i'm twittering something).

If you want a longer explanation, check out this youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o

Yes, I know it's probably lame, but hey I have fun with it. I'm sure it will fade out of popularity soon, but if you like jumping on silly, short-lived fads check it out! my twitter name is pearlparks.

birds & biking

so, this nice, friendly little robin of a bird had a run-in with me on wednesday. more specifically, a robin hit me when i was biking to work.

it all happened in a split second.

i was just biking along when i saw something quickly scuffle across the road into my bike. i'm wondering: did some leaves just blow across the road? did a small animal run across? did i hit it? what's going on?

i look down to see a robin trapped, flapping around between my foot & my bike as i'm pedaling away.

needless to say i started squealing and wondering what the heck i was going to do if it started viciously pecking my feet (i ride clipped, so not the easiest thing to get off your bike quickly).

about the time this panicked thought was flashing across my mind, the bird managed to flop its way out of my pedals.

i hope it was okay.

i do have to say i'm proud of myself that i didn't panic & crash in the midst of it all :)

Check out the pics of the fence we built!

Check out the new fence we built! Around Easter, we did a bunch of work outside @ our house, tearing down an old fence, digging up a ratty hedge, busting out an unused outside fireplace, putting some new furniture on the porches, building a new fence, edging the gardens with railroad ties, and doing some transplanting and getting ready for summer gardens. It was a lot of work, but so satisfying to sit back and see now that it's done. Now we just need some warmer weather to enjoy it all. :)

Matt posted some of the picture from along the way on his blog, so check out the link!

http://ponderingloudly.blogspot.com/2008/03/fence.html