DON'T DO IT!

As I have previously posted about, the glass on my ipad 2 had shattered. I looked into getting it fixed somewhere when I had the brilliant idea that I could do it myself.  I went to amazon.com and bought everything that I needed to replace the glass. It arrived today.  Before I go on let me tell you that I have always been a pretty good do-it-yourself kind of person. I am an engineering student and actually was looking forward to the challenge. I even watch a couple of youtube videos on doing the glass replacement yourself, but let me make this very clear DON'T EVER DO THIS! No matter how much money you are going to save doing this yourself it is not worth it!  After spend a lot of time scrapping glass shards that are glued to the base and finally getting the new one in, the volume button doesn't work anymore.  Let me just say that the glass replacement is in and it looks okay and for the most part everything works fine, I can deal with the volume thing. But it was a headache and there is so so many things that can go wrong just go pay someone to do it, it will be worth every penny!

Speaker for the Dead

I am a huge fan of reading. Most of the time I don't have much time to read, but I make sure that I at least read a little before bed every night. Since school is over for the semester, I hope to read a lot more.  Currently I am reading the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card.  Last night I finished Speaker for the Dead.  It is one of my favorite books in the series.  The series can be read in many different orders, but this is the order I have read them in so far. Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant, Speaker for the Dead, and now I am reading Xenocide. If you are going to read this series I think this order is by far the best and I am so happy that it is the order that I read them in.  After Xenocide there is one more book in the series Children of the Mind.  I have really enjoyed this series. The characters become a part of you and this book was unlike all of the others in the series. There are new people and a new environment. I don't want to say to much because I want you to read it.  Highly recommended!

During my long hiatus we finished Battlestar Galactica.  What a great show! The ending, like most endings of a series, didn't  answer all of the questions and lose ends and even created new ones.  But in the end I really liked the show.  It has everything a person could ask for drama, suspense, thriller,  comedy, medical, war, romance, and robots. This is a show that I will be recommending people to watch for a long time!

Sorry it has been so long since my last post.  There were many reasons. First my laptop died on me, which was fine for a while because I had my ipad 2. Unfortunately that then fell on the tile and cracked. In between all of that I had finals, my birthday, and my sister's graduation. So I am back with more time and energy! Many more posts to come!

My husband and I have been watching Battlestar Galactica together over the last few months whenever we get a chance.  We only have about 3 episodes left, but we can't bring ourselves to watch it because we don't want it to end! I love this show and I highly recommend it. It may have surpassed my second favorite show ever, Firefly. I will let you know after we finish it.

Well, here I go! 
I have had a blog for several years now.  It was created so that all of my family and friends, who live out of town, can keep up with my life. It was great except that I felt so limited. I would hesitate to post things and express opinions because of what some of them would think. I wanted a place to express myself, to reflect on my life, and be open. Maybe no one will read this, but it will be a place for me to be me. 
The name Always Challenging was chosen for two reasons. The first is that my life is very challenging.  I work 30 to 40 hours a week, I am a full time student studying Bio-systems Engineering, and I am married and have four pets. My life is very busy and stressful and it is a challenge just to get the basics done most of the time. The second reason for the name is that I like to challenge almost everything. I am rarely satisfied with taking things at face value.  I am always learning new things and changing my opinions and adapting.
I am sure most of my post will be very random, but I hope you enjoy!