Frozen Pond Update

Made some Live Wallpapers for the market this weekend... Couple of them are free... If you have an Android device, let me know what you think!

Frozen Pond Games on the Android Market

Sunburnt in Denver

Yes, yes, everyone has explained to me that being at a higher altitude, closer to the sun with less atmosphere between me and the UV rays... blah blah blah. I don't care, my sunburn hurts! Anyway, I decided I should give everyone a life update.

I had a blast in Colorado. You have not seen a sunset until you watch it over the Rockies, absolutely stunning. One of the things I really loved was how open the land was. I'm so used to the massive amounts of trees in North Carolina, that I didn't think you could just see for miles. Turns out, you can. One night when Ludwig and I were driving back from one thing or another, we came up to the crest of a hill and I saw a huge expanse of city lights. I mentioned it to Ludwig and he said that was probably 4 or 5 cities I was seeing even though it looked like one. I'm probably not doing a good job of explaining it and/or I might be the only one who thinks it's cool, but you just wasted 30 seconds reading that paragraph... so... *sticks out tongue*

Downtown Denver

On the first day, Ludwig and I went up to Wyoming to meet his friend and to visit his workplace. Honestly I thought I was going to be bored out of my mind inside an airplane hanger, but I was extremely intrigued. They had 3 planes inside and most of them were missing parts and being cleaned, etc. etc. Then a 4th plane came in and Ludwig took me into the cockpit. I sat in the co-pilot's chair while he tested millions of different things, explaining them all to me and then he MOVED THE AIRPLANE! I thought it was so cool to be inside a moving airplane IN the CO-PILOT seat! It's okay, I know you are jealous.

I couldn't get the video of our "trip" to upload here, so it should be on my facebook, you can check it out there.


On day two Ludwig took me to Estes Park in the mountains. The drive up to the town was just absolutely breathtaking. Jon wasn't kidding when he told me Colorado was beautiful. The town was adorable as well. We stopped to get some of Grandma's cookies and almost picked up a Mexican cookbook for me and then decided I still wouldn't be able to cook. After the drive in the mountains we went to Ludwig's sister's graduation from Northern Colorado, she graduated with a master's in clinical counseling! Her family was very proud.

On day three we took Ludwig's 4 year old brother to Chuck E Cheese. After a few hours I began to think that I'm not gonna be able to handle being a mother cause I was EXHAUSTED! Maybe 4 year old boys just have a lot of energy? Anyway, to those thinking about having children in the next few years, good luck!
That night we walked around Old Town and I introduced Ludwig to Mongolian grills.

On day four, I got a sunburn, that's all you need to know. Well, I guess I can tell you how, we spent most of the day at Elich Gardens (the Six Flags amusement park in Denver). Follow this link to see some of the rides we went on http://elitchgardens.com/theme-park/thrill-rides/ But most importantly look at this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKHAzSpjuqw
While that video isn't of Ludwig and I, it shows a ride that we participated in. Talk about an adrenaline rush, we definitely had to sit down after that one.

We also ate this

Well that's pretty much it for my trip. But in other news, I got accepted to Portland State University's Criminal Justice and Criminology program and with a little luck and some loving help I should be able to attend in June.


Also, don't you wish you had this in YOUR house? In Home Theater!

Thanks for spending your bored moments reading this post. Love y'all!

-Britt

9Volt's First Week

We pushed the button on Monday, launching 9Volt as a paid app for the low-low price of $99 dollars. Whoops. The hit the "edit and update" buttons and fixed to the more reasonable (but still higher than we intend) price of $.99.

In its first five days of life on the market it has generated 10 (so far) non-family/friend purchases. Bryce's review remains the only one at the moment, but whatever, 5-Stars is 5-Stars. We plan on having the ad-supported free version out there some time next week so we can start legitimate efforts at promoting and growing the player-base.

I am completing work on some Starcraft2 based live-wallpapers and intend to get the finished some time tomorrow and posted to the market after that. A quick second (third, fourth and fifth) product for FrozenPond.

Once these smaller projects are done, we will begin work on a big game. We are very excited about this next project.

Frozen Pond has another iron in the fire in that we are starting the process of learning the Unreal Engine and UDK. This is the game engine that powers blockbusters like Gears of War, Mass Effect and MANY MANY others. It is also the engine that Bryce will learn in his game-development course work. Hopefully we are on track to work on something HUGE some time next year.

Bronchitis Update

Most people don't know that Bronchitis is the number one killer of people who die from Bronchitis, regardless of age.

Moments of the Move

We made our first and last trip to the dump today before I went to work! Claudia got off today at two, got home around 2:40ish, and helped me carry out the mattress and boxspring. Unfortunately after everything was downstairs, we realized the boxspring wasn't going to fit, and sadly, it wasn't even close. So, I inquired about the distance and best route of our dump trip. It was a little further than six miles, four miles by highway. Claudia had an epiphany. So we ducktaped the boxspring to the Equinox, going over the top of the boxspring, and through the rolled down rear window sections of the vehicle. Then taped the back of the boxspring and lead it to the inside of the front passenger seat. Did I mention the ducktape was purple? The ducktape was purple, and extremely obvious on the large white canvas we just placed on top of our mode of transportation. We rolled down the front windows and held down the boxspring in order to sustain perfect aerodynamics. The hazardlights were turned on to improve upon the style we had just created. We began down the highway topping out at about 58.93 feet per second. A truck convexing out from the amount of, well Im just gonna say it, mexicans, filled with laughter as they passed us by. We pulled over three times while on the four mile highway run. Pinning the boxspring down continuously really works on your forearms. We hit the backroads for the last few miles, and fortunately, we hit every red light on the way! From the way the employees at the dump examined our garbage, I would say it's the first time anyone in Waynesville has ever used purple ducktape to strap down a doublewide boxspring. We made it there three minutes before the dump closed, and have compeletly finished the disposing stage.

A sneak peak for episode two of Moment of the Move: Ray will be driving a 16' truck and towing the equinox at the same time. Watch for more excitement as the journey continues.

RUSTY'S ILLNESS!

Rusty has bronchitis, he wants everyone to feel sorry for him.

Micah!

We have a new family member at the Kremer house.

Micah is a year and a half old half English Setter, half cocker spaniel. The remaining half appears to be an endless supply of sugar. (You wish your dog was an improper fraction). You can decide if that means he is so very sweet, or if that means he is so hyper that he literally jumps off the walls.

He is getting along well with Cupid (though they are still getting used to one another). They both like moonlit walks on the sidewalk and barking at invisible people at the door (or if someone on TV has the GALL to use a doorbell).