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Summery of today’s Apple ‘Let’s Rock’ keynote.

• iTunes is the #1 music software and is getting a update with version 8. There is now HD content (about time) in the store priced decently at $2.99. There is a new way to browse you content in iTunes, which makes it look a lot more like the other Apple software applications (aka iPhoto). Moreover, probably the most interesting improvement is the Genius function. It will make playlists from songs in your library that go together, as well as recommend music that you may like from the store.
• iPod classic reduced to only the thin model at $249 for 120GB (white or black, choose your pick). That is over 30,000 songs! What ever.
• iPod Nano, redesigned (see the rumor picture here) to make it the smallest iPod ever. The design includes curved aluminum, curved glass, enhanced user interface… They added an accelerometer, which enables some cool futures, like shack the Nano to shuffle to the next song! It is available in a “nano-chromatic” colors, and starts at $149 for the 8GB and $199 for the 16GB.
• Apple introduced new headphones the include inline controls and a microphone.
• iPod Touch has been redesigned as well. In now includes integrated volume controls as well as a built in speaker (it is about time). Both the iPod Nano and the Touch include the Genius Playlist creation. The new Touch is also Nike + iPod compatible (whatever). The price has dropped (still not cheap enough) to $229 for the 8GB, $299 for the 16GB and $399 for the 32GB (wow, solid state drives are expensive).
• Lastly 2.1 software update was introduced, which includes the famous Apple ‘bug fixes’!

Well there you have it, some of the rumors were true and some things we can keep wishing for, like the subscription music service. There is always next time Apple!

You may recall the rumors about a new iPod Nano a couple of weeks ago; well it looks like they may be true, at least in part. Tom Krazit of CNET has been invited to the rumored Apple event!

Apple has sent out invitations for a music-related event next week, and the smart money is on new iPods.

The invitation, titled “Let’s Rock,” went out Tuesday morning inviting media to the Yerba Buena Center for the Performing Arts in San Francisco next Tuesday at 10 a.m. PDT. Rumors have been building for weeks that Apple is set to introduce new iPods at what will be its fourth September iPod event in as many years…

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While this does not mean that we will see a new iPod, it dose seem a little more likely! Go Apple! To read more from my post on the rumord iPod, click here.

As I said, I will keep you all up-to-date on the developing home situation. The house that we went to look at, and were trying to finance has also fallen through. We are now on to option C, which there is no option C as of now. We are going to move for sure, we just do not know where. Please keep us in your prayers and I will let you know if anything changes!

Hello everyone! I just wanted to take a second and let you all know what is going on. The last couple of weeks have been crazy and thinks have not been going all that great for Jennie and I.

First, as many of you know, Jennie and I have been trying to buy a house for the past couple of months. As a mater of fact, we have been pre-approved for the loan and we have been living in it; however, the home loan was dependent on me getting hired on full time at my job. I have worked temporary there for the last seven months, and am having a good time. I like what I do, and truly feel that I am suppose to be there. I don’t always get along with the people; however, I think there is a great opportunity for me to try to witness to them. I will need prayer here.

Next, since we have not been able to secure the loan we are getting pressure from the people that we are buying the house from. We have been paying rent to them on a regular basis, but they are getting angry that we are not able to get the loan. This time in limbo, so to speak, has given Jennie and I time to reflect on our decision to move down to Kentucky and buy this house. While we feel that we were being let to move to Kentucky, we now think that this house was not the decision that we are suppose to make. We do; however, feel it is time for us to settle down, and maybe start a family. Now before I get a lot of flack for that statement, remember we dated about four years before we got married and have been married for more that two and a half years.

In addition to all of the above, I ran through our finances, and while the bank feels confident that we can afford this house, I am not so sure, again leading me to believe that this is not the right choice for us. One day while I was home trying to figure out what we were going to do, I felt like I should go look for other places for us to live. I came across this nice little house in the country with lots of land. This house is newer than the one we are in now, and needs less work. The best part of all is it’s price, about $15,000 less than the one we are in now. It is also about the same size, so it would be a better choice. And with the large back yard we would have a place for kids to play. While I don’t know for sure if this house will work for us, or if it is the right decision, I do feel it is better than where we are now.

We are going to look at the house latter this week, and talk to the relater about our options. There is still one problem, we still will not be able to get the loan because I am temporary. I could go and find another job; however, like I said earlier, I feel like I am suppose to be there for now. What Jennie and I need more than anything right now is your prayer. We need the Lord’s help, we need Him to point us in the right direction. If this house we are in now is not meant to be, which I think it is now, He will show us a way out, which may be this new lower priced home. Even if it is not this new home, He will provide for us and He has in the past, but things just feel out of control right now. Please prey for us, pray that we will be shown the right decision to make, and if this new home is His will for us, that we will be able to make things work.

I will let you know on a regular bases how everything works out, please be praying for us, as we don’t know where to go from here.