Home screen

Photography & Music screen

Home management screen

I'm really only using 3 screens this month.  I have another screen that has the 4x4 Bookmark Widget, and another screen that has my Google Drive widget [I use it to house my proof of insurance for my vehicle, so I have it there for easy access].  I wanted to do more of a fall theme, but wasn't finding any icons that flowed well.  So I went with sort of a Shabby Chic theme.  

All Icons were found using the CocoPPa.  [CocoPPa username: emileeblogs]

adorn your android [October 2013]

I've mentioned before how I love to see other peoples phone layouts. So I think I'm going to start a monthly series on my layout. I change it up about everyyy month, so why not share it?  My username on cocoPPa is emileeblogs.

hulu Xbox error code 4004 [fix]

My Xbox hasn't had Hulu working for months. I'm in I.T. so I understand all the basic troubleshooting. Nothing was working. I primarily use hulu during the fall tv season, so I was starting to panic. Sure I have a kindle, a laptop, and a phone I can watch hulu on... It's just not the same.  After scouring and scouring the internet researching the error, I was at a loss. Every suggestion I found didn't work. I was getting frustrated.

Well guys & gals, I fixed it! The "location" of my Xbox was set to "other" instead of "united states". Once I changed that, hulu started right up. After being incredibly angry that it was that simple, I was rejoicing! 

From your dashboard:

*settings

*system

*console settings

*language and locale

*locale

Hope that helps you!  

adorn your android [september 2013]

My cellphone is an extension of me.  There I said it.  I'm not ashamed and neither should you.  My cellphone is my mobile planner, my mp3 player, my music streamer, my camera, my brain, oh and my communication to the outside world ;)

I have an HTC EVO 4G LTE, and I've had it for almost a year and a half.  I adore my phone, and it has been perfect to me.  Today, I'm going to post pics of my customized homescreen [cause it's pretty & fun]!

My Homescreen:

• At the top left I have my 2Do app widget.  It allows me to quickly view my to-do tasks, as well as quickly add tasks in
• The top right folder is my "sleep" folder
• Below that is my shortcut to the website Swap-Bot
• Middle left to right: 2Do app, flashlight app, Candy Crush, CocoPPa [the app that I used to customize all my app icons]
• Next row is my folders: Social Media, Music, Photography, and Games
• Bottom: Phone, Gmail, all apps, GoSMS Pro, internet

• Sleep folder contains my favorite bedtime apps: Sleep Cycle [which tells you what time to wake up that won't interrupt a sleep cycle], Relax Melodies Premium [my favorite sound machine app, and I purchased the premium version], Alarm Clock Extreme, and a shortcut to a gossip forum I like to browse before bed

• Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest
• Youtube, GoodReads, Blogger, SnapChat

• Music app, Pandora, SoundHound, Dogg Catcher Podcast Player
• Tune In Radio, Audible, Amazon Mp3

• Camera, Pixlr-o-Matic, PicsArt, Photo Grid
• Gallery, Lumia, Textgram, InstaQuote
• Text Cutie

• 4 Pics 1 Song, Dots, My Singing Monsters, Google Play Store
• Netgear Genie, Tap the Frog

I just love browsing at other people's apps & screens, so I thought I'd share mine with you all again.

.my favorite health apps [android]

Our phones have become an additional appendage.  I know mine is!  I won't retrace my celiac story here, but you know I was diagnosed with it.  That has definitely required me to be more in tune with my body and what I eat.  I've been more aware of my health overall since my diagnosis.  Here is a list of my favorite health apps for Android && how I use them.

||1} Rawtarian is a FANTASTIC app full of raw recipes & information.  I'm not a rawtarian, but I do try to eat at least 50% raw each day.  

||2} RelaxMelodies app has literally been a life saver for me!  I suffer from insomnia and this app has helped tremendously!  It has a lot of different sounds that you can layer.  There's a timer, so your phone doesn't keep playing the app after you fall asleep.  I set mine for 30mins and I haven't been awake still when the timer turns the app off yet.  My favorite sounds that I have layered are: dryer, rain, city, cat purring

||3} OvuView is my favorite period tracker app.  I DO NOT use it for fertility [no more kiddos for this girl!]  I currently have menstrual issues, and have to keep a log for my doctor. [Boy this post sure makes me seem like I'm falling apart!]

||4} Bodybuilding.com I follow the Jamie Eason Live Fit weight training program.  When I'm in the gym, this app helps if I'm unsure of how to do a new lift.

||5} My Diet Diary I follow calories not to lose weight, but to make sure I am getting ENOUGH calories a day.  Eating 50% raw, clean, and gluten free means most of my diet is fruits & vegetables.  Some days I struggle to get all my calories in. 

||6} Food Diary I have a post about my food diary that I keep.  I only use the app version when I'm traveling or away from home and remember something that I need to add to my physical food diary.

||7} Fooducate is a wonderful app to help you when you are unsure of the ingredients of what you're eating/purchasing.  It also has a rating system that gives you an idea of how healthy or unhealthy to food is for you.  

Do you use any of these?  Use something not listed?  Please share!