Thursday, April 9, 2009
A new pic
I posted the most recent Eli picture. He's such a boy now. He says his name is "Big Boy". Too cute.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
TA-DA
Computer update - anti-virus installed. I think finally everything is working as it should.
Ain't life grand?
Ain't life grand?
oh boy
Well, I finally got my computer fixed. The only thing left to do is get my anti-virus software back on. This has been a real challenge and a big ole pain in the arse. First of all, I had to have experts come out and get a bunch of bad stuff and, I think, two Trojan viruses destroyed. Jeesh. It wasn't cheap either. Then about a week after that, Explorer would come up and immediately close. Did you know you could Google "Explorer starts and immediately closes" and get some answers? That cracked me up because I expected nothing from that search. Anyhoo, the solutions given didn't work. I did happen upon this program called "REGCURE" which is supposed to be a miracle cure for what ails a computer so I ordered it, installed it and ran it. IE still didn't work. ARG I then downloaded IE8 at work onto cd and installed it last night and wonder of wonders it worked! REGCURE did clean up a bunch of other crap though, so it was worth the money.
I would be 100% happy except for this little glitch: AT&T, my internet provider, changed anti-virus from Norton to McAfee. Prior to the above problems, I downloaded it and thought all was fine. Now I can't find the damn program so last night I decided to download again. Easy, one would think, no? Ummm no. For some reason, Carmen is listed as the primary account, which I already knew and used her email and password to download Mc the first time. This time, thanks to AT&T, her account was deleted. So now I have to call them and see what I can do about it. I just couldn't do it last night. The pressure was too much! lol I will do it tonight though because we all know what can happen without anti-V software.
I have been watching my brother David's dog since last Wednesday night. Her name is Maggie Mae and she is still cute even though she's 12 years old. She is a lot like my dog, Chica, was. In fact, I had a hard time not calling her Chica the first couple of days. Just to record for posterity, let me talk about the Maggie Experience.
The first night she went to the bathroom in the basement. Not an auspicious start. I would have been really mad, but she was upset and a little confused. I hadn't seen her in a while so she wasn't used to me. Then I let her out later and kept calling her to come in and she wouldn't. It was really dark and she is black, so I couldn't see her. I admit, I freaked out. Then I remembered about this modern invention called the flashlight. :) Got that, went out, but didn't need it because by this time she was laying in front of the garage. I had to drag her in by the collar. Sigh.
The next day after work, I hear banging on the front door. I look out and my neighbor is following Maggie down the street. How in the hell did she get out of a closed gate fastened with a bungee cord? She pushed and shoved and squeezed her chubby self through, that's how. Out I go in my bare feet to drag Ms. Maggie back in the yard. Animal patrol was there. I don't know how long she'd been out and if someone called AP or if she was just around. So Kevin put a big cement block in front of the gate so she can't push it open. I've heard her out there banging on the gate. Little stinker.
So, things are better now with only 2 days to go. She likes me much better now - as well she should. I have fixed her steak, pork chops and chicken. She turns her dainty little nose up at dog food. Dave told me to treat her to double cheeseburgers but I got her bones instead which she has loved also. She did eat dog food last night out of sheer necessity because I wasn't fixing any meat.
So now the only problem is keeping Maggie off the couch where she goes whenever she thinks I won't notice. I told her this morning that she was not a person, but I don't think she believed me.
Also, starting last Saturday, I am watching my friend Amy's cat, Thelma Lou. I go to Amy's house for this. Thelma is very lonely without her mommy, but she is doing ok. I talk to her and pet her. Yesterday I brushed her and played bat the brush.
And that has been my life the past 2 weeks or so.
I would be 100% happy except for this little glitch: AT&T, my internet provider, changed anti-virus from Norton to McAfee. Prior to the above problems, I downloaded it and thought all was fine. Now I can't find the damn program so last night I decided to download again. Easy, one would think, no? Ummm no. For some reason, Carmen is listed as the primary account, which I already knew and used her email and password to download Mc the first time. This time, thanks to AT&T, her account was deleted. So now I have to call them and see what I can do about it. I just couldn't do it last night. The pressure was too much! lol I will do it tonight though because we all know what can happen without anti-V software.
I have been watching my brother David's dog since last Wednesday night. Her name is Maggie Mae and she is still cute even though she's 12 years old. She is a lot like my dog, Chica, was. In fact, I had a hard time not calling her Chica the first couple of days. Just to record for posterity, let me talk about the Maggie Experience.
The first night she went to the bathroom in the basement. Not an auspicious start. I would have been really mad, but she was upset and a little confused. I hadn't seen her in a while so she wasn't used to me. Then I let her out later and kept calling her to come in and she wouldn't. It was really dark and she is black, so I couldn't see her. I admit, I freaked out. Then I remembered about this modern invention called the flashlight. :) Got that, went out, but didn't need it because by this time she was laying in front of the garage. I had to drag her in by the collar. Sigh.
The next day after work, I hear banging on the front door. I look out and my neighbor is following Maggie down the street. How in the hell did she get out of a closed gate fastened with a bungee cord? She pushed and shoved and squeezed her chubby self through, that's how. Out I go in my bare feet to drag Ms. Maggie back in the yard. Animal patrol was there. I don't know how long she'd been out and if someone called AP or if she was just around. So Kevin put a big cement block in front of the gate so she can't push it open. I've heard her out there banging on the gate. Little stinker.
So, things are better now with only 2 days to go. She likes me much better now - as well she should. I have fixed her steak, pork chops and chicken. She turns her dainty little nose up at dog food. Dave told me to treat her to double cheeseburgers but I got her bones instead which she has loved also. She did eat dog food last night out of sheer necessity because I wasn't fixing any meat.
So now the only problem is keeping Maggie off the couch where she goes whenever she thinks I won't notice. I told her this morning that she was not a person, but I don't think she believed me.
Also, starting last Saturday, I am watching my friend Amy's cat, Thelma Lou. I go to Amy's house for this. Thelma is very lonely without her mommy, but she is doing ok. I talk to her and pet her. Yesterday I brushed her and played bat the brush.
And that has been my life the past 2 weeks or so.
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