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Computer shopping

Saturday, September 24th, 2011

I need a new computer!!  My old computer, who has been a faithful friend to me for several years now, has finally reached her capacity and I am out of space to expand and update her.  I will be sad to see her go.

I decided to shop online for a computer this time, figuring I might find a good deal.  I decided that, even though laptops and notebooks are the popular thing right now, I wanted to stick to the tried and true desktop computer that I am so comfortable with.  I like the larger keyboards.  I have “fat fingers” quite often and the smaller keyboards of the laptops seem to give me problems.

So, I went shopping online, there are so many websites to choose from!!  I was quite overwhelmed.  But, after several hours of visiting numerous websites, I found exactly what I was looking for, with all the programs loaded for me, so I didn’t have to take the time to buy the software and download it myself.  I will be able to go right to work with it as soon as it arrives.!!!

Expensive Laundry

Monday, May 16th, 2011

My washing machine is not working right, so I had to gather up a week’s worth of laundry and head out to find a laundromat. The one that is closest to my house is only open until 9″00 pm, so you have to get there before 8:00 or they won’t let you use their machines. I told them that I didn’t need the dryer – just a washer, so he let me in but complained the whole time I was there. I think he just wanted to go home early.

The washers old large loads but I was not prepared for one load to cost $6.75. That is crazy expensive! If I had to pay for a dryer after that load it would have cost about $10 to wash this week’s laundry. Who can afford that with kids, towels and bed linens every week?

Can’t Put It Off Any Longer

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Well, today is the day I know I will have a huge headache before the day is done. I have to get my taxes done. This sucks. I wish I had an easier way to deal with this every year. I can’t afford to pay H & R Block $100 to do them for me – I don’t even get back $100 in a refund most years. But I have to buckle down today and figure this out. So here I go – please send aspirin.

Of Course He Is

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Ricky Martin announced that he is gay. What? Unless you have been living under a rock, this has been known for years. What makes this news? I figure he needs the publicity and this is all that he could come up with.

No News

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

I stopped subscribing to the local newspaper back in June. I missed the Sunday newspaper at first. There used to be a lot to read in the Sunday paper, plus all the coupons and sales flyers were fun to sort through. But now I don’t even miss that.

I get my news on the TV late news and on the internet throughout the day. I don’t even miss the newspaper anymore.