What a Life!

I’m still dealing with the aftermath of our computer hard drive failing over a week ago. I had to order a new copy of our financial software and it didn’t come in until Friday. We did our town thing yesterday in order to pay a visit to the bank since I’d gotten a check we […]

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I’m sitting here on the couch typing on our notebook computer. The windows are open, the birds are singing, there is nice classical music playing softly on the radio. Ben is outside playing. Joey is asleep. It’s just about as close to perfect as you could possibly get. And I deserve it, after all. Joey […]

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We’re getting there. Steve’s back is feeling better daily. And the computer? I just have a couple more programs to install and we’re back in business. Seriously. When I originally started backing it up at IBackup, it took two days for all of the files to download from our desktop to the site. I figured […]

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Our computer died yesterday. I logged on yesterday afternoon to check email. It came up, started checking email, said 5%, 11%…and then the screen went blank. The hard drive groaned, shuddered, and then died. No response when you try to turn it on or off. The fan was still running, though. This morning Steve suggested […]

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Today is our fifth anniversary. I went through all of my digital pictures and this is the only picture I could find of the two of us – just the two of us, you know, without a herd of family standing around us like those pictures you take when the entire family gets together at […]

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Disclaimer: This was his own idea. He did not learn it from watching us. I’ve been letting Ben have a storybook to read while he sits on the potty – he stays there longer when I do that and I’m hoping more time on the potty might bring a little luck. This afternoon, when I […]

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