8/31/07

Laying in bed, typing on the laptop.  I actually haven’t done this in a LONG time.  The power cable for the laptop broke, and I had to go buy another one on Ebay, which was REALLY stupid on my part, because I FORGOT that my account I use for Ebay has NO money in it… so I am sure I cost us another 35 dollars for a freaking 20 dollar cable.  Argh.  I paid paypal using a different account, so that’s all taken care of.  Tonight I bid on a DVD R drive, used, for my desktop machine.  I bid 20 dollars., and they’re located in Stockton, so I will drive down there to pick up the drive (and hopefully do some grocery shopping at wal mart)  That computer is 5 or 6 years old, but I cannot buy a new one, so I’m just trying to do some upgrades to it (ha ha… a 20 dollar DVD drive is an upgrade… but for me it is) to make it more of the machine I’d like to have.  I just can’t make it go faster… and it’s slower than I’d like.  The powerbook is definitely faster, but it’s got problems of its own.  It’s also a year newer.   It HAD a DVD R drive… it was the one thing I really wanted, so I paid extra to have it, and then Jerry made me go with him to knock on doors for our business, and I didn’t want to go… I was in something of a snit about having to go, so I took my laptop.  Well.. dr pepper got spilled on it, and there went the DVD drive.  I’m really actually lucky I didn’t kill the whole computer… I can’t take it to tropical climates, because the water in the air makes the keyboard go wonky and not work… yea, problems of its own… but I am lucky I can use it, and I know that, and it keeps me a tad humble ;).  Heck… I’m lucky to have access to the number of computers I have.  My kids, except for Shabree, all have their own computer.  And I let her use this one, or she can use one of the other girl’s computers.   Jerry has been told to get out of  his office, so he will be bringing home some "spare" computers, so maybe Shabree can "have" one of those. 

I’m not sure what it’s going to be like having him home all the time.  People tell me I should let him have the scrap room (it’s got doors, whereas his office does not), but he told me he would not be blamed for me stopping scrapping.  I’m not sure he could stop me, but I have to say, I feel at something of a standstill, because I am not liking what I’ve been doing lately…it’s been the same thing over and over, and I need to learn something new, or at least do different techniques in my layouts, because I am kind of bored with scrapbooking, and with the digi scrapping, all I do is collect.  it’s pretty blasted sad, is what it is.
Anyway, Jerry will be home full time now, as will Rick, and that’s going to be interesting to see how it goes.  I am sure it will be stressful all around.  I’m not even sure I could vacate the scrap room if I wanted, truth be told… my stuff is EVERYWHERE in there.  And it’s a bigger room than Jerry’s office, so I can’t help but wonder, WHERE WOULD I PUT IT ALL???  Of course, that is part of my dilemma now, and I am in serious "no-buy" mode til I scrap some of it… or maybe I should just give it away, or sell it, or SOMETHING…. it’s crazy in there.

Sydni is laying beside me…she just came in, kind of crying.  Her (and now Shabree’s) room is SUCH a mess, that when she wakes up sleepwalking, she crashes into things and hurts herself.  I figured she’d like to lay on the bed, but she’ll eventually have to go back to her own room.
It’s 12:30… I’m achy and tired, and I’ve been tired for a week now.  I don’t know why, and it’s bothering me that I feel so tired all the time.  Like, what the heck is wrong with me?  And it’s not like I can go to the dr to find out, we have no insurance.  So I am trying to take my vitamins, and I should probably get some exercise (though God knows the heat is getting to me, and my knee, and I am NOT appreciating exercise these days AT ALL)

So I guess I will wrap this rambling mess up, and sign off… oh yea, almost forgot though in my first ramble… I’m pretty excited about the DVD drive, because it’ll make backing up SO much easier, and I’m hoping I’ve got a copy of iDVD around here somewhere so I can make some of my numerous videos into movies to share with my parents and MIL.  I especially want to get my photos backed up… I have most of them on CDs, but it’s been painful trying to back up the 1GB folders, which is what my cards will hold, so I could potentially shoot that much in one setting… but I can’t back it up properly…well, now I will be able to (still have to win the auction, but he’s got about 6 of them up, so shouldn’t be a problem to win ONE of them)  I just hope I win the first one.  20 dollars isn’t bad.  I’ve gotten this far without a DVD drive, but I’ve often wished I did have one, and I thought I was going to have to pay 50, so it’s good that I can probably keep it under 30.  Hopefully this next week will bring in some money…. hopefully.

All right… so tired.  Going to bed now, hopefully.  Sorry about the lack of pictures, though no one is complaining, lol… but they’re all on the desktop, where I am NOT.