Yes, believe it or not, we are still dealing with computer issues. You know how it is, when they are working, a computer is a wonderful tool to have access to, when they are NOT working, it's enough to drive you around the bend. And, as my husband likes to say, that's a short drive for me. ha!
Well, the second case is what we are dealing with right now. In an effort to be frugal, we took a couple of older computer towers to the computer geeks in town and they loaded all my pics and music from my dying computer onto an external hard drive. At least now all of that info is safely stored. Next they put all my remaining info onto the one older computer they felt was the best choice and we brought it home, hooked it up and turned it on. It's a putz..........barely works...........very annoying........
So, I dragged out the baby laptop(I despise typing on this thing) and that is what I'm going to be using for the next bit of time while we figure out plan B. Grrrrrr......anyway, that is my explanation as to why I have been AWOL for the past few weeks.
I hope all you ladies had a wonderful Mother's Day yesterday. As for me, welllllllllllllll, we picked up the longarm quilting machine Saturday afternoon......after Joel, Jeremy and I did a lot of grunt work moving stuff out of the studio to make enough room for the huge machine. By the time Joel and I got home with the quilter loaded onto the trailer behind the Suburban it was already dinnertime.
Jeremy and Joel brought the machine into the studio, piece by piece. And a short while later it was all leveled and set up and ready for me to try. Whew! But we were all so pooped all we could think about was eating some dinner and crashing. Which we did. Promptly at 9:30.
On Mother's Day, though, I had lots of energy again and spent the better part of the afternoon reacquainting myself with the longarm beauty. It is going to take a lot of practice until I can consider myself even somewhat proficient with this new skill, But it sure is fun to play with!
So, that's what is new here on the Plateau. We are now up to 19 baby chicks and that is all we will have this Spring as the nests are cleaned out once again and the proud new mamas are strutting around the chicken pasture with their babies in tow. It's so cute to watch the babies following their mama and mimicking her behaviors like giving themselves a dust bath, scratching the ground to expose little bugs to nibble on, and pecking around my garden for tasty morsels. They have given us hours of enjoyment watching their antics.
And that's all there is to tell today. I hope to get back to posting pictures next post as I get more used to using the laptop. Meanwhile, there is a mountain of sewing, gardening, planting and housework awaiting me. Sigh......it's good to be useful......I think!
Enjoying the sunny weather,
Debbie
Monday, May 11, 2015
Friday, May 1, 2015
It Pooped Out
My computer, that is. Yes, it pooped out on me. And just when I had tons going on here! And of course, it had to happen during the two weeks when I had a crazy schedule so I haven't replaced the old broken down computer yet. At least I can type this quick post on Joel's computer......enough to let you know I'm working on it and will soon be up and running once again.
Just as a quick update:
We now have 17 baby chicks running around the coop. And we still have one mama diligently sitting on her nest, so, who knows what the final count will be?
Last week we finally had several days in a row of beautiful, sunny, clear crisp days which allowed us time to work on some long overdue outside chores. Unfortunately, I tried to cram 3 weeks worth of work into 5 days. Yikes!
Then we had wonderful company from Florida last weekend, ending in a quick trip to Chattanooga to join up with other friends. What a fun whirlwind of activity we had. Thanks for visiting us again, Joyce, and for bringing Cathy and Angel with you, too!
And, now, drumroll, please.........Jarrad had his last day of chemo last Friday, got his shot Sunday(the one that stimulates his body to make white blood cells, but causes him terrible pain). Now we wait for a couple more weeks to have his PET scan to see if the tumor is completely gone. Praying, praying....
One final tidbit about me......I've been wishing, dreaming, wondering-if-it's-possible to obtain a longarm quilting machine for well over 5 years now. It just so happens one of the lovely ladies at our quilt guild is moving and I am purchasing hers!!!!! So, besides all the other things we've had going on, I've been driving an hour each way to her house to have her teach me as much as possible before we move the quilting machine here to my studio. That should happen one day late next week when we are certain to have dry weather.
Oh, yeah! One more itty bitty change happened this week. We replaced my 12 year old Tahoe with a pristine 4 year old white Suburban. It's gorgeous and a dream to drive.
Ummmm......yeah, my head is spinning. Even for me, this has been a lot to absorb in such a short period of time. And I still have the gardens to finish prepping and get them planted. I think I need a clone!
So, please bear with me as I work on replacing my computer so I can once again upload pics and posts to the blog.
Stay tuned,
Debbie
Just as a quick update:
We now have 17 baby chicks running around the coop. And we still have one mama diligently sitting on her nest, so, who knows what the final count will be?
Last week we finally had several days in a row of beautiful, sunny, clear crisp days which allowed us time to work on some long overdue outside chores. Unfortunately, I tried to cram 3 weeks worth of work into 5 days. Yikes!
Then we had wonderful company from Florida last weekend, ending in a quick trip to Chattanooga to join up with other friends. What a fun whirlwind of activity we had. Thanks for visiting us again, Joyce, and for bringing Cathy and Angel with you, too!
And, now, drumroll, please.........Jarrad had his last day of chemo last Friday, got his shot Sunday(the one that stimulates his body to make white blood cells, but causes him terrible pain). Now we wait for a couple more weeks to have his PET scan to see if the tumor is completely gone. Praying, praying....
One final tidbit about me......I've been wishing, dreaming, wondering-if-it's-possible to obtain a longarm quilting machine for well over 5 years now. It just so happens one of the lovely ladies at our quilt guild is moving and I am purchasing hers!!!!! So, besides all the other things we've had going on, I've been driving an hour each way to her house to have her teach me as much as possible before we move the quilting machine here to my studio. That should happen one day late next week when we are certain to have dry weather.
Oh, yeah! One more itty bitty change happened this week. We replaced my 12 year old Tahoe with a pristine 4 year old white Suburban. It's gorgeous and a dream to drive.
Ummmm......yeah, my head is spinning. Even for me, this has been a lot to absorb in such a short period of time. And I still have the gardens to finish prepping and get them planted. I think I need a clone!
So, please bear with me as I work on replacing my computer so I can once again upload pics and posts to the blog.
Stay tuned,
Debbie
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