This grabby grandchild asked for "a new car stuffed with money."
Grandma obliged.
Similar to the kid who only wanted "cold, hard cash" for his birthday.
That's what he got -- a few dollar bills frozen into a block of ice.
Just some inspiration for this year's Christmas present-giving!
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The snow has stopped -- and it's already melting. That's what happens when you get a ton of sunshine, even on a chilly day.
My laptop screen developed a crack. (I still don't know how.) The second time I noticed it, the crack was longer...and my cursor, when it appeared at all, jumped all over the screen, opening and closing pages at will. Sigh....
I limped along for a while, trying to cope. Then we did the wise thing -- ordered a new laptop. Thanks to Black Friday specials, a new machine was only about $100 more than trying to fix the old laptop.
Thankfully, we had the money, too.
It arrives Friday. Meanwhile, the Brick has generously offered to let me use his laptop. That's great -- but it means learning on a new system, with his little quirks installed.
Ah well. I've got work to do.
2 comments:
My sympathies on the death of your computer. Learning a new one is like moving to a foreign country.
I held on to my last computer until the last second. I kept spilling coffee on the keyboard causing the keys to stick. (Don't lecture me on this. I have heard enough from family about drinking and computing). My tech savvy son was able to upload/download/overload (whatever) a program so the unstuck keys could do the functions of the broken ones. It became a maze of confusion. Nobody and I mean nobody but me could type anything on my computer. I loved it.
Jeannie@GetMeToTheCountry
Wow, Jeannie -- thanks for all the comments! Finally, 12/6 in the evening, I have (sort of) access to my appraisal report files. Frustrating, frustrating. But at least I can work on them again. Take care, and Merry Christmas to you.
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