At Last - A Connection To The World!

It has been 13 days since my last connection with the world wide web!  Thirteen days of endless country music radio station music playing the same top 20 songs over and over and over.  I honestly believe if I hear Taylor Swift complain about her mean boyfriend one more time - I may just have to visit her in Hendersonville and explain to her that no one really cares!!!  Please don't get me wrong, I really like all genres of music, including country/western music.  However, there is a limit to how many times you can listen to the same songs over and over again.  It seems that we live in a very limited radio wave environment.  Not only am I limited on the radio stations I can pull in, but, my Verizon cell phone is dropping my calls right and left. 

The Verizon customer service recorded response to my dropped calls inquiry is 'Please hang up and call back on a land line phone'.  So, how does a person report their cell phone problem when they do not own a land line?  Good question, for which my only answer is to give-in and add a land line.  So, two steps forward, one step back.  The more this world becomes technically savvy - the more we must resort to the ways of the past.

Well, back to the new house and the move.  We have completed the move from our rental house in Cadiz.  I have just about finished unpacking my boxes, perhaps there is 2 or 3 left sitting in the spare bedroom.  The kicker here is that Tim will be hauling all of our stored possessions from NE down here this weekend.  This would include all of my cherished 'hand-me-downs' from my loving family members that are no longer with us.  I am so excited to see these missing items that have been out of my sight for nearly 5 years.  It will be like Christmas morning and a free shopping spree all in one!!!  Just not real sure where I will be storing all of my treasures . . .

I will be posting pictures of the inside of the house next.  It will be a sort of before/after blog, I hope.  There is a definite lack of color in this house.  And the one thing I must have in my life is plenty of color!  Bold and 'in yo face' types of color!  I have a LOT of painting to do and a little remodeling of a few things here and there.  The great thing about this home is that it is built well and arranged well.  So, hopefully the few changes I have in mind will be a breeze to complete. 

So . . .  stay tuned!!

Still here

I just wanted to check in and let you know that I am still here!  I have to put off buying a new computer for a couple more weeks.  We have put an offer on a house and we are hoping to close this week.  As soon as we get all the paper work signed and the house is ours I will get back to the computer decision.

Meanwhile, we are going a little crazy waiting for all the ducks to line up in their self-appointed rows!  We have been through this a few times before, and I have to say, it has never been an easy non-problematic venture!  Why?  How can something so simple as buying a home become such a nightmare of complicated, overwhelming, unbelievable contradictions!  It seems to be a torturous waiting game that the powers that be, love to play with us poor mortals.  I will post more about our new nest as soon as we make it through the maze of mortgage hell.
House hint:  Our Harley's will finally have a space all their own!!!

Computer's Vacation continues

I'm afraid my computer may have taken more than just a vacation!  Which means I have a huge decision to make - buy a new computer or pay too much money to fix my old one.  I guess I am leaning towards the new computer, but wait!  What are all these new buzz words they are throwing around?  I feel as though I have been living in a cave in the Appalachian mountains.  If I remember correctly, there was a time that I actually made a very good living working as a computer analyst.  So, I am not new to the show, by any means.  Good grief!  So far, I am sure of only one thing - I want a laptop.  I don't have a lot of needs, I am online a lot, play simple games online, use spreadsheets and word documents.  And most importantly, I work on and store a great number of pictures.  Now, I ask you, how difficult should that be to find the right machine for my needs? 

So, I beseech you, I need some ideas for a reliable machine that is reasonably priced and can handle pictures.  Let me know if you have a favorite brand!

Hope to be back soon . . .

Unscheduled Vacation for Computer

So sorry I haven't posted lately, my computer is taking a long overdue vacation.  I say overdue because it has been crawling to this conclusion for some time.  Not sure what is wrong, I have no picture on the screen.  I am fortunate in that I backed up my hard drive the night before it decided to leave me.  So, I am hoping that my 5000+ pictures are safe and sound on an external hard drive I have.

Never fear, I will be back as soon as I can figure out what's going on with my computer.  Until then, may you find your way down the roads less traveled.