My old desktop which I built myself over 4 years ago wouldn't connect to the internet on Thursday. At first I thought it was the router, so I just connected directly with the modem...nothing. Then I tried it with my laptop and it worked. Hmmm. It was like my desktop wouldn't let the modem acquire an IP address no matter what I tried ( Read more... )

and the ants are all over my compost bin!

*runs around scrubbing*

I'm doing my part to help the economy and have purchased a laptop for my daughter. :P

Toshiba Satellite A305-S6916

It's pretty and fast and now I want one too!

So I'm not starting New Year's off in a good way...

I just got home from work about 10 minutes ago. *headdesk*

On the bright side, I hired an analyst to assist me. On the not so bright side, I need at least one other person but there's no budget. *wahhh!*

In other news, my daughter and I went to see I am Legend yesterday. It was pretty good, ( Read more... )

After a nice Thanksgiving weekend I go into work to find I've got a message from 8:29pm Friday, 11/23. From my bank. Over the weekend, some originator in India used my husband's debit card number and CCV code to ring up over $1300 in transactions at cover internet sites (never heard of the sites ( Read more... )

It's 10:30pm and I just got home from work.

*do not want*

a pair of Cole Haan pumps at Nordstrom in silvery gray. I was shopping with beastybunny and we looked at all the new shoes. I saw this pair and thought they were the cutest things. I haven't worn heels in a loooong time but I fell in love with them after trying them on. I was waffling between black and gray and my friend and the salesman said "if you're ( Read more... )

I'm driving my daughter to school and I'm at a stop light. We're waiting for the light to change and as it does I suddenly see this huge Land Rover accelerating into me. BAM! She plows into the back of my car. My daughter and I are slammed forward into another car ( Read more... )

I decided to get a new phone this weekend. I used to have a flip phone but decided on a Samsung T629 slider. Lookie! Shiny! *paws* You can't really tell in the piccies but the display is actually surrounded by a grey border and the logos are iridescent.

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Can't cope. Off the Mordor.