Heirarchy
Did you know that the post offices and the banks are closed today? Grumble. Though I am enjoying my last day of vacation.
When I was a teenager, my dad controlled the television. We had one very large console television in the living room and a small, 7" black & white set in the kitchen. I distinctly remember one Sunday evening, my dad saying that it didn't matter that the four of us wanted to watch a show because he was watching the game on the big tv. I remember my mother, my two brothers, and I crowded around the kitchen table, craning our necks to see that little 7" tv. I can't remember which show we were trying to watch, but it must have been good.
My husband has a laptop. He is a classic multi-tasker, so he's usually working, surfing, watching, listening, and/or chatting, several hours a day. That thing goes with him everywhere. He even brings it to the dinner table sometimes, which drives me bonkers. I have a desktop computer that I share with the kids. They use it mostly to play games, but during the day (especially vacation days like today) I have to sandwich myself in between them to update my blog or enter some receipts or check my flist. Today Jaron played for a couple hours, now I'm on for an hour or so, then Bryn has called it after me.
And people wonder why I'm always on the computer between 10pm - 2am. No competition! Gotta go, Bryn wants to play My Little Pony.
ETA: the good news is that Jason bought me a new battery for my iPaq for Christmas, so now I can write on that with the little foldout keyboard. It's so cool.
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When I was a teenager, my dad controlled the television. We had one very large console television in the living room and a small, 7" black & white set in the kitchen. I distinctly remember one Sunday evening, my dad saying that it didn't matter that the four of us wanted to watch a show because he was watching the game on the big tv. I remember my mother, my two brothers, and I crowded around the kitchen table, craning our necks to see that little 7" tv. I can't remember which show we were trying to watch, but it must have been good.
My husband has a laptop. He is a classic multi-tasker, so he's usually working, surfing, watching, listening, and/or chatting, several hours a day. That thing goes with him everywhere. He even brings it to the dinner table sometimes, which drives me bonkers. I have a desktop computer that I share with the kids. They use it mostly to play games, but during the day (especially vacation days like today) I have to sandwich myself in between them to update my blog or enter some receipts or check my flist. Today Jaron played for a couple hours, now I'm on for an hour or so, then Bryn has called it after me.
And people wonder why I'm always on the computer between 10pm - 2am. No competition! Gotta go, Bryn wants to play My Little Pony.
ETA: the good news is that Jason bought me a new battery for my iPaq for Christmas, so now I can write on that with the little foldout keyboard. It's so cool.
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