The perfect birthday present is....

an omelet made by my son, a birthday cake made by my son, and dishes washed by my son (even though he's allergic to dish soap). Notice the theme. *lol*

Oh, and he made sure I got to lick the beaters and bowl! That's almost better than the cake :D

Never trust Geek Squad

A friend's laptop would not let her type the same letter in a row like this xxxxxxxx. She took it to Geek Squad. They said that Windows needed to be re-installed and wanted to charge her $120. She called me and asked me to take a look at it.


Get this.........


It was a stupid setting that took me 3 seconds to fix. What a frelling ripoff!!!!!!!!

So after scrubbing the shower curtain rod.....

the dang thing won't hold up anymore. I managed to make it work for a couple days. Luckily, we all were able to shower before it fell. Today, picked up a new one. Boy! The prices on those have gone up. We did buy the more expensive one at Wal~Mart, but it looks to be a better quality and it's definitely prettier.

I was a tad shocked when mom mentioned she was thinking about putting shower doors back. We had them, but she took them out immediately because she hates them. The room is so small that they really made it feel smaller. I was glancing at some today and they look better than what I remember. It appears that we can get some unfrosted ones that will let in as much light as possible. Currently, we use a clear shower curtain to open it up look wise and let light in the shower. It looks like a $60-80 purchase if we go with that. If we go this route I'm hoping we could just add the doors and not have to remove the old rails. I know it won't be the same look, but maybe we could get something that would work. I'll be doing it so I want as simple as possible :)

Housework

I decided to jump back into the S.H.E housework system.  I'm doing a combination of physical cards and Outlook Calendar/Tasks.  This gives me the reminders when I ignore the box :)

If you haven't heard of the system, it's by Peggy Young and Peggy Jones who affectionately known as the slob sisters.  They wrote a book in the 70s, later revised in the 2000s, called, "Sidetracked Home Executives".  They created an index card system for housework.  In later books and editions they have revamped and expanded the system.  

Daily jobs:
Kitchen:  Empty/Fill dishwasher, wipe down counters/stove/microwave
Bills:  Check bank site
Pets:  Give dog meds, check food/water

It's small, but it's a start.

I'm also establishing Morning, Afternoon and Bedtime Routines.  This list of basic chores sometimes eludes me when I just forget to do things like take meds.  I won't bore you with the details of those.   *lol*

So far the less frequent jobs are:
 
2-3x's a week: 
vacuum, laundry 
Weekly jobs:
clean bathroom, scrub microwave, litter boxes, trash, vacuum stairs, vacuum basement
Monthly: 
clean fridges

Psalm 48 (New International Version)

Psalm 48

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah.

 ¹ Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise,
       in the city of our God, his holy mountain.  ² It is beautiful in its loftiness,
       the joy of the whole earth.
       Like the utmost heights of Zaphon ^[a] is Mount Zion,
       the ^[b] city of the Great King.
 ³ God is in her citadels;
       he has shown himself to be her fortress.
 ⁴ When the kings joined forces,
       when they advanced together,
 ⁵ they saw her and were astounded;
       they fled in terror.
 ⁶ Trembling seized them there,
       pain like that of a woman in labor.
 ⁷ You destroyed them like ships of Tarshish
       shattered by an east wind.
 ⁸ As we have heard,
       so have we seen
       in the city of the LORD Almighty,
       in the city of our God:
       God makes her secure forever.
       Selah
 ⁹ Within your temple, O God,
       we meditate on your unfailing love.
 ¹⁰ Like your name, O God,
       your praise reaches to the ends of the earth;
       your right hand is filled with righteousness.
 ¹¹ Mount Zion rejoices,
       the villages of Judah are glad
       because of your judgments.
 ¹² Walk about Zion, go around her,
       count her towers,
 ¹³ consider well her ramparts,
       view her citadels,
       that you may tell of them to the next generation.
 ¹⁴ For this God is our God for ever and ever;
       he will be our guide even to the end.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 48:2 Zaphon can refer to a sacred mountain or the direction north.
2. Psalm 48:2 Or earth, / Mount Zion, on the northern side / of the

My backyard visitor

Unofficial Medical Dictionary

Artery......................The study of paintings.
Benign......................What you be after you be eight.
Bacteria....................Back door to cafeteria.
Barium......................What doctors do when patients die.
Cesarean Section............A neighborhood in Rome.
Catscan.....................Searching for Kitty.
Cauterize...................Made eye contact with her.
Colic.......................A sheep dog.
Coma........................A punctuation mark.
D&C.........................Where Washington is.
Dilate......................To live long.
Enema.......................Not a friend.
Fester......................Quicker than someone else.
Fibula......................A small lie.
Genital.....................Non-Jewish person.
G.I.Series..................World Series of military baseball.
Hangnail....................What you hang your coat on.
Impotent....................Distinguished, well known.
Labor Pain..................Getting hurt at work.
Medical Staff...............A Doctor's cane.
Morbid......................A higher offer than I bid.
Nitrates....................Cheaper than day rates.
Node........................I knew it.
Outpatient..................A person who has fainted.
Pap Smear...................A fatherhood test.
Pelvis......................Second cousin to Elvis.
Post Operative..............A letter carrier.
Recovery Room...............Place to do upholstery.
Rectum......................Darn near killed him.
Secretion...................Hiding something
Seizure.....................Roman emperor.
Tablet......................A small table.
Terminal Illness............Getting sick at the airport.
Tumor.......................More than one.
Urine.......................Opposite of you're out
Varicose....................Near by

Gotta give props to Microsoft's Tech Support

The tech support guy I talked to this evening was WONDERFUL. 

I have been having an issue where my Outlook 2007 wasn't saving passwords.  When you have multiple emails addys and passwords, it gets annoying to fill in especially when every password is different.  I filled out a ticket after I couldn't fix it myself.  I entered my cell number on the off chance they would call.  He did.  The first time I didn't answer as it didn't come up with anything, but the number.  I looked the number up and found out it was MS tech support calling from India.  Okay, so I answered the return call.

We used a remote sharing program to work on the problem together. He was very polite and relatively easy to understand.  His t sounds like a b, but that's not a big deal.  He asked if I was having any *other* software issues beyond this one.  That was nice.

He sent an email survey for me to fill out and so I would have his email if any further problems arose. 

Best of all, this was all FREE.  Microsoft isn't all bad :)

Woo Hoo!!! After 3 months MS Office 2007 is finally installed on the laptop

When my desktop mother board died, I moved everything to my laptop. Problem was I couldn't get MS Office 2007 to install. I kept getting a stupid error and nothing on the MS Help site would work. I finally found a website (non-MS) that gave me answer (or location to look to fix the registry key). So tonight I fixed it!!!!!!

I paid a lot of money for the '07 upgrade. I was furious that I couldn't get it to install. Even more furious that Microsoft wanted money to fix the problem. I wasn't giving them another dime!

Now I am happy again with life :)

Tennessee Ernie Ford - Let The Lower Lights Be Burning

Children Go Where I Send Thee by Tennessee Ernie Ford