Jeni You Will Always Be With Us

Wednesday a.m

I started this yesterday morning and for the first time in days the sun was shinning. But by nightfall we were having more rain. The sky and the family have been crying. We lost a dear member of our family on Friday. It was very sudden - one minute she was with us and the next she was gone.

In December I wrote abut our oldest son getting married while we were in Vegas. He married his significant other of many, many years. She is gone now and we will all miss her terribly. She was an exceptionally talented woman and leaves us with many beautiful memories. She made this for us a couple of years ago. It is woven copper strips.

And last year when they came to visit us she gave me this mobile – it also is made of copper – the picture doesn’t do it justice.

Rain and Technical Learning Curve

Saturday a.m.

Well rain and more rain – though today and tomorrow it is supposed to be scattered. Lots of thunder again last night. Power comes and goes as it pleases. If April showers bring May flowers we should have a bunch of them. Columbus to the east of us is already preparing for flooding. The rivers and creeks are all up to the top of their banks.
My computer is working good – I think – got one slide show redone and put on a DVD and it actually works to watch on TV. Since I quit work I’ve not kept up with the technical side of things. There’s all kinds of crap on this that I don’t know what it is. The programs I was wondering about yesterday are both e-reader programs???? I have my Nook so I just uninstalled them. One by one I’m trying to figure out what some of the other ones are and then – GONE.
We would have made a funniest video yesterday afternoon as we were trying to figure out how to connect the laptop to the TV so we can look at the Mexico pictures on the TV without putting them on DVD. We bought the cord to connect them but didn’t think about asking how to do it. I know! I know! It’s simple. Push two buttons on the TV remote and it is done. But it took awhile to figure it out. I was afraid I’d screw stuff up so bad we’d never be able to watch TV again. Now we’ll even be able to watch [on the TV] the movies we bought in Mexico that wouldn’t play on our DVD player but will play on the laptop. Some movies are recorded in Region 4 for Mexico only – instead of Region 1 the US.
I’m trying to let my hair grow out so I can get a perm. Don’t know if I can stand it that long. Right now I look like I have an old, badly used, string mop on my head.
Watched the Truck race last night – Kyle won. He has now led 20,000 laps in NASCAR and he is only 25. This afternoon is the Nationwide race if it’s not raining in Nashville, TN.
Some time today we have to run out to the market for the rest of the ingredients for my Paella tomorrow – forgot the frozen peas and need more tomatoes. Also I want to check out something I read – Friday they were supposed to tear down the old gazebo downtown – what are they thinking? It is part of the charm of the town.
No new pictures cause it has been so gloomy and dark out nothing would show up. Bill is still working with his leather and wood faces. Has finished a couple of really nice ones.

I Hate New Computers!

A beautiful sunny day here in Indiana and what was I doing all day? Sitting up here in the computer room working on getting my new PC up and running. It's almost 9:00 and and I'm still not finished. New PC and new Operating System. My old PC was old so of course all the stuff (scanner, keyboard, mouse, programs etc.) were old too. Some things like the scanner will have to be replaced - no drivers for Windows 7 available. This new mouse makes a loud "click" when clicked and the keyboard has some of the keys in different places.
Had fits getting Photoshop Elements 3 - "not compatible" - and a couple of Microsoft products "you've loaded them too many times" loaded and working. But they are now okay. Of course all of my documents and pictures that I moved from the old computer to this one are now in different places so my slide shows and web pages can't find them. GRRRRR. Will fix them little by little as I need to.
And all the crap they load onto a new computer - just what are Blio and Zinio???? I don't want them! Some things I'm afraid to uninstall because I don't know what they are. Will look some of them up on the web tomorrow and try to get rid of them.  I still have to figure out how to change the way things look - all the type is too small. Has something to do with the resolution I think. Well tomorrow is another day - and it's supposed to rain so guess I'll try to finish things up. Probably dream about programs and computers all night.

New Computer and No Power at House!

Wednesday p.m.


Just a quick note. Got my new computer today and was in the process of backing up all my files to my external hard drive when THE POWER WENT OUT – I love Brown County – No rain, no wind – just poof. Finally came back on and I finished the backing up so now its time to pull the plug and start the task of setting up the new computer. Doubt I’ll have it done before tomorrow some time.
Last night we had a powerful storm move through here. Lots of wind and rain. First the temperature went from the 50s to the 70s in about an hour at 9:00 at night. Weird – then the storm hit and today it is in the low 50s – kind of cold out. And got cold in here when the power was out.
So anyway will be back when everything is up and running again. Wish me luck.