A Whirlwind of a Day
How can two people have so much to take care of! I don’t think it’s because it is so much, we just putts around. Both vehicles needed tabs, this ole gal needed to get her driver’s license renewed and the refrigerator was quite bare. My license wasn’t due until March, but the way the service has been, why put it off. Ten years ago, I would have had that licked by nine in the morning. As it was we got home at three due to the fact we decided to have a late lunch at the Home Town Café and ended up visiting with lots of acquaintances.
Coming home I felt I needed to check my emails. The 11-year-old Dell laptop may have decided to retire. Heck, everyone else in the house is.
So you may ask . . . why do two retirees have three computers in the house. As I said, the Dell laptop I bought eleven years ago . . . that was quite the treat and the deal. Dennis soon learned how much fun it was to play the free card games. Well, what is better than keeping the hand to eye contact going! Off to Best Buy and Dennis has his own spot here in the west porch. He has panoramic view of what is going on out in the neighborhood as well as he is his own traffic controller so to speak. Three years go or so, Kevin and Kersten were amazed at the age of the Dell. There were no longer any updates for it. I think it was Windows 7. I then had an HP Notebook as a Christmas present from them. At first I baulked. Their thought was, that as different as the current applications were from what I was use to, I would get frustrated and not continue enjoying my life being active with a computer if all of a sudden the older one died and it was do or die. Boy . . . were they right. It was as different as night and day. The HP sits in the living room here on the first floor. The older Dell went into my sewing studio to assist in downloading stitching designs. It has all been working like a top having three computers.
The Dell is unplugged, the HP is at the Geek Squad getting a new keyboard and what would I ever do if I didn’t budge in on Dennis’ sanctuary here in the west porch! Amazing.
I was just getting set up to do my blog on his computer for the first time when my cell phone went off. It was Dennis out in the patio porch. Of course, I dropped the call. It was just as easy for me to go out to the patio porch and see what was going on. Harriet is home after being gone for four days!! Harriet the cat had had cabin fever and slipped out on the first of the bitter cold days. With a foot of snow to travel through, we thought she would look around and decide her warm basket was the best place for her. Not! Dennis would wait in the patio porch each night with the lights on inside and out waiting for her to no avail. Who knows where she was. She did head right to the Meow Mix bowl. Dennis feels so much better that his four kids are all home and accounted for. Peaceful night here on Stauffer Avenue.
On a note, Dennis’ computer really has a different touch. I am very thankful for the use of it. Time to close as Dennis will be in shortly to check his Facebook posts. After all, the ole cowboy has people.