Category : Things
Monday, May 05, 2008
This just about sums things up
I doodled this yesterday. It started off as Toad (the little mushroom guy from the Mario games), then turned into a cross toad and then turned into a cross toad stood next to a busted computer. It clearly shows my state of mind at the time.
Y'see, a couple of days ago our computer decided to just stop working - no loud bangs, no weirdy behaviour, no warning, nothing. It just wouldn't start - or rather, it did but, for some reason, there was nothing getting through to the monitor. Tried a different monitor - still nothing. Tried the main monitor with an old puter and it worked. Hmmmmm. My brother (who knows a lot more about these things than us) had a look and thinks it might be overheating and causing something to "short out" ... or something. Anyway, when we've got the money (which we don't have at the moment), we're taking it to Nami (who does our computer mending) and getting him to sort it out but in the meantime we're stuck with our ancient old pute. I'm seriously hoping that nothing was lost off the other other one and that it will be a simple repair job.
D'ya know what I think the problem is? I think it's overworked and this is a sign. It's a sign that says I simply MUST have one of the gorgeous pink laptops that they sell in PC World and thus put less strain on our main pute. It makes sense! Ahem.
So, this thing we've got now is S....L.....O.....W. It can't handle too much in one go (I know the feeling) BUT it's something (and I'm bloody glad we hung on to it when we got our new one!)
Thingamablog and all my archives were on the other computer so over the last couple of days, Tim has laboriously set everything up and copy/pasted my posts into the archives so that I can carry on blogging using this pute. He has the same problem with his blog but has a lot more posts so is just not going to bother - so no blogging from him for a while!!
So, what else has been happening. Not a lot really. The kids both have colds - Rosie mainly, April just has a bit of a sniffle. I've got the opticians tomorrow - new glasses required most likely - fab, I can really excel myself and see if I can look even more geeky than I do already. Tim rather likes them - it's the saucy secretary look I guess but I don't cause they annoy me by slipping down (I've only got a tiny little nose which just isn't the right shape for supporting glasses). Oh well, better than seeing everything through a fog I guess!
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Teddies!
The kids decided it would be fun (not entirely sure why *laughs*) to line up every soft toy they own on their respective beds and take photos - I couldn't believe how many they had!! It didn't even include the pile that I have on my kitchen worktop that I need to repair! Rosie took the pics and you can just make out April in the corner by her bed (looking spectacularly grumpy!)
April's!
Rosie's!
I've had a "nothing" kind of day other than making phone calls, drinking tea and keeping an eye on the kids. Not much else done due to a (painful!) reason that I certainly won't be revealing here! I do, however, want to share this cute pic of Mo that I took last night - dear, gorgeous old thing *smiles*
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Temptation
Just found this on You Tube .... bliiiimey, it takes me back! I always did absolutely love this track - extremely provocative and a tad rude - especially if you listen very carefully to the lyrics sung by the woman right near the end ;) Video gives me the heebie-jeebies even thought I'm not entirely sure what's going on. Sexy ;)
Monday, April 28, 2008
Playing with Photoshop
Sometimes I like mucking around with photoshop and doing interesting things with pics. Other times I just use it to touch up photos or, in the case of the ones below, convert them to black and white. There are just some pics that look great in black and white :)
I love this pic of Tim and Rosie when she was very little. Rosie looks very cute indeed and Tim looks super cool :) He actually looks hardly any different now ... slightly ... er...bigger ... maybe.
Here's another of Rosie - this time taken last year. Her hair looks really dark in this! She looks a lot older than 9 as well.
April, sprawled out drawing. Very rare to get April's face in pics as she is usually busy doing something.
... finally... me :) Tim took this, last year I think. I look a bit moody but this is about as close to "me" as it's possible to get in a picture because I'm camera shy. I Like it so much I might stick it in the sidebar :)
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Stationery
I'm writing this in the middle of a rolling thunderstorm and am frightened (howling gales and thunderstorms terrify me - I'm such a girl *rolls eyes*). Since Tim is currently fast asleep and not available to do his husbandly protection duties (ie cuddles), I'm trying to take my mind off the lightening and racket outside by blogging.
My subject of choice for today is stationery.
Interesting eh? Ooooo! I love stationery. I think it must be a throwback to the days when I worked (shock horror!) as a secretary - I just adored new pencils or shorthand pads or whatever .... bliss! I remember one job I had (for a local firm of estate agents) where there was a woman called Doreen "in charge" of stationery and I think she got a little power crazy and took her job a little too seriously because trying to get a new Bic out of her was like trying to get blood out of a stone.
"Did I not give you a new pen last week?" (peering at you scarily from behind her spectacles)
"Erm, well, yes but it appears to have been stolen"
"Well, I'm not happy about it but I'll replace it but DON'T ask for another one any time soon! Look after it! I'll be remembering you! "
I kid you not.
She soon eased off when I ended up secretarying (is that a word?) for the chairman for a while though I can tell you! HA!
Anyway, where was I?
Oh yeah, so I love stationery and, of course, homeschooling gives me a chance to endulge myself to the max especially when I find something like I did yesterday, namely:
I'm in folder heaven! I got these in Tesco for £2.00 for 3 so very good value and given our recent switch to notebooking in homeschool, they are going to come in very, very handy. I think what I like about them though is the gorgeous colours - they are so cheerful stacked up on the table (especially next to one of the last of our tulips - they are dying back now)
The ones I got from Doreen-the-crazy-stationery-office-woman were never this gorgeous *grins*.
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