computer geekiness, health, relocation

moving in again?

All Christmas stuff is put away and we got over the last batch of illnesses in time for the kids to start school last week. Colleen and Chris finished their antibiotics and Chris got over his skin infection (phew!).

Yesterday Ryan got sick. He’s had a temp for 2 days and he’s going to dr. today. I don’t feel great – hope I’m not coming down with it. Ironically my appt. for my migraines is Thursday so if I do get sick – good timing (as long as I’m not too sick to drive there!). Rog has been sick for 3 weeks (not in bed the whole time) and I’m trying to get him to the dr. It was not a bad time to be sick though as it’s the annual “no work” time at work – he hopes to have tons of work by next week as it looks like it’s piling up there to be assigned (he cleans as his own business the same office they assign work from).

What else? Yes, our older computer seems to have died – the one we got in 2000. I’m so glad we got this one (summer of 05) and managed to get everything transferred over, just about (it was acting up so I was worried and kept booting it for as long as it would stay booted and moved over the network). I tore it down and took downstairs to await someone having time to look at it that knows more than I do. I’m also getting my old computer back (the 1995 one) to set up for the kids downstairs.

After feeling temporarily very caught up after Christmas with everything neat and tidy, we brought like 30 boxes up here from the basement, garage, our old house, and Gayle’s. YIKES! I feel like I just moved in again. And there’s more coming. All the boxes from my mother’s have yet to come (17 huge rubbermaid bins, she says, plus massive amounts of bags), and also everything out of our attic at the other house, the shed, and probably 10-20 more boxes out of the main floor of the house over there.

I’m so glad we don’t have to do this again for YEARS!

going to do a few more dishes and maybe go lay down with Ryan for a while…..

love, dori

 

computer geekiness

yay!

just had to post my excitement – just ordered our first computer in 5 years – with Ryan’s grant (to now order more hearing/speech/language software as well – exciting!). We are getting a Dell 4700 with Pentium 4 and Windows XP!

Going out of the dark ages – again. In Dec. 00 we went out of the dark DARK ages and went from our 486 Windows 98 computer to the Dell Pentium 3 Windows ME. 3rd computer in 10 years, may it last ANOTHER 5 years (and this one is still going strong too!!! daughter is getting this one….)

more soon — dori

 

birthdays, computer geekiness

check it out!

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check it out!!

https://criscollrj.com/photos/displayimage.php?album=1&pid=4&slideshow=5000 (NO LONGER A VALID SITE – 2020)

(note from 2020 – went in and made this a link as I have done here and there but it is not live.  Have no idea what this slideshow was!  But will leave here as it’s interesting to look back at how I had to show pictures back 15 years ago… a lot more complicated than now!!!)  But don’t worry about looking it up —

I have had fun with this — changed web servers (half my site is still down) but I have had a lot of fun playing with this coppermine photo gallery from Fantastico that my web server offers (just think I had never even heard of any of this 1 month ago….)

dori

wow, I just remembered today is my dad’s birthday. Happy 74th birthday Dad, you would have been so proud of your grandchildren…. you can see your third one from heaven, little Ryan!!

(Dad died 10-16-97)