After doing some blog hopping the past few days, I’ve decided that I want to get back to posting on my blog. For a time, I had some privacy issues and felt a bit “stalked”. I think after all this time, they’ve probably given up and moved on by now. The whole purpose of having a blog in the first place was for my family and faraway friends to be able to feel connected and keep up with what was going on in our lives. So…with that in mind, I’m diving back in.
Today, was sunny but still cool - in the 60’s. I spent the afternoon at one of the many thrift stores in the area while Adam went over to a friend’s house. I found a Coach purse for $10 (I know, right? And I’m not even one of “those” women but I couldn’t pass it up…it’s near new), about a dozen PC games for Adam…3 of which he’d been asking for at $40 retail…I got all of them for $9, add in a white Cherokee scrub top (cute), a few embroidery hoops, 2 old canning jars (glass lids/wire bales), a Marimeko hot pad (hey, it was a quarter) and gee, I think that was it. All under $30 people! Feeling pretty good, headed over to Staples, but got sidetracked by the Girl Scouts outside of JoAnn Fabrics & Crafts. Yeah…I bought some Thin Mints, Do-Si-Do’s and then headed over to Staples to get the thermal glue I may need for a computer maintenance issue. Then I treated myself to an early dinner at Applebee’s. You know, I like Applebee’s…but the menu has totally changed. No more Sizzlin’ Beef Stir-fry! The waiter offered to “try”…but I said no thanks, let’s just leave me with the good memories of the real thing. I had the 3-Cheese Chicken Penne - total comfort food!
I picked up Adam, who was really excited over the PC games, and we headed home. Him to the desktop and me to set to work on maintaining the laptops. The Dell laptop is really sick…boots up to a Blue screen. So, I wiped it clean - back to the factory settings. It was also missing some keys (very flimsy keyboard Dell!), so I opened up the case and put in a new keyboard (been meaning to do that for years!). Just installing all the virus and spyware protection and the monitoring stealth software on it now. Next up I have have 2 Toshiba’s. One I don’t use but I’m going to open it up to see what it’s going to look like on the Toshiba I use for school…see what I’m in for! Yikes. It’s shutting down spontaneously because of heat build-up. Apparently a known issue (to most people but me!) after a couple years. So, I have to open it up and clean out the dust/build-up on something called a heatsink. Which may involve removing/detaching it from the CPU, cleaning it, then reattaching it and putting it back in the laptop. Might be tricky. We shall see!
So, that’s about it from the home front today. In other news…someone appears to be playing nice after the verbal smackdown from the judge earlier in the week. I’ve also initiated implementing a set visitation schedule. The boy flat out needs to spend time with his father. Left up to the 2 of them, they’ve been getting together about twice a month for a few hours each time. To eat. And that’s it. Maybe 3 overnights in the last 6 months. Maybe. New date to get with the General Magistrate late May/early June…so hope to have that issue resolved as the summer starts. Hopeful, hopeful.
Thomas is about the same. I’m not sure about his living situation. He says he’s “not really” staying at his dad’s house, but with a friend. Hmmm. Okay, he’s almost 20-yrs old. Still working at Sonny’s, still procrastinating about his GED, car still not running, but he’s considering selling it and getting something else. Bleh. Can’t seem to light a fire under this one and he seems to still be hanging on to some of his old bad habits…and I’m sure when questioned, it’ll be due to his hand. Or some other major stressor. I wish, I wish…
On a happier note…everything is still going great with Doug. We’ll see how things play out once he gets moved down here. He’s doing awesome in school - just finishing 3rd semester/starting clinicals and he made the Dean’s list! So proud of him. He works hard at it, and it shows. He’s already applied to start school for the next level as soon as he gets this first license (June-July). No laziness in this guy!
Okay, next time…more pictures, fewer words! Have a great night!
Sh@ron