Happy Easter

It's a beautiful day here with the sun shining brightly and the temperature is in the low 80's....perfect!  I hope your Easter weather is as pleasant

This past week has been an eye opener for me, learning Windows 8 is interesting.  I did manage to get my documents and pictures from old lap top to new one.  Still need to check the old one for other items I may want to keep.  Don't have all my games, but right now I don't need them.

For the last three days Jim has been working and wouldn't you know two days ago our washing machine quit working, right before the last spin cycle!  Yesterday we spent some time removing water from the tub and Jim man-handled the machine out of the closet, down the steps and out the door. We had the same problem with the last one so we won't bother calling out a repairman only to be told he can't repair it.  We will be buying another one because I love doing laundry at home.  Jim is thinking about a front loader but I'm not crazy about the idea, to much bending over.

I had to remove the window feeder because those pesky squirrels can leap long distances!  It's wonderful to hear the patter of tiny feet on the roof....  LOL  truly it is. Even Boo has gotten used to it.

I'm loving our new site!  We can feed the birds and squirrels, keep my plants out in the yard and not on the patio and on occasion, sit outside and enjoy the weather.  Those pesky no-see-ums are still out there just waiting for me to join them!  They found me yesterday and I've got some red welts to show for it.  Also, since I can park the truck, I'm also to able to drive it and go shopping alone!  I do love wandering the aisles of the grocery store picking up items and reading about them...I don't buy them, but I do like shopping for food!

Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without.  ~James C. Dobson

new computer

Being the generous man that he is, Jim bought me a new computer.  I really didn't need one as my other one worked just fine.  It was me that had problems with it!  I guess I complained one to many times.  LOL

This new puter came last Friday and Jim and I have both spent a lot of time setting it up and tweaking it.  This Acer with Windows 8 also has a touch screen (which is cool .....but).  So far I'm not in love with it.  Without going into details I can't do the same things on it that I  could with my other one.  So maybe I just need to give it more time.  I do like the lighted keyboard!  Still need to transfer some files from the other one and I'm sure as I go along I'll need other programs reloaded.  But the printer is up and running and I have Picasa for my pictures....Speaking of pictures, I have tons of them on the other computer....need to do something with those. I guess I could upload them to smug mug but that will take some time

I hope all my family and friends who live in the Midwest weathered this last storm! We did not have much of a storm here.  We did learn that some hefty gusts came though and swamped a couple boats.  When we came home from 3 Bananas our poles were down on the patio. The wind lifted the awning up enough to allow the poles to fall. Also one of my tomato plants had tipped over.  But overall we just had sprinkles and some wind.

We spent yesterday afternoon just watching movies and enjoying each others company.  As a matter of fact the last few days have been lazy ones for both of us.  Doing just the chores we needed to.