It lives….

…but it’s retarded!

So I reinstalled my operating system…all my programs…only to realize instead of erasing the drive, Windows installed over the old operating system.

I really hate technology.

On my other laptop all I have to do is stick in the CD, select the option to reinstall and that’s it. Obviously the newer, stealthier laptop doesn’t have that much sense. Seeing that I am headed to New York on the ninth, I’m going to turn my precious hardware over to a friend who will kick it back into shape.

Thank god for geeks.

One of those days…

Yes, it’s Saturday and one of those days. It started out easily enough. Got up at 6am (sickning isn’t it?) and put out the dogs. Went back upstairs and weighed myself…then decided to go back to bed.

Yes, I gained a few.

Back into bed I went for a snooze…a two hour snooze. Why is it when I stay up late, I still get up at 6am? That is SO wrong!

Anyway, when I got up for the second time (at least I avoided the scales as I was pretty sure sleeping for a few hours wasn’t going to remove the poundage I’d added) and went to turn on my computer…it locked up.

Actually this has been going on for a while. I’m one of those old school geeks who likes to reinstall their operating system 12 or 18 months. I have a tendency to install and uninstall all sorts of things and I don’t care what anyone says, programs never completely uninstall themselves. They leave bits and pieces of themselves all over your drive like little piles of dog poo just waiting to be stepped in.

Unfortunately, the drive on that particular laptop hasn’t been reistalled since I bought it almost two and half years ago. Needless to say, it was much overdo.

So here I sit, sneaking peeks at my beloved computer as Windows is being reinstalled. I have an automatic defibrilator just in case it can’t be revived.

Wish me luck.

Ye-OWCH!

So I was blow drying my hair and somehow managed to get a few strands sucked into the intake.

It really hurt.

Just thought I would share.

Heath Ledger

Manly Monday

I’ve long been an admirer of Johnny Depp. His work, his attitude, all of it. He is a man who doesn’t compromise his art and as a fellow artist, I take my tiara off to him. Love this photo – it shows the lines around his eyes.

Fun and Games

Every week I hit the pool at the Rec Center. Now my routine is kinda dull. Get up at 7am, pull on a bathing suit, sweats (which are now falling off – YEA!) and some shoes. Feed the dogs, shove them outside for a potty break, grab a protein shake and head for the door. The pool opens at 8am and I like to be there on time.

Now, my hair is getting long and one thing I hate is wet hair sticking to my neck. I love to swim, yes I get my hair wet, but if I know I’m not going to go under, I pull my hair up into a ponytail then add a hair band – keeps the bangs under control.

Today I was in the pool and chatting with two of the ladies when I felt my hair band slip. I reached up to straighten it and it literally rolled off my head and into the water. I barely blinked and it was GONE!

Now, let me explain. I was in something they call The River. The river is literally a cement chute in a kidney shape. It is filled with water and there is a current, hence the name.

So when the headband hit the water, the current took it and that was that. Within a minute, the entire pool was looking for my white headband against a pale blue painted pool.

Hilarious!

Think about this image – I swim with roughly 15 older people who are trying to rehabilite limbs, stay in shape etc. All these lovely gray hairs walking up and down the pool with their eyes glued to the bottom of the pool sorta like lemmings.

Anyhoo – I finally found it in the center of the River in something they call the Vortex. It is a round pool and the water goes really fast and if you get knocked off your feet, you’re done. Its hard to get your feet back under you again.

So there I was, in the vortex, trying to get my headband with my bare toes. Then, once I did get it, to somehow transfer that to my hands as the water works to drown me.

It really wasn’t pretty.

I love the Gray Hairs, they keep me in line.

Foto Friday!

It is freezing cold and temps will be down in the single digits this weekend. I want spring and my garden back, NOW!