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Well, I am not getting this wireless connect thing. I worked on it a while and broke my laptop connection all together. Finally I had the laptop delete the modem connection and search for it again and that worked, but still not getting it to connect unless the modem is plugged into a port on the laptop. If nothing else, I will take the whole thing back to the nice lady that sold me the modem. But it works like this for now.

I have found I like the laptop better when it is literal. That is literally on my lap, but you are not supposed to use it that way.

But, what I started to write about is this thing about having to log in on some of the family blogs. Patsy told us a shortcut, but I have found all I have to do is go to the blogger main page for my account, like where you can post, change settings or whatever and then go to the private blog. Works every time except I am going to have to find the link for the main blogger page on this thing.

Half way

I can now connect from either computer with the hot spot plugged into the computer I am using. Now I have to figure out how to get my laptop to connect wirelessly. At least the wireless mouse is working now.

Broadband all the way

Now we are cooking with gas.

I now have broadband on my real computer. Given my drethers, I drether use a real keyboard, real mouse, on a real computer. I am sure if I used the laptop a lot, I would get used to the toy keyboard and the toy mouse, but that may not happen. I hooked the little Verizon broadband thingy up to my real computer and presto chango, I have broadband on both computers. I am using the real computer and the real keyboard now to post this. I am very, very pleased.

The main thing that has been bothering me about my old computer is that IE will not update. I still have IE 6 point something or other and it will not update. That means that now many of the things on the web do not work at all anymore with IE, plus it keeps downloading the update and asking to install, but the install will not work, so IE is stuck in the download, update loop. I now have Mozilla Foxfire and Google Chrome that Betty recommended. I made the chrome thingy my default browser, so that should take care of many of the problems with my computer.

Now, I am going to try to find out how to get one of these other browsers to put the bookmarks along the right side of the page instead of having to click and find where I want to go. That is what I like about IE above the other browsers, having all the book marks (or favorites as IE calls them) right there on the page, with folders closed until I click on a bookmark folder.

Now, I am going to go start up my laptop and see if I can connect it wirelessly, with the Mobile device actually connected to the computer. I am sure it will. Then, I will just leave this thing hooked to the real computer and run the broadband off the laptop wireless.

So far I am a happy camper on the computer broadband front.

New World

I have a new computer, not exactly the one I meant to get, but it is fine. I went to wally world at Harrison at 3 am and got in the line they directed me to for the HP laptop I wanted. Well, they directed me to the wrong line, so I got a cheaper one. This is the one that was $298. It is working.



I got Verizon wireless broadband for $35 a month. That is if I don't use it too much. If this plan is not enough gees, I can upgrade. I think this will be fine. So far so good.



The biggest problem so far is getting used to the different mouse and keyboard. I bought a wireless mouse, but I have not tried it yet,



Life in the fast lane, except for the typing

Going south...

Geese escaping in front of the cold. It blew in rain last night and is supposed to get really cold today and tonight, but right now my theo meter says 41. And, this is my own pictures of birds gong over the elm tree Tuesday morning.



My newly painted bedroom. George got the walls around the new windows completed 2 days ago and Tuesday I got the painting completed. See the BIG mirror on my dresser? That is the mirror that was on the dressing table. George took the dressing table apart and made two end tables. You can see one of them beside the bed here. He attached the big mirror to the dresser and it looks like they were made for each other. I like this much better. The dressing table was just a junk catcher.




This is a view from the doorway.

I cooked pumpkin pies and made Hannah's birthday cup cakes yesterday and made George some fudge. The turkey is in the oven. I still have to make dressing and potatoes. I am not making home made bread. I have a can of crescent rolls and a package of frozen rolls. I am not sure yet which I will cook, but I am not making my home made rolls. Why? Because I do not want to. I think I will make my Waldorf salad because I really like it even though no one else ever eats any. I will just make a one apple salad. Mashed potatoes and a can of green beans will finish the menu. I do have a can of cranberry sauce, left from last year. Sometimes I forget the cranberry sauce. I am usually the only one that uses it. My family mostly just eats the turkey, dressing, potatoes and bread. I am the only one that goes for deserts.

I am going shopping early tomorrow and then on to get the babies. Hannah's birthday is December 2nd, so we will have her party here Friday when she gets here. I want to have the table decorated and the presents out when she comes in, so I have to have the cup cakes ready today.

I asked George if he wanted to go shopping with me tomorrow, but he declined the invitation. I think that means I can spend the entire $300 on me.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Calendar Days

For Helen here
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~powell/Calendars/

Happy Days.

It pays to clean

I found this in a bank envelope dated March 2007. On the outside of the envelope I had written, Clayton rent. It was money he paid for renting the pasture almost 4 years ago. I don't even have to share it with George because as I started cleaning the closet I asked him if he wanted to help and he said NO!