Stupid Computers

I had a post all typed up and ready to go, it had pictures and everything. Then the web browser decided it had enough fun and closed.
Then I went on a rescue mission to Elko. I don't know who I was supposed to rescue, Mom or Nephews. It was a ton of fun there, until Dan told me the car was dead and he couldn't get to work, we figured a couple of ways to get him there, mostly bumming rides of other people. So I ended up going home a couple of days earlier then planned. The night before I was coming home, Dan called and told me his computer crashed ('puter #1). The hard drive that had the workable OS is dead. We hooked up his old 'puter ('puter #2) to discover it was full of spy ware and viruses and crap like that. So now we had two almost workable computers. Dan decided he would hook up my OLD 'puter ('puter #3). It was given to Brother who decided to be nice and give it to me when he didn't need it. Dan did some work on it, clearing Brothers stuff off and putting some games on for me, he decided it's about 15 years old. In computer years, that would make it one of the last Dinosaurs. Dan used internet on it a little, then gave up on it because it's really slow.
Finally, last weekend we were down in Twin and his friend was able to get us a copy of XP. So Dan got 'puter #1 hooked back up, loaded the OS, to discover now he has to find all the drivers again before it's usable, which means he has to get he former roommate to stop demolishing his house long enough to get the sites to us.
Now it's back to using 'puter #2, which also got the OS reinstalled, and it's much much happier.
What a headache!!

Now to the exciting part. Just before I found out about the rescue mission of Nephews, my visiting teachers came over. This was the first time for one of them to be able to make it, she told me she runs a little hamburger joint, and to pick up an ap. With the rescue mission, that got pushed back, so I stopped by after I got back home and talked to her a little. And I start working there tomorrow! YAY!! It's not much, only a couple of hours a day a couple of days a week, but it will be better than nothing.

Then I wake up last week to a message from her saying to call her she heard about a job somewhere else. Not that she doesn't want me, just she knows I need more money and more hours. I called her back and we both laughed at the weirdness of the message.

Anyway, that's the excitement of the last while. Eventually everything will work out.

Oh, the next Wheel of Time book (#12) got bumped up a week, so now it is scheduled to come out two days before my B-day! Dan has already been instructed that is what he is getting me, and I get to read it first.
We also got Season 5 of House while we were in Twin, (Dan says it's an early present) and got to watch most of it on Dan's Dads fancy flat screen, I think he said it's 42" something around there, beats the tar out of our crummy little old TV's.

Happy Fourth of July!

I had an update all most all typed up and ready yesterday, then the power went out... just long enough to turn off the 'puter.
So now you are stuck with a boring little Happy Fireworks Day!

Oh yeah, I get to play with fireworkies today!!! I'm still getting used to fireworks being legal. :-)

I'm ALIVE!!

I know it's been a really long time since I posted. I got a part-time, temporary, on-call, personal assistant type job from a guy in my ward. I did a dictation for him a week or so ago. He called me this evening (9:30ish) to see if I could type up 44 pages of family history sorta stuff, it looks to be a relatives personal history the beginnings anyway. But that's all fine until he gets to the part that he needs all this done by tomorrow evening. Still not too bad until the you add the fact that Dan and I have joined (rejoined for Dan) this medieval type group (the SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism). And we have a BIG campout starting June 17, which highly recommends that we be dressed up in medieval/renaissance type clothing... of which I have none, and Dan needs a cloak. So I figured if I make one article of clothing every two days I can get it all done. That includes cutting all the fabric out and hemming, both of which I really don't like. Most of it won't be too bad, the patterns I have for this time are very simple, basic dresses. I am a bit worried about doing two cloaks both of them with two layers. I'm much more comfortable with quilt making then clothing making.
I also learned some new needlework type stitcheries. It's very fun. It's called Blackstitch because origonally it was done with black thread on white fabric (it's very common on Elizabethan clothing) basically a backstitch that's reversible. So when the fabric gets flipped over it's pretty on the underside too.
It's very rainy outside right now, that's a very welcome change.
I will post pictures of my projects and our camping trip in a few weeks, after we go and come back. ;-)

A little something for the fans

Sorry my adoring fans, I'm not going to bore you with a day in the life of us. Mostly we sit at home watching Netflix and playing on the computer. Eventually I will wander off and take some pictures of around where we live, but I'm waiting until it quits snowing so plants can grow and bloom.

What I do have for you today is a couple of pictures of my lovely little project.

This is the first 3 pages. Page 3 ends at the bottom of the longest stems. And that is also the bottom of the cross stitch. YAY!!



And here we have what consists of pages 2 and 3. Page 2 is done, and about half of page 3.



This is to give you an idea of how huge it really is.



I'm sure everyone is very anxious to know what the final product will look like.

Yes, I know I'm completely insane for doing such a huge project. No Lil' Sista it won't be done for Marky, or Isaac's birthdays!

What happens when Little Sister gets a camera

Last week was Help Mom Move week. So Dan took me down there on Sunday and Mom brought me back home the next Sunday. I think it was Thursday we decided to go out to dinner. I decided to shower so I didn't feel like I had been moving all day. While I was in there my Little Sister got a hold of my phone. This is just a little of what I found on it later.


Molly making silly faces (there was a bunch of them).


A happy Marky, he's now 8 months old. And likes his Auntie Meep, I'm one of the few that can hold him without him crying.


A 2 year old Monkey.

Fish City

A little over a year ago I found this really cool cross-stitch pattern. I started it, then we moved and it got packed away and forgotten. A couple of weeks ago I finally pulled it out again and started working on it. Dan decided I'm going to die of old age by the time I get this thing done. It is approximately 1/15 done in this picture.



I know it doesn't look like much yet, but it will look really cool when I get done.

To give you an idea of how big this cross-stitch is, the first page is the entire part down to just below the green and black fish, there is a total of 15 pages. I will keep you updated on this project and others, and anything exciting that happens.




PS. IT'S SNOWING!!!

Happy Valentines Day!!

I was finally brave and made bread all by myself Thursday. Dan was hungry when I took the first 2 loaves out of the oven, so we sliced one and ate on that while I cooked dinner. My 3 loaves are now 1. It looks like I have to make bead again on Monday, hopefully the loaf will last that long. It really is too bad that he doesn't like my cooking.