Well, I got my computer fixed. Would you believe that all my computer needed was a (rather lengthy and time consuming) virus scan??? It was an upgrade! Who would have thought? Now that the computer is happy, my life is back on track. Woohoo!
Well, as I said earlier, yesterday was my birthday. RAM croaked out happy birthday as soon as we woke up yesterday, and Abigail practically burst onto her porch while I was on a walk with Peace so she could be the very first person outside of my house to wish me happy birthday. I also received well wishes from Chosen and Judah.
At work, I received flowers from my loving husband.
Dinner was at an exclusive French restaurant called Courtine’s. We toasted with an excellent white zinfandel (had two glasses each, actually). We shared a three cheese spinach strudel that melted in our mouths as an appetizer. RAM had the minestrone, and I had an excellent house salad with gorgonzola cheese and a homemade creamy garlic dressing. Dinner was filet mignon. RAM’s was a pepper filet paired with excellent jumbo grilled shrimp (I tried one). Mine was a filet stuffed with spinach and gorgonzola cheese (what? I had a craving, okay?!). And for dessert……vanilla AND chocolate creme brulee. (Are you jealous yet? What can I say? My loving husband is a prince.)
We came home, and I dropped in on Abigail, Judah, and Chosen, who were having dinner at Abigail’s house. I told them all about dinner, and then they asked the big question: “What did you get for your birthday?”
“I have no idea,” I said.
“Well, what are you doing *here*?! Go home, find out, and come back and show us!”
It was getting late, and I told them I would blog all about it this morning, having forgotten my computer’s ailments. Now, you know you have special friends when you would rather drop in on them than find out what you got for your birthday.
Okay, I’ve kept you in suspense long enough.
First was a new backpack for my laptop. Isn’t RAM thoughtful?
Joy, Peace, and Independence got me a new purse/organizer.
My parents gave me yarn money. Woohoo!!! (Can you say, “Koigu!”?) And my in-laws gave me a Timex clock that plays soothing sounds and some worship CDs (although I technically haven’t received those yet).
While all these gifts are very thoughtful, and I love them all, there was one gift that stood above the rest. I had been wanting it for so long that I actually forgot about it.
My husband and I picked out the rocking chair this morning. Doesn’t Peace look so cute in the chair, and Joy beside her?
Now, I can sit on my patio and knit away all that stash, courtesy of Abigail. (I can say it now. Aren’t you proud?)
Have a wonderful Resurrection Day, everyone! Remember Him who blesses us so abundantly and meets all of our spiritual and physical needs, and whose blood covers all our sins.
Filed under: Life
Some of you know that yesterday was my birthday, and today, I promised to blog all about it. I promise that that post is coming later today, but here’s the thing. Yesterday, I made the unthinkable mistake of–are you ready for this?–upgrading my antivirus software. Now, my antivirus software won’t fully open, and yet will fully protect my computer, it seems. This means I can’t open or send any e-mail, which means I have to do everything through the web, which I hate.
I know what you’re thinking. Yes, I should have known better. It would have been much better to just take the renewed subscription and forget the upgrade. But the upgrade was FREE! How could anyone pass that up?
Do you know what the irony is? I help solve other people’s computer problems all day long for a living. Now, on my day off, I am blogging at the time I normally roll out of bed to go to work, and I’m neck deep in my own computer mess. Can you say, “Doctor, heal thyself”?
Worst case scenario, there is always System Restore… (I hope, anyway…)
Filed under: Reflections
My friends tell me that I overthink and overanalyze everything. This comes up most often when I am knitting. They tell me that whenever I learn a new technique, instead of relaxing and just doing it, I turn it into a physics problem.
Well, I’ve been thinking about what they’ve said, and I’m just not sure they’re right. Take a nonknitting example that happened yesterday at work. (Well, actually, the baby bell bottoms were lying on my desk after lunch knitting, so does this actually fall into a knitting, rather than a nonknitting, example? Hmmm… Let me think about it…)
MY BOSS: “Faith, are you using your battery backup?”
ME: “What do you mean, ‘Am I using my battery backup?’”
MY BOSS: “The battery backup that your notebook is plugged into, are you using it?”
ME: [Raised eyebrows] “Well, my notebook’s plugged into it. What do you mean, am I using it?”
MY BOSS: “I’m not going to take it. I just want to know if you are using it.”
ME: “Well, I guess not at the moment. I mean, I have things plugged into the battery side so that when the power goes out, those things stay on, but I’m not on the battery…”
MY BOSS: “So, it’s still working? We have to order new batteries for them.”
ME: “Oh, yeah, it’s fine.”
MY BOSS: “Well, some people turn them off [and use the standard outlets in them that are not powered by the battery] when the batteries die and aren’t using them.”
ME: “Oh, no, mine’s on, and it’s fine. I guess I overanalyzed that one, huh?”
MY BOSS: “Yes, you did.”
Okay, so maybe my husband, and my family, AND my friends *sigh* are…*gulp*…right, but you’ll never hear me admit it again (until the next time).
Have a nice Wednesday, everyone. And on a serious note, please pray for RAM. He’s not feeling well. For RAM to admit that he’s not feeling well means that he’s really down for the count.