Who’d have guessed that this blog would be such a source of comfort and support to me? Thank you for the gentle, kind comments on my last entry. I’ll be working on coherent email responses sometime today. Or tomorrow.
My brother-in-law came yesterday (with my sister, niece and nephew) to diagnose my computer problems. He thought it sounded like a power supply issue, but when he arrived and took a look, he suspected the hard drive. Then, he removed the hard drive and decided it might be the mother board. So, he took the whole thing home with him so he could use his resources at home to diagnose it.
The dilemma is this: do I spend $100 or more to repair an older computer that I only paid $300 or $400 in the first place? Or do I put that money toward a new laptop (the desire of my heart because then I could be portable)? I just don’t know. Why do expensive things always happen to us around Christmas-time?
(At least the shower still drains. Five hundred dollars not spent in vain!)
The other morning, my daughter woke up and called downstairs, “IS IT CHRISTMAS TODAY?” She is going to absolutely adore the holidays this year. If it were up to me, I might let the holidays pass without so much as a glance, but I have kids. I will make the magic happen! That’s my job, to make memories–and not just the ones where I slam a door as an exclamation point to a hissy fit I might have over sticky things and dirty socks. (Who me?)
Oh! Speaking of memories . . . unless I get a frozen turkey into the fridge to start thawing right now, we’ll have a memory of digging into an icy bird for Thanksgiving.
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I vote you go for the new lap top, and GET A MAC!!!!!!!!!!!
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I vote for the new lap top and a mac too! Preferably a macbook. Could you contact apple and get them to donate one to your cause? Perhaps you could agree to review it for the blogging community compared to the PC? There must be an angle to work….
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OMG, what are you trying to say?
You don’t really mean it is Thanks Giving this week?
REALLY this Thursday?
Oh, well then its a good thing I’m not cooking. Yeah, going to our daughter’s new house for their first holiday in their own home.
Be safe and enjoy.
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#5 on my 101 list of Amy’isms…
(I agree with Stacy…)
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New laptop for you. Absolutely. That’s a no-brainer in my book. 😉
A Loyal Fan
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I ditto Stacy – get a MacBook Pro laptop! You can get a wonderful refurbished one, like my husband did, for about $900. For a powerful Mac, it’s a great deal!! We both got new computers this past year, both are macs, and we’ll never go back to a PC!! Just my 2 cents.
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A mac…always 🙂 I have had them forever, and even my 2001 mac is better than most of the current day PC’s.
I love that your peanut is ready for Christmas already. I hope that all of the over commercialization doesn’t burn that joy out!
I found that the Advent Calendar (one something for each day leading up to Christmas) was a good way to keep spirits up and focused on the things I wanted the kids to be focused on!!
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I’m happy with my new Dell laptop. Bottom of the line. Does everything I ever want it to do.
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I also vote for new laptop…
One word: warranty.
I hope your Thanksgiving is full of blessings. I am thankful for you, Melody. Your humor is just what I need some days.
🙂
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I love your slammed door as an exclamation point to a hissy fit over sticky things or dirty socks. No matter what the mommy magazines say – this is where I live – in this place of mounting frustrations that boil over occasionally and make me look berserk. Then I get to pray – again – that’s my joy, right? That’s my great and tremendous honor – to be able to pray even when it’s to say I’ve just lost it again… and then right there, God coaxes a hallowed moment out of me, and reminds me of all the forgiveness He has already spilled out for me. And I get to sigh, and breathe deeply, and go hug my kids! Thank you so much for your amazing honesty – for spelling out in such a palpable way what it feels like to mother in the real world, the good, the bad, the ugly, and the sacred moments all blended together!
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I loved your last post and didn’t get to comment when I wanted to (so what’s new with that?). I’ve been praying for you.
As for the laptop? It was the desire of my heart also so I could work on it and still be ‘with’ the family. We got an Apple ibook g4 and I actually love it.
Have a great rest of the week.
I am thankful for your self expressive writing and transparency.
~K!
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sounds like a plan, the laptop that is!
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Get a laptop!! Get an iBook. You will be one happy little blogger!! Sorry about your ‘puter problems!
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We spent $250 over the summer to fix my husband’s year-old (and just out of warranty!) laptop, that only cost about $500 to begin with. Seems there was a short in the part of the mother board that hooked into the AC adapter, and it fried two power cords.
I have no experience with the Mac notebooks, but I use an iMac at work, and I love love love it! I find it much easier to use than the PCs we have at home. They are pricey, though, so read some reviews to see if it’s worth it!
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Oh Mel, I’m catching up on your blog and that last entry made me sad. I was wondering what happened to get you thinking about your life like that???? Then I read this one and thought, oh she’s got too many things breaking around the holidays and that’s enough to bust a spirit.
If it helps I think your writing is like poetry. It’s beautiful to me and I love how honest you are with me, a stranger really. I would love to stop by with pumpkin bread and drink coffee, well I’ll drink coffee and you can have your diet coke w/ lime is it?
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