My Dilapidated Laptop

Well, I have discovered that my blogging is getting a little more difficult due to my poor little laptop that is on its last leg. I’m not looking for sympathy folks, as I find this a rather humorous post. I have been diligently saving for a new one that I will send my dear husband to stand in line in the cold on Black Friday for LOL. He likes that sort of thing and with diapers for two, it’s well worth shivering in the night with 300 other weary souls.

I got this laptop for my birthday about 6 years ago from my husband (and it came with a surprise visit from my parents) and I just love the thing. There is nothing like sitting on the couch and surfing the net in your jammies, or talking to good friends, or just writing, which I love to do. But, now I am sad to say, my poor Lappy, as I call it, is really on it’s last leg. I no longer have the power cord for it, as that died and I had to get a universal cord for it. The place that you plug the cord into (the pin on the laptop has broken 3 times and has been soldered on there by our good friend who happens to own a sodder iron. I believe at one time it was rigged with a piece of dental floss!! The “B” key, well, it popped off and the guy who fixed that, glued it to the rubber so it wobbled, and we finally snagged one off of ebay and replaced it. The hard drive went kapoot and well our dear friend gave me a new one as a gift. We lost the special hard drive connector, so we won an auction on ebay and got it back…well today while gutting the basement for our renovations we found it…(day late and a dollar short I say).

So as you all can see, it has been a brave and determined little computer and I do it give it credit. The speakers are broke and I hear no more sound either. I’m getting good at reading lips LOL! But the darn thing still works, and well I am happy, while I save up my pennies for a new fancy one. I won’ know what to do with myself! I’m lucky I can see this screen as there is a short somewhere in the monitor…it has to remain bent a certain way or the screen will spazz out on me.

Anyway, I thought I would share a few pics of my beloved laptop, and even when I get a new one…I might have to keep this one..I’m a little sentimental that way. Probably more than one Mom should endure…LOL but I get my tolerance from having twins!

Summer is almost over! Time for Fall, Borders GC Giveaway

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED….Thank you to all who entered!

I cannot believe that Summer is pretty much gone and all the kids are back in school! I am going to miss the warm days when the boys could be outside all the time. Fall, is also one of my favorite times of the year because all the leaves are turning and you can sit in the evenings by a fire. I haven’t read too many good books lately but thinking of the colder weather makes me want to curl up with one. There is nothing like a crisp Fall day and a walk in the park with a caramel apple! So in honor of the changing seasons, DoubleBugs is giving away a $10 gift card to Borders books!

All you have to do is:

Leave me a comment about this favorite time of the year or a favorite recipe (I love new recipes).

Please leave me an email to contact you if you win.

Winner has two days to respond otherwise a new winner will be chosen

Contest starts September 2 and Ends September 12th 11:59pm

Winners are chosen via random integer.org

Good Luck!!!

Brilliant Boon

As if the Boon Frog Pod wasn’t cute enough, Boon does it again with an even cuter and just as clever solution to where to put those bath toys.

Please welcome the newest member of the Boon family, the Bug Pod. Joining the Frog Pod in the fight against moldy bath toys, the Bug Pod ($35) has a drainable scoop for collecting and rinsing toys, plus a wall-mounted base to make storage easy. Just like her brother, the Bug Pod has a shelf for bath products and her antennae can be used to hang accessories.

New Project

Well my friend Tanya has inspired me to do more renovations to the house. I have decided to tackle the basement which gives me the creeps. We don’t have a poured foundation it is basically brick or cinder block and we get some moisture coming in so we will be painting the dreary space with a waterproofing white paint! We also want to semi-finish it by laying carpet so we can sort of hang out down there with the family. I will be posting pictures as we go. We have a crawl space and I won’t go in it, it seems like such a waste of space so I will hang a curtain to hide that. I’m hoping it will brighten up the space! More to come!

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