#280 Technical Support FrustraShawn

So Last night was part two in the (near guaranteed) ongoing over Technical Support for my Mom on her Tablet.

If you’ll recall, back in August we got my Mom an Nexus 7 tablet.  Well the learning curve continues. 

Tonight was a 90 minute phone call to have her set up her email… Not sure EXACTLY way, because she’ll do her email on her desktop computer anyway… she just want so have it… just in case…. 

Surprisingly I was able to get her up and running faster than getting her connected to her home WIFI (back in Sept)

And she promises me she’ll keep a notebook , where she’ll write down any questions she has, and will save them for weekends.

Oh joy!

#279 Man on a MisShawn

This coming weekend is Thanksgiving, and in preparation I am making the following (with Pumpkin) for the weekend:

- Waffles (Easily reheated in the Toaster as required.   They stay fluffy inside and get a nice toasty coating on the outside.)

- Chocolate Chip Cookies 

- White Chocolate Snickerdoodles.

- and my world famous turkey stuffing (actually there's no pumpkin in this one)

This is going to be the easiest and most stress free Thanksgiving ever! 

#278 Hallowe’en DecoraShawns

Okay, I know I just posted yesterday about the Christmas Shop at the Bay, but today we decorated for Hallowe’en.

The place is over-flowing with Skulls, and Crows, Owls, and Bones, and Severed Hands. Spiders and Snakes, Flies and Centipedes. 

We really are kids at heart. Big bloody, disemboweled hearts…  

(I blame Supernatural for that last part)

#277 Pre-Mature Holiday JubilaShawn

So I took a trip down to The Bay today.  

Not newsworthy, you say? 

Au contraire, mon ami....  The Bay has opened up it's Holiday Trim Shop.  Christmas is very much there! Not that I'm complaining.

And the place, for obvious reasons was pretty much empty, so I was able to browse about without the annoyance of the crowds.

I didn't buy anything yet. Not that there wasn't tons that I'd like to have gotten, but because everything is full price.  I shall await the sales. And if anything like last year, they start in early November anyway.  And now at this point, i know exactly what I want, and where to go.

So, The Christmas Shop is open very early this year; am I upset about it?  Hell, to the no!.  As two friends posted today on my Facebook wall, I have OCD.  

And I'm good with that.

#276 Jealous of my RelaShawns

My parents made their way back over to PEI 2 weeks ago, with the intentions of closing it up for the season; to return home in about a week. 

Well, two weeks later and they keep extending their time there, due to milder weather and the simple fact that Life is Better at the Cottage.

They were to have returned this past Tuesday, then Yesterday, then Today, but at this point they realize they’re only fooling themselves.  They will head home only on Sunday o Monday, and that’s simple because they have appointments back on the mainland that cannot be postponed.

I am both unabashedly happy and jealous that they are still there.

*sigh*

#275 Week Day DepresShawn

Happy Friday’s Eve everyone.

Okay, I'm grasping at straws here to keep my sanity (or a close facsimile thereof). Why is it some weeks go by SOOOOOOOOOO SLOWLY,  even with a break in-between (I was home sick on Wednesday) essentially making for two tiny little 2-day work weeks…

I mean It really feels as though last weekend is as long ago as our summer vacation -(we've been back 23 days now, but who’s counting? (Me clearly)

UGH!  Slow Week Days (and conversely, fast moving Weekends) why do you curse and torment me so?

It’s all I can muster to make it through tomorrow…  

…and so with that depressing thought,  I will say good night.

#274 Photographic DistribuShawn

Working on cleaning up folders on my lap top today.

Honestly, all the photos on my computer... I cannot imagine the money it would have cost to take them as 'regular photographs'... the cost of film, processing, and then all the albums?!?!!? I do a back up regularly, because I'd hate to lose them. 

I tend to get a little obsessive about sorting images on my computer...  Not just those I take, but others from friends, or those I save from the web.   Folders after folders after folders.  It's a job in itself sorting and maintaining them, but I can generally find a picture in under a minute, so it has it's advantages.

But after 3+ hours today.  It's time to walk away from the computer... my eyes are going all buggy.