My Not so Brilliant Idea - I'm Open to Suggestions

It's been two weeks since I've written. There are so many things stopping me from just logging on and posting. 

 

I think I told you we got a new computer a couple months ago. I had the brilliant idea to just transfer everything from the old computer to the new - except for the photos. I have so many that I think that's part of what's slowing the thing down so much. I've tried putting them onto thumb drives but I have so many now, that I have to search each one to find the label with the photos I want. And a couple of them no longer work. I can view, but nothing else. It's just not convenient.

 

I keep the photos from the two most recent years on the computer, plus photos of each of the girls, grand kids, me and Chuck, photos that I print for greeting cards... I will admit there are a lot, but they're all the photos I want easy access to. Everything else is on thumb drives.

 

So I thought if we took everything off the old computer, and left only the photos, the computer would start working better.

 

But that didn't happen. And the main thing I do on the computer? Blog! So I'm still using the old one, so I can still use my photos.

 

And the old one is... still old. It's still incredibly slow, the 'w' key doesn't always work, and the computer crashes at random times.

 

PLUS! Google now requires authorization to log in! And it sends the text to CHUCK'S phone!

 

So, I hesitate to post anymore. I've got so many pictures to share with you but I need to make sure Chuck is home to do it. And I hate using our old computer. 😞 

 

So I need to find a good solution. Should I just move ALL my photos over to this new computer? If you have any suggestions, I'd love to hear them! 

Jack Rabbit

Do you remember when TV stations would go off the air at the end of the day? At a certain time each night the show would end and something like this would appear:

This is what we had in San Diego, I don't know if it was the same across the country. And when this showed up I knew it was past my bed time!

I thought about this the other day because our email isn't working. I thought about making the title of this post "Technical Difficulties" and that made me think of when you'd see that screen on TV and that made me think of the Sign Off screen... Chuck and I call that a 'Jack Rabbit', when your mind jumps from one thought to another to another. 😊 

So anyway, our email isn't working. So I'm not getting a lot of your posts that way and I'm not able to respond to your comments on my posts and I can't upload photos from my phone... we've been trying to figure out the problem but it's been quite a few days now and I think we're gonna have to call the tech and have them talk us through it.

We're in the process of planning a trip to Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. We've never been to those states before so we're looking at all the different things to do there. In Nashville there's a restaurant called Woolworth on 5th, it's in an old Woolworth store that was in the news during the civil rights movement. Plus, I worked at a Woolworth store in San Diego for 5 years right after high school so I'm really excited to see this one! We're going to the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, we're going to drive over the Selma Bridge... I can't wait!

Have you ever been those states? 

Do you have any suggestions for things we should see or do?  

What Month is This??

It's been such a long time since I've posted anything. I remember I need to post when I'm in the shower, or riding in the car. Not very convenient places to pull out the laptop...

We're all doing fine. Beth continues to work, and go to karaoke and art and bowling. She is coming up on her 1 year anniversary at work! The longest she's ever held a job! We're so proud of her and are planning a surprise for her.

Her karaoke group is planning a production of Grease, one of Beth's favorite movies! She first wanted to try out for the part of Sandy but is now talking about Patti Simcox, the bouncy cheerleader. Not sure what roll Beth will get but the tryouts begin tomorrow.

I've been working a second job (part time) doing data entry for a friend's business. That's something I could do for hours without even blinking an eye. I LOVE data entry.

I'm still not comfortable with photos on this computer, or on my phone! I've taken pictures of Beth with her new glasses, but just the thought of getting them onto this blog terrifies me. I just don't want to take the time to figure out all the steps. I'm making a photo book for Chuck's sister and I must have spent 2 hours trying to get the photos from my thumb drive to Shutterfly. For the life of me I couldn't figure it out! Finally saved them to my desktop but even THAT didn't work. I was on the verge of tears when I just had to walk away. Chuck looked at it when he got home and figured out I had saved them as Shortcuts. Sigh. I deleted all of them and had to start again. Ugh!

Our basement is flooding, did I tell you? We have a daylight basement and I went down to the craft room to work on a scrapbook and the carpet is soaked. Had a friend come take a look and he couldn't find anything that might be causing it. He went under the house to check pipes but everything is bone dry under there. He suggested moving a downspout from next to the house and divert it so the water drains away from the house, but that was the only thing he saw. We're hoping and praying it's not a cracked foundation.

BUT, it's Spring in the great Northwest! The last couple of days have been sunny and in the high 50's. Flowers are starting to bloom, the air is drying out, it's really been glorious!

I think about you all more than you know! I hope you're doing well! Til next time...

Technologically Challenged

I've been putting off writing on here because there is a photo I want to upload of Beth. (My sister brought up a box of temporary hair coloring and we tried a few strands on Beth's hair.) But we have a new computer and I've been trying to learn Windows 8 and just the thought of uploading a photo in this new format makes me nervous! :)

We also got smart phones. For the first time ever, I'm able to go on-line with my phone, take pictures, upload them to facebook and even send an e-mail!! With! My! Phone! I know, I'm really dating myself.

But I decided to Just! Do! It! Upload the picture and write a blog post!

I got out my camera but couldn't find the chord. I looked and looked but it wasn't where it was supposed to be: in the little cloth pouch by the computer. I finally found it under the computer desk, in the bin that holds all of our chords and chargers and... I got everything hooked up but couldn't for the life of me find the photo! I looked in a few folders but it just wasn't there.

Then I remembered.

I took the picture with my phone.

Ummm, how do I get pictures from my phone to my computer? Does my phone have a chord that I plug into the computer? I think I can upload the photo directly from my phone to my blog, but I have no idea how to do that yet!

Sorry guys. You're gonna have to wait a while longer to see that picture!

The Longest Time

I do believe this is the longest I've gone without writing a post. My sister arrived on Christmas Eve and was here for more than 2 weeks. We'd get up in the morning, she'd fix coffee and I'd have tea, then we'd sit at the kitchen table talking for hours. She left on Friday night and I have to go back to work tomorrow. Ugh. Can't believe it's over.

Our computer died. That was fun. Although we did go buy a new one yesterday! This new laptop has a touch screen and I've really enjoyed working on it. We are learning Windows 8 and the keyboard has lights behind it. It really is nice.

I got a new smart phone for Christmas and have been learning how to use it. Technology sure is an interesting thing. When it works, it's wonderful. But when you don't know how to use it...

I have a few pictures for you... but can't figure out how to get them from my phone to my blog. My first instinct is to plug my phone into the computer, upload them... I still have so much to learn. :)