Tied up in Wires

My laptop is not wireless and it needs to be.  What is the point of having a wireless in this day and age and NOT be wireless, I ask.  This computer is only about five years old… it’s not that the technology wasn’t available. But it might have been new. Or I was too cheap. Probably a combination of both that made me decide on the conservative side that the extra expense just wasn’t worth it to me.

Well now it is and I have been looking around. I grabbed a wireless card for my current laptop on my way out of town for a social networking seminar. Unfortunately, the card didn’t work so I was unplugged for the whole convention. When I got back I began researching wireless options with new laptops.  I stumbled upon the Acer Aspire and have really had to work hard not to buy it.  I’ll look into it after the holidays, but for now, too many holiday expenses to go laptop shopping, know what I mean?

I know lots of people are buying BIG when it comes to laptops right now. Big monitors and such. But I am into the smaller netbooks.  The size is much more convenient for travel and since I depend on my car and coffee shops to be my office away from home, I need to consider the compact design for saving space.

But since the biggest thing I need to consider at the moment is my budget, I’ll have to suffer through for a little longer, locked in my basement, trying to be creative, bound to a laptop with cords.  I’m not complaining though.  I could be trapped with NO laptop and NO internet. Then I’m afraid life wouldn’t even be worth living!

“Shopping for my kids” and “on a budget” are two of the crappiest phrases I can put together. I am not very good at doing it, and I know I spend too much, but it’s not really something I am willing to change. But I am willing and determined to give it more thought, make [...]

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My computer is constantly getting bogged down by its cluttered up hard drive. It is on my list to clear up the junk. It is on my list to research storage solutions. It is on my list to have breakfast but here it is almost noon and I have not even accomplished that. I don’t [...]

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I am a stone cold bitch when it comes to decorating my Christmas tree. At least I have been up until now. It is not easy to admit that because Christmas and holiday decorating are supposed to conjure up images of comfort and joy, not a mad woman barking instructions and rolling her eyes. “Too [...]

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When I first heard the term “staycation” earlier this year I thought it was lame.  I know it was supposed to put a positive spin on the fact that many of us could not afford vacations this year, but to me it just represented the poor economy and individual hard times being felt across the [...]

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I did something so dumb this week. I can’t even claim that I never did it before. I do it a lot, actually. Usually the consequences are a little discomfort on my own behalf. Or are these only the consequences I see at the time?  What is this dumb occasional habit I have? I skip [...]

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When I was out this weekend shopping for my daughter’s November 1st birthday I could not believe the amount of Christmas stuff on display.  I know that every year I am surprised at the early appearance of the holiday goodies on the shelves but this year it seems like so much.  I have never been [...]

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We lost another pet and it is really disappointing.   It’s been three days since we tried to revive our turtle Joey from what we were all frantic to believe was just a deep deep sleep.  But he didn’t wake up.  You might remember the telling of putting our hamster to sleep last year when [...]

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My Son, almost 14, brought home a progress report last week that I am so proud of. He had a “D” in art class, a “C-” in Language Arts, an “A” in gym, and “Bs” in Science and Social Studies.  I’ll tell you why that is so fantastic and how it happened.
In case you haven’t [...]

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This is a train of thought from my own little mind today, there is no medical basis or research that I have pursued to support it whatsoever.  It has to do with dieting during cold and flu season.
It’s a common joke people make. “I lost 6 pounds since I had the flu. Yay! I need [...]

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