Hello - Idiots!

Rant 1) Ok - I'm soooooooooooooooo sick and tired of people whining that their cars are "encased in ice". Didn't you realize that maybe during the storm you should start digging out & also that once the storm ended you needed to completely dig out again - this mean removing the snow from around your vehicles tires & shoveling the snow and ice from your driveway so you can easily get out. We dug out several times during the storm & had absoultely no problems at all getting out of the driveway & to work.

Rant 2) When the hell are people going to realie that it's super dangerous to leave the snow/ice on top of their vehicles hoods/trunks/roofs? I've heard several stories - including one from my hubby who personally witnessed this happening - of ice/snow flying off of vehicles & hitting other vehicles - smashing their windshields and causing injury. If you think about it - this ice/snow is traveling just as fast as the car is and at 55-65 miles per hour is a projectile object that can potentially cause life threatening injuries! Let's be smart people!

So today was a snow day for both for both high school & college - which means 2 teens at home with "nothing to do". Actually CJ discovered that sliding down a steep hill on ice encrusted snow was a lot of fun - so he spent most of the day doing that. Tabi slept a good part of the morning and then decided "hey I think I'll have some friends over..."

While I really don't have a problem with most of he kids' friends - there are a few I'm not crazy about, and luckily they weren't the ones that came over. I also don't have a problem with my kids having a few friends over - but dang - at one point there were 9 kids here & that got real old real quick!

Grrrr - come snow & ice, melt a little bit so school & college will both open up and so I can have my house back again!

Hello Weatherman!

I know, I know, I know - you're really not supposed to take the Weatherman's prediction as "gospel" - but that being said - please don't tease us with a threat of 10+ inches of snow only to switch everything up to 1-3" of snow. Dang it - I was hoping to get a day off work this week!

Make A Snowman!

For those snowy days - when it's just too cold to go outside and make a snowman - you can now make a snowman from the comfort of your home. Check this out:

http://www.pimpmysnowman.com/pimpmysnowman/game/#

Boy did I have all kinds of fun with this website!

Enjoy!

A new computer!

After months (if not years) of "acting up" and causing me much pain & grief, earlier this week my Dell Inspiron 5150 finally just up & died - although I was a bit distraught over the fact that I lost tons of pictures I had scanned in & some of my college work, I was pretty psyched when I realized that I'd more than likely be buying a new computer.

After doing a bit of research online at work, and talking to a few people who seemed pretty knowledgeable, we bought a laptop a few nights ago - an HP Pavilion DV2000 with Windows Vista. Although I was very skeptical of buying a computer with Windows Vista this early in the game, I decided to take the plunge. I'm pleased to say that after 2 days of fairly heavy use - I'm pretty impressed with both Windows Vista and the HP Pavilion DV2000. Not only is this laptop fast - but it's quiet & has tons of features that my Dell didn't.

I like the fact that it's pretty lightweight (around 5 lbs or so) and then it puts off virtually no heat when running. I also like the single touch conrols at the top of the laptop near the screen - that allow you to operate the DVD/CD player, volume controls, etc.


As it turns out, my Dell laptop is fixable - all it needs is a new hard drive and a reload of the operating system - but I'm still glad we went ahead and purchased a new laptop as I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the Dell dies again. Meanwhile, we'll use it as a backup computer - the kids can use it for their homework, for surfing the web, downloading their music files, etc.