Good Morning Gg's

I've been a good girl all week. It's nurses week, and you could not imagine all the junk that has been floating around at work. You name it, it was there. I did have some. I always have something, so I pick and choose. I dobn't believe in totally depriving myself, I know I'll end up eating more later. And Yesterday there was a "lunch and learn" at work that I attended. There was food there also. After the class I had 1 small piece of vegiterian pizza and a small salad. that was lunch and breakfast. I have been eating well and exercisng most days, along with my weights and my hula-hoop. And, and course, it's worked. it always does. I just don't always do it.

Rosie, I know today will be hard for you, saying goodby to your friend. My thoughts and prayers are with you and her family. And Congratulations to you girl! What an accomplishment. and so many more to come. You are going to amaze yourself and your family in the months to come, at the things you are going to be able to do!

Isabella, I too thought your BIL might be able to have treatment. He must have been very sick when it was found. Prayers.

Bobbi, Good luck on the Tea. Hope things go well. I know there is a special place in heaven for people like you.

Jess, I'm with you! After work a couple of days i'm totally beat. The thought of retirement is soooo welcome. And then I'm off a few days and i'm bored. I guess I'm using to living off adrenalin. I worked Thursday and it was a particurally bad day. We have to get patients "down" to our floor by 2. The beds were not ready on our floor because the housekeeper hadn't cleaned them. We cleaned them ourselves, AND mopped the floor. First time for everything. But we got through it and looking back i'm pretty proud of us.

Gayle, I'm so sorry you feeling like that. I guess we all do at times. If I waited to feel like exercising I might never do it. I set times when I know I will have the time and I know I have to just get up and do it. Don't leave it up to "wanting to". I know you can do it! Just make a note to yourself and stick it on the fridge.

Carol Sue, I don't ever think of myself as Thin either. I always think I need to lose weight, even when everyone is telling me to stop, enough! Body image is a funny thing. Taking picture along the way is a good idea.

Deb, very day is a new beginning, a new day to get it right. I couldn't do it without planning. Making a menu for myself is a must. Just deciding as I go never works for me. too many temptations.

Mary, My husband had problems breathing, a few years ago. The doctors had a hard time figuring out what was happening, even diagnosed him with some things that I KNEW he didn't have. He passed all the breathing tests and they still said he had COPD. I knew that wasn't right! Finally found out, with an upper GI that I talked the Dr. into doing, that he had a hieatal hernaia that was being irritated every time is diaphram raised.

Hi to the rest of you.

Freda

When I was a child in the 1950s, the bathing suit for the mature figure
was-boned, trussed and reinforced, not so much sewn as engineered. They were
built to hold back and uplift, and they did a good job.

Today's stretch fabrics are designed for the prepubescent girl with a figure
carved from a potato chip.

The mature woman has a choice, she can either go up front to the maternity
department and try on a floral suit with a skirt, coming away looking like a
hippopotamus that escaped from Disney's Fantasia, or she can wander around
every run-of-the-mill department store trying to make a sensible choice from
what amounts to a designer range of fluorescent rubber bands.

What choice did I have? I wandered around, made my sensible choice and
entered the chamber of horrors known as the fitting room. The first thing I
noticed was the extraordinary tensile strength of the stretch material. The
Lycra used in bathing costumes was developed, I believe, by NASA to launch
small rockets from a slingshot, which gives the added bonus that if you
manage to actually lever yourself into one, you would be protected from
shark attacks. Any shark taking a swipe at your passing midriff would
immediately suffer whiplash.

I fought my way into the bathing suit, but as I twanged the shoulder strap
in place I gasped in horror, my boobs had disappeared!

Eventually, I found one boob cowering under my left armpit. It took a while
to find the other. At last I located it flattened beside my seventh rib.

The problem is that modern bathing suits have no bra cups. The mature woman
is now meant to wear her boobs spread across her chest like a speed bump. I
realigned my speed bump and lurched toward the mirror to take a full view
assessment.

The bathing suit fit all right, but unfortunately it only fitted those bits
of me willing to stay inside it. The rest of me oozed out rebelliously from
top, bottom and sides. I looked like a lump of Playdoh wearing undersized
cling wrap.

As I tried to work out where all those extra bits had come from, the
prepubescent sales girl popped her head through the curtain, "Oh, there you
are," she said, admiring the bathing suit.

I replied that I wasn't so sure and asked what else she had to show me. I
tried on a cream crinkled one that made me look like a lump of masking tape,
and a floral two-piece that gave the appearance of an oversized napkin in a
serving ring.

I struggled into a pair of leopard-skin bathers with ragged frills and came
out looking like Tarzan's Jane, pregnant with triplets and having a rough
day.

I tried on a black number with a midriff fringe and looked like a jellyfish
in mourning.

I tried on a bright pink pair with such a high cut leg I thought I would
have to wax my eyebrows to wear them.

Finally, I found a suit that fit, it was a two-piece affair with a
shorts-style bottom and a loose blouse-type top. It was cheap, comfortable,
and bulge-friendly, so I bought it. My ridiculous search had a successful
outcome, I figured.

When I got it home, I found a label that read, "Material might become
transparent in water."

So, if you happen to be on the beach or near any other body of water this
year and I'm there too, I'll be the one in cut-off jeans and a T-shirt!



You'd better be laughing or rolling on the floor by this time. Life isn't
about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain, with or
without a stylish bathing suit!

Karen Thankyou thankyou and thankyou,that made my day :hug: rosey :wave:

I haven't bought a swim suit in years although I have a few that I would never put on where anyone else could see me. They have made great strides in full figure suits, but most of the ones I have seen that would really be good for an older out of shape woman were in catalogs. They might have some nice ones in Lane Bryant but I never shop there. I am somewhere in between the largest regular size and the smallest full figure size, trying very hard not to graduate! LOL

Happy Mother's Day everyone!

Happy Mother's Day to everyone!! Enjoy this Beautiful Day!!!

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HAVE A GREAT DAY!

LYNN

I have had open heart surgery and at least 3 other heart events requiring a stent. One was 4 months after having a good stress test. None were considered a heart attack, although I had symptoms. Never have I had a chest pain. I have had shortness of breath, extreme fatigue, and my main symptom has been pain in my jaw on the left side. It wasn't severe pain, just there and caused me to reach up and rub my jaw in an effort to relieve it. Not everyone has chest pains, and they can be caused by something else. Be sure you are aware of the subtle signs of a heart attack, and never hesitate to get checked out. It's better to go to the ER and be told that you have indigestion than to wait and have a heart attack. If you call an ambulance, they EMT can check your vitals and will recommend whether you need to go to the hospital.

Happy Mother's Day my golden sisters ~ have a wonderful day.

The Mother's Day "Chopped" Event

My meal = appetizer
My ingredients – shrimp, crab, guava, Japanese Panko flakes, wheat berries

My son-in-law’s meal = entrée
His ingredients – steak, sour cream onion dip, squash, frosted flakes, wheat berries

My daughter’s meal = dessert
Her ingredients – refrigerator biscuit dough, kiwi, mascarpone cheese, cocktail hot dogs, wheat berries

Anyone want to guess what we made?
Lynn

Hi everyone. HAPPY MOTHERS DAY :cheer2::encore::cheer2: i hope your day is awsome filled with the ones you love. lynn that chopped dinner sounds like such fun so what did you all cook and did it taste good? i'm spending a quiet day and later we are going to visit my mil. yesterday wore me out,it was bitter sweet,heartwarming to see my friends family and friends gathered to honor her.it was anice service,filled with laughter and tears. i managed pretty well and was glad to have my girls with me. and oh my gosh was there alot of food. my friend was famous for her partys and lavish spreads and we did her proud. one of her girls brought me a big bouquet of flowers last evening. i find im tiring quicker with the walking with a cane. a bit wobbly and thinking every step so i dont fall. im glad to take it easy today. rosey :wave:

Glad you all had a nice mother's day. I, of course, spent the day attending my BIL's funeral and time with the family. It would have been really nice if it hadn't been a funeral. One of my other SILs and I stationed ourselves in the kitchen and helped get the food on the table. That's what she and I do. We make and serve food, lol. I ate too much...sigh...

Lynn, I'm going to take a stab at your Chopped menu. You all must have had such fun.

Appetizer: Breaded and baked/fried seafood served over a wheat berry salad with a guava based dressing/dip

Entree: Chicken fried steak using the Frosted Flakes as the breading, squash casserole made with the sour cream onion dip and a wheat berry pilaf

Dessert: A danish style pasty filled with a sweetened mascarpone filling and a sweet wheat berry pudding garnished with candied cocktail hot dogs, lol

I've got a lot of cycling to do this week to counteract the weekend but I'll probably only do what I usually do. DH took his bereavement day today and we went shopping. I bought a Shark floor steamer because I've heard so many good comments about them.

Gotta run. Catch you all later.

,
Hi Isabella,

Almost exactly! I added garlic to the seafood, and mandarin oranges and honey and raisins to the wheat berry salad.

My son-in-law put crunched frosted flakes on the squash (delicious) and made his wheat berries savory with onions, tomatoes, and garlic salt.

My daughter had the most trouble - the kiwi curdled her mascarpone cheese so she had to start over. She put the wheat berries, kiwi, and apples in the pastry & covered with a sweet mascarpone sauce. She sprinkled the carmelized hot dogs (NOT delicious) over the pastry. Without the hot dogs, was pretty good.

My favorite part of Chopped is trying to figure out what I would do with the ingredients. I think it is interesting that you guessed so close to what the 3 of us did.

Lynn

See link below -

http://blog.foodnetwork.com/healthye...wheat-berries/

Hi everyone. another beautiful day here sunny and warm.spent the morning doing my dd laundry.they dont have a washer and dryer where they are at and going to a laundromat is expensive and you never know who or what was in those machines ewww icky. i dont mind i like doing laundry lol. tomorrow we are headed to anchorage to see my grandson graduate. im so proud of him and the man hes become. we will be back wed. i'm thinking id like to do that chopped challenge with my dd's sounds like such fun. Hoping your day is filled with sunshine rosey :wave:

Hi Rosey,

It was a LOT of fun. My DD & SIL selected my ingredients; I & my DD selected my SIL's ingredients; and my SIL and I selected my DD's ingredients.

We then each had 1 hour to make our course & whoever cooked had to clean up.

I would definitely do this again.

Lynn

Been busy last couple days and tired later in the day so that's why I haven't posted. Had a lovely Mother's Day and felt very pampered as my dh gave me a corsage and after church we went to our dd's house. My sil had flowers and a $50 GC for me to my surprise! Our dd served a great dinner and we celebrated not only Mother's Day but her birthday which was actually today but her dh had to go out of town today. On the way home we stopped and visited an old friend in the hospital. Today we met our (and gc) at a restaurant for her birthday lunch. We had a nice time. Afterwards we went to the bx for a few things and planned to get my military ID as I lost it with the wallet I mentioned losing?/misplacing? a while back. Had to get a new SS card too. Anyway the office was no longer on base as the city has moved some of the military offices to a different site so we had to find the right place which happens to be not far from where we lived but we didn't know that. So we did a lot of running around and it was hot. Thank God our new car has AC but it was still tiring. By the time we were done there I was exhausted. I didn't get much housework done...cleaned bathrooms a little bit and stripped bed and did two loads of laundry...that's it. Still have to remake the bed and finish one load of laundry. Since we had a big meal at lunch we just snacked tonight. Hopefully I will manage to empty/fill the dishwasher before bed. Not sure the way I'm feeling.

On Sat I called tech support about the color fading in and out on my computer. Wasn't sure if it was a monitor problem or computer problem but it's been happening since about three or four months after I got the computer. Unfortunately I didn't keep after them about it. I called a couple times, thought they got it fixed and then shortly after it messed up again and I just lived with it. Now I am out of warranty. In the process of troubleshooting we shut down the computer and it wouldn't restart! They called Dell and they think it is the motherboard. So I had to pay $200 for the motherboard and I'm waiting for it to arrive, they said 3-5 days. I'm glad I have my iPad and phone but I sure miss my desktop! They think the motherboard was going out and it as affecting the color and the printer (it stopped working a couple days ago too). So that's why my sil gave me the Best Buy GC to help me pay for the GeekSquad installing it.
What a nice sil I have! :D

Lynn - Your Chopped Challenge sounds like fun!

Isabella - I'm amazed how well you did guess how the ingredients were used!

Rosey - How nice you got flowers too! You are a good mommy to help your dd by doing her laundry. I kind of enjoy doing laundry too, esp the folding of nice clean, warm clothes! Yes I can imagine you tire more using the cane. Hopefully you will build up your strength in time. Just do it for short times, very gradually increasing as you can, but rest between and don't overdo is my advice.

Marie - Your energy amazes me. I don't have nearly your energy. I realize I'm quite a bit older than you but sometimes I think I wear our faster than my dh who is eight years older than I even.

Well I need to get the bed remade before I forget and it's time for bed. You all have a good evening. I plan to sleep very good tonight. :D

It sounds like everyone had a nice Mother's Day. Mine was nice. Both step children came and gave me a card and gift. It's nice that they do that. Their mother passed away 20 years ago, and I did raise them from preteen age. I didn't serve dinner, but had meatball sandwiches and potato salad and they ate when they felt hungry. Not a big deal.

Bobbi - I think SS checks are entered at the opening of the business day so you should be ok.

Good Morning GG's

It's a beautiful day here too Bobbi. Sunny and not too cold. It got pretty warm yesterday and then turned cooler in the evening. I had a tract meet to go to and then a soccer game. I wore long pants and looked kind of out of place for the tract meet, but sure felt good at the soccer game. Mother day was nice. The kids came over and we went to the park and played ball and then went for ice cream. I had frozen yogurt, a small cone. Not bad. I also bought myself some cheap chocolates, Just he boxed morley creams. I love them and they are not toobad calorie wise. I have one a day. It's perfect with my cup of tea in the adternoon. I look forward to it and it soothes my craving for chocolate.

Rosie, Have fun at your GS's graduation. They grow so fast. One min the are little boys and the next min. they are grown.

Bobbi, Glad you got a handle on the finances thing. Is DH still behaving himself? I think if you call the bank you can request that they put the money into your account right away. Otherwise, I think it takes 3 days, which will still give you plenty of time. Your check isn't going to be deposited for awhile.

Marie, going for my first bike ride of the season today, with my DGD. Looking forward to it. It will NOT be 35 miles! ha! Not sure I could manage that. No, not right. I know I couldn't manage that, and I haven't had surgery.

Lynn, The chopped sounds like fun. But hotdogs? They just don't go with much and had to be a real challenge.

Mary, Glad you had fun with your kids for Mothers day.

Isabella, Good guess.

Carol Sue, When you raise kids, they are yours.

Donna, are you working too hard? Stop that!

Rie, are you home yet? Hope you had a good time.

Karen, are you feeling better?

Go out and make it a good day,

Freda

Hi Everyone,

A VERY rainy day here today.

Bobbi, yes - we watch Chopped on TV.

I really appreciated it that my DD & SIL were willing to play.

Tomorrow the 3 of us are going to a nearby museum - it has an exhibit of art from the Uffizi Museum in Italy.

No special plans today - just working on class stuff & condo association stuff. Nothing fun.

Lynn

Freda - I am wondering about your comment above that the check takes 3 days. I think Bobbi is talking about direct deposit of a social security check and that goes into your account at the start of business the day it is transferred. There is no 3 day wait. it's not the same as a check that you deposit. If this wasn't what you were referring to then I apoligize for butting in.

Hello Gals. Just got our satellite tv installed today and I'm not sure I like it. But now it's in it's staying. I guess it's just a matter of getting used to the different screen display and remote control. I haven't figured out how to use the volume button yet and have been adjusting using the volume on the tv. DSs will be here the weekend and I may just wait until then or maybe I'll read the manual. We have the cheapest package and that doesn't give us much to watch but DH usually sticks to a couple of channels, except when he's channel surfing (which drives me crazy). I don't have the food network or TLC or any of the movie channels. I guess I'll be more productive with my time.

Marie, swimming is definitely is not on the plan around here, burrrr.... It won't be warm enough until sometime in the middle of June or early July unless you're a brave sort of polar bear swimmer.

Oh my, I just hit the wrong button and posted, lol. I'm in edit finishing this post. :o

Bobbi, Isabella was my grandmother's name and her grandmother's name so guess what I may have to insist my first granddaughter be named? LOL I may not have much say on that one.

Now, I'm relying on memory and I'm drawing a blank even though I just read all the posts just a few minutes ago...think, think, think, think, think...nothing...

I remember Mary, Lynn, Freda and Rosey posted also but I'm drawing a blank on anyone else or what was said. Oh, yes, Mary needs a new mother board and had a nice mother's day and so did Carol Sue. I guess so did the rest of you. No one will ever accuse me of having a photographic memory!

The sun is shining and it's almost warm. The grass is green and the leaves are starting to burst forth. It's the best time of the year. I love that spring green.

Well, I'm gone to recover my memory. Have a good day.

Hi Marie,

I love going to museums, but I do NOT like to take a lot of time at one thing. My family teases me because I go through them so quickly.

I don't really know a lot about art, so I really like it when someone who does explains things to me.

I am NOT at all visual - totally auditory. I could NEVER be one of those persons who works with a police artist. I would recognize a voice in a minute, but not a photo.

Lynn

Hi Golden Chicks -

Just got back from visiting DS in D.C. last night. Had a great time but I got so sad when we were leaving. Better now - getting busy helps and increasing the meds too - I'm not kidding! I have to get caught up on the posts but when I saw that Marie had exercise cramping I wanted to get back to her right away. When I first bought coconut water I found it in health food stores and Whole Foods. This was almost a year ago. Now I have seen it in a few grocery stores and Walgreens, I think. They are starting to put it in some sports drinks. My husband drinks 5 or 6 ounces before strenuous exercise and about the same amount afterwards. I don't remember the exact comparison but it supposedly has more potassium than 5 bananas? not sure how many but more than you would want to eat. He is not one to take pills or vitamins so I don't know if a pill form of potassium would be as effective. Hope it helps.
I'll be back later.

Good Morning, never did get back yesterday to gab. I spent a few hours outside weeding. I haven't purchased any annual flowers yet this year, will do later today. We have a city wide rummage sale on Saturday. DH and I are bringing our left-over rummage sale stuff into town and set up in the park. Hope the weather is nice, suppose to be rainy.:mad:
Carol Sue, right you are. It was a direct deposit of DH's social security check. I logged unto my bank this morning and it's already deposited. We're safe!
I can't remember who asked about DH's behavior about the budget. Every time I got the chance, I hammered into his brain about how broke we were. Finally he got tired of hearing it...........I think he's got it. He put a nice rifle up for sale in one of the hunting magazines. It's from the 40's and never been shot, tags still on it. (He's hoping for $1,000 for it) Our budgeting will get much easier from now on, it was hard trying to pay everything with cash , paying the property taxes, license plates and then our 6 months worth of car insurance. Had to pay the whole 6 months to get a better deal. The big bills that arrived once or twice a year I divided by months and will deduct that amount monthly from the checking account. I won't write the check, just deduct it. Then when the property taxes are due again in October, the money will be in my account, same for the 6 month car insurance, license plates, etc. I have the online checking account program and it'll be easy to go back and delete all the deductions and write out one check.

I left a large venison roast out on the counter to thaw out last night, was going to refrigerate it at bedtime. I forgot about it, DH stuck it in the refrig at 6 this morning. He said to cook it well and we should be okay. Geeeeeeeeeeez, I don't know if I dare eat it, would it be a terrible thing if I let him eat it first? :D If he doesn't double over with stomach cramps, I'll try some. It was a large roast and frozen, it might not have been thawed out all that long. Time will tell, until then.............:kickcan::kickcan::kickcan:

Bobbi - I would not be as disciplined as you are, deducting part of the bill each month so the money will be in the account. I (and dh) would know that the money was actually in the account even though the checkbook balance didn't show it. Instead, I have a savings account connected to my checking account. I can go to the ATM and transfer money back and forth. If I want to set money aside for something, each month I transfer part of the money into savings and when it comes time to pay the bill, transfer it back into checking. It's the same concept, and we do know the money is there, but not seeing it in the checking account balance when we go to the ATM makes it easier to forget it's there.

Deelee and Marie - Be careful about taking potassium or something that is supplemented with potassium. Be sure the cramping you're having is from lack of potassium, because if not, too much potassium can be harmful.


Maryea - I am sorry to hear that you're having trouble with your computer, especially since you had trouble from the beginning and wasn't able to get it fixed during the warranty period. We are having problems with our computer but DH doesn't trust computer techs. (Sorry Marie! LOL) He always says it's better to just buy a new computer. He's saying the same thing about our car. It's having a problem and he wants to just get a new one. He thinks we have an ATM in our backyard. Just put your card in, and money comes out! LOL

I am making city chicken for dinner. I haven't made that for years. I had to get our my recipe to remember how to make it. I like it, but dh doesn't. Finally he told me he would eat it if I made it with veal instead of pork. I like it with veal or pork, so I bought some of each. It is breaded and ready to go and resting in the refrigerator. I am curious to see how it turns out. DH might just be making a run to McDonald's. LOL He is such a picky eater. I am so tired of making the same 4-5 meals over and over. He was never this bad before. So many things I used to make he won't eat anymore. I think he ate those other things so that the kids would eat them. Now that they are out of the house, he has limited his food choices. I will eat just about anything and I like to try new things. If I could do it over I would have wanted to marry one of those guys who will eat whatever you put in front of them as long as they have something to eat.

When my step children were growing up, I used to buy big cans of Chunky Soup and pour it over rice or noodles. They loved it, and I thought I made it up. Now, Campbells is advertising that on TV for a quick, inexpensive meal. They stole my idea.

Haven't gotten to the gym yet. Not sure I will. Dh went to his mens early am meeting at church. I'm glad he enjoys it but I would have a very hard time going anywhere that early in the am!! He sleeps in the recliner after he gets home and then wben I wake up we usually go to the gym but this am he said he's still too tired so he went back to bed. I'm trying to catch up with things around here as I haven't done much at home for several days. It's a beautiful day and I'm enjoying it. Got more bad news about the motherboard...it's now on back order and won't be sent until the 22nd. That feels like a long time to do without my computer. My life is on it! I have a app for my budget program (YNAB) on my phone and ipad but not the complete program. I can enter transactions but they are not yet connected to the Cloud so I have to sync with my desktop program and I hadn't done that recently so the app is off. So I'm just entering transactions....you know how I feel about my budget so I sorta feel like I'm spending with blinders on. Speaking of spending, Joe had his hearing tested again yesterday and sure enough he is now ready for hearing aides. I had a feeling he was the way his hearing seemed to be worsening. So they will cost $3500-$5000. Since they can wait a bit I'll start pushing bits of money toward that category in our budget now. Just means not as much can go toward travel but it's important. I offered to cancel our fall trip but he feels I need to see my family. We also have another trip planned for later on but don't think it will cost much.

About my computer again...I'm going to call Best Buy in a little bit and find out if the Gook Squad will cover the cost of the motherboard itself. If they will, I may just buy their $279.99 service agreement and have them install it. I already know that will cover the installation and if it also covers the motherboard too it would be a good deal since I will also be covered for two years on other stuff. I can cancel the order from Dell and get my $$$ back.

Slmn11 - My dh used to eat anything I set before him but as he gets older he is more picky. He is Filipino and although he still likes some American food he tends to want to eat Filipino food more and more. I'm ashamed I haven't fixed it more for him through the years ...I did some but not often enough. It wasn't til I was older that I thought about how I'd like it if I had to eat another type food that wasn't what I really wanted almost every day. But he never complained til the last few years. At least we have always eaten a lot of Asian type dishes, and he likes them. Now I try to also prepare a Filipino dish at least once or twice a month and sometimes weekly and regardless of what I fix I try to make sure we don't have many meals without rice in a row. It makes me feel badly when he doesn't like what I cook.

Sounds like your dh has a money tree in the back yard! Perhaps he hasn't told you about it? ;) My dh suggested maybe it would be just as cheap to buy a new computer but I don't think so, not one I want anyway. If I can do it for less than $300 at least and if the motherboard fixes it. If it doesn't I won't be happy about what I did. I'm going to have them test it with another monitor at their shop and make sure before they do the work but I'll probably have to pay for the service plan before that and not sure if I can get my money back. Will ask about that too.

Bobbi - Sounds like your dh is beginning to get it. We all need a wake-up call at some point I think. My dh has always depended on me to do the budgeting but he is very frugal and almost always asks me before he spends much. One exception, many years ago he bought an over-the-pickup camper without asking me. He had mentioned it, just never said he was buying it. But we managed and enjoyed it. Recently since we've been doing well on our budget, I've actually felt I had to tell him he can loosen up a bit and spend more. I mean he's 77 if he doesn't buy what he wants now (within reason/budget), when will he? So he spends a bit more freely but still doesn't go overboard and still usually asks about the budget first.

Marie - The gc will help with the computer expense so I am grateful. I wish dh knew how to work on computers. I'm sure he'd be quick learner if someone taught him, but I can't and I don't want him fumbling around in there not really knowing what he's doing. He's very handy with most things but dosn't know anything about computers. If my oldest gs were here I'd have him do it but he's away at college.

Well it's finally time to call Best Buy (don't open until 10 am!). Let you know what happens. I SO miss my desktop!

Well, things have changed. Called Best Buy and they will have to ship it out to fix plus hardware would not be covered under the Geek Squad agreement. Called a local tech and he said it's not worth doing as my computer is now only worth about $125. He does not sell computers so wasn't pushing anything. Very nice guy and helped me understand a lot. He said often when they do install a motherboard it doesn't fix the problem as they find other things wrong. I would definitely go to him for smaller repairs. So guess we're going computer shopping today..love a new computer but it's bittersweet as we need the money for other things. We will start at Best Buy...I don't care for that store but I do have the GC to help out, but I will also check other places too. Have to get ready to go out. Talk later again if I have time.

ETA: My printer is also not working! It's old so probably not worth fixing too.