And you wonder why I wanted a MAC?

The start to my day isn’t the what I wanted.  I came into turn on my Dell desktop with XP professional no doubt and it locks up in the loading window’s phase.  You wonder why I wanted a MAC?    To each his own right?  A friend of mine says after the research she has done she never get a MAC, I asked her about it then she mentioned about having to make changes to “graphics” and that others in a scrapbooking community complain about not being able to open some kits.  I don’t have an issue with my Macbook.  I even have a copy of photoshop elements on it.  Once I tackle the blasted text tool then I will be scrapping on my laptop here or there.  But I can open jpegs, gifs, and pngs with no issues.  So I am unsure what others are having a hard time with.  I don’t even need winzip to open a zip file,  Mac can open it fine.

The only reason I was going to keep my desktop was the fact of Paint Shop Pro.  I am a seasoned user and also because of the mail program Incredimail because I make skins for them and have done some custom orders for a set with includes a screensaver.  But right now I have no tolerance with Window issues.

I am going to purchase the program needed to use windows on my mac in the near future and see how it works just for a few reasons.

1.  Paint Shop Pro

2.  Gaming…there are a few games I like to finally get to play like CSI Miami

I really think if Corel made a version of Paint Shop Pro that was MAC compatible, they would open up doors to a lot of Mac users…. and profits too!

So will I spend my day today troubleshooting windows?  I sure as hell hope not!

When we lost power

When we lost our power not even a month ago, from the remnants of hurricane Ike, it was out for over three days.  We lost all our food in our chest freezer and refrigerators and I had just did my big monthly shop the week before.  Plus the cost of eating out then having to replace it all, really added up.  But since it drove us nuts sitting here in the quiet.  Where we live, the power tends to go off a lot.  So we have been talking about investing into one of those wind up radios.  My 16 year old just laughs at us because he thinks there is no such thing.  Just wait until we order it and it arrives.  Maybe I will get him one of those instead of an MP3 player for Christmas, and he can work some energy up winding it up to listen to music!!

Cell crazy

I wish that I had one of those unlocked cell phones right about now.  I am having some trouble with the cell phone I have and wish I could just go out and buy any phone I wanted, and not be limited too just the brands carried by our carrier.  I know my phone isn’t that old and it will be replaced, but even my daughter’s phone is going to need replaced too and we got ours within a matter of three days apart.  I thought the phone I got was the best except from the step up with the tough screen instead of buttons.  But it certainly would be nice to be able to buy any phone I wanted and it would work.

Want to go shopping for

I want to go shopping this weekend for a treadmill.  I been tossing the hints to my hubby for a while now, he thinks we don’t have the room.  But I say you make room!  He quit smoking this past January and has gained a little weight.  I been looking at the expense of joining a local gym but they want a two year contract commitment and with the economy the way it is, I just do not feel comfortable committing to that.  But I want a treadmill.  I know it is something I would use a lot and encourage my hubby to get on at least a half hour a day.  So hoping this weekend he will sit down with me and shop!

If only he showered more

Being a caregiver can be very frustrating and hard sometimes.  My dad has some habits I just can not seem to break.  For example the eating at the computer, I see some chocolate from his ice cream on the carpet that I am going to have to scrub out in a little bit.  But also his bathing habits are not too good.  He has so much acne on his back, I see and I just cry.  Sometimes when he has to be hospitalized I wonder if they somehow look down at me since I am his caregiver.  I can’t force him to get into the tub, I ask each and every day, I settle for a weekly bath instead of his once a month to every six weeks!!  I guess old habits are hard to break!

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