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Thinking of getting a backup laptop

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I’ve been thinking of getting a new computer to use as a backup computer. I got a new Laptop in February because my other laptop was about five years old and it was getting very slow and wasn’t working all that well.

Now I’ve noticed that my new laptop is acting up. It really shouldn’t be .. I even had to completely wipe the hard drive and reload all the software but just three weeks later it’s acting up again … so I’m not confident in my “new” laptop. So .. now I’m thinking of a backup laptop. It doesn’t have to be a high end fancy laptop – just reliable.

I’ve been looking at some of the acer laptops and I found a couple that I’m interested in.

Before I go and buy another laptop (the one I bought in February is an Asus) and end up unhappy … perhaps my readers can tell me what they think of Acer Laptops?

Time to haul out the the Wii and do a little Cardio Boxing

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I was upstairs in one of our spare bedrooms earlier today and I came across my balance board for my Wii. A flush of guilt came over me when I discovered the board because I haven’t used it in oh … two years!

I’ve used the Wii game more recently than the Wii board, but not all that often. I love doing things like cardio boxing. Now that the weather is beginning to get cooler and I’ll be cooped up in the house more I probably should start using the Wii more often again. I wish I could find something my husband would like on the Wii … hmmm maybe the wii guitar since he is after all a musician. LOL

Do you Wii? If you do, do you use it as a game or as a form of fitness? As you can see I use it more for fitness than game although I find it fun either way.

Just got an invite to a great Halloween party

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Every few years my friend likes to throw a wild Halloween party. She just sent out the party invitations and I just received mine. This is one party we won’t miss!

Now … all I need to do is decide what I’m going to make for the party – I always make something very creatively edible and two … decide what kind of costume to wear oh and I suppose what kind of costume my husband might want to wear too.

Hmmm maybe something like this sexy maid costume but I have a feeling it might a little too cold around here by then for something like that! At least I have a little bit of time to think about it.

Do you go to Halloween parties? Do you dress up?

I wish we had a pool in our backyard!

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I wish our property were big enough to have a pool!

I got a little envious earlier today when I noticed a neighbor having some pool maintenance done. I was inside my house when this big truck with these huge colored canisters on the back pulled up in front of their house and then the sound of a pump started up. At least I’m fairly certain it was a pool cleaning service.

I wasn’t sure that this house had a pool but earlier in the summer, on a very hot summer day I saw a bunch of kids wander out of the yard wrapped in towels and that along with a truck that said something about pool heat pumps about a month before that confirmed my suspicion … yep … those lucky devils have a pool!

My yard is so small the best I can do is a big hot tub or a pond. LOL

Spending a sunny afternoon at the neighbors

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My husband and I were outside today enjoying the sunshine, the warm weather and getting a little yard work done.

While I was out front with our dog one of our neighbors came over and asked if we wanted some herbs. He and his partner had planted a little herb garden at the front of their house earlier this summer and it’s doing very well. So well in fact that they have plenty to share.

My husband was cutting the grass when our neighbor came over, so I’d gone over to his house on my own with our dog and my husband joined us when he finished our tiny yard.

Once we were done talking about the little herb garden our neighbor brought us into his backyard to show us some of his other plants and we end up sitting on his patio with some of his roommates and having a few drinks. Correction … my husband had a few drinks – I had a Pepsi since I can’t drink with my migraine meds.

By the time we were heading home I think we’d ended up being over at the neighbors for about two hours and we’d exchanged dinner invitations between us. We used to spend more time with these particular neighbors a few years ago, but we haven’t spent much time with them lately. Perhaps that’s about to change again. It was fun spending some time with our friend this afternoon.

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