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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?

Trying to encourage my husband to keep on blogging

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My husband hasn’t been writing in his blogs as much as he used to. I’m trying to figure out a way to get him interested in blogging again.

I think part of the reason is because he usually ends up doing his work on the desktop computer and I don’t think he likes sitting there as much as he used to. So … I’m thinking about looking at clearance laptops to see if I can find a decent yet inexpensive laptop for him. He might enjoy being able to blog where ever he wants to write a lot more.

I think the other reason he’s slacked off on the blogging is because he just hasn’t been finding topics to talk about that really interest him. He’s a musician, but articulating his interests in the written word isn’t that easy for him. His posts are good when he does write so I’m going to keep encouraging him.

Almost finished setting up the garden for summer

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My husband and I have been working so hard in the garden the last couple of weeks. It’s really shaping up. I think it’s going to be the place to be this summer.

I was out in the garden earlier this afternoon after it had been raining most of the day and the roses just smelled heavenly … oh yes, I have lots of roses that have the old rose smell and it’s fantastic .. that’s why I said that the garden is the place to be.

The only thing missing from our garden or backyard – as my husband would say, is one of those dlp lcd projectors. He’s always wanted one of those to use outside for movies. You see our yard faces the back of our neighbors house and he figures we could just project a movie right onto our neighbors wall while sitting in our lovely garden surrounded by flowers and lovely smells. Pretty cool idea eh?

I’ll think about it … maybe we’ll do it this year.

Free cool software from Microsoft

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The other day my husband and I were shopping at a local Best Buy store and we noticed that they had a Windows Tent outside the store.

As it turned out the Windows staff were there to promote the Windows Live software and one of the guys showed me the photo editing software which was really cool. You know, the photo editing “to the cloud” software that you see in the television commercials where you can pick out the best background or the best smile. Like I said it was really cool. I already have the software on my computer but I haven’t used it … now I think I’ll give it a try.

They also talked about how Windows gives you 25 gb of free Cloud disk space. You can use it like one of those free data backup services if you wanted to or to share data with others if you gave them permission to access files. It’s definitely worth using – I mean it’s free and it’s not like Microsoft is going to let it’s servers crash!

My crocuses are blooming

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I was out in my backyard this afternoon and I noticed that my crocuses were not only pushing up through the snow that shouldn’t be covering the yard (we had a snow last week) but that some of them are blooming!

I quickly went back inside the house and got out my camera to take some pictures. I always take a few photos of the first flowers of the year. I always know spring is truly here once the crocuses begin to bloom.

Speaking of taking pictures. I’m thinking of getting a new camera for when I’m out hiking on the trail. Is anyone familiar with the new trail cameras? I hadn’t really heard of them before but they look kind of cool and feature wise they sound quite good. I might check one out when I’m in a store this weekend.

So … does anyone else have flowers coming up in their yard or garden beds too? Isn’t it nice?

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