D is for Dragon

It's been a while since I did a post for my Alphabet "Soup-er" Idea. I'm only up to the letter D. And I regret selecting the word "dragon." But I'll try anyway.

I don't know if dragons exist or ever existed. I'm talking about the fairy-tale-type dragons that fly and breathe fire and can swat you with their massive tails. They are pretty impressive creatures.

I do know there are dragon-type lizards. A sister of a friend of mine bought her son (the sister's son) a bearded dragon for Christmas. Apparently the sister had to keep it in her own room for a few days in order to keep the gift a surprise. This meant she had to take care of it. Unfortunately this also meant the bearded dragon bonded with her in a way that the son hasn't been able to do. I haven't had any updates on this situation for a while, so maybe the dragon's cold shoulder has melted.

And now I am reminded of the movie How to Train Your Dragon, which I really enjoyed. I wanted a dragon after watching it! Since I don't know if dragons exist, I'm guessing it couldn't happen. I'd have to settle for the bearded kind! 😁

I'm not saying I want a bearded dragon. In fact, I really don't want one. It probably would get attacked by a cat!

Part of the Time

After my failed experiment in going back to work full-time last Fall, I am going to look for a part-time job. I'm at the point in my life where going to a place of employment for 40 hours a week is more than I want to do! So part-time for me it is.

There are always part-time accounting/bookkeeping positions opening up. The criteria for me are location and industry. Want something close by. Hoping for something meaningful. I'm not in a rush, so I will be picky.

Wish me luck!

It's Been a Week

Lew is doing much better after his acrobatics of last Saturday. You can read a little more about this in Monday's post. Although I was able to persevere, I'm really not gifted in the "pioneer woman" area!

This week also featured the adventure of getting my computer running properly. I wrote about this in Thursday's post. The computer is still working great, which is a good thing because of Glen's text to me this morning: "Hope it's still working because your installation warranty just expired." Ha ha! (I do love Glen's sense of humor.)

One thing I haven't mentioned yet is that my car wouldn't start on Wednesday! Ugh! Lew got it started by using this battery-pack thingamajig (a technical term), and it's been running okay since then.

How was YOUR week?

😊

Thankful

I'm still celebrating the revival of my computer!

And that is all for today.

😊

Doctor Josh and Surgeon Glen

Over three months ago I wrote a blog post about how my computer was Whirring and Buzzing. I mentioned the possible need to purchase a new one, which would be fine since I was back to working full-time.... Ha! Regular readers of my blog know that I only lasted three weeks in that job!

Not wanting to spend money on a new computer, I've been trying to figure out how to get my current computer to run faster.... Unsuccessful.

Two days ago (Tuesday) nephew Josh came up in the afternoon to give his opinion on the state of my computer. Diagnosis: the hard disk drive (HDD) was dying.

Brother-in-law Glen suggested replacing the HDD with a solid state drive (SSD). He even offered to do the swap for me. This would be much, much cheaper than buying a whole new machine.

So Glen came up Tuesday night to do the work. He had a disk duplicator machine which would clone my old Toshiba HDD to a brand new Samsung SSD. The HDD was so near death that it took about three hours to clone!

And then the SSD didn't work in my computer. Turns out that my Dell Inspiron model doesn't like Samsung. (We read online forums that provided this assessment.)

Today Lew and I went to Best Buy and purchased a SanDisk SSD. Josh set up the cloning process this afternoon, and Glen came up after he got home from work to install the new SSD.

And the SanDisk SSD worked! If I could do cartwheels, I would have done one! 🤸

It is so nice to have my computer working normally again. Many thanks to Josh for the initial diagnosis and to Glen for performing the much-needed surgery on my machine.

HOORAY!!!

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Dad 656: The Routine Continues

(Dad writes today. More snow is coming! ~ Tracy)

 

Derf Here! The day is starting off as a nice winter day. However, this afternoon and early evening it is supposed to become wintery. Hopefully the storm is over by sometime tomorrow. Our snow cover has caught up with the average (almost) throughout the state. We hit February next week. Winter is about half over. Please hurry the last half.

 

A short post today about our continued visits to Mary Lou. Did miss a couple days due to our last storm. Tracy still stops in after lunch and I show up for the late afternoon. We give Lou some Ensure (usually two) daily. She remains able to carry on conversations. She gets quizzed about family members, and it seems she recalls Bode the best of everyone! I leave her after she receives dinner and I get home around 5:30 PM. We try not to miss a day, so hope for no bad storms. Our daily routine is working out well.

 

Until next time!

 

Toodle Pip!

 

Derf!

Pioneer Woman

We got several inches of snow overnight and during the day today.

Mid-afternoon I went outside to brave the elements. I cleared off the porch steps and trudged through the snow to feed the critters.  (The critters are the birds that come to Lew's birdfeeders.)

Normally Lew does all of the outdoor chores, so why was I a pioneer woman today? And yesterday? And Saturday?

Answer: Lew took a tumble on the ice Saturday morning and hurt his lower back! He says he is feeling some improvement, but he still is not able to move without pain.

As for me, I'm getting to clean out the pooperia*, too!

*Cat litter boxes.