Friday Thoughts
Friday, 18. September 2009Today marks the end of what became a full week. Other than fetching the groceries, I’m taking it relatively easy today.
On Monday, in addition to talking with you all via my post, I cleaned the house thoroughly and mowed the lawn. I even made lasagna and a nice green salad for supper.
Tuesday I helped a friend from the group get at least started on the path of resurrecting his dead Vista laptop. Have I shared how much distaste I have for nearly all things Microsoft? Oh, yeah. I did. Well, just for the record, Vista when it crashes bites the big one. We managed to get the system restored to the original factory settings, and get my friend back in business at a functional level. There are more challenges to get it where it should be, but for now it is working for him.
It turned out that my wife was home both on Wednesday and Thursday so I made the most of the opportunity and did visitations both days. In that scenario the princess did not have to spend all day in her cage. I was not really up for the visitation, but once I got going it went well and I felt good about having done it.
A number of the persons who need to be visited in any given month are victims of dementia or of Alzheimer’s. In many cases it is quite saddening to see persons in such mental states. I did have one visit this week that ended up being somewhat humorous unintentionally.
I bought a new webcam. This one has a built-in microphone and low light adjustment. It also sits nicely on the top of my monitor. I may actually use this one. 
Any takers?
One of the group took a picture that included me at the dinner last Friday. When he shared the picture with me, my thoughts were, “Lordy! Lordy! Lordy!”. Or should that have been “Lardy! Lardy! Lardy!” I must get control of the weight again!
I had a chance to use a bit of my newly learned Spanish during one of my visits. I was trying to find my way through a labyrinth of hallways at an unfamiliar care facility when I ran into a workman and asked directions. He was a Latino man and with his broken English and my broken Spanish we got the job done.
Have an enjoyable weekend, everyone!
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That’s a wrap.
Sending HUGS to all!
Something must be wrong with my computer. It’s been running Vista since it was in Release Candidate mode and it has not crashed a single time. Not once. That’s two years with 100% success rate. Obviously I’m not doing something right.
Yes, I’m being a little sarcastic, and I apologize for that. However, I’m not exaggerating. I’ve had perfect performance from Vista. I just got good luck I guess.
I’m definitely not a fan of Microsoft’s anti-competitive practices, but I’m not a fan of Apple’s bad practices either. There is one MS product that I absolutely think is the bees knees: OneNote. I use it constantly and I think I would die if MS decided to drop it. I love it so much, if OneNote was a man I would marry it!
Ok, I’ll shut up now. LOL
“a built-in microphone and low light adjustment. It also sits nicely on the top of my monitor”?!
Naughty! I’m in.
I paid for the XP “downgrade”, and I’m glad I did.
Hmmm. I don’t have a camera, but I like to watch.
Cheers.
Me too on the XP downgrade. Vista bites, plain and simple.
I love it when people can communicate without being totally fluent in each other’s languages. I bet it makes Spanish-speakers more comfortable, too, when we attempt to speak their language rather than always forcing them to speak ours.
The visitations with the Alzheimer’s patients helps. My Grandmother currently lives with the disease. It hasn’t been easy watching her decline, and I know my Mother handles it the best she can but needs help or someone to talk to now and then. What you’re doing is wonderful.
As for your remarks about the pictures, I know how you feel. I shy away from the camera (and mirrors). But once I get down to 200 lbs., maybe I’ll finally peek into a mirror.