Last Friday I went to the Yahoo games site to play bridge. I played many, many years ago and I was picking it up well enough to play in the Beginners Room. I had forgotten a lot about bidding, however, so I decided to go browsing for a bridge site about Bridge Bidding.
The second site I went to seemed like a winner so I clicked "favorites" to file the site for later reference. Instead of being saved in "Favorites" it went directly to my internet files. I tried to delete it but no luck. Then a box came up that said " Trojan virus" from AVG internet security. It asked if I wanted to "heal" it or "isolate it". I clicked one then the other but I could NOT get any action. Then my computer started going crazy. Black to light screen then for about 5 seconds a soft porn site came up.
I quickly shut down my computer and went to bed. I could not sleep until 3am as I was so worried.
And sure enough when my son came over the next day he found out that I had a terrible virus
on my computer. It had crashed.
I am on Sam's computer now. My son worked and worked and after 5 days he was able to restore my computer. I will lose any information I had prior to August of '07 but I can manage.
He said if I had to buy a new computer he would get an APPLE. It seems APPLE does not crash as much.
Anyway, when my son brings the old computer back to me it will be all clean and he is putting a better security system on it.
Darn It
There's always something.
But I am SO THANKFUL for my smart son who is always willing to help out.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
There's always something
What a fine kettle of fish this is:
The arthroscopic surgery for a torn knee meniscus I had last October has helped some but it is still not altogether back to normal. But I manage. My husband has driven me back and forth to the doctor. He has helped out buying groceries and many other ways too numerous to mention. I always told him " I owed you one" and I thanked him for all his help.
Well...... a week ago Tuesday, Sam, my husband, who is never sick, stepped out into our small front yard and was looking up to check out a maple that needs trimming when suddenly.........he slipped on the pine straw and fell off the curb, twisting his leg with his foot underneath.
Long story short... Very painful, I had him elevate his leg and foot and applied ice packs.... gave him Advil and a left over pain pill from my prior surgery. The next day I took him to the foot doctor. They x-rayed and he has a broken bone in his foot. They put him in a stiff post-op shoe boot and told him to stay off his feet as much as possible. Keep it elevated and for the first few days keep ice on it. Come back in 4 weeks.
He is being a good soldier and I am being a good nurse/helper. He will be fine and he can drive since it is his left foot. He misses jogging on the treadmill. He is a health and fitness enthusiast and goes to the gym at least once a week. Being inactive is not in his nature. He is doing fine but still has some pain in his foot as the healing takes place.
We can't blame his injury on age since our daughter,when she was 13 years old, broke the same bone in her foot. But I know young people heal quicker.
So I am back being the "chief cook and bottle washer" around here. My knee must take second fiddle now.It is my turn to repay Sam for helping me out. I do it gladly knowing that together we will prevail. In a few months we will be back to normal again.
The arthroscopic surgery for a torn knee meniscus I had last October has helped some but it is still not altogether back to normal. But I manage. My husband has driven me back and forth to the doctor. He has helped out buying groceries and many other ways too numerous to mention. I always told him " I owed you one" and I thanked him for all his help.
Well...... a week ago Tuesday, Sam, my husband, who is never sick, stepped out into our small front yard and was looking up to check out a maple that needs trimming when suddenly.........he slipped on the pine straw and fell off the curb, twisting his leg with his foot underneath.
Long story short... Very painful, I had him elevate his leg and foot and applied ice packs.... gave him Advil and a left over pain pill from my prior surgery. The next day I took him to the foot doctor. They x-rayed and he has a broken bone in his foot. They put him in a stiff post-op shoe boot and told him to stay off his feet as much as possible. Keep it elevated and for the first few days keep ice on it. Come back in 4 weeks.
He is being a good soldier and I am being a good nurse/helper. He will be fine and he can drive since it is his left foot. He misses jogging on the treadmill. He is a health and fitness enthusiast and goes to the gym at least once a week. Being inactive is not in his nature. He is doing fine but still has some pain in his foot as the healing takes place.
We can't blame his injury on age since our daughter,when she was 13 years old, broke the same bone in her foot. But I know young people heal quicker.
So I am back being the "chief cook and bottle washer" around here. My knee must take second fiddle now.It is my turn to repay Sam for helping me out. I do it gladly knowing that together we will prevail. In a few months we will be back to normal again.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Win One For The Old Folks
The Westminster Dog Show had a surprise winner this year. On Tuesday night a 10 year old chestnut colored Sussex Spaniel won Best In Show. His name is "Stump" and he is the oldest dog ever to win this prestigious competition.
In human years Stump would be about 70 years old but he looks and acts much younger and has a spring in his step any 50 year old human could envy.
Stump almost died 5 years ago with a serious illness. His life was saved by the vets at Texas A and M University where he spent 19 days recovering.
Stump came out of retirement this week to win his first show in four years. Owner-handler Scott Sommer decided last Wednesday to bring Stump to the big show, just for fun. and for old times sake.
The crowd at the Garden went wild when Stump won "Best In Show" thus becoming the top dog in the USA. Maybe the audience just liked rooting for the old guy.
Stump is an inspiration to all of us of a certain age.
In human years Stump would be about 70 years old but he looks and acts much younger and has a spring in his step any 50 year old human could envy.
Stump almost died 5 years ago with a serious illness. His life was saved by the vets at Texas A and M University where he spent 19 days recovering.
Stump came out of retirement this week to win his first show in four years. Owner-handler Scott Sommer decided last Wednesday to bring Stump to the big show, just for fun. and for old times sake.
The crowd at the Garden went wild when Stump won "Best In Show" thus becoming the top dog in the USA. Maybe the audience just liked rooting for the old guy.
Stump is an inspiration to all of us of a certain age.
Friday, February 06, 2009
Twenty-five Random Things About Me.
I recently read in the Washington Post about a fad that is zipping around on FaceBook. Some are "tagging" others to respond to this:
"Twenty-five random things about me."
I don't have a FaceBook page and don't plan to get one so I just thought I would post my "Random Things" here for your amusement.;)
Feel free to post yours here or on your own blog.
Consider yourself "tagged" :)
1. My father was 55 years old when I was born. He died whan I was 9 years old.
2. I had one brother, and nine half brothers, one half sister,( by three different mothers.) (Father's first two wives died.)
3, I was the youngest. Or as they say, the caboose. All but three siblings were grown and gone from home when I was born.
4. I don't like dark chocolate.
5. I color my hair.
6. I was teacher's pet in the sixth grade.
7. During the summer I was not allowed to go swimming in the public pool. Polio scare.
8. I knew my husband of 57 years for 6 weeks before we married.
9. I still miss my springer spaniel dog who died when our house was struck by lightening in 1991.
10. I have flown on the Concord super sonic plane two times.
11. I have gone up in a hot air balloon twice also.
12. A plumber's son stole my husband's Rolex watch but his dad returned it in tears.
12. I wanted to be a journalist.
14. Once over a period of 5 years I walked 3000 miles. Two miles a day.
15 . I lived in Washington D.C. at the Watergate condos for 4 years.
16. Sometimes I walked around and around the adjacent Kennedy Center overlooking the Potomac River.
17. I am a news and politics junkie.
18 I campaigned for Jimmy Carter when he ran for President.
19. I have traveled to, Mexico City, Paris. London, Ireland, Italy, Singapore. Hong Kong, Switzerland.
20. I have never been on a cruise.
21. Once as a teen I made a scrapbook about Frank Sinatra. "Ole Blue Eyes" was just starting out and had his own radio show.
22. On TV, I watched the first men walk on the moon
23. I loved Franklin D. Roosevelt. I saw him once in a motorcade.
24 I heard FDR's fireside chats on the radio. Years after FDR's death, I visited "The Little White House" in Warm Springs. Georgia. He died here while getting his portrait painted.
25. I was in a Shirley Temple look alike contest as a child. I lost. :(
"Twenty-five random things about me."
I don't have a FaceBook page and don't plan to get one so I just thought I would post my "Random Things" here for your amusement.;)
Feel free to post yours here or on your own blog.
Consider yourself "tagged" :)
1. My father was 55 years old when I was born. He died whan I was 9 years old.
2. I had one brother, and nine half brothers, one half sister,( by three different mothers.) (Father's first two wives died.)
3, I was the youngest. Or as they say, the caboose. All but three siblings were grown and gone from home when I was born.
4. I don't like dark chocolate.
5. I color my hair.
6. I was teacher's pet in the sixth grade.
7. During the summer I was not allowed to go swimming in the public pool. Polio scare.
8. I knew my husband of 57 years for 6 weeks before we married.
9. I still miss my springer spaniel dog who died when our house was struck by lightening in 1991.
10. I have flown on the Concord super sonic plane two times.
11. I have gone up in a hot air balloon twice also.
12. A plumber's son stole my husband's Rolex watch but his dad returned it in tears.
12. I wanted to be a journalist.
14. Once over a period of 5 years I walked 3000 miles. Two miles a day.
15 . I lived in Washington D.C. at the Watergate condos for 4 years.
16. Sometimes I walked around and around the adjacent Kennedy Center overlooking the Potomac River.
17. I am a news and politics junkie.
18 I campaigned for Jimmy Carter when he ran for President.
19. I have traveled to, Mexico City, Paris. London, Ireland, Italy, Singapore. Hong Kong, Switzerland.
20. I have never been on a cruise.
21. Once as a teen I made a scrapbook about Frank Sinatra. "Ole Blue Eyes" was just starting out and had his own radio show.
22. On TV, I watched the first men walk on the moon
23. I loved Franklin D. Roosevelt. I saw him once in a motorcade.
24 I heard FDR's fireside chats on the radio. Years after FDR's death, I visited "The Little White House" in Warm Springs. Georgia. He died here while getting his portrait painted.
25. I was in a Shirley Temple look alike contest as a child. I lost. :(
Tuesday, February 03, 2009
Trying Something New
My Mother's favorite drink
She lived to be 91 and every day of her life she had to have her Coke. In Georgia, during her lifetime,it was known as "Co-cola"..and for years it came in those old fashioned, green glass bottles that kept it so cold, refreshing and frosty. Not like the cans of today.
After she entered the nursing home, when I would go visit her and take her a new sweater or new nightgowns, I always stopped by the cafeteria and dropped in my quarters in the vending machine and bought her a "Co-Cola". She was always so grateful and she enjoyed the refreshing taste.
I suppose "Coke" itself at that time was as old as Mama. She was born in Hall County Georgia,in 1893, and Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time on March 12, 1894. It was sold at a few soda fountains prior to that.
Then in 1985 the Coca Cola company made a tremendous blunder.
"The Coca-Cola Company came out with "New Coke" in 1985. Coca-Cola, amid much publicity, attempted to change the formula of the drink. Some authorities believe that New Coke, as the reformulated drink was called, was invented specifically to respond to its commercial competitor, Pepsi.. New Coke was reformulated in a way that emulated Pepsi. . The commercial failure of New Coke came as a grievous blow to the management of the Coca-Cola Corporation.
It is possible that customers would not have noticed the change if it had been made secretly or gradually, and thus brand loyalty could have been maintained. Coca-Cola management was unprepared, however, for the nostalgic sentiments the drink aroused in the American public; some compared changing the Coke formula to rewriting the American Constitution."
As soon as New Coke came out I took one out to the nursing home for Mama to try. I did not tell her that "Co-Cola" had been reformulated and just asked her "How is your Co-Cola, Mama? She sounded and looked disappointed when she replied "It's all right"
Then I told her about the new version of Coke. She wanted to stick with the old standby that had served her well for almost 90 years.
I never again took her a "New Coke." She enjoyed the familiar taste of the original Co-cola too much to change. At her age she deserved to stick with the original.
She lived to be 91 and every day of her life she had to have her Coke. In Georgia, during her lifetime,it was known as "Co-cola"..and for years it came in those old fashioned, green glass bottles that kept it so cold, refreshing and frosty. Not like the cans of today.
After she entered the nursing home, when I would go visit her and take her a new sweater or new nightgowns, I always stopped by the cafeteria and dropped in my quarters in the vending machine and bought her a "Co-Cola". She was always so grateful and she enjoyed the refreshing taste.
I suppose "Coke" itself at that time was as old as Mama. She was born in Hall County Georgia,in 1893, and Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time on March 12, 1894. It was sold at a few soda fountains prior to that.
Then in 1985 the Coca Cola company made a tremendous blunder.
"The Coca-Cola Company came out with "New Coke" in 1985. Coca-Cola, amid much publicity, attempted to change the formula of the drink. Some authorities believe that New Coke, as the reformulated drink was called, was invented specifically to respond to its commercial competitor, Pepsi.. New Coke was reformulated in a way that emulated Pepsi. . The commercial failure of New Coke came as a grievous blow to the management of the Coca-Cola Corporation.
It is possible that customers would not have noticed the change if it had been made secretly or gradually, and thus brand loyalty could have been maintained. Coca-Cola management was unprepared, however, for the nostalgic sentiments the drink aroused in the American public; some compared changing the Coke formula to rewriting the American Constitution."
As soon as New Coke came out I took one out to the nursing home for Mama to try. I did not tell her that "Co-Cola" had been reformulated and just asked her "How is your Co-Cola, Mama? She sounded and looked disappointed when she replied "It's all right"
Then I told her about the new version of Coke. She wanted to stick with the old standby that had served her well for almost 90 years.
I never again took her a "New Coke." She enjoyed the familiar taste of the original Co-cola too much to change. At her age she deserved to stick with the original.
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