New computers! We made a pilgrimage to the Apple Store yesterday, and came home with a new MacBook. The fun part was walking by the Dell kiosk (on the way to Godiva, Mrs. Fetched wanted some goodies) with a big grin and a new Mac. The “specials” involved big rebates on printers, so I also grabbed a Canon Pixma printer/scanner/copier — $10 after rebate, and we needed a copier anyway. Mrs. Fetched and I agreed on a very similar model last year, to be bought when needed. The difficult part, as usual, is finding a place to put it.
I also ordered Daughter Dearest a used G4 Powerbook, which should be here tomorrow or Tuesday. One of the things I really like about new Macs is how they can transfer all your old files over, and let you pick up right where you left off. In my case, the iBook was dead — but the drive was sitting in a USB enclosure and “get files from a partition” was the right incantation to copy it all into the new MacBook. Clutter and all. I really need to clean things up.
A smaller gadget is the Blue Snowball mike. DD’s chorus teacher asked me to mess with his, and I had to get one of my own. Podcasts should sound a little better.
Boyfriend issues: The boyfriend’s career at Home Despot is coming to a close as of Tuesday. It turns out he’s allergic to pine straw, which isn’t good when you’re working the Garden section. He’s also thinking about heading back to Indiana for a while — personally, I think he’s better off on this planet(!) but it’s his choice and he himself admits he’ll probably be back in a few weeks. Daughter Dearest has been working hard to accept that he won’t be around for a while, but it seems to be taking. He got a new iPod nano yesterday too.
Plastic: In the last while (about a year), I’ve taken to writing “CHECK ID” on the back of credit/debit/gift cards instead of signing them. It isn’t any inconvenience — my driver’s license is in the same wallet, after all — and it’s interesting to see how
Weight: Down to 202 as of this morning. 3 more pounds before the celebration!
Well, that’s about it. My friend from SC just rolled in.
Congrats on the weight!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you got all kinds fun goodies -- including godiva ... yum.
That's interesting about writing that on the back of your cards. Do you ever get a hard time about it when cashiers do check it?
Hi O.
ReplyDeleteNo, no problems from cashiers. At most, I get some variant of "this says I need to check your iD." I thank them for looking at the back.
Nice on the weight loss.
ReplyDeleteLots of new fun toys there too...lol.
Now about the cards, they nevr check here as you do your own swip and cashier never touchs the card. I don't like it at all! I am a cashier at times at work and people around here don't want you to take the card.
I just got a new Macbook, too. I'm completely in love with the sucker. In my case, I switched from a PC, but moving all my files via WiFi was a breeze.
ReplyDeleteEver since I read the Credit Card Prank, I've been signing fake names and/or drawing pictures when I use my card. Nobody has ever said anything, and I don't know that I've ever seen anybody look at the back of my card.