For years we have been sharing one computer for the whole household. But with DH home so much now, we thought it would be good to get a second PC.
DH announced today that he has decided to try his hand at building our new computer from a kit that he bought online from a website specializing in PC Kits. DH has always been handy with tools, so I am impressed that he is going to try his hand at building our computer.
I was so happy to hear from my sister that she got a new (to her) car! She just got a 2000 Honda Accord. She’s needed a newer model family car for a long time; she’s been “making do” with older, less reliable cars for a very long time.
We belong to a very large, extended family, and we are all so very excited for her, to have this new car! We want to help her make it as great an experience as possible; she deserves to have a few nice things! Life has thrown quite a few curveballs at her, and this is something nice we can try to help “keep nice” with a few things here and there.
I had a large crowd over to the house on Thanksgiving – one of the largest crowds yet. There were twenty-three family members, two of which were younger than two years old. The oldest was eighty, so it was quite a variety of ages. I was really glad that my son took the initiative to get out his old Brio train set to entertain the toddlers – they set up the train set at the end of the hallway just past the bathroom, so they were out of the way. Everyone had a really good time – it truly was a miracle! So I am giving thanks for the good family gathering this Thanksgiving.
Well it seems that my sister may be the only one in the family that will really get what she wants for this Christmas since no one is responding to my email that I sent out weeks ago asking for gift suggestions, except my kid sister who didn’t waste any time sending me request for all cotton scrubs for her to wear at work. She even sent me the direct link to site that has a ton of medical uniforms at http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/categories/Scrubs/Scrubs-for-Women/Original-Scrubs/ that she has used before and is thrilled with the prices, the quality and the various styles that they offer there.
It just drives me crazy to have to wait until the last minute to have to find all the presents that are required of me to purchase for our ever growing family. With Christmas less than two months away there really isn’t a whole lot of time left especially since I do most of my shopping online and you have to wait for your purchase to be delivered, which of course takes time.
For as long as I can remember I’ve always been fascinated with the night sky. I love to look up at the stars and the moon every time I’m outside after dark. When I was a school child I read as much as I could find about the constellations, and the stories behind them.
When my children were young, one of them received a telescope for a Christmas present. We lived out in the country in New England and we set the telescope up on the large deck and spent many hours looking at the night sky. We were lucky to be able to see many beautiful displays of the “Northern Lights” while we lived up there! That is something that I miss dreadfully, having moved to the southern state we are in now.
When my first marriage broke up, my ex-hubby kept the telescope, refusing to let my sons bring it with them. I thought that was terribly unfair, since he never used it, and it was a gift to my kids! Oh well…… I miss looking at the night sky through the telescope.