Update about yesterday

Well, you all know that I had a hell of a day yesterday. Luckily, even though it's still pouring down ran here, today seems to be a bit better.

I talked to Dell tech support yesterday, did all the tests they asked me to, and it was determined that the laptop's motherboard has gone bad and needs to be replaced. Sooooo, they are sending me a box to ship the laptop to them in and then it'll be 5-8 buisness days after they receive it to fix and return it to me. So basically, I'm looking about 2 weeks without my baby. *Sniff, Sniff*

I'm hoping that all of my files will return in perfect condition since the problem is just the motherboard and not the harddrive. My computer savvy friends (or their husands) have said that my information *should* be safe. We'll see in 2 weeks.

In the past 6 months with my laptop--who we'll call Annie--I've been more productive, more accessible, happier, busier, and all around a better writer. Yes, you guessed it, I'm addicted to Annie and HATE having to sit at the desktop computer now. Annie makes working in bed much easier than the old, slow, 6 year old HP sitting in front of me right now. Blah!

Farewell Annie! Hopefully you'll return happier and healthier than you are now. And fingers crossed that all of my files will still be intact when you return to my lap. :-)

As for the van, Tim came home from work and fixed it for me. The stupid belt use to slip off anytime I hit a puddle of water, but Tim replaced the tensioner and that hadn't happened in about 3 years... until yesterday. UGH! It's a '97 Dodge Grand Caravan that's about to hit 180K miles. I'm thinking it's about time for a new one. It's been a good one, but I'm tired of it and it keeps needing more and more work over the year. Yep, time for something else so poor Sally (the van) can rest. LOL!

Okay, that's it for today. I'm off to watch a Mickey Mouse Christmas Carol with the 3 year old on this rainy, dreary day, and wait for the FedEx guy to show up with my Dell shipping box. *Sniff, Sniff*

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I love it!

Yep, my new laptop came yesterday and this thing is awesome! Having the old one certainly makes me appreciate this one all the more. I can't believe how fast it is and I didn't even get a big one. It's crazy.

This one has Windows Vista in it, so that takes a little getting use to. But it's not that much different from XP that's on my desktop. I expected something terrible to use with all of the negative reviews out there for Vista. But I don't see the problem. Could be that I've only been using it for less than 24hrs... LOL!

It took me about an hour to get all of my files, images, favorites, email addys, and book drafts moved over to the new one. Then I had to clean out the old one for the girls to play with. I set up their email addys and then let them add all of their favorites themselves. They were ecstatic. LOL!

Oh, and the hubby has already started asking to use it to track his Nascar races on Sundays. BLAH to him! He's not touching it for a while. LOL!

So I'm off for now. I just thought I'd stop in and update about the new laptop. I see many days of writing ahead for this lovely purple computer. :-)