Spotlighted on Author Robin Renee Ray's blog.

Yesterday I spoke about a little article/interview I did for an author friend. I promised to link to it as soon as she had it posted. Here it is!

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I had fun doing this and hope you'll stop by to check it out.

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Well, after days and days of rain, it finally stopped. Yay! I drive an older minivan and it makes me nervous to be running around in flooding streets. No matter how much the hubby works on it, the belt on that van will pop off if I hit a puddle of water. Leaving me stranded where ever I am. It did this back in 2004 and Tim fixed it. Now it's back to doing it again. Blah!

I told him yesterday that it's time to start thinking about getting something else. I alway buy used and always keep my vehicles until they make me feel unsafe driving me and the kids around in it. It's that time.

I was thinking about going back to having a car, but then I really do like the space that the minivan offers with all three kids. I'll probably just go with another van, but one of these days I'll be able to go back to a little car for just me. That'll be nice. LOL.

At this moment I'm watching "Ghost Town". It seems okay, but not overly funny. Maybe it'll pick up. Once it goes off I'll be getting to work on my writing. Then this afternoon I have to take all three girls for their 6 month dental checkup. Tomorrow I have my yearly eye exam (2 months over due). Then over the weekend I'll be hosting my youngest daughter's 4th birthday party. So much to do, so little time!

Have a great day everyone!

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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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