Normally I like my weather a little on the cooler side. But this is ridiculous! It’s an absolutely gorgeous Spring day. The sun is beautiful, and has been all day long. There’s almost no breeze. Everything is lushly green after last week’s rain.
The problem is, it’s only 47 degrees outside!
My winter hardy perennials are all doing well. They don’t seem to mind the cold. But it’s clear we won’t be rushing planting season with weather like this.
Tomorrow at this time it should be 75 degrees and windy. Jumps like that are hard on the plants, and hard on me. Whatever happened to those wonderful Springs I remember where the weather GRADUALLY warmed up?
Today I’m wearing a fairly heavy ribbed turtleneck top. Tomorrow I’ll be looking for short sleeves, but most mornings it’s a crap shoot as to what to wear and I end up changing clothes partway through the day. I’m ready for more even temps!

Yep, we went and did it. We made Dell happy! We bought a new personal computer. We mulled over it for weeks. The original plan was that we would get the computer as our gift to each other for Christmas. DH was pleased because he didn’t have to worry about what to get me and he was FINALLY going to be able to compute when he pleased rather than the few piddly minutes I allow him. I was pleased because I would be getting a computer that could handle all my surfing, that was minus AOL and plus a cable modem.
Well, the computer came yesterday. YES!!!

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When you get a new appliance or piece of electronic equipment, do you sit down and read the owner’s manual? Do you try out all the new features so that you are fully conversant with the equipment and ready for every eventuality?
I bet most of you are saying to yourselves “HELL, NO!”
I tend to do some reading when new equipment comes into the house, if only to solve some of the glitches that come my way. I am the first person who gets hit with problems because I am the one who is around the equipment all day long. Of course, I am also NOT the one who is mechanically minded. So a little preparation on my part is wise. At the very least, I have memorized the phone number where I can reach Dear Husband, and I have made note of all the serial numbers and support phone numbers for said equipment.

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I’m blogging this morning, it the hope that I can get some entries made before I have to charge into my life. I’m enjoying a morning where I don’t have any appointments, don’t have to rush out to do errands, and don’t have to take my mother somewhere. This is rare, so of course I’m spending the free time blogging! *G*
While I was in the shower, I was contemplating the fact that I want to assume a simpler life. It seems to me that I am failing, based on the list of THINGS that fill my life. For instance….the number of THINGS I come in contact with from the time I turn on the shower to the point where I am ready to get dressed. Have you ever though about how many products you use in that time span?
Here’s my list of things I use on a morning when I am not expecting to have to see people other than my immediate family:

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