Monday 31 March 2014

Normal service ...

... can now be resumed, I think.  I have three four good reasons for having been absent again for the past week.

Firstly, on the day I was writing my last post I had a tickly throat and the odd sneezle and by the end of the day I had developed a horrid, dasty code id by dose.  I still have the sore throat and a cough a week later.  It's been years since I've had a real cold like that, so I've felt very sorry for myself, although the manufacturers of paper hankies, throat lozenges and cough mixture are very happy about the increase in their profits.

Secondly I lost my virtual voice.  Most of you have heard me whinging for months now that my laptop was preparing to give up the ghost, and last week it got so that I had to give in and buy a new one.  That has meant I have had to go from using Windows 7 to Windows 8.1, and that, let me tell you, is a massive leap.  So much so that, after a couple of days I ordered myself a Dummies Guide to Windows 8.  There seems to be very little similarity between the two systems so far, and I have to tell you that I do NOT like it.  I will persevere though, as I have been told that once I get used to it I will like it - yes Lynn, I'm blaming you if this doesn't work out!  Just as an aside, would you all like a bit of a giggle at my expense?  Well, the day after I got this new laptop, I wanted to uninstall the preset virus checker programme, McAfee, and install AVG, which we prefer.  Mr Fixit helpfully produced the CD for me to insert, and that's when I realised something.  Putting it politely, I had nowhere to stick it!  Yes folks, I had bought this super-whizzy new laptop with loads of memory and an extra fast brain, but it doesn't have a disc drive!  Heyho, I guess I'll now have to buy an external one.

The third reason is that I took off for a brief trip down south to visit my DS, DDIL and DGS3.  Grandson 3 was performing in a concert at the local theatre which was lovely and I so enjoyed it, but I didn't really have any time to blog about anything.

The fourth reason is that yesterday was Mothers' Day here in the UK, so I treated myself to an even lazier than usual day.  Mrs Nomad came round in the afternoon with a Yankee Candle and some chocolates, and my son gave me flowers, so I was a spoilt mother.

13 comments:

  1. Hope you feel much better soon. I hear the WIndows 8.1 is horrible. Happy Late Mother's Day

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  2. So sorry you have been sick! I think spring colds are the worst. Happy belated Mother's Day~ it does sound like you got a little spoiling. :-)

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  3. Life is not dull in your neck of the woods, is it? Glad you are feeling better, good luck with your new and more challenging computer, and all of your family time sounds lovely.

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  4. You sure had some issues! Hopefully you are now on the mend and that every day with your new computer will be a better one! Glad to hear you had some family time!

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  5. Poor Sue. I hope the sun starts shining in your corner of the world and you can knock that nasty cold on the head. As for technology, I'm with you, as from experience of going from XP to Windows 7 was a huge learning curve, Looking forward to your posts when you feel more comfortable. Take care.

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  6. I live across the pond and we had that terrible cold. I took about 10 days to feel human again.

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  7. You have my sympathy on the Windows 8. I finally gave up and installed the app that reconverts it back.

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  8. And the dog ate your post!

    Poor Sue...my sympathies!!Hope you are feeling better!
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  9. Hope you feel better soon. Colds are such a pain!

    Good luck with Windows 8.1. I am stuck with the beast at work and am less than pleased.

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  10. LOL I hate it when "life" happens. Colds, mechanical breakdowns, but family stuff is well worth not blogging for a few days.

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  11. trust you are feeling on top of the world now following your cold in the head.

    I was looking at lap tops last week and worried about windows 8, you have put me off getting one as I still struggle with 7!! Mine is not a lap top at the moment but need the room it takes up for my horn cabinet to fit in, want to bring it down to the kitchen, kitchen table will have to go too!

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  12. Hope you are 'all better' now Sue !

    I keep getting prompts to install Windows 8, but have managed to fight them off so far, sounds as though I should leave it that way :-)

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  13. You have been a busy lady! Hope the cold is gone and the cough is slipping away quickly. Windows 8 takes getting used to but it eventually works well. I do not know what the laptop makers were thinking when they left off the CD drive. Lots of folks still use the CDs. So glad that you had a great Mother's Day and were able to visit loved ones.

    Have a super great sewing and stitching day!

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