Oscar update:
Oscar has to have surgery! Now, don't fret, I've been assured it will not be lengthy or a big deal. He has developed "cherry eye" which apparently is common in bulldogs and other select breeds. We are trying eye drops for over the weekend but if it doesn't work (which is likely) he will be scheduled for outpatient surgery next week sometime. He doesn't know so don't tell him.
Tonight is his first next level obedience class. Only thing I'm dreading is putting him in and out of the car. He's very heavy (44.4 lbs) and is hard to pick up. Unfortunately he can't get in himself.
eBay:
Gotta love eBay! I spent the weekend trying for a Blackberry 8700c and was shut out about 15 times - yes at least 15 times! Almost had one twice but was sniped last minute. Mind you, I was also trying to snipe but I never succeeded. Fun trying though! I came to the realization the price I was willing to pay was not the going eBay price - so I had a decision to make, up the price a bit or not get one. I decided on the first and got one. It's been shipped - I can't wait! My daytimer (that I posted about a lot initially in my blog) still has it problems. You need to carry it around and actually open it for it to work properly. I know I posted about my love for the iPhone but it's not coming out until June and the price I'm sure will be more then I want to pay. I'll hold out but will eventually get one. They are awesome!
Past weekend:
Got a lot accomplished, although not what I initially thought I would do if I had free time. I could have prepped for tax season, or worked on some additional insurance stuff but instead I played in "my room" (really need an official name for it) all weekend. Much more fun! I continued working on our NY album and got along pretty well until I needed journaling and decided to try my hand at computer journaling and that led me down another path... We had an extra computer that was running Microsoft ME on it - one I had put in "my room" a few weeks earlier. As much as we wanted it to be it was not built as a gaming computer therefore it rejected just about every computer game we threw at it. As a result it wasn't be used. Unfortunately, one of the programs I really wanted also didn't work on it - because it wanted Windows XP. Then I remembered I had a fully licensed copy downstairs that was purchased a couple years ago for a defunked laptop. Only problem, I had to reformat the harddrive to get it to work. I had done that before several times, but never own my own without the intense guidenance from a technical expert. I decided to give it a try - worse case the computer would be messed up for good. I googled reformatting instructions for guidence and completed the task. We now have a "new" computer and all my programs work on it. I'm going to use it for photo editing tasks which require lots of space. Still won't work as a gaming computer but at least it's useable now!
