New Computer, Meet Your Little Sister

The 12" Mini Dell came today... finally. Husband bought an external CD drive to install Windows XP pro which we'll return next week. Completely unethical. I know.

It will be great to have a computer at home again. I used to work from home but when Husband and I joined forces and expanded our business into an office, we took our computers with us. That meant for the longest time, I was completely out of touch every evening and weekend. It was very nice for a while. It certainly drew a distinction between work and home. People admired it, even.

Well, I've had enough zen time and I'd like to join the rest of the world again on my off hours. So, this Mini will be our home computer. It will let me check on email and look up recipes and perhaps look up the occasional porn. Just kidding. I don't use recipes. {insert laughter}

The Dell Mini will also be great for short travels to New York, etc.

Welcome to the family, little computer.

Mazel Tov! It's a New Computer!

Old computer, meet new computer.



Old computer, you're not being replaced... you're just not good enough anymore. New computer is younger, shinier and less screwed up than you. I don't know how to say this, but you have a lot of "baggage" - you're littered with useless stray data and old .exe files. It's nothing personal... but it's time you step aside.

New computer with your non-broken screen and you're empty documents folder. I hope I'm not being bold but I think I love you. The rage and disgust will surely come... but let's not think about that while we're in our honeymoon phase.

Ok, back to normal. My new Dell Inspiron arrived yesterday with Purolator. I opened it up and immidiately blemished the beautiful black casing with my smudgy fingerprints. It's taking me all day to upload my files and install software. I'm nowhere near done - it will probably take me another day. I bought a 12" mini at the same time and that has not arrived... when should I start worrying?

By the way, could you tell I was writing this blog post from my new computer? Night and day! ;)

New York in May

When I got back from New York this last time, I told my husband what a great time I had and how much I would love to spend more time there with him. Then he had the most fantastic idea... "why don't we go for a month?" Hell ya! I got the cat vaccinated last week and now all I need is a box to stuff her in and we're ready!

We're driving down and staying in a sublet. We almost had one nailed down yesterday but it all fell apart... I went to the bank and purchased a bank draft for $7.50 to send the funds with express shipping. The envelope was in my hand ready to drop in the mail when I got a call from the girl. "Sorry to bug you but I just want to make sure you don't smoke." "Nooooo", I replied confidently. Then, she went on, "Also, you don't have any pets?" I was caught. I can't completely lie. I told her that we have a small cat and my parents will be watching her but there is a slight chance that we'll have to bring her with us in case my parents are going away. That was a deal breaker. No matter how much I pleaded with her explaining that my cat is exceptionally clean and non-allergenic and I would pay a cleaning lady extra to do a super thorough job when we leave, she said, "I just don't want a cat in my place." Blurg.

So, we're still looking but I'm confident we won't have a problem finding another great place. I think I'll bring myself to lie this time around.

P.S. For those of you who got your panties in a bunch when I said I was going to stuff my cat in a box, you didn't realize what a luxurious box it would be. Here's a photo of the cat carrier I'm picking up tonight from PetSmart:
If we don't find a sublet, the three of us will stay in there.

Toronto Power Saving Blitz

We got a visit at the office today from a electrician contracted by Toronto Hydro. He was part of the Power Saving Blitz program happening in Toronto. It's fantastic - this program goes around to small businesses and replaces their lighting fixtures to more energy efficient ones free of charge. This helps businesses save money on electricity bills and helps the city's power grid.

To learn more, see the Toronto Hydro website.

"When you conserve energy you’re doing more than just helping your business’ bottom line – you are also contributing to a cleaner environment for your customers and the community."

It's good for everybody from the hydro department to the contractor to the business owner to the environment. Love it.

The day the gym lost

No gym for me today. I'm too tired. I didn't sleep very much last night. My husband ran out of Breathe Right strips so he was snoring his face off. Every time it woke me up I would slam my leg down on the mattress to wake him up just enough to stop. At one point when I was at the end of my sanity rope, I shook his shoulder and sweetly said, "honey, you're snoring". He said, "no I'm not! I'm not even sleeping! I think you're mistaken." We had a good laugh in the morning. And then I told him I was going to make his day a living hell.

BTW, it's our one year anniversary today. We're too cool to celebrate/remember.