I live closer to Staples (Crestview) than to Best Buy (Destin) so I went to Staples. I called first to see if they had a good selection of printers and if anyone there was knowledgable about them Andrew assured me yes and yes.

Andrew was right. I spent much less than I thought I would have to, and Inkjets were more reasonable than some. Well none are reasonable but.....

I got a Canon Pixma MX340 which means squat to me, but the text and pictures are far superior to the HP that I could not get to work, and you can copy multiple sheets which you couldn't on my other one. I like this one better if for no other reason than it works.

I finally got the laptop and netbook to print to it, too. That always takes me a little while to tweak the right settings to make it work over the network, but it all works now.

So, that took care of most of my day.

This printer is much bigger than my other one, too.

I have had, Epsons, Lexmarks, HPs, and now Canon. I have no loyalty to any one printer.

Walked the dogs.

Well I am pretty much back up and running with all my little programs installed, everything synced, etc.

So far so good. Windows 7 is so much better for me than Vista.

I need to clean out the old computer, and I have all the software that goes with it, too. It has Windows XP which was a work horse and never gave me any problems. I will miss it. I already have one program (very old) that will not run under Windows 7.

My new computer is here and it is really pretty and shiny. I hope it works as good as it looks. My new Caddy works great, too. I have pretty much set up the important stuff, now just to tweak it the way I want it. Each time I set one up it gets a little easier. I learn so much each time. Like syncing, I love syncing.

Walked the dogs. Hot humid is back. I wish my new computer would get here. I will need a few days to get it where I want it. Since I have had this one for eight years, I can only imagine. Well, I did wipe the hard drive slick once to get rid of a Trojan, and I also bought a new internal hard drive, so it has not been eight years since I set it up, but it takes a while.

I also went back to IE since it would not let me do something in Firefox on my laptop. Can't remember what now.

Something google.

Walked the dogs in the wonderful 65 degree weather. What a nice surprise!

I uploaded all the pictures from my desktop to Google Web because my Droid loves the google sites and sends pics from my phone to Google automagically. These phones are amazing. I am anxious for the new software update with Flash so I can use the bridge site.

Damn, my old computer is 8 years old! I did add a new hard drive, but whew, it has served me very well. Ran Belarc, I am ready!

I went into town and talked to the computer guy that I like, and once again, he did not fail me. I was considering a new wireless router. He said I would not notice the difference, so not worth it. Also, I have a Dell tower desktop now and was thinking of a new one. He looked at the specs on mine and said a new hard drive is pretty much all I really need. Maybe more ram if room. Cool. He saved me lots and lots of money. He even told me I could probably install the hard drive myself, but I dontwanna!!! So I will pay him to do it.

He is leaving my old drive in as a slave so all the data will be there. He looked at what I was thinking about buying and what I had and said I should be fine with the new drive!! He rocks.

Walked the dogs. Finally, spring, and not too hot yet.

Today is the day. I think I am going to order a new desktop and new N router.

I am not looking forward to setting up another wireless system. I seem to remember it was a real challenge for me the first time. Hopefully it will go smoothly and maybe it is simpler now.

Not light yet, but then walk the dogs and today we have to drive over to Eglin AFB for some medication.

It is a pain but there is no cost to us, so I am thankful for that.

Friends sold their house yesterday after 2 years. They live in Atlanta and have had their house in Destin for sale for over 2 years. Guess we won't see them as much now.


I am looking at new desktop computers. I said I was just going to keep the laptop, but I like using the desktop. The hard drive is almost full. I am amazed. I don't think I ever filled one up before. The computer is 7 years old, so I am sure it is time to get a new one. Also, I am considering a new wireless router. Think I need one? I have a G one now and am looking at the N. Will it matter?

Should I get wireless on the desktop?

Saturday and the dogs are walked and the birds are cleaned, but we changed days to scrape the poop off. Any day during the week when it is not raining, lol.

Looks like Hannah is heading for Myrtle Beach. The picture in the icon was taken this spring at Myrtle Beach.

I hope it doesn't do too much damage. Now Ike is coming into the gulf.

My print spooler quit on my laptop for no reason I know of. Anyone else have that issue with Vista?