I have NO idea what this is...........

Did you ever come across something in a drawer... or under your dresser..... that you have no sweet clue where it came from , or what it even IS for that matter??

That happened to me last week.... was cleaning up some stuff in my back room.....

and it's called that cause it IS my back room... I put stuff there that I rarely use... or in this case, something that I had no idea what to do with it....


do you have any idea what this is?????

Bah Humbug

so .........I got some sort of virus on my computer againnnnnnnnnn.....


Know how I found OUT?????

Twice in 5 days, last week, in the middle of a marathon paperwork run, Rogers disabled my modem .....

TWICE....... ( did I say that??? )

because .........."a computer using my network" had a trojan virus.....I told the guy I have NEVER used a trojan .... he didn't think that was all that funny!

Anyway I had to have my work computer reformatted.... I took it on Wednesday this week..... and picked it up today.....

I found out later, much to my chagrin..... that it may or may not have been a virus on MY computer but on a computer that was using my network....

grrrrrrrr!!!!

I also found out on Friday last week that that my wireless router had reset itself as an unsecure connection..... so I went right out and bought a new router ..... I came home, set it up as a secure router so that no outsiders could use the connection without the password key.......

To further emphasize my point, when I left town on Wednesday to go inspecting, I shut the power off to the router......... I got home late last night and found out that my connection was UNSECURE AGAIN......

so I called Linksys tonight and found out that their wireless routers reset themselves if the router loses power... so all of my efforts to prevent hackers, only enabled them...

jeeeeeeeeeeeepers!!

So tonight, while watching a VERY LOUSY HOCKEY GAME..... I waited online with someone at Linksys tech support...... and had them help me re-configure my router, to never lose it's secure status, even if it does get unplugged... pfffff I could have done THAT on my old modem.....

sigh.....


When I got home with my newly wiped computer, I had to add all of the drivers back..... and my connection settings....

you can not believe how many things had to be reloaded/set up


-Download Adobe Reader
-Download a PDF creator
-Download Mazilla Firefox and set up all of the favourites
-Set up the VPN connection to log into the network at work
-Map the network drive for the inspection file server at work
-Set up the links ( in favourites ) to the evaluation sites for houses and barns...had to email the links to myself from the laptop for this one... jeepers!
-Reload Microsoft Office
-Reload my Scanner toolbox
-Reload the webcam
-Reload my printer
-Reload Messenger
-Reload Nero CD Burning software
-Reload ACDSEE photo viewing software
-Download the Apex house drawing software
- Transfer my address book to Outlook Express

I have yet to download iTunes..... and I'm presently trying to set up Outlook Express incoming and outgoing servers ... I am on hold for Rogers 24/7 technical support..... and at 12:22 AM after waiting patiently for 7 minutes at LEAST .... I have listened to this message replay itself every 11 seconds.....

Thank you for continuing to hold....all of our techincal support consultants are currently assisting other customers
Your call is important to us - Please Hold we will be with you shortly

DEFINE SHORTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!



I bet when they get to me, I won't be able to understand them anyway!!!

ok, I stand corrected..... Natalie at the New Brunswick Rogers Tech Support was VERY helpful, and ironically English was her mother tongue...

I thanked her for that......

and I did so with a paki accent!!!


made her laugh anyway!!

Happy Birthday Bruce!!

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
I'm immature yet
much older than you!

This short birthday rhyme
with sentiment true
is dripping with charm and
Best wishes for you....

The poem is cheesy
the thoughts hardly deep
My reason for writing
is cause I am cheap !!!

And being this honest
for me is quite hard:
I'm writing this poem
in lieu of a card!!

Many Happy returns!!!!

Good Morning Americans.... it's Friday

for years, when my kids were little, we would listen to Paul Harvey...

I remember on many school mornings, driving them to school .... My fondest memory was on Friday mornings.... As 8:30 approached, I would start warning them to be quieter, and a hush would fall so we could all hear Paul Harvey's famous opening line on his Friday Morning News broadcasts.....

it always started the same way: Good Morning Americans.... it's Friday"

on Friday this week, Paul Harvey spoke those words for the last time....

Never again will a live ABC broadcast start with those words... Good Morning Americans... It's Friday....

nor will we hear his pointed thoughts, the "staccato" punctuation and smooth tone.....

and I will miss hearing ... " And NOW you know... the ressssssssssst of the story...


Paul Harvey died yesterday... at the age of 90 ... having broadcast on ABC radio for more than 50 years.....

His wife, whom her referred to ALWAYS as "Angel" died in May and they are now together again....

Somehow this morning, I envision a radio stream in Heaven..... that began with the words " Good Morning Americans....It's Sunday....