What was I thinking???

My home has turned into a Mac vs. PC commercial.

A month ago I received my first Macbook. The plan was to keep the desktop PC for TB and the Macbook would be mine. That way we would all be happy, right.

Well, no . . .

First of all their is some unknown magnetic force drawing TB to my Macbook. It's like he has some weird sixth sense that the PC is just not good enough for him and he gets near tears when I say he has to use it now.

That could be from the second problem . . . ever since the Macbook has entered the house, my PC has acted completely retarded. It is running slower than it ever has before. The internet is running as slow as dial up and when I did try to use it to do 4 slides in powerpoint for work, I of course got the blue screen of death. Even trying to run a video that I had just CREATED in it last December was beyond difficult and frustrating to say the least!!!

It's like my PC is telling me, "you brought that THING here so now I must crawl in a hole and die!!!"

Hmmm, at first I was going to keep it for TB but now, I think we are better off giving it back to my parents. It may like them better now, after all they are from the boomer generation and maybe they can connect with the PC better than me now.

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So I finally figured out the show that has me more irritated than anything. I keep threatening to stop watching Lost because it is so darn irritating but friends keep saying "Oh just hang in there, you gotta find out what happens" etc, etc, etc.

So anyway, little did I know that while watching cartoons with TB, I would figure it all out. I DVR Transformers Cybertron for him everyday since it is only on at 6 AM. Anyway, while watching it today, I figured out all of the mysteries of Lost.

It seems that one of the Transformer Planes was flying around and as he was landing he said, "Oceanic Flight 815 coming in for landing" or something like that.

Wow, now I got it all figured out. The Lost passengers were really flying a transfomer and did not know it. When the crashed it was apparently during the robot wars on the planet Cybertron and that is why they can't get off the island and have no idea what is going on. They were really kidnapped by Deceptecons.

Gee I really do hope that Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots come along and save Jack and Kate and Sawyer.

Tee hee hee!!!

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Yes, I read it and no I can't comment. My dear friend in TN has not read it yet and last night she informed me that this was the reason she has not answered the phone lately. She was worried I would say something and spoil it. Due to budget constraints she was
waiting for paperback, ughhh I couldn't imagine waiting any longer than we already did!!!

So this morning I mailed her my copy, along with all 9 Dresden books so she will have plenty of reading. So as soon as she gets it and reads it I will have the all clear to speak about it.

Oh and boy does HP build bridges. This afternoon I saw dear old mum and she even lifted her silence to tell me she had just started the book. No she wouldn't look at me but at least she responded to me! Baby steps I suppose. . . now I really can't wait til she reads it all because of a certain thing that I predicted that she was dead convinced would never happen, happens in the last quarter of the book. I can never resist the urge to say I TOLD YOU SO, it's a weakness, I know.

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Ok so today was supposed to be the day to get back into our lessons, but of course it didn't happen.
I knew when I got up this morning that it wasn't going to happen. Here's why:

currently have the toothache to end all toothaches.

suffering from caffeine withdrawls from having said bad tooth.

suffering from nicotine withdrawls again from said bad tooth. I know, I know, but I can tell you being in tremendous pain is not a way to get me to quit smoking! Especially after the next thing.

spent a half hour on the phone trying to find out if the medicaid covered dental.

spent another hour trying every dentist in the phone book to find one that actually took medicaid-go figure not many of them will. Yes we have payment plans but you have to apply for the credit card thing to do it. Hmmm let me think, there is a reason why I am on medicare right now do you really think I can or will get credit cards right now?

finally found a dentist that would take medicaid and had to be there in 25 minutes if I wanted to be seen today. With all the phone calles, etc do you really think I had time to manage a shower?

go see the dentist and they want either $1100 to do a root canal and crown or $0 to pull it, can you guess what I chose. Got some free antibiotics, some vicodin and an appointment for next week.

come home, rush through lunch and shower to have enough time to pick up drugs, go to bank and drop TB at the sitters before work.

had to do 4 interviews with a toothache and without the vicodin.

had the filling in sad bad tooth finally fall out, some relief from the constant throbbing of before but no I would rather die than take a sip of water.

one of the respondents houses had two bird things (am crazy terrified of birds even though I try to pretend I am not) flying loose in the house. I even tried to be nice offering to help her while secretly praying she would say no. She did, thank you God for that small blessing!

got bit repeatedly by a cat that thinks it's a dog at the last respondent's house. Yes poor kitty was abandoned and raised with a mommy dog as a baby so it plays like a puppy rather than a kitty even though it doesn't realize that it's teeth are much sharper. Again, thanks to small miracles I wore socks today rather than just flip flops.

So all in all today just plain old sucked. I am going to go take my antibiotics and my precious vicodin so that I can finally get a good night of sleep.

Ahhhhh maybe tomorrow we will start again.

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Back from vacation with my new laptop in my lap and ready to go.

Yikes, learning the Mac stuff was easy, getting set up with wireless internet, not so much. I had the worst customer service experience ever and was even told go ahead and get in your car and return our product if you want to, I won't help you til you give me your phone number and email address.

But alas, it's all set now and I am in business. TB is dying to get one here too

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So, recently we were blessed with a most wonderful gift and for the most part I have used it all responsibly.  Now for the fun stuff . . .

I am getting a new laptop.  I have decided to go with a Mac Book and guess what? 

I also get a free I Pod for buying the laptop, yipeee!!!!

Also, I am upgrading my phone so that I can get the gps capabilities.  Driving around for work all the time has gotten me lost in some pretty interesting places, so I definitely need some help.  Rather than call on Tom Tom, I am just going to upgrade my phone and use their service.

Plus, with the addition of the gps services I also get tv and radio services on my phone as well.

So anyway, these items could really been seen as necessasary and that I am not completely spoiling myself, but that is where this comes in to play. 

I also won a brand new USB Toaster from Mark Frost's Meaderings  blog. 

So now while I am waiting for people to show up I can watch tv and eat toast.  Can life get any better than this???

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Update: OK so you have figured it out, mi linda means My pretty one.  

So where'd it come from?  In a previous life I was doing automotive aftermarket sales in Central and South America.  One of my business associates from the Dominican Republic, Carlos referred to me as mi linda one day on the phone.  Of course, my reply was Carlos, my name is Tammy not Linda.  He laughed and told me what it meant.  From then on that was my new "name" with Carlos. 

Later I moved on to a new American company and worked with the Big 3.  Never again did I have any kind of relationship like the one I had with Carlos.  The world of political correctness and the fear of lawsuits ruled the day over there.

You see Carlos was a very humble and honorable man and he never meant anything other than to compliment me with that phrase.  He was sort of grandfatherly to me and never meant anything but the utmost respect when he said it.  There was no hidden agenda or meaning to it, he was just being nice.  And I never was intimidated by it or thought less of myself for it or cried sexual harassment either.  It was just sweet and simple and friendly.

Now for the real mystery, where on earth did JUXTAPOSE come from???

So whenever we set up an email or a new blog we have to come up with some fun and representative name for ourselves, right???  Well, those who know me personally are all really confused over what milinda is and where in the heck it came from and I am not telling.

So here are a few hints for anyone daring enough (or bored enough) to figure it out.

1.  It is real not a abbreviated version of something else.

2.  It is actually two words mushed together.

3.  It is not english.

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