Monthly Archives: January 2014
I Can’t Believe She Ate The Whole Thing . . .
We had planned to walk this morning, but it was really, really windy so we decided to just have our coffee and muffins, and stay inside.
The rest of the morning Jan read and I did computer stuff for several clients. Then about 1:30 we headed up to Clear Lake, stopping first at Twin Peaks for lunch.
Our usual waitress, Lauren, had already gotten off since the afternoon was pretty slow so we had a new young lady taking care of us.
Jan decided to try a burger this time instead of her usual Chicken Ranch Sandwich. So she got the Smokehouse Burger, not realizing it was a double, It looked like this.
Coming with Cheddar Cheese, Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions, and Bacon, she said it was one of the best burgers she’s had. And it was so big that after she struggled to finish it, she was too full to have any supper tonight. And I think she was sorry had eaten it all.
I, however, stayed in my comfort zone (rut?) with my usual cup of Venison Chili and an order of the Average Joes.
These are mini jalapeno cheese sausage brats with spicy mustard and relish topping. Very, very good.
Then it was on to a client’s office for a while to check things out for some new equipment. Jan always brings her Kindle Paperwhite along for just these times.
Next I stopped off at the Sam’s Club on El Dorado to look for something, and then it was on to Chris and Linda’s to pick up our mail.
Finally heading home we made stops at Petco and Wal-Mart for a few things. I think some weeks we spend more time at Wal-mart than the rig.
I know they seem to get the largest share of my money.
Thought for the Day:
Since Pluto is no longer a planet, does that mean that Mickey had him put down?
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Another Oldie, But Goodie . . .
I was up a little early this morning since I had clients to see, but I still had time for coffee, muffins, and sitting outside with Jan and Mister for a while. Then it was off to work.
My first stop was up in Pasadena for another one of my yearly client visits. She has 2 laptops, and another one of my oldie, but goodies. Like another client earlier this month, she has a desktop computer that I built and delivered in July of 2005. I always try to build them to last, but this is really pushing it.
So much so, that I recommended that it was probably about time to consider upgrading, especially since she’s still running XP on this machine and support is falling off fast. I cleaned up her two laptops and fixed a couple of problems But I didn’t really do anything with the old desktop, since I’m going to give her a quote on a new machine in the next day or two.
Before I left I also checked to be sure that her Epson Workforce 520 printer and her HP 4850 Scanner both have Win8 drivers available so they won’t have to be replaced with the new machine.
One thing about working on Jean’s computers is that she always sends me home with fresh baked treats, in this case, warm Oatmeal-Applesauce Muffins..
They’re going to be great for breakfast the next several mornings. Yummm!
Then I was off to another client in the Pasadena area to drop off the laptop that I had finally removed the Conduit Search malware. I’m sure Tricia was glad to have it back, and I was glad to see it go.
Then I was off to the client’s office where I worked Saturday night, to see if my fixes and updates were still doing OK. No problems so far.
I headed back to the rig about 4:30 and then Jan and I drove up to Seabrook to have dinner at Hooter’s.
Jan had the Chicken Strips with 911 sauce, which used to be one of their hottest before they added a number of new ones. She also got an order of their new Mega Fries that we shared. I had my usual 10 wings, all drums, naked, with the new Triple Dog Dare sauce (now their hottest) with a side of their also-new Chipotle Honey sauce.
BTW “naked’ wings means they don’t have any breading on them. Get your minds out of the gutter. You too, Nick.
Under the heading of “Yeah, that sounds right to me”, I think my problem is that my brain has gotten so full that stuff has started falling out the other side.
Thought for the Day:
"The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon." — Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873
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