Ouch....

Well, we are still having computer problems...

Sadly, the "Old grey Dell,

she ain't what she used to be"...

I can't access the photos that are on the external drive.

Crud.

I have to go searching for stuff to use.

RATS.

OH, well...at least I can read everyone else's blogs!

The old homestead has been pretty busy trying to get

as much done as I can before we start back to school.

I've been purging papers, re-organizing, sewing some

things for the girls and myself, doing a little home improvement,

and trying to get hair, teeth, doctors, etc. taken care of

(especially for me).

(oh, and getting halfway through

David Copperfield...I'm LOVING this book!)

Two weeks ago, I had a regular check-up appointment

at the dentist. Now, I know I need A LOT of work...

I've got teeth like chalk.

Quite a while ago, I broke a tooth...mostly it was the

old filling that broke off...needless to say,

I didn't deal with it in a timely manner.

So there I was looking at an appointment in

September to start the crown that I needed.

YUCK.

Well, I was making dinner last Wed,

and the dentist's office calls to ask if I can take

an appointment at 8:30am Thursday.

I jumped at it!

There I am lying back in the chair, all numbed up,

and we discover,

to my dismay...

that a root canal is necessary. :(

I had to wait till today to get the darn thing worked on.

I am glad to say that not only was the

endodontist one of the nicest people I've ever met,

but he finished the job in ONE VISIT!

YAY!

I also got a chance to be an apologist for homeschoolers...

Whoopee!

Now, I just have to wait for that Blasted September 8th

appointment to get back to working on the crown again.

Oh, and the August 18th appointment for FOUR fillings.

That's supposed to be our first day of school.

I think it will be starting after lunch time...

It'll be pretty difficult to instruct with a mouth full of

Novocain..."Bwath ith the capithal of Penthylvaniath?"

Oh, well.

Blessings to everyone...and don't forget to Comment! ;)

DANGER! Will Robinson!

YIKES!

A Funny thing happened the other day...

My Darling Husband was doing a few things before work

and the computer screen suddenly informed him:

Hard Disk Failure Iminent...

Back up all data!

So being the guy he is, he dropped any recent photos to

our external drive and turned the computer over to Scooter.

She played some games, then I did some "cruising".

Later, I sent a cute little not to DH before a thunderstorm arrived.

I closed with; "Signing off an shutting down before the lightening strikes!"

The darn computer never came back on!

It kept saying that there was no Hard disk in the machine.

Now we are using the "old grey Dell" and trying to

figure out how to get the HP up and running again.

Amazingly, a girl we know from Church, and a

three year old boythat she babysits

(who we also know from our parish),

were Actually Struck by Lightening in that storm.

She was running to the car from the swim club...

trying to time it to be running between strikes,

when a tree right next to them was struck and it

travelled into their bodies (she was carrying the boy).

She was knocked out, and they were both burned where they

came into contact with her silver necklace,

but both are fine and home.

The doctor's said that the necklace may have save them,

because the lightening had an "escape route".

Praise God!

One of the Blessings of a comuterless home...

has been an excess of time for other endeavors...

I finished reading Oliver Twist and started

David Copperfield.

The kids and I cleaned and reorganized

the play space in the basement,

we dusted and vacuumed the entire house

and cleaned the bathrooms...

Oh, and I attacked an ironing pile so large that the girls

have grown out of things that were on the bottom!

(SINCE WEDNESDAY!)

I also had time to crochet hats for Scooter and Tilly

like the one worn by "Kit Kitteridge"...Snorkie wants one too,

but I insist it not be pink.

I promise that I have about five posts

travelling around my head...

with accompanying Photographs...

NOW, I just have to take the time to commit them to the Blog!

It is going to take me some time to check in with everyone.

Hope to hear from you all soon!

Mea Culpa

Well.

Upon further examination...

Thanks to Seeker Man...

It seems that the video that I linked yesterday:

was a joke.

It has NOT been replicated

by "normal" people...

I guess you could still try...

It may have been done using a heated table.

Anyway,

it is good to know that those of you

using cell phones on a daily basis,

are not "Micro-popping" your Brains!

At least, we don't THINK so.

I still think the video was funny.

Photo Credit: Google Images