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Still finding new things on my laptop whooohooo

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I’ve had my new laptop for about three weeks now and I’m still exploring everything that’s on it. It certainly came loaded with quite a bit of software … in fact, I think i”ll probably end up taking some of it off the computer after a while if I don’t find that I use it because my new laptop has two hard drives and the operating system seems to be installed on the smaller hard drive which means everything so far is getting installed on that hard drive so it’s filling up quickly!

The new laptop is an Asus and if you’re familiar with Asus they come with tons of software and as I said I’m still trying to figure out what it all is … like smart login manager, and asus multiframe, asus access, asus, ap bank .. Clicking on the programs has gotten me into trouble once or twice so I think i’ll do internet searches on them first to figure out what they are. LOL I just wish there was a better explaination somewhere on the computer as to what all this special Asus variety software was about.

Oh and there’s a built in webcam. I’ve never had that before on a laptop or desktop. Trouble is .. again, I can’t find anything about how to control it. There’s barely anything written about it in the manual. Odd. Anyway .. once I figure it out I can use it for Conference calling on Skype with my friends and family. I’m certainly looking forward to that! Actually maybe if I just download and set up the Skype software perhaps the webcam will work? Probably. I guess I should test it while I can still return the laptop huh? I mean, if it didn’t work …

Ok back to finding out what other fun stuff is on my laptop …

Organizing our Remotes and other gadgets

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Last weekend my husband and were shopping in Walmart and I happened to be looking for some kind of basket or box to store all the wires, chargers and other accessories that come with our cellphones, iPods and other electronic gadgets in.

We ended up in the Craft area of Walmart and I founds some beautiful wicker baskets that ended up being just what I was looking for. I bought two of them actually … one to store all of our TV, Stereo, CD Player and Home Theater’s remotes in and the other to store all of the above mentioned wires and accessories in. We should be pretty organized now!

I noticed some beautiful fountains while we were in the craft area. The tabletop kind. My husband just loves those for some reason. Maybe as we get closer to his birthday I’ll get him one.

Speaking of remotes and wires and accessories for electronic gadgets .. how do you keep all of those things organized?

Time to get out the Christmas Decorations?

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We got our first real snow fall here in Toronto this week. I guess we have a few inches of snow on the ground and we expect more to come before the week is over. I guess we’re lucky compared to some areas near us who happened to get several feet of snow!

I think the snow actually made me have a bit of the Christmas spirit earlier today. We haven’t decorated the house for Christmas for about 6 years, but earlier today I seriously thought about pulling out our Christmas tree, Christmas decorations, the garland, lights, and of course our Christmas wreath.

Who knows .. maybe this weekend I’ll dig out all of our decorations and start putting some of them up. It’s been years since we’ve decorated so it would be a big change, but a nice one if we do it.

New Home Security System

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We were talking to our closest neighbor the other day and they were telling us that sometime this week their going to be getting a home security system installed.

They live in a corner house and they have a young child so they’ve concerned with child safety and security as well as home security. Corner houses always seem to be a little more vulnerable to break-ins, and vandalism.

Their little girl has health problems and one of the very nice things about a home security system is that they often have emergency buttons that you can press to contact either the fire department, the police or call for an ambulance. They’re very interested in this feature. I certainly hope they never have to use it though!

My husband and I have often thought about getting a home security system. Maybe we’ll look into the company that they’re using and finally decide if we’re going to get a system or not.

I’m starting to wonder about my new neighbors

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I’m really starting to wonder what’s up with our new neighbors. They’ve owned the house next door to us for close to 6 months now and they still haven’t moved in.

If they were doing constant renovations I could understand why they haven’t moved in yet, but they only seem to come to the house lately every three weeks or so and only for few hours.

When they first got the keys to the house they started rewiring the house. The house has or had old Knob and Tube wiring and he’s ever so slowly replacing it with up to date wiring … but 6 months? Whiles he’s been doing that, she’s been stripping the paint off the molding in each room and the front door.

From the look of things I think they’ve punched holes and done work in pretty much each room of the house … so even if they did want to move in their house is in no way ready to move in. LOL

Maybe they’re feeling a little in over their heads? I mean, when they first bought the house they were coming by to work on the house every weekend – All day Saturday and Sunday. However, like I said above now they’re only coming by once every three weeks or so for a few hours.

I’m actually starting to wonder if they’re really going to move in or if they’re starting to think of their house as an income property. I sure hope they don’t rent it out. We’ve had it with living beside renters!

Anyway, they did come by earlier today for a couple of hours and they had something with them that looked like I don’t know … one of those commercial pumps. I have no idea what they’d be using that for, but that’s what it looked like. Gee I hope they aren’t about to tear out the plumbing or pipes and the pump is for the flooding they’re expecting. LOL

What would you think if you had new neighbors that barely came to their new house in the 6 months that they owned it? I think it’s kind of strange.

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