Kate's Point of View

We all have things we see and think “Why the heck didn’t I think of that?” (Or worse, I thought of that. Why didn’t I do anything with the idea?”)

So often, and always online, I find people doing things in my flavor of snark, and doing it successfully. The newest thing I’ve found just kills me!

Via the Huffington Post, I learned about When Parents Text: Small Keyboards, Old Hands. Hysterical!

Check out the article so you can see their slideshow of some of the funniest texts. Then enjoy exploring When Parents Text: Small Keyboards, Old Hands.

I got a new computer on Friday. A Mac. I finally set it up today and in some ways I am surprised I did it. I have found the last few days really overwhelming.

But I hooked up the computer and slowly I am figuring it out. Its so much to learn. I won’t tell anyone I have it because I don’t want to say whether or not I like it until I feel comfortable with it. Strange, I think, but its how my head works. Is the computer pretty? Sure. Easy? Not yet but maybe some day. Am I happy with it? Not now but I do hope to be very soon.

I figured out how to add music from my old computer to this one really easily, so that was nice. And the photo booth thing is fun.

I don’t do change well. It’s just not my thing. I tend to be gun shy about decisions (except travel) and drag them out until watching me is painful and being me is even more so.

For the last 12-18 months my computer has been dying. A very painful death. It moves like molasses and has hot pink lines that go across the screen. But I’m cheap and felt, on principle, that the thing should last longer. After a lot of convincing, Jason reformatted the computer and tested his monitor with it to try and resolve, or at least isolate, the problem. Nothing.

The other night he walks in and asks what I am doing. “Reading a book,” I say. “While I wait for this web page to load.” He started laughing. As he should have.

So the other Wonder Boy asked if I was going to the gym. I said he was and he suggested that we shouldn’t so we could discuss our home renovation project (more on that later). “All right,” I said, “but if I don’t go to the gym I am going to buy a computer and you can come with me and we’ll talk on the way.” Just like that I had made my decision.

And not only that, I am switching from PCs to Macs. This will be interesting. I am a PC nerd through and through and hate having to struggle with technology. I also have been a little stagnant with my learning so this could be a good opportunity… We’ll see.

Regardless, NO PINK LINES! It should be shipped any day now.