Current Mood : Lazily contemplating all the work I gotta get done today...
Current Image Notes : I'm hoping this'll help rev me up a bit in the 'get off yer butt and into the Lab' demotivational issues I've had lately. And don't be fooled by the cover - it was only $2. ! BTW, what'cha think of my new 'quick photo post' ? I love being by a window ! Oh, and behind it is a bucket of stars that used to be in the hallway. I like the idea of having a bucket of stars.
There. I'm all caught up. Sorry to have vanished so abruptly - I wish I had a better excuse for it than 'I just couldn't push or make myself to write for a week' and computer problems, but that's all there is. I think I needed the break, but I really should have said something like 'Gone crazy, back later', so no one would worry. I'll do better next time, if you'll accept my apology !
I'm nearly back to what passes for normal with me, so that's good. I have a metric ton of dishes and laundry waiting, which is enough to make me wanna go back to bed ! Instead, I'll write - that's a compromise, right ? :)
Even through there's not a lot going on. I'm still really enjoying Windows 7 - it has so many features I would have asked for, but never thought to. In every Win incarnation before, I was always pulling up 'Computer' to find a file or photo. In Seven, it's always up in the System tray, just waiting for a click. And I can hover over open windows also in the tray, and click on the one I want - like if I have six Firefox pages up. I can hover and click on just the one I wanna see. I'm also loving Firefox's Personas. In Vista, the window for it was too narrow, but in Seven, it's nice and big, and on the bottom edge, too ! Of course, mine's a black field full of bright shining stars. Although the animated lightning one was tempting...
Also, you know how there's a 'recently viewed' file on the Start menu ? Seems like what I wanted to work on was just one view short of the cut. In Seven, each 'recently used' program has it's own Recent file, so more is available faster. Nice.
I'm also gradually adjusting to only having PaintShopPro X2 on the computer. It's sometimes frustrating how doing something simple to an image is made more complicated, not less. And sometimes, the simple things I know to do in X2 don't work, so I have to restart it. I get soooo tempted to install 5.03, but I persevere.
Dearest Son found the chibi Millennium Falcon quad guns sometime last week, and I happily attached them. Now we're just missing the ramp, and it won't be long 'til we have to go through another semi-annual massive toy sort-out. I'm sure it'll turn up then.
I missed last weekend's Flea Market, since our twisted-up schedule had me confused for a bit, and by the time I remembered, the days for it had passed. But there's one this Friday, so I'll probably go. Unless I get all confused again !
Well, time to get to work. I brought in all the soda and water bottles, took out all the trash this morning. I tend to save the heavy lifting for the afternoon, after a few bites to eat. I'm really looking forward to my baked potato ! I'm also gonna find a place to store all the leather samples I bought for a quarter each at a yard sale a few years ago. They were displaced from Beloved's Studio during the big clean-out. They're still on the sample cards, some of which I'll use for the next fence-based 'FREE' sign, since they have nice brass grommets on 'em. There's fifteen total, but I'll only be able to salvage about five of the cards. The rest have coffee on 'em, or will get totally wrecked when I detach the leather.
It's always the 'I'll get to it later' jobs that sneak up on ya...
