Where have I been?

If you follow our blog, you probably have noticed that it's been a long time since I have blogged.  Or you may have not noticed at all and figured I was just getting behind, as usual.  The past few months have been miserable with our computer.  Everything was so slow.  The last post took me 3 tries (trying to load pics - letting it run all night and then getting up in the morning to find out the computer locked up and nothing happened.)  We have also had the pleasure of trying to save documents and the computer taking a good 10 MINUTES to save or sometimes it would lock up before we could save, causing us to restart the computer and lose what we saved.  The last straw was helping Alexa with an assignment and trying to print an excel spread sheet - I think it took a good hour to get everything done - that was just the printing part and trying to fix a few typos, the project was done.  Pretty much after that I would turn the computer on to check e-mail and that was it (which would still take 10 min - 15 min. to recieve the e-mails and open each one.)  Tim tried his best to fix it but it just had a mind of its own.

So, after much heartache, frustration, concern, and lashing out at anyone who came near me while I was watching that stupid blue circle turn, we decided we had to get a new computer.  Since we are trying to be so frugal these days, I was really dragging my feet.  I didn't think a computer was a necessity - turns out it's much more so than I thought.  I can't believe how much we use it and how much my kids need it for school.  I wish I would have taken pictures of each of us as we sat waiting for the computer to move.  One night Alexa sat there with her head on the desk, banging her fist on the desk and moaning.  So for my birthday and Christmas, we got a new computer.  It just came yesterday and I can't believe how my life has changed already.  I haven't seen that stupid blue circle and right now, while typing, I don't have to wait for the letters to show up.  They are appearing as I am typing.  Can you believe such a thing?  So, now I can blog, Alexa and Olivia can get their projects done, I can do my Relief Society stuff, I can balance our checkbook, work on our budget, Tim can type up the bulletin for church, and whatever else comes our way that we see needs to be done.  We are set. 

Watch out, if I find a few minutes in the evenings, I might actually finish posting about our vacation!