Spring Is In The Air

Computer is repaired.

Spring is upon us and I look forward to seeing nature reward us it’s burst of color, and fragrance as she starts to display her first blossoms. I can see them peeking through the ground hinting at what is to come.

A fresh start, I would like to think that we all get a fresh start. I feel that every year, this is the time that I look back and forward at the same moment, knowing where I came from and where I want to go. Like the crocuses pushing through the soil, silent without complaint...then when it blossoms, that is its statement!

I would like to think that I could have such an impact, but then again it is hard for me to remain silent, so when it comes to the bloom...well it just doesn’t have the same impact. I still will renew my goals and my plans for spring this year and perhaps with less talk and more planning, and maybe I too can accomplish a few flowers of my own, this year.

My creative juices have been flowing, if you would like to see what I have been doing you can check it out.

http://luluborealis.blogspot.com/

Computer Woes

While working on the computer last week I met my first Trojan, needless to say it was not a very good experience. I was doing research and clicked onto a website, the website didn’t open but suddenly I had pop ups telling me it was XP virus info and that a virus entered my computer click here if I wanted to know more. BINGO! it got me and after that every two seconds a pop up window would appear saying the same thing telling me to click it.

When I say pop up windows, they would start popping up faster then I could shut them down. I closed down the computer and clicked it off the net, and suddenly it would turn itself back onto the net the pop ups were back, no mater how many times I took it off it would go back on. My son tried to look at it and he ran diagnostic disk and suddenly we find out that the computer is being used as a server for about five other hackers (and not with names that were warm and fuzzy).

There was nothing left to do but to turn off the computer and unplug it. I took it into the computer center to see if they could save it. I have not heard back from them, this is not good! I am on my laptop which is very slow but it works, and I trudge through what I need to get done, but I must say I miss the desktop. I hope that it is not “terminal”, and that it could be saved and I will do my best to keep it safe.

Just to let you know the research I was doing was on the Ketchum family of Amityville, it was about three or so titles down the page where I clicked I do not advise anyone checking that out.

The shower was held for my daughter and it went really well. We all had a really nice time there was plenty of food and lots of jokes. My daughter is getting married in
Cancun so not everyone is going to be able to attend the wedding so this gathering
was a way of for all of us to get together and wish her well.

The theme was an island theme and we had a coconut top and grass skirt for my daughter to throw on over her clothes. It was really funny, we all got a really good laugh.