Visitors and headaches

One of the reasons my daughter came to visit me - was to teach me the next steps in web design.  

Let's see if I can explain it a little better .......... You know when you go to a web site and there are all these little buttons that say "click" and you do - and a new window opens or an animation starts ....... or other magic happens......... well that's the next step in my web design course.  And Eldest daughter came to teach me.

After 24 hours my brain hurt - not my head!!  not a headache !!  literally my brain hurt!!  and then I was having heart palpitations cause I just wasn't getting it....... (never mind the fact that each day she was here we both had an online course to take that was WAY above my learning curve!!)

But finally it all started to make sense and I could get the little click here button to actually click and take you to the next screen!!  and have the audio start at just the right moment - and have  text boxes magically appear - by jove she got it!!

Or at least I thought I had it!!

Daughter went home on Saturday evening.  Sunday I decided to try creating a few slides without her sitting beside me ............. and yeah I got the click buttons to sorta work - but for some reason now the audio is sporadic and buttons are appearing when they aren't supposed to............. I was pulling my hair out!!  This new process is only supposed to take me about 8 minutes I spent nearly 3 hours - H O U R S - on one slide and it still doesn't work.  

I feel so bloody stupid - and frustrated - and questioning WHY in god's name I ever thought I could actually learn this :( :(  and what a drag I am on eldest daughter :(



Now before you all think we only sat glued to our computers -- with bruised brains -- no we did manage to go to a munch on Thursday evening.  And eldest daughter got to meet some of the wonderful people who have been supporting me and holding me up and just being friends to me since I moved here.....

And on Saturday when eldest daughter's significant other came to pick her up - we all went downtown to the Fall Festival - which really involved closing down main street and having all the shops putting their end of season stuff out on the street for sale. 
But despite the cloudy skies and the drizzly rain - we did do the whole main street from top  to bottom and back again - had a lovely lunch - before the kids had to head home.


Today my poor daughter will have to take more time away from her work to skype with me and try and figure out what the hell I am doing wrong :(  God I HATE when I don't get something immediately - and I have to be a pain in the ass !!!  I am hoping it is some small glitch in my process that she will spot immediately and I will be up and running again...........

Otherwise - a gun to the head (not the computer like the picture above) might be the only way out.................  

Frustration

that's Frustration with a capital "F"............. 

For the past month or so I have had no functional battery in my netbook - which was ok - I used the power source.  However - the whole point of having a netbook is to be able to use it WITHOUT a power source.  So yesterday I went to the nearest Geek store and ordered a new battery. It will be here in 10 days.

Then last night my netbook wouldn't connect to the internet.  W told me about this DNS malware thingy.  I nearly died.  I flew upstairs to check out my pc.  It was working fine and did NOT have the malware.  But (stupid me) figured I had no way to check out the netbook - no internet and all that.

This morning I called my ISP provider .......... something I dread more than root canal work.  And was pleasantly surprised.  First they had me bring the netbook upstairs to my office and connect the Ethernet cable (DUH!) and check to see if I had the DNS malware (I don't) Then we worked together to give them access to the netbook - I love when someone comes in through the 'back door' and plays with me ...... ahh i mean ....my pc......... 

After a couple of hours of messing around - they told me that I need to take the netbook to the Geek squad.  And I am to tell them to update the wireless adapter.  Now why I can't do that online is beyond me......... though they did seem to try it and it didn't appear to work.

I love my computers - more than I should probably - and when they don't work !!  I am like a bear with a thorn in my paw........... (can we all say "grumpy"?? very very grumpy)

So I am off to the Geek squad........ and will have to rely on my old klunker of a pc (over 10 years old and still limping along - have I jinxed it now???) to surf and update everyone.......... 

If that blows I will have to pick up my Kobo and read my books electronically - do you see a trend going on here??? one day I might just land up having to find some pens and paper ........... and hard cover books again....................

Lost my mojo

Ok so I had this reasonably good blog entry today based on Saturday's night event.  

I was gonna show you this pic........

and this pic,,,,,,,,

BUT for some reason this morning - when I went to the blogger dashboard - the damn thing didn't recognise me... said my blog didn't exist.  WTF??!!!

I sent an emergency email to W and asked him if he could log on to my blog..... 
and he could.

Then I took a breath and realized I had a lap top I could try...... 

Et voila - blogger dashboard was there ......... my blog was there............. 

So the problem lies not with blogger - but my pc.

Now I am pissed at my pc.......... running all sorts of scans - every scan they invented to see if it can find the problem...... hopefully ........ cause the pc has all the pics .., and for some reason all my inspiration........ my mojo.,

Anyway - all this confusion - stress - has dashed the inspirational blog I had planned.... 

Hopefully tomorrow the inspiration will be back ......... my mojo will be back.,.......

Red Light Green Light

Remember the game you used to play as a kid (well maybe not all of you played it) It was called Red Light Green light.  When the person who was IT called green - you were allowed to run towards them.  When the person yelled RED you had to stop.  If the person who was IT caught you moving you had to go to the beginning and start all over again. 

  
Well on Tuesday night my modem lights flashed RED (well just the internet light to be honest) I guess I was caught moving because I was penalized by losing my internet connection.  Now it might be interesting to note that I had the exact same problem exactly one year ago.  That problem plagued me the entire summer and well into the fall.  For 7 months to be exact.  Each time the tech came out to the house he would fuss around - looking all efficient - change wires - kick the modem and declare my problem fixed.


The only thing was ......... it wasn't fixed - which is why it went on for 7 long months.


For the winter months - when everything was buried under 10 feet of frozen tundra my internet worked like a charm.  Then last week - POOF - like magic - my internet connection was lost again.


I called the ISP and explained about last year........ explained how the problem disappeared magically during the winter months and reappeared as the thaw started.  They weren't buying it.  It had to be something else.


So I waited 48 hours for the tech to show up.  He was supposed to arrive at 9 .... he arrived at 10:40.  He followed the pattern set by all the techs I saw last year.  He fussed around .... looked very efficient in his tool belt..... changed some wires ........ kicked the modem and told me the problem was solved.


I politely asked him if he didn't mind I wasn't too confident.  He vowed he had fixed it.  I asked if he stood behind his work.  He declared he did.  THEN I said "Prove it.  Give me your phone number and the next time I have problems I will call you"


Needless to say I didn't get his phone number.


Anyway - all of that to say...... if I seem to disappear in a puff of smoke ...... never fear I'll be back - as soon as the next tech fusses around ... changes the wires and kicks the modem.

Sometimes you just gotta laugh,...

Ok so some days you just gotta laugh - cause the alternative - crying - isn't gonna help.

I have a routine when I get home. I curl up on the sofa pick up my lap top and play some mindless games on the net till I am hungry for dinner,

In the middle of my relaxing game last evening my internet crashed....nothing else .. just the internet signal.

Now I have been having this problem every 2 weeks since April. Every two weeks since April I have called my ISP and given them hell. On Sept 4th they sent me a techie who looked like he knew what he was doing. He changed the phone cables outside the house. I have had perfect internet service ever since.

Well that is .. until last night.

I will spare you the total stupidity of the level one tech.. and the level 2 tech... and the fact they changed the password on my computer and forgot to tell me... I will say that they did send a technician out to the house tonite... (he just left)

Anyway...... I am trying to calm down last night.. telling myself I will watch some mindless television. So I put on some new show and am actually getting into it when POOF the channel disappears.. just .. disappears!! All the other channels were working fine.. including the baseball channel !! .... but not the one I wanted to watch.

I do believe I had steam coming out of my ears.

Anyway.... I kept busy at work today and when I was home I managed to "steal" a rather poor signal from one of my neighbours so I could at least d/l my email. (not nearly as satisfying as playing mindless games but hey you gotta do what you gotta do)

At 6:00 on the dot the tech arrived.. corrected the password error created by the dipsticks last night.. et voila .. my pc is up and running again,.

Of course the initial problem wasn't even looked at.. cause there is no problem ... NOW.

So I am back - up and running... you gotta laugh.. honest you do!! Cause we all know in 2 weeks I am gonna be off line again... and the merry-go-round goes round and round.

Now I am off to play some mindless games........ and chill out.

Forgetful Sub

ok, so i told you all i got my pc back......... and i have had to reload all the programs back on.. and try and find programs/files .. and try and get the printer to run wireless (which i still haven't accomplished !!) all the while (of course !!) playing farmville and cafe world and writing the odd blog every now and then and working, and trying to keep the house up.. and keeping track of all the sickies in the family...........

Eventually it was bound to happen............ not a computer crash but a subbie crash!! Yesterday i was pooped.. exhausted... dead to the world........... so when i came home i decided to do nothing........ (well ok i DID check up on the farm and the restaurant - but then i went and had a rest...)

Every evening (as most of you know) i go on msn to chat with Sir at 8 sharp....... so like a good tired subbie i dragged myself up to the office and loaded up the pc.. i wanted to show Sir i had managed to get msn working again... and i sat there ... and sat there and sat there... no Sir.

By 8:05 i guess.. i was wondering where He had gotten to.. wondering if His Vista had conflicted with His computer yet again.. and He had finally thrown the whole thing out the window............

Just as i was about to send Him a text message (cause ya know, i really feel funny - even after 8 years!! - phoning Him) when it occurred to me (brilliant subbie !!) that i had not checked my email since i had arrived home.

And you guessed it - or you should have - there was an email from Sir. In all the hustle and bustle of the week, i had totally forgotten it was TUESDAY and Sir's night out at the train club !! (stupid subbie!!)

The email was a "task email" something Sir hasn't done in ages ......... i was thrilled to see it.. and pissed off. Geeeeeez Louise !!! Didn't Sir know i was pooped.... didn't Sir know i could use a night off???? and my god.. it looked like i would need some sort of flow chart to keep track of what i was supposed to do and for how long.............

1) get the clamps
2) put the clamps on the pussy for 10 mins - off for 5 during the off times text message Sir - back on for 15 - off for 5 - back on for 20
3) don't turn off the pc
4) go and give yourself an orgasm
5) have your bath then text message

i did some fast math......... because i had forgotten to pick up my emails.. i was way behind schedule.... it was going to take me way over an hour to complete everything - including my bath - and i had so hoped to be in bed by 9 at the latest.........

i gave a figurative shrug.. and clamped the clamps on........... natural consequence for not doing what i am supposed to (checking email) ........ the first 10 minutes weren't so bad...... i played cafe ville while i watched the clock...... 5 minutes off i texted Sir... got a drink.. and slapped the damn clamps back on for the next 15 minutes......... cafe ville was boring - the farm was running itself.. so bejeweled was my next game of choice..... but the damn clamps hurt.. my pussy ached... i couldn't concentrate and probably got my worst scores ever !!! (like you all care - see me roll my eyes??)

Well to make a long story short ....... sort of ........ by the time 9:05 rolled around and i could give myself the reward of an orgasm... i was so not in the mood!! my pussy hurt for god's sakes...... i was tired and cranky.. but the gentle vibrations soothed the savage beast in me... and i lay there just enjoying it.......... letting the stresses of the day.. the past week .... vibrate out ............. yeah yeah i had an orgasm.. not an earth rocking squirting whole body trembling one.. but i had one....... and then a nice hot bath...........

When i crawled into bed.. my whole world felt like it had been righted on it's axis once again............ and i slept.

BUT trust me.. i won't forget soon to keep my email program open and running !!!

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th....... superstitious old thing isn't it?? Friday the 13th is just another day right??

WRONG!!!

My computer wouldn't work...... well it worked but i couldn't connect to the net..... i called the wonderful .. brilliant.. tech team associated with my ISP and of course got to speak with a very nice gentleman in India (dontcha just love outsourcing) whose accent was so thick i couldn't decipher ethernet cable from good day madame!!! we talked in code .. yellow cable versus blue cable .. just so i could follow him and he could follow me... he said.. problem - yellow cable.. i will send you a new one...

Fine i will shop.. i will bank.. i landed up at City Hall trying to find out what happened to my cheque to cover my taxes.. i landed up shopping at a HUGE grocery store that sets my teeth on edge.. i landed up coming out of said grocery store having spent wayyyyyy more than i planned.. to rain.. not a soft gentle summer rain....... nope.. a pouring down drench to the skin kind of rain......

Home safe...... and ..........Then........
we had a thunder storm to remember.. lightening flashing.. thundering booming noisy wanna hide under the bed thunder storm...

Finally Sir arrived..... and brought the sunshine with Him.. but he arrived to no power.. no phones.. no nothing except a shivering subbie curled up in the corner swearing she wasn't coming out till after Friday the 13th..

i had clung to the thought that it was my pc that wasn't working.. i could use Sir's lap top.. maybe even He would leave the lap top and take the pc and get everything fixed for me.. work magic.........

Problem was/is.. it wasn't my pc.. it was the yellow cable.. called eldest daughter - who is a computer geek.. and works for the same ISP that i fought with all morning .. she lectured me.. "call me first mom!!' but brought a new yellow cable.. it didn't work either.. now everyone is convinced it is a) the line to the house (which for those of you who are interested was just worked on not a month ago.. and for which i have a "dedicated" line that ONLY the modem plugs into) or b) the modem...

Sir called the tech guys in India.. Sir was very patient.. a bit short with them from time to time.. and i had to sit at his feet and play with myself.... while he worked out the mess.. plug this end in ....unplug try reversing the cable ends.. no?? ok try this.. try that..
all the while the toy is vibrating and i am wiggling.. and finally despite my tension over thunder storms and soaking wet rain storms and modems/yellow cables that don't work.. i am soooooooo close to cumming.. i look at Sir with my very best pleading look...... i whisper so tech gentleman in India won't hear.. "may i cum please Sir"

He looks at me like i have lost my marbles.... he says .. "CUM???!!! you do NOT cum until I am happy and right now i am NOT happy".... i stop playing .. He gives me the eye and the hand signal to continue.. the vibrator continues to vibrate and tickle my soft spot inside.. i sit and wiggle and moan softly and keep my eyes glued to Sir's face.. hoping against hope.. maybe..???

Finally the blue cable is plugged in.. new software uploaded and running.. FINALLY i have internet access......... problem.. the wireless router does not work.. Sir does not have internet access .. is Sir happy?? no bloody way.......... is subbie allowed to cum?? no bloody way...............

BUT for now i do have internet access... with the blue cable.. new modem with new yellow cable coming........ it should work.................. unless of course it is the ethernet card IN the computer not the yellow cable.. then no one is happy again...........

Friday the 13th........ ughhhhhhhhhhhh