What's making me happy right now

1) LOST is finally back on again, and Dusty and I can curl up together and watch it.

2)Tyson is now sleeping and napping well in his new bed.

3) Experimenting with all of our new computer applications.

4) Reading this book and getting so many new ideas from it. I am itching to try some of them out.

5) Knowing I have this book waiting for me on my nightstand after I have finished the one I'm currently reading. There have been so many good reviews about it that I'm about to explode with impatience.

6) Shoveling snow outside with Tyson and trying not to cringe as he splashes in the muddy slush puddles.

7) Having sisters who will watch our little boy for us when we need some time away.

8) Realizing how blessed we are.

Computer drama

I had a bad day yesterday. I woke up, did my get ready thing, and turned on the computer. Our wonderful Mac computer. And it opened up to Windows XP. I thought perhaps Dusty had switched it over the night before and forgotten to switch it back, but no. (In case you don't know, you can run Windows on a Mac just like a PC via Bootcamp, which we only got because we wanted to do family history on PAF) It's like having two separate computers built into one). So, I went to the startup disk and tried to switch over. Because lets face it. We didn't buy the Mac to run as a PC. Sorry PC people, but we don't like them anymore. Strangly, there was no switching over to be had. I got onto the apple website and tried to figure it out. No solution. Lots of freaking out on my part ensued. Last night one of our few friends who happens to have a Mac and know a lot about computers came over and told us our sad story. We had used up all of our disk space, which is akin to taking your computer outside and running over it with your car. ( I knew we should have put our home movies on DVDs, silly us) Now, don't fret people, and run screaming like I did when I first heard, because Macs are so wonderful, that, unlike a PC, you can hook up another Mac computer, restart the computer in a special way and have access to all of the Mac computer side of stuff that would otherwise be long gone. So, I went and bought an external harddrive today, which we should have done a million years ago, and tommorrow our fabulous friend is going to come over and save the Macintosh side of our computer. In case you were again wondering, I am using the computer today on the PC side, icky icky, because it turns out that I must have access to interent to function. Pathetic, but brutally honest. Hopefully by tommorrow night I can use my Mac internet browsers and all will be right with the world.

For Fun--

I don't know about the rest of you, but when I am browsing/shopping I usually stumble upon lots of great things that are calling my name. Just thought I'd share, in no particular order:

When I was last at the Clinique counter, chatting with one of the girls about new products, I discovered this little bottle o' magic. Okay, I know it's probably not the fountain of youth, but if it can diminish the age spots that are starting to appear on my face (aahhh!) then I would be a happy girl.


I have always thought a chandelier in the bedroom would be so romantic and create such a great ambiance. (I tend to be a girl who likes sparkly stuff). I found this last night while reading from this magazine.



Sharp knives are definitely underrated and I could sure use these much better Wusthof ones.



Need I say more?.... deleted scenes, special edition?



Lately it seems I'm always being reminded how much I crave a cello of my own. -Hearing Yo-Yo Ma perform at the inauguration yesterday, -finding a cello at the D.I. (although it was way over priced considering it didn't have a bridge, a bow, or many strings), -going into the local string store to check up on our violin restoration and being able to play them there. Torture!



Can't you just picture this with a light cardigan? Love it.



Super fab



And in honor of my sister who fell in love with this dress and propositioned me that if I bought it for her she would become my indentured servant for four years.... okay... she said one week.