Last Sunday I got up and, like I always do, turned on my iMac to check my email. After giving my programs a minute to load, I returned to find a message saying that my preferred network could not be located. Hm. This type of message, though not common, isn’t unheard of. My home wireless [...] Read more »
New Car Shopping, Part 2
First lesson learned: don’t try buying a new car just days before Christmas while also preparing for the Big Family Christmas Party and your daughter’s first trip home from college. I can’t say that I regret our purchase or even that we made any mistakes regarding the car chosen or the price paid but I’m [...] Read more »
New Car Shopping, Part 1
Thanks to a hit-and-run driver, we’re in the market for a new car. This is not a good thing. The destroyed vehicle was My Love’s baby — a Newport Blue 2007 Subaru Impreza Wagon. He loved that car and he had the pink slip, baby. All paid off. We’d intended this car to last, just [...] Read more »
When Dryers Go Bad, Part I
My clothes washer/dryer set is approximately 14 years old. In other words, it’s practically brand new. For the past year or so [which is to say for-a-while-now-but-I-really-can’t-remember-when-it-started], my clothes dryer has been eating clothes. Okay, maybe not technically eating as in masticating with teeth and all that, but eating as in grabbing onto and damaging. The unit [...] Read more »