I have a techy question...

My computer is running fast except for when I am trying to stream a video online. I am pretty sure it is my wireless connection. I have 2 linksys routers. One for Vonage, and then my wireless G router piggy backed onto that for my laptop. Is there a different setting or something I can do to make it faster?

Videos that are already downloaded onto my computer are very fast so it's not my computer but my connection. do you think that the broadband connection is split too many ways between my vonage phone and my laptop? Email me at stellatrippedandfell@gmail.com if you have had this problem before or it you know how to fix it.

Thanks!

I'm snotty

And bitchy. And stuffed up.

I think I am getting an ear infection. My ears have been popping (and driving me nucking futz) for the last few days and then tonight I thunderstorm blew in and I was in agony with the high pressure in the air. sniff. I want my Mommy.

The good news is that I'm taking Kennen to the ENT on wedneday to see about getting tubes in his ears. I just might ask her to have a look-see in mine if I'm not feeling better by then. I just want to feel well again. >:( I did force myself to strap on my shoes and run today. It was mostly walking because I immediately got a stich in my side. What causes that? How can I prevent it? Y'all know what I'm talking about? That pain in your side when you run? I do know that the more often I run, the less often it happens. Hmmm. I might have to do the google later.

Can this blog entry get any more boring? Oh wait! I'm pulling weeds tomorrow!

There! I just made my blog more boring! I rule.

Ka-ching!

Have you ever seen something like a company or an invention and thought, 'Why didn't I think of that?'

I was checking my email today when i ran across this article. A Houston woman created a toy rental company. Ugh, is such a simple idea and it's such a brilliant idea. You can choose 4 toys to rent for $30 a month. When you are done, you ship it back in the box it came in. Shipping is always free. She then cleans them with a clorox wipe and sends them to the next person that has requested it.

I hate toy clutter and I throw away a lot of toys. Like literally in a garbage bag because I just hate the mess and also because the sheer volume of toys that my kids receive is just nuts. Anybody that has been around kids knows that the child will play with the toy for about a week, and then discard it. Pretty soon you start to lose the pieces and then you are kicking yourself for wasting $40 on something that is yesterdays plaything. Ugh.

This kind of company would be so much work but hello? Looking online at quality toys to buy? I already do that! Wiping down the toys with a clorox wipe? I already do that too! Okay, that last sentence was a lie. The scary part is that the article said that she pays $12,000 a month into the company and that she hopes to turn a profit by the fall. Yeah...I don't have $12,000 a month to invest in a company. It does remind me though that we live in a very rich nation. A nation where people are willing to rent toys. There is money out there to be had but you just need an idea and the balls to go for it.

Harry Potter is the bomb

I love my new computer. I tell my laptop to go to a webpage...and it actually goes. It doesn't tell me to fuck off, point and laugh and then shut down. Not that I don't have love and appreciation for my old emachine. It has lasted as long as my marriage...and that says something huh? 6 years of love and dedication. Now it has been banished to just being the ____ computer. The blank starts with 'P' and rhymes with horn.

I went to best buy on Friday quickly before my guilt and frugality got in the way of buying the laptop I wanted. Long and boring story short...it was out of stock and i took it as a sign that it was more than I needed. I went to my friendly neighborhood Sams Club and found an HP with 2MG of RAM (I reeeeeeaaaallly wanted 3 MG...just in case I ever decide to become a gamer ;D) 250 gig on the hard drive. Plus all kinds of extra bells and whistles that I don't know how to use. Like it came with a t.v. remote. WTF? I'll figure it out someday. I got my laptop, an iPod and a wireless router for the same price as the super duper computer at Best Buy. And you know what? It's great! You know what's even greater? I feel like I got a good deal on it.

I was afraid at first because Internet Explorer was very sluggish. I didn't know if it was just vista chewing up my RAM or if I bought a shitty wireless router. Then I switched to Mozilla and now it is lightning fast. Plus I have been slowly uninstalling all the of junkware that HP put on here.

In other big news...Kennen has a big boy bed now! The poor little soul has been cramming himself into his crib every night. I think he wakes himself up becasue he rolls off that tiny mattress and he has been sneaking into our bed while we are sleeping...and peeing on us.

Yes...this is my life...

I got no strings on meeeeeee!

:D I'm happy to announce that I am typing this on my new laptop! I think I'm in love. Although I cant type for shit on this thing. I am used to my old computer that had very deep keys on the keyboard and I feel like I am abusing the poor letter buttons on my laptop. Also, it feels weird not to be in my cave (guest room) anymore. I feel sort of distracted actually. And guilty because I'm supposed to be doing the dishes. Fuck the dishes. I am getting my new friend...I think I shall call him Harry Potter. Get it? HP? Hewlitt Packard? HP? Harry Potter?

hee heeeeeee, I amuse myself. :D

Peace out...the kids are throwing shit over the banister.

Late night ramblings...

The other day I gave the kids a bath and afterwards I was taking advantage of Kennen being cold and cuddly and he actually fell asleep in my lap. He is growing up so I must hug and kiss him while I can!!! I think boys start to push away from touching their Moms at like 6 years old right? That's only 3 years left of holding my boy! Girls are different. I still climbed into my Moms lap when I was 15 and probably still would but um...I'm over six feet tall and my Mom is maybe 5'7".

My sweet boy fell asleep in my lap and Kimberly was being veeeeeery quiet. She came out of the bathroom and she had CUT HER HAIR! Yup, she gave herself bangs. They are pretty dorky. I cried. She cried. Then we laughed hysterically. OMG that girl! I've learned to not leave scissors laying around because she gave herself bangs when she was 3, but the little stinker used the little scissors in Jeffs manicure kit. Ha ha! Jeff's manicure kit! That sounds funny. I swear he's not a douchebag. He likes to operate on ingrown hairs or something.

Back to Kimberly. She's reading! Driving down the road, watching tv, me blogging...everything! She's also been trying to arrange a playdate with the little girl that she sits next to on the bus. I got her off the bus the other day and she said, "Mom, follow that black car, I have a map!" Sure enough she pulled out a homemade map from her backpack. That kid cracks me up! Tonight she cleaned the living room, scrubbed the toilets and made me a pot of coffee! I haven't had Kimmy-girl coffee in a long time. After dinner I still hadn't had any so while Jeff and I were watching the Super Tuesday political news, Kimberly came walking up with a piping hot mug of coffee. :D 5 years old is a great age. I highly recommend it!

On to the presidential candidates. Pick your pony! I've not completely engrossed myself in what these people have to say yet but I cannot believe it is looking like Hilary vs John McCain. I would really love a female president but I just...dont like her. But I like John McCain less. C'mon Obama! I'm not ready to say goodbye to Obama yet. I hope he makes it through this rose ceremony. Oh, and I do think it's funny that Romney took Arizona and the newscaster was talking about how surprising it was. She must not know about the sheer volume of Mormons in AZ...it's not just Utah y'all!

Sing it : 'book of mormon stories that my teacher tells to meeeeee, are about the lamanites of ancient historyyyyyyyy'. I learned that at Aunt Susies house growing up. :D

Wow! This is why I don't drink coffee at night!

Ok, on to computers. I went to the Apple store and fell in love with the Macbook. I love Leopard. I hate the price. Just can't do it. Not when I have to buy Kennen a big boy bed right now too. I would want more than 1 gig of RAM. But I can't pay $1500 for a computer. The thought makes me physically ill...cold sweats...eyes crossing.

I'm thinking of a HP and I want to stay below $1000. The sales ads are all going to change on Saturday so who knows what super deal I will find at Best buy, Fry's electronics or Circuit City. If not, I will probably buy a HP from Sams Club. They had one for around $800 but who knows. Sometimes I get a little impulsive when I shop. I'm a good little consumer.

Okay. I think that is all I've got. Yep. that's it!

ducks in a row

Whew! Is it just me or were the last 3 months financial hell? With Christmas, property taxes and hoa fees, we have been living like spartans for the last few months. We made it over the hump and now it's nothing but income tax returns and raises and oh that $1200 the government is handing out this summer to boost the economy will be pretty sweet too. Now I can fucking breath again. It's really not that bad. Jeff and I have been poor and living in a hovel. At least we are broke and living in a pretty house. :D

We are paying off debt with this return but because it is more than we hoped for, this girl is in the market for a new laptop! I have been hobbling by with my 6 year old emachine, which I'm told is not even a 'real' computer. I am definitely on borrowed time. Jeff suggested a Macbook but they start at $1100 versus a Dell notebook that starts at $600 and come in pretty colors (priorities...hee hee). I only need it for blogging, editing and storing photos and reading truemomconfessions.com. And i definitely want a laptop because then my guest room (baby's room someday?) wont have to double as an office. This isn't a 'iwantanotherbaby' post, this is a laptop post...so here is my question.

What kind of laptop do you have and do you like it and why?

peace