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Saturday, July 28, 2012

It's crock pot day

I see that July is almost done and I did not try any new recipes. I found this one yesterday and it seemed perfect for a hot busy day when I don't want the oven on.


I had tried a couple different pulled pork recipes but they were too spicy for my vanilla palate. It is weight watcher friendly so that helps keep me on program. I am rounding off the end of Week 3 tonight with WI tomorrow morning.  I will serve it with new peas and potatoes from the farm garden. mmmmmmm

DS2 is coming home from camp today. Actually DS1 went out to get him. He used to go to that camp too and misses that he can't go any longer. It will give him a chance to visit with the directors, who miss him. Must say it's rather nice to be able to just send the boy out instead of driving out myself. I gave him gas money for the trip and his car is cheaper on gas than mine so I saved a wee bit of money.


I visited Staples  today and talked to the manager. She was able to match the teacher appreciation discount (earlier than planned) and deducted the cost of them running the virus repair the other day when led to my code blue on my old laptop.  So I am coming to you via my new laptop!!!!!!! that I got for just under $600. Virus programs are running and I will tread carefully the next few days. I need to move my pictures and files back on here, maybe a few at a time. dunno if they were infected.

I have laundry on the line and I am finishing the last bits of the decluttering I had planned to do this month. More laundry to come when DS2 gets home in an hour.

I need to go over my budget to see where I am at and come up with a plan for August.

And watch some Olympics :-)



As a side note.....I plan to take the motherboard out of my two old laptops and my old desktop so I can recycle the devices. Anyone have tips on how I do that? new to me.





4 comments:

~Carla~ said...

Yay on the new laptop! :) Awesome!! I'm making garlic cheesy pizza bread for the kids tonight... I had next to no sleep last night & I'm starting to burn out! lol! Good luck with the motherboard... no tips, sorry! :(

Anonymous said...

There should be service manuals available online for your laptops and desktop computer. Perhaps search on "replacing motherboard" for those models. That should help you out in removing them.
The desktop one should be a matter of removing the memory and all visible screws to remove motherboard

Good Luck

Jean - MN

Jolie said...

oh Carla I do so love garlic bread AND cheese bread and together..mmmmm

Jean - thanks.I found a good site that shows where it is and how to remove it, both on laptops (which looks easier) and the desktop. They then recommend to drill through the hard drive a few times. Then I can recycle the main computers.

The Asian Pear said...

So glad you didn't go over budget. Good luck with the moving of files and stuff. BE VERY CAREFUL!