I HAVE A COMPUTER!!!!!!!!

i have a new computer......well sorta.  this man who volunteers at my new job found out that i was thinking about just getting a new tower so that i could get back online and he said he had purchased a used compaq presario tower/keyboard/mouse and a compatible monitor from the salvation army where i work and he didn't need it anymore.  he had recently purchased a laptop, so told me i could have his old one.  so today i went over to his apartment and picked it up.  i got 2 extra "mouses", the monitor, keyboard, and additional coax for other items to be added.  and all for FREE!  thank you friend!!!!!

i had lunch on friday with a woman i have made friends with through contact at the craft store i used to work for.  she said her husband is the IT guy for a major local hospital and he has a program that can retrieve information from "fried" computers and store it while he cleans my computer, then will put it back in my computer.  and then he will build me a really good computer from all the parts they have at home.  so i have this one to use while i wait for him to clean and restore my old one, and then i might possibly get a much better one.........free.  of course, he is quite busy and i might not see that new Frankenstein computer for some time, but i am happy just to have internet from home, though slow.

i hope all is well with my readers.  i haven't had the time to visit journals, but i am off tomorrow, and after i wash 2 loads of clothes at the laundromat, i plan on coming back here and if i have an internet connection, i will read and respond to journals.

i got my tax refund, or at least the federal part, and i paid a bill, got my emissions done, and got my tag.  legal for another year, lol.  then i made the mistake of going to ross to see if they had any sheets on sale.  i bought 3 sets of sheets and new pillows all for $69.  when i got home i found a flier in my mailbox from radio shack.  i shouldn't have opened it, lol.  they had an hp printer/scanner/copier/photoshop copier and docking digital camera for $99.  i was all over that, lol.  so now i have a nice camera to take some pics with that i can put here on my journal.  of course, they won't be great like my friend greg's pics, but they will be better than what i have been taking with my cheap little digital camera without the flash.

the time changes tonight and i am losing an hour, so i guess i need to start getting ready for bed.  hope everyone has a blessed sunday or whatever day it is in your part of the world.