Saturday @ Home

Wow, we didn't have anything planned for this weekend! Usually, there is at least some birthday, cubscout event, or something else going on. And, to top it off, the sun was out, which doesn't happen too often on weekends here in Washington after all! So, we went outside and the kids did some swinging and digging and then they found an old plastic basketball hoop stand which we bought for Nick when he was 2 or 3. After a few hoops (more or less), Nick started coughing again and I started to get a headache--darn allergies! Well, back inside, where Katie decided that it was Mommy Pig's Birthday and she proceded to organize a tea-party.
Invited guests included Max and Ruby, Blue, Magenta and Marlin--not Nemo, since this particular fish does not have the lucky fin.

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Good Weekend

We bought a MacBook Pro for Mark this weekend (same one I have). I'd been raving about mine since I bought it last November, when I finally made the switch after years of complaining about my PC. Not that I'm a noob at PCs--I've been working with them for a long time--my first computer was a TRS-80 :)
I use PCs at work and when I come home I'd like to do something fun, like edit my photos, update my blog, twitter, play in photoshop. What I DONT want to do is figure out why the latest update or service pack screwed up one or more of my programs.
Since our lease for our two laptops was up and we weren't having a good experience with the leasing company, we figured that, since we had to pay a certain amount to pay of the lease, we may as well put the money into something better and send the laptops back from whence they came.
It took less than two days for Mark to get all his stuff transferred and the MacBook pro set up--sweet!

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