Deborah Fillmer's » computer http://www.deborahfillmer.com blog Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:08:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Week Fifty – Gifts http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2011/12/13/week-fifty-gifts/ http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2011/12/13/week-fifty-gifts/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:33:03 +0000 deborahfillmer http://www.deborahfillmer.com/?p=2797 This week’s post is all about gifts.  First I’ll start with the gift of an amazing husband who cares for me way more than I could ever deserve.  This past week, my laptop that I use for doing my job died.  My job is done completely online and there are several programs that I use that have to be configured just so in order for me to do my job properly.  Thanks to my husband, and some awesome tech support from Liberty University (my employer), we were able to get my iMac configured for my work tasks within a few hours of the crash.  The most amazing thing, though, is that my super hero of a husband had my laptop back up and running by the next day, complete with new hard drive and ALL my data files recovered.  He is so amazing!!

Second on the list is a gift I made for a friend who is having a baby shower this week.  Since I saw how much my kids keep my grandson in his sleep sack that I made for him, I decided to make one for my friend.  She is a Bama fan, so, the addition of a patch to the front of the sack was a special added touch.  I hope she likes it.

The third gift I would like to mention is the gift of doctors, friends, and pastors who care about me and were there for me this last time I was hospitalized.  During my absence from blog posting, I was hospitalized again for sepsis and it was anything but fun.  This time was not as life threatening as the last, because we caught it sooner, but going to the hospital once a year is not something I am interested in doing.  The sepsis is an issue that, if caught quickly enough, can be treated at home with the appropriate antibiotics.  I just have to make sure and watch closely for the signs.  This is a learning process.  This time, like last time, I really thought I had the flu or something viral.  A few days into it, when we figured out that it was not viral and it was similar to last year, it was too late to treat at home and off to the hospital I went.  Ugh!  I am feeling much better now and back to sewing up a storm!

That brings me to the fourth gift.  I have been teaching a friend to sew for the past few weeks and this week she made an absolutely adorable sleeper for a gift for a friend.  The sleeper was made of fleece and went together so quickly that I decided my grandsons really needed to have one, too.  So, I located some fleece on sale and a couple of patterns and have been whipping these things out like mad.  I think they may be finished in time to get to them as additional Christmas gifts.  Whoot!!

There is much more to post about, but it will have to wait till the next installment.  For now I leave you with this quote:

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” ~ Douglas Adams

]]> http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2011/12/13/week-fifty-gifts/feed/ 1 The Mac Has Arrived, Now What? http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2008/11/28/the-mac-has-arrived-now-what/ http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2008/11/28/the-mac-has-arrived-now-what/#comments Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:40:00 +0000 admin http://www.nauticalknitter.com/?p=907 Ok, so I have now opened the new computer and booted her up.  Wow, what an amazing difference.  Even the packaging is different from the HP/Dell stuff.  If you have ever purchased an Apple product you know what I am talking about.  They employ some real geniuses in their marketing department.  The packaging and presentation of the products is unprecedented!  Opening this computer (even the box that the mouse came in) was like opening a shiny new Christmas Present.  Every seal that was broken was followed by an ohh or ahh!!  Too funny.

New Mac Notebook

Now the fun of transferring data, fonts, and programs begins.  Not to mention the learning of an entirely new operating system.  Which I can say that I already LOVE!!!  Talk to you all later, I am off to play work with my new toy data manipulating device.

]]> http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2008/11/28/the-mac-has-arrived-now-what/feed/ 5 Giving Away a Dell Computer over on http://www.scottfillmer.com http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2008/11/03/giving-away-a-dell-computer-over-on-httpwwwscottfillmercom/ http://www.deborahfillmer.com/2008/11/03/giving-away-a-dell-computer-over-on-httpwwwscottfillmercom/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:36:08 +0000 deborahfillmer http://www.knitwith.us/2008/11/03/giving-away-a-dell-computer-over-on-httpwwwscottfillmercom/ Hey everyone, Mr K here.  DK actually gave me a promo spot on her blog so I thought I would put out one shameless plug and let you know that I am giving away a Dell desktop computer over on my personal blog.  Anyone within the CONUS is eligible to win and it is simple to enter.  This is a full setup, a Dell Dimension desktop, 17″ flat panel monitor, printer, mouse, keyboard, speakers, and so on.

If you want to see the details please jump over to the post on my blog called I am Giving Away a Free Dell Dimension Computer and 17″ Flat Panel in 29 Days, and see how to enter over there. I will not be checking comments or entries placed over here so be sure to click over to my photography blog and that should do it.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful fall. I know DK is working up her next knit-a-long project and seeing a few of the details it looks like it will be the best one yet. Stay tuned. — Scott (aka Mr K)

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