Monday's Music Moves Me: Nov. 28, 2011 ~ I LOVE Christmas.....

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Welcome to a Monday's Music Moves Me, the fantabulistic music meme hosted by me, my dearest of friends Dolly from XmasDolly, Callie from Jamerican Spice and the wonderful Stacy from Stacy Uncorked. We are entering into the holiday season, so from now until the end of December, we will be posting Songs of the Season.

I love this time of year, so it was hard for me to pick the first couple of songs I wanted to share, but this one is the first one that popped into my head.....

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas ~ Michael Buble'



And of course another song wishing for Christmas to hurry and get here......


Christmas Don't Be Late ~ The Chipmunks



Now you know I have to post one of my favorite artists with one of his bests songs.....


Blue Christmas ~ Elvis (in black leather... SWOON!!)



Those are my holiday songs for this week, I'll have more next week. Sorry I'm so late - more computer problems - UGH!! When they work, they are awesome, but when they don't, I want to throw them out the window!

So what have you been thinking of this week??? Write up a post and let us know... Here is all you need to do to play along:

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Once you write up your post, link up with us (on any of the host's blog - they are all connected) and you may be chosen as our SPOTLIGHT DANCERS like this week's lucky couple in our #1 and #2 linky spots.....

Allstarme of Incognitus Scriptor ~~ and ~~ Danielle of Royalegacy

CONGRATULATIONS!!

If you are one of the lucky ones who is chosen for our spotlight dance, don't forget to grab the Spotlight Dancer Button from Dolly's right sidebar and proudly display it on your blog... WooHoo!

Now, don't forget to sign the linky, visit the participants, and leave a comment - you know you like them, so does everyone else. For more Monday music fun, visit Lady Estrogen and my friend Denise at Run DMT.

ROCK ON MY FRIENDS!!!

Wishing you all a joyous holiday season filled with family, friends, music and love!

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Week in Review: Computer Problems, Migraine, Vertigo, Back Pain, New Business Venture, Plus PSA

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I know that you have all had one of "THOSE" weeks... well this was one of mine. I'll spare you all the little details, but give you the overall.....


As you saw by by Monday's Music Moves Me post, I suffered from some terrible vertigo that lasted through Tuesday - along with a spill down a few stairs that aggravated my back and nerves down my right leg. So I've been having trouble walking, sitting and sleeping all week - gotta head back to my neurosurgeon next week to see what's up with that.  On top of that with the weather changes we've been having, the air pressure has been having a ball with my migraines - UGH!! So I have had to try and sleep more and take more medication than usual (the naps have been helping make up for the sleep I'm not getting during the night). Add one more issue - problems with my computer, a virus that snuck in somehow - and that was the straw that broke the camels back!

All of this has led to my depression rearing its ugly head. Those of you who suffer from this debilitating disorder (I suffer from PTSD that leads to anxiety and depression) know how these things can just pile on and you think you are doing OK, then - BAM - you finally can't handle it anymore. I am so lucky to have a couple of great friends and my wonderful husband to help me through these times, but it makes it truly hard to write on my blog, which then makes me even more upset because I feel like I'm neglecting my friends and another responsibility. A vicious cycle... many of you may understand.

We have also been trying to get our yard cleaned up for our re-inspection by our HOA as we (along with SEVERAL of our neighbors) received a letter stating that we were in violation of the covenants agreement we all signed when we bought our house. Now I do truly appreciate the HOA keeping our community nice and neat and beautiful, but this year they really seemed to go for the jugular and cited things that had been deemed OK during the last 5 years of inspections... another irritating item in my life. We ended up having to purchase 8 bags of mulch, 3 bags of topsoil, and 85 pieces of sod to fix everything... Can I just say that if I NEVER have to touch a piece of sod again, it will be too soon. This also added to the pain in my back and neck as Bill and I had to do the work ourselves since we didn't have the money to pay someone to do the labor. Our neighbor had similar violations and it cost him over $400 to have someone do the work - no way we could afford that.


On a MUCH happier note, besides the fact that I think I have gotten rid of my computer virus (WooHoo), Bill and I are working on a new business venture together with a wonderful friend of ours. It is a fabulous skin care line designed by dermatologists with prescription ingredients to help with all our needs from adult acne, rosacea, to (my favorite) anti-aging. I cannot wait to introduce it to you... once we are all set up, I'll give you all the details and have a marvelous giveaway worth $300.00!! I hope you are as impressed with it as I am, Bill has even noticed how much softer my face is and I notice a difference in the fine lines. YAY!! So keep your eyes open for all the info and the giveaway coming in the next couple of weeks.

One more thing... my PSA For the Week: I have scheduled my annual mammogram for next month. I just want to remind all my darling friends to get your boobies checked... take a friend, take your sister, take your mother, remind a stranger ~~ it could save a life, maybe even YOURS!

Don't Forget..... Get Your Mammies Grammed!!

Hope you all had a great week and are enjoying the last few days of summer. Things should be getting back to normal around here ~ well as normal as things can be with an old man, a crippled wife =) and six doggies. HaHa

Love you all and thanks for all your support... HUGGLES!

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Sorry I Haven't Been Around... I'm Having Laptop Trouble

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UGH!!  Again I am having trouble with my laptop. I'm hoping it is again just my adaptor, but hubby thinks it is where the adaptor plugs into the computer (I sure hope not) so I'm going to order ANOTHER adaptor - this makes my third for this HP laptop since November 2009.... BLECH!

So, I may be away from the blog for a bit, I have a desktop (it is in pieces right now) that I can't sit and work at for too long because of my spinal issues and I will try to answer emails via my iPhone.... please be patient with me.

Hope to see you soon... HUGGLES!
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My Emails Have Disappeared... AGH!!!

I have NO idea what happened and I have no idea how to fix it, but I had fallen asleep around 5:30pm today {courtesy of some Yorkies waking me up at 2:15, 4:38 and 6:37 this morning} and woke up around 7:00 and started to make dinner.  Bill asked me what happened to all my emails, I must have been working really hard this afternoon.  When I asked him how many I had, he said 22, which I knew was totally impossible because when I fell asleep, I had over 400 ~ yes, you read that right, FOUR HUNDRED!!!

So after dinner, I tried looking for them everywhere on AOL and I couldn't find them anywhere... not in the recently deleted file, not in the old file, nowhere.... I searched the AOL Help database (what a waste THAT was) and I cannot find them anywhere. I don't know if this has anything to do with the problems I had last week with the person who hacked my emails and did some spoofing, but I don't think so because I have changed my password and don't see anymore evidence of spoofing, but who knows anymore.

Of course, while I was sleeping, one of my "minions" could have done something that I don't know how to undo:

So, if you sent me an email and I do not reply, PLEASE resend it to me so I can respond to you. I am not ignoring you, I love to talk to people and hear how everyone is and I try to respond to everyone who comments on my blog. I'm sorry if I don't get to you and please don't take it personal. Thanks for your patience.

Until next time..... Lorie

Cartoon of the Day - Does This Look Like Your Desk?

OK, who said this cartoonist could come into my house and look under my desk???

Until next time.... Lorie

Cartoon of the Day - Password (With my Apologies)

After the week I've had, I needed a good laugh and this just seemed to do it... hope it makes you laugh, too. Have a terrific weekend!



Until next time..... Lorie

Computer Problems

I'm going to be a little behind in posting and visiting over the next few days. Some how last night while my laptop was off, the hard drive got totally wiped out. I turned it on this morning and nothing!! There was an error report that said there was an error and window would could not start and I had to restore factory presets - YIPPEE! I had to reboot my entire system and drivers and start from scratch. Fortunately I think I have everything backed up either on flash drives or online, however, now I have to find it all and restore it all. The main thing I am worried about is my photos... I was lucky enough to win a copy of F-Secure Online last year, so I know that my photos are safe and secure online there. I just have to reinstall the program and restore them to my computer and reinstall my photo editing program.... It's all going to take some time.... Bear with me, my friends.

Wish me luck getting everything back in order and installed. I just wish I knew how it happened. If any of you has had a similar experience, let me know. Hope you have a terrific weekend... Bill and I will be going out for brunch tomorrow morning to celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary.

Until next time...... I hope..... Lorie

HP TouchSmart 600 Desktop PC Giveaway from Jolly Mom!!

My friend Piera over at Jolly Mom is hosting a giveaway for an HP TouchSmart 600 Desktop PC !!! Can you imagine that??? How fantastic is that??? It includes Windows 7, a built-in webcam and microphone, an HD widescreen and so many more features... Head on over to Piera's site to see how to enter to win. The giveaway ends on December 7th - which is MY birthday, so that must be a sign that I should win!! Good luck.....

Until next time..... Lorie

PHOTO COURTESY: HP

Updated Living Will

The Hubs sent me this email today.... I guess he thinks I'm spending a bit too much time on the computer lately.....

MY LIVING WILL


Last night, my kids and I were sitting in the living room and I said to them, 'I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug.'

They got up, unplugged the Computer, and threw out my wine.

They’re such wise asses ...

(So is The Hubs)

Until next time..... Lorie