Beloved is building things in the Things' room. While they are gone, he's completely redesigning their room. First, the bunkbeds were disassembled, then Murphy beds (2) were built, then shelves were erected.

Upon his completion, my job comes up. I need to put their things away, organize their clothing, and generally make things nice. This was supposed to be our Friday evening.

However, some of his final tasks were delayed. This meant that he had to continue with the drilling and nailing and screwing and mounting [ooh, i crack myself up sometimes]. I could not organize and fold and otherwise make nicey-nice.

Instead, I cleaned off the dining table, which without children at home went from being the family evening gathering place (tonight, we ate takeout Thai picnic-style on the living room floor .... just as an example) to being the dumping grounds for mail, shopping expeditions, and any other crap that we happen to have in our hands as we pass by.

I also started moving my suits (which I do not anticipate wearing until at least October) into our hallway closet.

I also cleaned up the kitchen.

I also fumbled through Apple.com's instructions on how to transfer my iTunes library (2400 songs) from my old computer to my new computer. This process required some pretty heavy-duty acclimation to the new platform.

And now, I am, in love.

Everything is just PRETTIER on a Mac. The colors are richer, the chats are bubblier, the iTunes are brighter.

I even put a DVD inside, and I was stunned at the clarity and color and beauty.

So, my earlier uneasiness with hte unfamiliar platform is gone, and I am a Very Happy Camper.

AND ... my iTunes are on, and it did not fill up the entire hard drive, as it did with the Old Computer!!

I also went through the old computer and took off all my documents, bookmarks, stored personal information, and other things that I found necessary before handing it off to the children. So, if they happen to be on, oh, i don't know, Amazon.com .... they won't find MY stored Credit Card number, and think that they can just have whatever they want ... for free.

posted by Zuska @ 11:47 PM

1 Comments:

At Tuesday, August 15, 2006 8:27:00 PM, Filch said…

Murphy beds rule.