Monthly Archives: June 2011

The Happenings….

I meant to start this earlier in the day, heck even a few days earlier……lol  Lets see what is going on.

We had a pretty good weekend last week.  We had some of the nicest weather we’ve had since the fall and did a bit of grilling to enjoy it.  Last Sunday night, as we were finishing our dinner, there was a knock at the door.  We pretty much keep to ourselves and was like, what the heck.  Hubby answered the door, the neighbor from across the street was there and seemed to be mumbling……hubby is like, you hit my jeep?  The guy is like yes.  This is not the first time, limited parking and it is on the street, so not a real big deal….exchange info and contact insurance.  So hubby is like, let me get my shoes.  He goes out there, sees a big wide scratch on the rear passenger bumper.  The guy is like I didn’t hit you there, and when asked where, he pointed to the driver side, that is so covered in pollen and dust that there isn’t a mark.  There is no way.

Hubby was going to say no big deal and not to worry, until he lied about it.  Because that scratch was not there this earlier.  He came in, all ticked, I went out to deal with it, asked for his info, he refused to give it to me, saying that he didn’t hit us there.  Sounding real baffled and buffled.  Well, that wasn’t going to work.  My husband started questioning him loudly and called him a liar, I called the police to mediate.  Dispatcher hearing it in the background, got the police here quickly.  We got the info from the wife, we felt totally guilty, she looked so crushed.  The few times we waved and talked in passing, she has always seemed so nice, she even dropped off fudge during the holidays.

The police did ask if the guy had gone back inside during this, we are like yes, well he had been drinking, but no proof if it was before or after he hit us.  I had seen them working out front all day, they had moved their car out of their drive to pull weeds, so I figured it was when he was adjusting from pulling it back in that he hit us.  It was a nice day, many people work out side and have a drink while doing it.  And looking back at how he responded, it makes sense that he had been drinking and you know the wife knew it.

Like my husband told her, he was saying to him to not to worry about it when he denied that it was his damage.  We did draw the neighbors out during this…..ggeezzz

So we have been debating all week whether to get it fix, if he hadn’t lied, we probably won’t.  And then, if to fix it, go through our insurance, pay the $100 deductible and have them deal with the neighbor’s insurance or call their insurance and deal with them and possible denial.  Well, that did get answered today when I got a letter from their insurance and are now have an appointment with their adjuster.

Been having an issue with the mail I sent out on May 31st and June 1st.  I sent out 3 things on the 31st and only 1 of them got there in a normal time frame.  One of them was not received until June 9th!  Icks.  On June 1st, I mailed out 2 netflix (to Salem), 3 cards (MI, IN, & WA)…….netflix FINALLY arrived June 10th, card to MI, June 11th….not sure of the other 2 yet, but I have hope.  What really bugs me about it, is that the card to IN was to mom & dad for their 39th Anniversary and I mailed it to be on time to be there by June 9th…..nope, didn’t happen.  So not happy about that.  But seeing that 3 of the 5 items have been delivered I have hope on the other 2, fingers crossed.  Normally only takes about 3 days to MI and 4 days to IN.

A few weeks ago I spent some time researching about internal hard drives for our macbook pros, what I read it looked easy to do and by doing it ourselves save us $50 for the change out, $50 for the transfer of settings and files and save $100 on the hard drive.  A total win-win, if as simple as they say.  Found us a much bigger hard drive ( hubby’s a 250GB, mine a 160GB at the standard 5400RPM) and even faster : Western Digital Scorpio Black WD7500BPKT 750GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Internal Notebook Hard Drive -Bare Drive Western digitals are considered very good hard drives, so I got them ordered.

They were delivered this past Thursday, June 9th.  When I opened the 1st one, I noticed that it had some unsecured from it’s packaging in it’s own box.  But since those boxes were surrounded by packing peanuts, I didn’t think too much of it. Hubby used that one to change out his hard drive, took 3.5hrs for the operating system to install, 1.5hrs for it restore from back up and then it ran slow as heck.  Let it sit over night to make sure everything was lined up and it worked faster in the am.

So Fri we decided to do mine, only took about 50mins for the operating system to install and 30min for it to restore, but I also only had 30GB….his was about 150GB. Didn’t take long at all for mine to be up to speed and no issue.  His started to freeze up, opening programs, playing tunes….so I did some research, sounded like a hard drive issue.  We ran the disk utility, ran the repair, still had the issue.  I started to remember about the packaging and the fact that hard drives are sensitive…..so we switched back to his old and put in for an exchange on the new one.  I will say that so far, newegg.com has a really nice and simple online process for returns.  I’ve never used them before, but was aware of them….so definitely a site to keep in mind when we need electronics.

I got the damage hard drive shipped off and now waiting on the exchange.  Now that we know what we are doing, shouldn’t take long to switch it out and get it running again.

Monday, June 6th was the day we planned for a 12mile hike on Mt St Helen’s, as a late anniversary celebration.  Well, we didn’t go to bed as early as we should’ve and didn’t get our NW Forest Pass like we needed.  We figured we can get them when we get there.  We got our packs all ready Sunday and left here by 6 am, figuring the drive would take about 2-3hrs.  We did figured pretty correctly on the drive, took only a little bit longer due to the fog that we encountered the higher we went.  One moment it was clear the next moment couldn’t see a thing on a winding mountain road.  The pass thing really messed us up, because none of the centers opened until 10am.  If you want to do an all day hike and be back by sundown, you need to start by 8/9am.  So we had already checked a few possible substitute shorter hikes that we could do instead.

They did have some pullovers for you to view the area.  You could see tree trunks from the landslide buried sideways in the dirt and exposed by the rivers that recut their flow through the land.  It really does mess with your mind when you think about it and see it and then the info at the observatory, a bigger mind frock….wow

We went to the Johnson Ridge Observatory, where the original hike would’ve started.  Johnson Ridge is what forced the landslide to move west instead of keep coming north.   Wow about the view…..the pictures we took do not do it justice.  When we first got there, Mt St Helen was covered in clouds and would peak out.  When the observatory opened, we saw the 16min movie they have.  They used the original film with some added CGI, it was actually pretty well done.  Learned a lot more about the blast that neither of us knew.

Didn’t feel so bad about not getting the pass needed for the hike until late, because the trail we wanted to take is still covered in snow and won’t be open until July 4th area.  So the fact that we’ve been doing the higher elevation hikes in the fall, has been a good thing.  And it was a very good thing that we ended up doing the 2.5 mile hike….it was a big workout.  Going by how long it took us, with similar terrain, that they 12mile hike would’ve taken us 9-10hrs.  We really enjoyed ourselves and learned a great deal.

I’ll be posting some pics in a separate post and I still need to make a gallery.

I’ve been working this for a couple of hours and heading to bed.

Pauline’s Daily Tweets

  • @mdcbrat He needs to learn that you can't mess up that camera, just turn it on, make sure you have lighting and shot….lol #
  • Let's Put It in Writing: Women Are Equal http://huff.to/l5FEeA #
  • Sign @carolynbmaloney ‘s petition and tell Speaker Boehner and the Republicans that #womenmatter http://www.womenmatter.us http://t.co/4QVhLBR #
  • Gym and store done, attacking work so I can be offline tonight. Didn't do the harddrive change last night, doing it tonight. #
  • Just took my 286th mugshot! http://www.dailymugshot.com/PACBPurdue96 #
  • Planned Parenthood: A 2012 litmus test? – Sarah Kliff – POLITICO.com http://politi.co/kqDfd3 #
  • Not sure when I'll be back online…..took hubby's hard drive switch out about 8hrs…icks #
  • Just starting, it is 4:29 and now says 30 mins…somehow I don't believe it =} http://twitpic.com/59r3lv #
  • After dinner, 55 min late, its waiting for me, much quicker then hubby's. =} http://twitpic.com/59rrsi #
  • Starting to transfer 27.2 gb from backup, 5:29 now let's see how long http://twitpic.com/59rsz1 #
  • Awesome, 6:10…..40 min later… Now waiting for mail to import & everything to line up. http://twitpic.com/59sby8 #
  • Everything seems to be running could, got my updates done….very pleased, getting ready to start moving files from my external. =) #
  • A Federal Study Finds That Local Reporting Has Waned – http://nyti.ms/iq5TJ7 This is not good….it lets government run amuck. =( #
  • GM CEO call for $1 gas tax hike – Jun. 7, 2011 http://t.co/uMjCGbP We've been saying we need higher gas tax for years. #
  • U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Fights Regulations On Chemicals Linked to Penis Deformations, Birth Defects: http://clmpr.gs/iKAEhd No surprise =( #
  • Hundreds of dead sea turtles have washed ashore on the Gulf Coast. Take action to stop these senseless deaths: http://dfnd.us/kngaiM #
  • @mdcbrat What did the lawyer say? #
  • Defying Title IX, Colleges Report Male Athletes as Women : Ms Magazine Blog http://bit.ly/jjxa9D Scammers =( #
  • A Cheerleader’s Rape in a Small Texas Town : Ms Magazine Blog http://bit.ly/kL2BFD #
  • Ending one's life a right, doctor says – The Chart – CNN.com Blogs http://t.co/asDBq3x #
  • Wow, the 2 biggest files transferred to my mac from my external without an issue and in a lot less time. #
  • But when you think about it, it is much easier to work to/from an internal instead of between two externals with the OS being the go between #
  • Trying to figure out why hubby's mac is freezing up when he opens programs or plays itunes…..hoping we don't have a faulty hard drive. #
  • Running the disk utility on it, maybe a disk repair and we'll see…..fingers crossed that it takes care of it. #
  • Well, frack….it doesn't look like the disk repair took care of the issue…..ggrrrr #

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  • Happy 39th Anniversary Mom & Dad!!!!!!!! #
  • The Lies and Lunacy in Tim Pawlenty's Economic Plan http://t.co/xPcvSX3 #
  • Why the Repeal of Hyde is a Priority for Pro-Choice Advocates – http://goo.gl/gAomH (via @feminist4choice) #
  • Getting ready for a walk to the post office, need some stamps and find out what happen to the mail we sent out last Wed =( #
  • Is It Really Safe to Use a Cellphone on a Plane? – ABC News http://abcn.ws/ltfSHi #
  • Well not much they can do about my mail. They are going to ask our carriers, if they possibly remember the items. #
  • I'm wondering if they got caught up in the after holiday mail, because my MI sister JUST got something that sent out on the 31st #
  • Which is the day before I sent out the 3 cards and 2 netflix……fingers crossed that they still show up and by Sat, that would be great #
  • I did get see a litter garter snack on my walk! Thought it was cool, I don't see many critters other then squirrels on my walks…lol #
  • That was suppose to be "little"………ggeezzz LOL #
  • Can the Ku Klux Klan really 'rebrand' themselves? http://t.co/djbLif5 via @theGrio Not! #
  • @mdcbrat I miss gordon's! Use to go there all the time. First time when working for DQ #
  • @mdcbrat That is great to hear, that you got your meds #
  • Prince Philip: Top 10 Gaffes on 90th Birthday – ABC News http://abcn.ws/mEpgmN These are funny. =) #
  • Getting ready to change out and increase the size of my hard drive, not sure how long this is going to take….checking on hubby's first. #
  • Well, hubby's mac is dragging on that…..put in his old hd, asking a friend their opinion as it why because it is a faster hd, 7200RPM #

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  • @mdcbrat Withdraws from what? #
  • Stewart Roasts Weiner With Apologetic Press Conference Of His Own (VIDEO) http://t.co/LbZEyvI This was awesome!!! #
  • @mdcbrat Ah, you are talking about in the past….honestly, you know how we just tried of people's drama's, that is probably what happened #
  • Woman Could Get 15 Years for Recording Cops After One Of Them Allegedly… http://huff.to/jWdnvk This is messed up…..ggrrr #
  • @mdcbrat Yeah, when mom and dad and us, where totally changing our lives for taking care of your kids… who had time and engery? #
  • @mdcbrat We were struggling in our own lives and dealing with a lot that was dump on us by your situation…don't give me that pity me #
  • @mdcbrat You have NO idea what chaos you caused in all of our lives, yes you have a sickness…but it is a selfish one that dumped on us #
  • @mdcbrat ah….that makes more sense. The med thing…..that bites. =( Any chance of partial refills? #
  • Just took my 285th mugshot! http://www.dailymugshot.com/PACBPurdue96 #
  • I just been trying to get work done, slowly but surely making a dent into it. #
  • @mdcbrat At least this one is g-rated…..grin #
  • Jon Stewart apologizes for Anthony Weiner coverage, pays for it in blood http://wapo.st/lARfll lol #
  • @mdcbrat Just been working #
  • Women Handle Combat Stress As Well As Men, Study Shows http://huff.to/m95JBs #
  • Today is my late Grandma Curtis' birthday…..miss her. =( #
  • @mdcbrat http://on.fb.me/lMRdXn Not done uploading, hope to get back to them tongiht #
  • RT @periodpiece: You're NOT #prolife if you want to take health care away for ANY reason from even ONE person #prochoice #trustwomen #
  • RT @atom_kane: A 15yo girl who is terminal w/cancer has made a bucket list. 1 of her wishes is to trend on Twitter. Give RT #alicebucketlist #
  • Dinner time! I'm starved. =) #
  • @jaketapper What is Yc0Ç ? #
  • I almost forgot that I had a watermelon to cut up that we picked up a few days ago. #
  • Finally got the company work done, client books, our books, fruit cleaned & put away, need to attack the laundry now. #
  • Do churches have the right to discriminate? http://t.co/Km1byXG Hell no, not when they are taking public money. #
  • Peter Diamond, Goodwin Liu, Dawn Johnsen: Why can't Obama get his nominees confirmed? http://slate.me/k2aBRV #
  • RT @msmagazine: What We're Reading: New Report on Sexual Violence Against Journalists http://ow.ly/5dmkU | Via @feministing #
  • If a moderate Texan could love the exclusionary rule, why can't judicial conservatives? http://slate.me/macNlA http://t.co/KXLEBJv #
  • Homeless Veterans Sue Over Neglected Campus in L.A. – http://nyti.ms/mP5xK4 Shameful =( #
  • Afghan Sitrep: A Grunt from the Front Sounds Off http://t.co/CEUwhaF #
  • Moms on Facebook, amiright? http://huff.to/l6c9lV LOL I love it! #
  • Love this Doonesbury strip on @GoComics http://bit.ly/k2ELKm I just love their relationship! lol #
  • Seniors' medical pot collective stirs up trouble – Health – Alternative medicine – msnbc.com http://t.co/rBGPO1t #

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  • @mdcbrat Angi wanted me to tell you, she isn't ignoring you….lost the baby and sick, cramps, nausea,…can't talk #
  • Forgot sunscreen yesterday, my nose looks like Rudolf…….extremely red…icks…lol #
  • I have tons of work to do, that is what I get for taking a Monday off…..got a head ache, not cool #
  • The $2.5 Trillion Tragedy: What America Has Given Up For 10 Years Of Bush Tax Cuts: http://thkpr.gs/mGcs6p# #
  • @mdcbrat when did you get jessica's announcement #
  • Most of my emails are done, company books are done….took forever, walking to the post office to check the box. #
  • Then needing to attack support tickets and my client's books, doesn't look like I'm getting to our until tomorrow. #
  • Lions pinch camera http://t.co/HRX0kZE This is really cool! #
  • Got the client's books done, support calls, need to attack support tickets.. #
  • I do not get that? Why is that a sign of deception….I don't think I would want to talk to a man after a rape #
  • How For-Profit Colleges Aggressively Manage Statistics http://huff.to/jIEbdJ #
  • Regulators Knew World's Best-Selling Herbicide Causes Birth Defects http://huff.to/jzNnoa =( #
  • Ayn Rand: The GOP's Favorite Bonkers Demagogue http://t.co/A9EFIV Their icon did not believe in religion…newsflash GOP #
  • Ayn Rand & GOP vs. Jesus http://t.co/TZu4Ie1 #
  • After Strauss-Kahn’s Arrest, Frenchwomen Speak Out – http://nyti.ms/j7feCW #
  • Among GOP, anti-tax orthodoxy runs deep – The Washington Post http://t.co/Z84KCRg #
  • How the Tea Party Gave New Life and a Path to Power for Xenophobic Ultra-Right Extremists | | Alte.. http://bit.ly/irv61E #

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