Monday, December 17, 2007

Blixi at Christmas

I was looking online today and there are a couple of ideas that I have for the pupster for anyone who wants to indulge her for Christmas... and that's all of us, right? Ha.
She has really been chewing on things lately! She has been destroying plush toys, so I'm not purchasing more of them for her currently.

Orka dog toys
Kong Extreme goodie ship (large or mini)
While You are Gone DVD or CDs for dogs
Zukes minis dog treats (all flavors)
Sweaters measured for 12-14 inches (S or M depending on make)
Greenies Teenies
Anything that squeaks!

When John came home today he told me that he had been to visit my Flickr page and couldn't believe how much Blixi has grown. I really need to get the photos I have of her onto the page, but with my laptop defunct it makes it a little hard. I don't want to install my camera software on my work computer.

I'm going to miss my pup over Christmas while I'm visiting family. John is going to take her to visit Mama Yost for the holiday, so I'm sure she will have a great first Christmas.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

End of Semester Update

Just finished all my grade entries. 11:30ish pm. Time to crash.

Grade entry did NOT go off without a hitch, I'm certain I'm going to be aggravated by the process of trying to correct some of my uploaded grades tomorrow.

On the up-side, John and I went bowling last night with Michele and Michael. Lots of fun, much harder IRL than on the Wii. John also got to go to Red Lobster for the first time, though he keeps reiterating to me that he prefers the 'all you can eat crab nite' at the casino in Redwood Falls.

Wednesday I will be flying to Oklahoma to visit with Mom. That means tomorrow I will inevitably be washing laundry and getting ready to go, so that I can drop my car off at Maren's Tuesday night.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Dearly Departed Laptop

My laptop has finally booted its last I think. It has started to do this thing when I plug it in where it starts the power supply and fan, and then it tries to boot, it fails, and then it starts over. I can't get it past that.

So, I'm looking at MacBooks. I am ardently against getting a Vista machine, and I don't want another desktop. I've also added a tablet to my Christmas list that will go with the new laptop. Now I just have to save up a bit of cash for it.

I gave my first final of the semester today. Being that I have several students who needed to take them early for one reason or another, I feel like I am a little bit ahead on getting my tests done ahead of time. I have to set up two Jeopardy games this weekend for my review classes on Tuesday though, so that will be a little time consuming, writing some simple questions. The students are excited for it though.