Whirr and Hum | DearDiary.Net

I should be starting soup and vacuuming and baking cookies, but here I am making a diary entry instead. It must be the hum of the computer fan that draws me here to the keyboard.
It's like living in a new house, dealing with this new operating system. And it's a busy house too. Son A. asked me to sign up for a hotmail account so we can chat on MSN Messenger, so I now have three email addresses. This seems excessive to me.
And by the way T. if you are reading this, I need your work email to update my files. (You KNOW who you are!) ;-)
The thing about having all those different ways to communicate is that it can make for some busy screen time. I have configured Outlook so that a box comes up and tells me who has just sent an email and a sound clip plays from the sound track of "Meet Joe Black". Then there is the doorbell sound when a friend joins Yahoo Messenger or leaves me a note there. Add to that another noise if son A. signs onto MSN Messenger, and you have grand central station happening right before my eyes!
(And I was worried about spending too much time on the OLD system!)
From the Comment Gallery:

IChandra is worried, lest I turn out to be a bloodthirsty deer hunter. Ummm. Let me be clear. If I was hungry,I mean in dire straits, I would shoot a deer and eat it. But mostly I like to go out and see the woods and the wildlife and the plants.... (I brought home leaves to press for gourd decorations) I'm more of a gatherer than a hunter. But I keep my options open.
Bookworm wants to know what I have been doing with all this apple butter.
Filling up a shelf in my cupboard for one thing. And giving it away to friends when they come over. Oh yeah, and eating it on english muffins! Or sneaking a spoonful straight out of the jar.
Okay, no more fooling around. Time to cook and clean. We have company coming this evening!

Comments (10)

allimom (Legacy)

I kind of know how you feel. I should be finishing applesauce and more carmel apple butter (sinful, truly sinful, but I can't go without it on my morning toast!). My excuse is the plumber. I can't wash my jars until I have my current geyser situation under control!

As for the vacuuming and everything else... I'm just ignoring that hoping it will go away. It hasn't yet, but it might!

Of course monkeys might also fly out of my butt...

Alli

InStitches (Legacy)

"I have configured Outlook so that a box comes up and tells me who has just sent an email and a sound clip plays from the sound track of "Meet Joe Black". Then there is the doorbell sound when a friend joins Yahoo Messenger...."

Sigh, and I was happy just to have messenger stop signing in automatically under my daughter's id. I have no idea how, it just stopped as mysteriously as it started. The Home Version is possessed......good thing you went Pro.

Pragmatist (Legacy)

And I'll be there pretty soon with Rafi. And a couple decks of cards.

Shalom

sezrah (Legacy)

and what a delightful gift it must make too!

ichandra (Legacy)

i was NOT worried you are the one mon amie that said this was your experience in the country unless i was misreading i thought that it must be a fictional i i was just asking in disbelief you seemed like a feminine type that would not go out hunting so i said playfully are you a deer hunter geez i am not apologizing you are the one that said it was your country experience

we are all bloodthirsty mon amie every time we bite into a steak i dont care if it is marinated and served with expensive cutlery
geez i mean really

i do apologize about the naming of the cat that was rude it is up to you to call your cat what you want you want a humorous name for fun there is nothing wrong with that i just have this thing about names

also i would like to add that i dont have to reconstruct data bases because i use the computers at the university and it is all done for me and at the cybercafes just in case you thought of that as a dig

geez i am really sorry i guess i am the bloodthirsty one with bleeding thoughts
geez it is really too bad that september 25 is over i could just spend the day lamenting

monstergue (Legacy)

RYC: no, you are right. It isn't a personality contest. What I was saying was that I am so phylisophically (sp) opposed to what both candidates represent that I am almost sick to my stomach. It has nothing to do with who has the better smile or whose wife picks out the better china. I do not agree with either of them in the most fundamental of ways and I refuse to vote. I will not vote just to keep someone out of office. I think that is wrong. If I did that, I still would not be voting.

If you chose a candidate, I respect your views on why you did. It is a very personal thing, voting. Let us all make the best choice we can.

bookworm (Legacy)

Ah, getting to know the new system. Sounds like a fun set up, though. Thanks for letting me know what you're doing with all that apple butter. Sure hope your friends appreciate the gift. ;-)

ichandra (Legacy)

this is hilarious today yesterday was not i dont want to upset my favourite journalist oh you with your flowers and your zen cooking it was the furthest thing from my mind that you were a deer huner hee hee
although i can tell you mon amie if you were and i am certain you are not i wouldnt be worried i really dont care what people do in their spare time hee hee i would still visit your gorgeous journal you know hee hee
you know i kind of like the name master baitie hee hee after all say hi to master baitie
hee hee as i reread your journal you are keeping the options open hee hee well good for you we are all capable hee hee you first mon amie let me know what it is like hee hee
if you are going to talk the talk you have to walk the walk hee hee tease over the wire
well i hope my italian temper wasnt showing through yesterday santa maria
have a nice day

fairywishes (Legacy)

you could send a jar to your English friends you know...!
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Sweetsummerbreeze (Legacy)

I know what you mean. Here I am trying to catch up on all of the diary reading I haven't been doing when I should be doing homework. I'm such a procrastinator.

~C