A Second Chance

Many years ago, I switched from being a PC guy, to being a Mac guy. Now today, I own 5 different Mac devices. I've owned many others in my day, but tonight is a first for me. I'm doing a re-install of the software. When I used to have my PCs, I'd go through this once a year at least. This is the first time since my first Mac in 2006 I've had to do this. A few months ago, I took an upgrade of the Operating system. It was like moving from Windows XP to Vista. It nearly killed my computer. So, Heather and I have been dealing with this now for a few months, and a couple weeks ago, decided it was time to oust the laptop. I decided that maybe it wasn't time to give it up just yet. So, like my father has done with many vehicles in his day, I am trying to bring it back and give it one more chance. Tonight was the reinstall, and I'm currently trying to get it back to operating process just like was before the re-format. Then we will see if this 5 year old computer can run like the day I got it. And, if you're wondering, this isn't the oldest computer we have here (2008). We have a 2005 or 2006 Dell that Heather was using when we got married that still runs like it's new as well, so I just wanted to throw that in there that it may get called into a more full time roll around here if the Mac doesn't shape up.

I hope this is working

Well, two reasons I hope this is working properly. 1. It's been a while.... 2. Its been so long, they changed the whole blog interface I use. So, I have no clue about this new layout on my end of entering these posts. Well, I'm going to go with it's working, and trust you'll get this. Hard to believe that September is gone and October will be here this weekend. Last night I got to wrap up my high school refereeing, and now, my season is over half completed. I've got four weeks remaining of the college season, and then the playoffs if I get any assignments there. We'll see how the rest of the season goes before determining that. It's kept me plenty busy, plus work, plus all kinds of other minor or major projects around the house. So, what else has been going on around here. Olivia is continuing to make like a bean sprout and shoot up. She's growing quite quickly and has started entering the terrible twos (even though we're only at around 20 months). We always thought she may be advanced for her age, so why not get this going too. She's really turned into a fearless little dare devil. She'll now use her ability to climb on things to get her to a better position to jump off them. The higher the better, and if it's a soft landing, GREAT!! if not, oh well. Hard to know what's been going on around here since I last either saw or talked to most of you, so we'll leave it at that. Fall is always a busy time around here, so you may or may not see much more of me. Soon our computer will be going under the knife here, so it may be black for a while. Wait, that may happen regardless of the computer fixes, but anyhow, I'll let you know. If the computer repairs work, this one will pry stay, otherwise, we're shopping for new computers. Of course, we made the threat to replace it, and now it's worked well the past few nights. That doesn't mean it's not getting worked on though!! Alright, happy October, and I'll try to catch you before halloween.