Technology Continues Troublesome

I can't believe how many work-arounds I currently have going. I'm also facing up to the grim reality that I'm going to have to use G Mail and I loathe Google Mail. I can't shunt stuff off into folders so that they're out of the way and not cluttering up the inbox like I can in Hotmail. I have also lost a huge swathe of games that I used to play to calm my mind. 

The weekend was pretty good. We fed the crows on Saturday, well, crows and magpies. Some of the magpies have obviously been living dangerously as some of them were missing tail feathers - some almost completely! Here is a poor shot which I hope shows a magpie with a bald backside.

It's hard to see, but the one at the top has a normal end, and the one at the bottom has been severely posterially pruned.

Mother's Day was good here. I got candles, of course. I love candles. I've always got one burning whenever it's practical so the men know that it's a safe gift. I got candles in cute owl holders.

They are all strongly scented, and I can't wait to try them out. I'm trying to think about how best to save them and what I can use them for.

The Lent knitting is also coming along.

It's a scarf that should be finished by the end of the week which will make two scarves and a hat. I want to try and add at least another two hats before Easter. 

Hugs and good health to all. 

Feeling Ungrateful

The stuff on my old laptop was supposed to be kept in the cloud. Last I checked, when I first fired up the new machine, it was all there. Regrettably, the dratted stuff has disappeared. Apart from things like important documents and knitting patterns, there are literally hundreds and hundreds of thousands of words that I really would like to have access to. Just the White Hart collection is over 200,000 words. I've also lost some of my favourite games. They weren't particularly sophisticated or clever, but I found them soothing and I liked them. Their creators don't support them anymore, so I can't transfer them over. Perhaps it's a sign that I should look into getting some games that aren't older than bear. 

It may have something to do with passwords. I'm having all sorts of problems with the Microsoft passwords. They don't seem to be transferring over as they should and it's driving me nuts. The codes that are supposed to have been sent don't turn up, my phone is sulking and I feel like all my electronics are ganging up on me. But I have a functional keyboard, and that's something! I should be more grateful. 

Yesterday we attended a webinar on Student Finance. It all looks incredibly complicated. It should all be manageable, though. Bear should be able to get loans to cover his tuition and a maintenance loan that should hopefully keep him in pasta and pesto. He already has an idea about getting himself a lunch and keeping himself fed, so hopefully it won't come as too much of a shock. We talk about stuff all the time and he knows how to cook, so I'm not too worried. He has a lot more sense than I have. 

I spent far too much time fiddling around with settings today so I haven't caught up as much as I would like. I also don't have a picture, so please accept this. It reminded me of my driving lessons. It's almost exactly six years since I passed.

Photo by Belinda Fewings on Unsplash

 Hugs and good health to all. 

I Have a New Laptop!

There'll be a short period of catch up, but I can't tell you how wonderful it is to type on a keyboard that works!

I've been keeping busy. The chilli plants that have survived are doing well, all things considered, though I need to transplant the little ones that stopped growing.

And today I made a pot of lemon curd - we had leftover lemons. I'm not convinced that it's turned out correctly. I suppose the proof will be in the eating. 

DH has done wonders setting everything up, but the layout is taking a little getting used to. I've also finally transferred to Windows 11, so I'm working out where everything has gone. 

And if any unexpected # turn up - the position on the new keyboard is roughly where the return key was and so paragraphs come with hashtags.

And I found a new Aldi! I dropped bear off last night and instead of parking in a corner, I drove to the Aldi, picked up a few bits and then parked at the end of their car park. The lights for the car park were so bright that knitting wasn't a problem.

The brightness isn't from the flash. The lights really are that good and that particular spot has three of them all overlapping. 

Anyway, I thought that I'd post here before I did anything else. Now I'm off to see how much of my work has saved to One Drive and how much is going to have to be transferred long hand. 

Hugs and good health to all. It's good to be back. 

Procrastinating

Tomorrow I'll catch up with all the blogs I love. Definitely. I'll do it tomorrow. Right now I'm becoming expert at dithering. But tomorrow I'll get caught up. 

Today has been tricky. I've finished a hat, but not sewn it, as I wasn't very focused. I really want to keep knitting for Lent. It looks like this at the moment.

I also cast on for a scarf for the Mission to Seafarers, as I thought that it may be easier on my shoulder. I may only have managed a row or two, but it's something. I've promised myself at least two more rows tomorrow.

I need to do more about the chilli plants. I've managed to kill a couple off. I think it's negligent watering together with being on a south facing windowsill above a radiator. 

I think that I need to transplant the small ones in the rectangular container. I don't think that they're getting enough nutrition to grow. And while it's wildly late to be planting further chillis, it's not beyond reason. Of course, I'm not looking forward to sorting that out with one functional arm, but I'll get there. I'm determined to go for it. That won't be tomorrow, though, as I have more to sort out, but I can't leave it too long.

I also have a lot of lemons that need using, eggs, butter, sugar, some small jars and a recipe for microwave lemon curd. That needs to happen soon before the lemons get past their best. 

I'm in a lot of pain, and from what they said at the clinic, I'll have a few weeks of this. I'm going to have to be strategic. However, I'll think about it tomorrow. 

Hugs and good health to all. 

Further Grumbling

My left shoulder is pretty much frozen up and I'm in a lot of pain. This has left me taking codeine and paracetamol and codeine sends me loopy. Or loopier. Typing is hard even without he keyboard challenge and I can't knit. 

It's an awesome excuse to binge watch loads of tv and films and take things easy. 

DH and bear have been brilliant looking after me. 

I went to the urgent care clinic, where I was seen pretty quickly, and they think it may be tendonitis and if it hasn't gone in a couple of weeks then I should see my GP. I have the pain and weakness that it had last time it was dislocated, but they ruled that out. I am patheticalllly grateful fo that. 

I'll hopefully have something to share tomorrow. Until then, here is a pic that I thought was pretty. 

Photo by Redd Francisco on Unsplash

Hugs and good health to all.

Just Continuing

My keyboard is problematic. Some keys work if you hit them hard enough. Some refuse and then disgorge ridiculous amounts of the letter, eg nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. I have decided to get around it with firm and repeated pressure on keys and cutting and pasting from existing posts/stories/letters when all else fails. 

I was determined to post this. Unfortunately, my body has decided that having my hips in agony isn't enough. My left shoulder is, I think, frozen. I can't raise my arm properly and the pain is fairly bad. Like, not functioning well bad. It's a shoulder that I've already dislocated three times, so all bets are off. 

Hopefully normal service, whatever that is, will resume shortly. 

Writing stuff - today is the saint's day for St Gertrude of Nivelles, apparently the patron saint of cats and I was reminded of Cats in the Bible so I posted a chapter over on my writing blog here. 

Photo by Hümâ H. Yardım on Unsplash

Hugs and good health to all. 

Oops!

 

I'm having a few technical difficulties, but I'll be back soon.