More excuses for not "gathering" lately.

I know I havent been around much these last 2 months, mostly due to the back surgery I had before Christmas, the recovery was longer (and still going on) than I ever anticipated and I really wasn't in the mood much for doing anything except watching old movies on TV and  the silly shows I like.

Due to the fact that I wasn't doing my routine one of my cats decided she didn't want anything to do with me..I worried so much about her,(still do) but now that I'm out of bed and back in the living room watching TV she seems to be coming out of her slump. 

I wrote a few epinions and won some money...that was unexpectedly nice, so I bought a new Laptop, something I've wanted for a very long time now...What an amazing machine, I can actually sit in my easy chair and write comfortably that is until the heaviness of the thing starts to weigh on my knee and legs..trouble is. I've had to learn so many new things about this machine, and spend hours setting it up, tranferring picture files, etc, etc...tonight was the first time I actually figured out how to put a picture on gather from the way this new Window Vista is set up. but I', learning..and boy trying to get used to this keypad...yikes..and the mouse pad too..I did resort to using an optical mouse but I'm determined to learn this  mousepad..it's so much more convenient..

Then to make matters even more confusing we decided to paint the house...both the outside and most of the inside...what did this mean? Well, no we didn't do the painting ourselves but we did have to get our plants out of the way and redo some landscaping...inside we had to remove all our paintings and photos from the walls and we had almost every wall covered with enlarged framed photos from our travels.. we also had to clean out some closets so the painters could do the trim on the doors...what a job that was!  The big problem I have now is to be able to put those pictures back considering the painters took out all the nails...  I do love the new colors so bright and cheerful only thing is that none of the matting on my pictures match...But I'll figure it out somehow without breaking my back..LOL

Another good thing is that while throwing away some old stuff I found a box with some very old pictures taken when my hubby was just a kid in Costa Rica...what a treasure find that was...one in particular of the textile shop my father in law had when he emigrated there from Europe just before the war...Their name is even on the storefront..

Anyway, I just thought I'd write this for anyone who might have wondered where I disappeared to...I'm back, but slowly, so I'll see you all around the site sooner or later...