Year: 2001

Wow, deep thoughts on life, death, God and so forth here at Blog-O-Baubles. I read it the other day, and it stuck with me as so deep I had to read it again. And I just might return another time or two to read it again, it’s that good. I must say I agree – we should live for the here and now. Not for making more money or having more things, but for our friends and family – the things that truly matter most. Who ever lays on their death bed wishing they had made more money or bought more things? No one. You wish that you had had more time with the people that matter most. So take advantage of it now. You never know how much time have…

Memories I had forgotten all about came back to me thanks to Sea Poup, The Trixie Belden Friends Page – all of which I found through Sometimes I…. I think I read every single Trixie Belden book when I was younger. My mom turned me on to Trixie – she had read them when she was young. I have a young mom, she is only 20 years older then me. She was always great about buying me books, and when it came to Trixie she re-read them all when I was done with them. I think I am going to call her later and see if she can have my dad drop them off at my place so I can read them again. They are really good books!

I am having fun surfing blogs while Jason plays GranTurismo 2 on his PlayStation. Have I mentioned yet today how much I love my new PCMCIA card? Boy, I sure missed the cable modem the past week & a half.

I enjoyed my visit at The Ego Has Landed. Maybe you would too?

Still can’t get the webcam to work. The laptop knows it is there, but can’t seem to access it. Says that something else has control of it. Like it’s possessed. Now there is something to think about – my demon webcam. Tomorrow I will take it up to the office and see if maybe it is the cam itself.

I am not sure just how sad this is … first I saw Mr. T in an 800-collect commercial. Now I just saw him in a Lipton Stir & Serve commercial with Loni Anderson, Mary Lou Retton and George Harrison (with his perpetual tan). Just wondering if his career would have gone further if he had ever ditched those necklaces.

Many thanks to Laura for her tips on the webcam & the software. She even has the same cam – great minds think alike! *wink* Off to play with the cam and enjoy this fast connection!

YIPPEEEE!!!!! I am *so* excited. When walking through Best Buy today after selecting a webcam (which I got a *fantastic* price on) I had a DUH moment. I discovered I could buy a PCMCIA card so that I could connect my Cable modem to the laptop. I am SOOOO happy. I have really, really, really missed my cable modem. Do you realize how slow a dial-up is when you have been using cable for a few months? Yeah, for those of you that have had to step back, you know what mean. On the webcam, they had several to pick from. I was looking at one that was $130 originally but marked down to $100 because it had been returned. Being, ummm, frugal, that caught my eye. But I decided it was overkill, the $78 Logitech QuickCam Web would probably meet my needs. I asked the clerk if we could open it, I wanted to see the special bracket it had to “hang” on to the laptop. He said he could not break the seal. Then I noticed that one of the other boxes had been opened – so we dug in to check it out. I asked if there was a discount since it had been opened (never hurts to ask, right?) and he said he would take 10% off. Yeah! So he went back to get the form that they have to fill out for discounts – and when he came back he said that he was told he could take 50% off!!! WOW! So I was able to get the PCMCIA card & the WebCam for the price of the cam alone. I could not have asked for a better day. And the new connection just flies on the laptop. This is GREAT!

But now could someone point me in the right direction to figure out how on earth to set this WebCam up? Please??? Send me an e-mail!