Pugsley: aka, the Sausage.
Lori: Loves Pugs. Writing. Food and Fashion.
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I don't function very well when things are in total disarray. Don't get me wrong I'm no neat freak or OCD type where my surroundings all need to be in perfect order but everything is very much in transition around me at the moment and my reaction is somewhere between balls to the walls let's get it done and latent procrastination resulting in indecisiveness because it all seems a bit overwhelming when in the middle of it.
I'm trying to learn a new operating system with a monitor that is currently sitting on an end table because there is no other place for it. For the life of me I can't seem to figure out in Windows Vista how to enable the intuitive search function so it will interpret my search strokes, turn on the auto spell checker in Word, and remember my logins and password because I'm too aggravated to keep retyping them all. I also don't like the sidebar they put on top of the screen and don't know how to get rid of it. And apparantly not ALL of the applications and stuff I run is compatible with Vista 64-bit. I'm wishing I got 32-bit but its too late now. I'm in too deep to even think about returning anything. I'll have to go out and find workarounds and upgrades to deal with it.
My laptop crashed 3 days before my new computer arrived and it refuses to power back up. I knew it was a matter of time, I was tempting fate and living on the edge for so long which is why I invested in the new system....What I wasn't prepared for was a total lack of power supply. According to my plan, I was supposed to be lap linking (e.g. transferring all files from old computer to new computer) by now. But that isn't happening.
It's especially disturbing because all of my important files were saved on the laptop along with all of my Pugsley pictures and Videos that I CANNOT lose!! The laptop is now at the repair shop and I'm praying it can be fixed. .. jumping up every time the phone rings waiting for the news.
I hated to paint and throw down new rugs afraid the newness and change would take Pug memories further away. To my great surprise, even through 3 coats of paint, numerous trim and the removal of the pug rugs....it still smells like him in here. It isn't logical so it must be that he really is lingering around and he knows I still need those smells. Pug hairs and whiskers keep popping up in the oddest of places....and I couldn't be happier about that.
But back to the disarray -- The walls are done from yellow to green and an empty nook awaits the new computer desk installation.
There are new furniture pieces strewn about the house, temporary placements for hardware, wires coming out of every corner, tripping over them, making sure the grounded plugs are not a fire hazard before I leave to run errands....and big chunks of furniture blocking off doors to hallways.
Yet somehow it all seems so small with other life stuff happening. Loved ones in hospitals and feeling helpless to the ones I want to console.... and another family dog has passed away.
It may be time for another grilled cheese. Or spaghetti and meatballs, I haven't decided which.
ecky Walker commented December 3, 2008 1:45 PM
I wish I was as computer savvy as you. I had grilled cheese for lunch today with a cup of hot tea. I live in Lakeland, Fl. We are located about halfaway between Tampa and Orlando. It is so cold today but I love it cause it makes it seem more like Christmas. You and Pugsley have been on my mind since yesterday, please don't think I'm weird cause I am not. I jsut love my dogs so much, I have had dogs and cats all my life. Many, many years ago when I was a baby, my parents raised boxers, the female even named after me. Was that a good thing for the dog?? I feel your loss. All my dogs are buried out at my sister's property. I can't wait to get to heaven and see them all at the Rainbow Bridge. I will need an extra casket just to take them their treats and toys! In time I am sure that Pugsley would like you to check into a pug rescue. You are a wonderful pug Mom. Tampa has a really good pug rescue, matter of fact I check animal shelters like the pounds in the area and if I see a pug I call the rescue and they send someone to get the pug before something awful happens. They always ask if I want to be a foster mom, sadly I have to tell them no or else I would have the largest gaggle of pugs the world has known. I got back under the covers earlier, as I refuse to turn on the heat. The 3 other little dogs were already under the covers.Fuji finally decided to join us. She jumped up on my old toy chest then onto the bed. As she was turning around and around to get into Elvis' bed instead of her own, she tooted right at my head!! Gee thanks Fuji!! She just went to sleep and snored away. Didn't mean to go on for so long. Just wanted to say Hello, what a lon hello!. Fuji says Hi too. Take care....
Kelly commented December 3, 2008 3:19 PM
Lori,
I am sorry to hear of all the chaos. Remeber the old saying "this too shall pass".
The green walls look fabulous!
Love,
Kelly
ken commented December 3, 2008 5:24 PM
Lori,
The quote from Kelly was my mothers favorite saying when all was crashing down upon us.
Yes the scali bread has the sesame seeds.
Sorry to hear of another family dog passing.
Ecky Walker mentioned a rescue, let me chime in here curly tail pug rescue is new and run by dedicated high quality people. When all the dust settles and some normalcy returns consider fostering a pug even if it is only as an emergency foster (only for a few days till it goes to a regular foster home).
Well got to run I got to take little sunshine to the vet a minor emergency here.
ken
Becky commented December 3, 2008 5:53 PM
That is Becky, not ecky. So much for my spelling today. My daughter caught my error but only after I sent it. I better pay closer attention! I also actually wrote on my blog today.
MacGuy commented December 3, 2008 9:06 PM
Lori -- yeah Vista is well a bitch to use (but most of it is just not being use to it) and the 64 bit version is really needed when you have more then 3GB of ram but the side effect is many drivers and application don't work with it)
watch this to make you feel better ;-)
http://tinyurl.com/623ehb
the best cure for Vista is just to relax and breathe (and well I'll refrain from the other cure I want to stay your friend) as you will learn it and will be back up and running in no time.
Lori commented December 3, 2008 9:28 PM
Hey Ken -- I am a volunteer for Pug Rescue, have been for several years. Curly Tail is great, I've worked with the founders and hope to help them out more as they grow the new organization.