Got up this morning and cleaned the house up a little bit. Alex came over around 1:00 to have birthday cake & ice cream and eat lunch with us. He wanted curry & rice for his birthday meal and we ate and talked on Skype with Maria, our exchange student from two years ago. He then left with leftover curry and a bunch of frozen spaghetti I made him last night. It should last him a few weeks unless he eats it every single night. I also gave him most of his birthday cake for him and his friends to eat. Lauren, Duray and I then went to Louisville to eat at a German restaurant we've never been to. Duray's first time for German food. It was ok, nothing great. Tiny place in a strip mall, run by three family members. Then we went to the mall to find a little birthday gift for Sola, our Korean exchange student from last year. We just got home a little bit ago. Lauren drove there and back. I find myself relaxing a little more and she's doing pretty good.

My days always start around noon as far as getting anything accomplished. No, I don't sleep all morning. My joints don't cooperate and it takes hours to get going. So around 1 o'clock I went into town and looked around at the new thrift shop. It is really nice, clean and everything displayed neatly. Didn't buy anything though. Then I went to Sharp Shopper and found my favorite soft drink (Cheerwine) 2 twelve packs for $2.50. Got 2, plus celery, bread, Texas Toast, and a half gallon of milk. The price of milk has increased another 10¢. Then I went to KMart for TP and Aleve (generic). Checked my blood pressure: 117/56/68. Next to $Tree for batteries then to BigLots but only bought a big bag of Tootsie Midges. Not a big shopping day, but the first chance I've had to ramble for a couple months. Next stop was at Bank of America to close out my account there, and then took the paper work to DuPont Credit Union where I had already opened an account. Last stop was Krogers for some groceries. I was tired and thirsty so I just sat on the porch and had a cold Cheerwine. Then a friend stopped by and we chatted until after 8 o'clock. Finally I made myself a left-over tuna salad sandwich, and made tea for tomorrow. Watched the news and here I am on the PC, at the KT. Tomorrow I won't be any good for anything!! So that was My Day, as Eleanor Roosevelt to say. Sue

It was Monday... I was greeted at work with a squealing computer power source/surge protector. We'd lost power in every electrical outlet one on side (the library side) of the building. I ran extension cords to power the suge protector and my library computer so I could work until my boss decided what to do. 22 kids came to story time. This is the best part of my job! Today we read about imagining what we could be when we grew up then drew our adult selves on the sidewalk with chalk. I'm going to be a cowgirl.... Then some patrons came in to use the computers. These two are regular abusers. I have two computer stations. She uses one of the libraries machine. He parks his butt in the other patron computer station and uses his laptop. And they will stay there forever. Even though I TOLD them we were having electrical problems the guy said 'oh I can plug here' and pulled the power to the library computer. Good thing I back up every day! My library software is corrupted. I can't access books or patrons. As husband would say 'I'm dead in the water' I called tech support. It seems our subscription expired June 30, 2009. Lots of people visited today and checked out books. I wrote down names and barcode numbers (about a hundred books), emailed my boss and put it all in his lap and came home. Now I am editing and uploading photos. Lori

What a good topic. I never thought about it and will disucss this with my tech support (DH) when he wakes up. Other than the laptops, desltop, printer and cell phones, I'm thinking our thermostat .... but I'm not sure what else. Hmm. I know our oven is a smart oven,but I don't believe I have enabled that feature. More to investigate.