One of those days -

Boy, today was just one of those days - you know - the ones your Momma was talking about when Mama said there'll be days like this - ;))

Last night when I shut down my new computer as usual - it seemed to be taking a verrrrrrrrrry loooooooooong time in Shutting Down mode - so I tried hitting the Power button to shut it down - that didn't work. Then I tried Control-Alt-Delete - that didn't work, either. So - being too tired to care - and too tired to want to deal with it - I went to bed - ;))

This morning after I made my coffee and then checked the computer - it was still in Shutting Down mode - terrific!! - I can't get on the computer to check out how to fix the computer if I can't get on the computer - ;))

So I pulled out the paperwork on the Geek Squad Protection Plan that I bought when I bought the computer and found the dinky little owner's manual that came with the computer - and then I had an idea. I could get on my OLD computer to see if I could find a fix - ;))

It's been a while since I turned on the OLD one - so of course it had some UPDATES it needed to load. And then the security software said it had some UPDATES - so OK - loaded those. Then the security software said that it couldn't complete the UPDATES because the subscription expired - WRONG!! -

So I logged into their site and the subscription is just fine - ;))

Back to the desktop to redo the updates. That seemed to take forever but completed successfully - ;))

Back to the internet to check out the support website for the computer. I had to enter the model number of my computer. Got an error message - couldn't find my model - turned out that I needed to put a "dash" in the middle of the number - who knew? Then I found a forum page with a question regarding my model having a problem booting up - sorta got locked in boot up mode and wouldn't finish the task. So I checked the answer to that one - it sounded like it might fix my problem. Then I tried to print it out. That didn't work - it couldn't print because it's networked to the printer attached to the computer in Shutting Down mode. So I went old school and wrote it all down - in cursive - ;))

Then I tried the solution - and it worked!! Yay, me!! - I didn't have to call the Geek Squad on a Sunday on a Holiday weekend - ;))

Once the new computer was up and running - it printed out the pages I had requested - they were in the queue. I had wanted a copy for my file just in case it ever happened again - I could check the file if I didn't remember the solution - and wouldn't have to worry about trying to gain internet access without a computer - ;))

But the pages were printed landscape and I wanted portrait for my file. AND the landscape pages were only half printed because both ink cartridges were low on ink. I have been ignoring the Low Ink warnings for a while because I'm cheap and run those suckers until they won't print AT ALL. So that meant that I had to change the ink cartridges - not difficult - just not what I wanted to do at the time. Then I re-printed the solution and filed it - ;))

NOW I could start my day - and check my email - and sew - ;))

I added another section to all of my little Foundation Paper Pieced blocks -

AFTER I pressed them ALL open -

THEN - I realized that I hadn't shortened my stitch length and had to press them all back closed - so that I could re-stitch them at the shorter length - ;))

This would be a great "Poor me" post -

If I wasn't laughing so hard - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -